What makes a state a state is being ratified by a majority in Congress. I’m not sure you understand how this works. You don’t just get to make a new state because people vote for it.

"Is West Virginia Constitutional?

On the creation of new states, the Constitution is pretty clear. Article IV, Section 3, reads that “no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State … without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.”

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