Iowa should secede from the United States of America

The two of us obviously have a lot in common, but I still fail to see why we should secede from this great country. From this, we would receive an international backlash that may start another civil war. And if we were to secede, who would be our allies? And could we protect ourselves against the greatest world power? And being land-locked within the country from which we seceded, we would not only be surrounded, but would be unable to receive any outside support, and unable to support ourselves. Etc... Also, what about the quote I mentioned in the last argument? Eventually, our problems will catch up to us if we run away from them. Obviously a war could come from this, but if it doesn't, what about a governing body. A state government is unable to support for an entire country and we had problems at the beginning of this nation with the Articles of Confederation, even with the greatest political minds of our time at the helm. Etc... More over, when we joined the United States, we basically said i do in the metaphoric marriage of the nation, "til death do us part." I could continue with these arguments forever, but what would the point be? Rather than forming more problems than we already have, why don't we attempt to fix the ones we have right now. I for one, am all for that change. I am an eighteen year old high school student who is going to college next year, possibly going to get a major in political science, and would love to become a politician one day in order to make a change, and I know that I'm not the only one. I have friends, not only across the state, but across the nation that have already agreed with me that change must come. Now I'm not trying to say that you are a wimp for trying to run away, but just stand up for you country, be a true Patriot and make these changes that are vital to society. Our forefathers had the right idea in mind, don't let great adversity run you away, but act like them and fight against the tyranny and injustice that you face, I just ask you to do it in a peaceful manner. Besides, those who fought against mother Britain had little peashooters versus today's nuclear weapons. If you were to secede, the country of Iowa would not be able to be as great and powerful as the nation we already live in. Going from little voice in the greatest country to little or no voice in the world. I don't know about you, but I would definitely prefer the first option. Also, about that "hick" comment. I really don't care about it and I wouldn't if I were you. It just shows how ignorant people can be. I went to Washington DC in November for a National Youth Leadership Forum and met some really interesting people there. If you can believe it, some people truthfully asked me if we even had cars, they thought that we were still riding around in horse-drawn carriages. It amuses me how ignorant people are and that is why I would like to make changes in our nation, I'm not ignorant, I doubt that many people on debate.org are ignorant and thus if one thing comes from this debate, I hope that it can make a change. By the way, I really hope that this round doesn't sound extremely cheesy on my part and isn't preachy.