Eighteen states include Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia.
Won't be a bad start to a new republic based on the original US constitution and bill of rights.
With a few minor tweaks like term limits for congress, so we don't just build a new swamp.
And a strict definition of the interstate commerce clause that doesn't give Carte blanche power to the federal government.