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 == Re: List of proposed state mergers == 

 Hi, you should review the Union of Sovereign States article before comparing it with a ethereal proposal by who-knows-who-is about uniting USA & Canada, so lets be serious, please. The Union of Sovereign States was a serious proposal by Mikhail Gorbachev when he still was the leader of the USSR, the proposal was discussed at the higher levels (Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union) and approved in 1991 on referendums on 9 USSR republics. Apparently, the only reason why the USS was not implemented was because the weakness of Gorbachev, wich ended with the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. So please dont remove USS from the list, as it fits the conditions to be on that list. Regards,KID "