The real reason Texas would never secede.

Texas couldn't take the humility.

List of Countries GDP (from CIA fact book)
Amount in Millions of U.S. Dollars.

1	United States	14,330,000
2	Japan	4,844,000
3	China (PRC)	4,222,000
4	Germany	3,818,000
5	France	2,978,000
6	United Kingdom	2,787,000
7	Italy	2,399,000
8	Russia	1,757,000
9	Spain	1,683,000
10	Brazil	1,665,000
11	Canada	1,564,000
12	India	1,237,000
13	Mexico	1,143,000

Texas GDP (in 2007):
1,341,965 ($millions)

In the United States, Texas has the second biggest GDP right behind California and ahead of New York. But on the world stage they would barely be above India. I think that would just be too hard a pill for Texans to swallow.

Not that Texas could really secede anyway?