Post Reply - Greenland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland has a population under 400,000...In the past the US also "showed interest" in taking over Iceland...(partly on European, partly on American continental shell). 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands also has a small population-around 55,000 people...

All three share Danish colonization history-with Greenland also an Inuit majority...

So could "GIF" Greenland-Iceland-Faroe federation work ? 

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DJ-The "GIF-model" would protect local cultures and intersts...What could "joining the US" bring ? 

If Greenland, Iceland would make a choice to "join the US" it could result in population growth...It could become a "North Atlantic Alaska" ..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska ;population just over 740, 000...over twice the GIF-population...

People could move to Greenland, Iceland for retirement, tourism...Iceland could use heat from its volcanos for glass houses to increase local foodproduction...

Food prices in GIF are very high-with very low local production capacity other then fish, sheep...Iceland has an IKEA...but most of the GIF-countries simply have a much too small market for larger scale foodproduction, low-cost supermarkets...

However GIF joining the US would END local culture...Hawaii may indicate how the US did end the local culture there...Joining the US would mean more then introduction of the US$...It would make English(American) the main language...very likely bring a "wild west culture" since both mining, fishing and agriculture in general is not the "best kind of work" ...(hard working-long hours-low pay, high risk...)

So could "GIF" Greenland-Iceland-Faroe profit from joining the US ? Very likely the US would profit much more...

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Greenland-Canada cooperation ? Most of Canadians live in a 100 miles/160 kilometer zone from the US border...I did see a question on Canada joining the EU...part of the EU idea was countries close to eachother going for better cooperation (in part to support peace). 

The UK is out of the EU...maybe Canada may work with the UK-has more links with that ? 

If the UK would rejoin the EU however...interesting...

For now Canada in the present EU may increase tensions between the French speaking and English speaking groups...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada#Languages or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada#Languages ;A multitude of languages are used by Canadians, with English and French (the official languages) being the mother tongues of approximately 54 percent and 19 percent of Canadians, respectively.^[289] Canada's official bilingualism policies give citizens the right to receive federal government services in either English or French with official-language minorities guaranteed their own schools in all provinces and territories.^[306]

see also; Canada has one of the highest per-capita immigration rates in the world,^[279] driven mainly by economic policy and family reunification.^[280] A record 405,000 immigrants were admitted in 2021.^[281] Canada leads the world in refugee resettlement; it resettled more than 47,600 in 2022.^[282] New immigrants settle mostly in major urban areas, such as Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.^[283]

DJ, Say Canada would in a referendum decide it wants to join the US...Around 8 million people speaking French, millions of recent immigrants would join the US...

YES the Canadian $ would be replaced by the US$...in land area the US would "get big"...Canadian energy, gold, uranium would become US "wealth" -however most of it already is exported to the US...

If you want "open borders" there are other ways to create that-you do not need to see Canada joining the US...

Still if you believe "Gulf of America" is improvement some people may think Canada joining the US is a step forward...It may see more chances for US democratic party though...