sc94597 on 25 January 2013
Most anti-secessionists are statists or imperialists who don't believe in self-governance and also don't believe in either national or personal autonomy. Often a nation-state is not motivated to separate, precisely because the term "nation" is just another terminology for people - a cohesive group. It's when there are multiple nations in a state from which a secessionist movement begins. The exception would be contractual federations that limit their states and follow a republican system (as opposed to a democratic one.)
