[8note]

Nit: the identity part of of a nation-state is the nation

Canada considers itself a state with many nations, but the US would do well to turn every indigenous nation and reserve into a separate state, likely with more autonomy than the first 50 have. Instead of having 50 states, have 250 or so. Probably a lot more, if you compare to the state density per sqft that the EU has

[DoreenMichele]

My understanding is there were more than 500 indigenous tribes in what became the US.

Someone on Twitter once talked about that -- that a tribe is a nation state, not an ethnicity -- and posted a photo of a White man who had been granted tribal membership of some tribe a long time ago.

I would have included links to that but I have idea how to find it.