AHC: A country voluntarily leaves the UN

With a POD after January 1, 1946, have a country voluntarily leave the United Nations (akin to how Japan and Germany left the LoN in the 1930s) as opposed to expelled (like Taiwan) or suspended (like South Africa or Serbia/Yugoslavia). Bonus points if you avoid either World War 3 breaking out or having the country which leaves the UN voluntarily being a "rogue state" like Iran or North Korea.
 
Most likely scenario as of today: North Korea leaves to the concern of no one after a new round of sanctions are approved.
 
Most likely scenario as of today: North Korea leaves to the concern of no one after a new round of sanctions are approved.
NK might be an insane dictatorship, but they aren't dumb as they know that the UN would simply declare that the RoK is the legitimate government of all Korea post-withdrawal, but let's not get into current politics.
 
Ron Paul is elected as president of USA.

But more plausible is some Asian or African dictatorship.
 
Indonesia withdrew in 1965. But its government was overthrown later in the year, and the new government rejoined.
Yeah, this already happened, though there was a bit of debate over whether withdrawal is possible, and indonesia merely stopped participating for a while.
 

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Texas is granted independence, and decides on a system where each county has equal representation. Conservative rural Texan voters either push for a withdrawal (if UN recognition succeeds) or prevent it from applying in the first place.
 
Texas is granted independence, and decides on a system where each county has equal representation. Conservative rural Texan voters either push for a withdrawal (if UN recognition succeeds) or prevent it from applying in the first place.

In other words an ASB scenario.
 
What about a mistrustful Kurdistan, assuming Iraqi Kurdistan gains independence and decides it doesn't trust the international community and doesn't want to be a part of it?

Beyond that, the USSR taking its ball and going home soon after the foundation of the UN, which then becomes what we know as NATO.
 
Texas is granted independence, and decides on a system where each county has equal representation. Conservative rural Texan voters either push for a withdrawal (if UN recognition succeeds) or prevent it from applying in the first place.

First, an independent Texas would never go for an equal county thing, even for its Senate. What would be far more likely is for the new nation to be divided into 5-6ish states based on culture, economics, politics, ethnicity.

It'd be something like:

West Texas and Panhandle - Midland or Amarillo as capital
Border counties - El Paso or Laredo
North Central Texas - McKinney, Dallas, Fort Worth
Hill Country - San Antonio (Austin becomes national capital)
East Texas - Tyler or Nacadoches
Gulf Coast - Houston or Galveston

If a secession were allowed, then it'd still be very likely to join the UN simply to not be Taiwan or a pariah. The business community would never allow it to not be an international business player. No UN membership = bad things for business.
 
First, an independent Texas would never go for an equal county thing, even for its Senate. What would be far more likely is for the new nation to be divided into 5-6ish states based on culture, economics, politics, ethnicity.

It'd be something like:

West Texas and Panhandle - Midland or Amarillo as capital
Border counties - El Paso or Laredo
North Central Texas - McKinney, Dallas, Fort Worth
Hill Country - San Antonio (Austin becomes national capital)
East Texas - Tyler or Nacadoches
Gulf Coast - Houston or Galveston

If a secession were allowed, then it'd still be very likely to join the UN simply to not be Taiwan or a pariah. The business community would never allow it to not be an international business player. No UN membership = bad things for business.

off course pissed of USA may just veto their entry anyway
 
So, what would the impact of a country voluntarilly leaving the UN be?
It would depend on what country it was.

If it was a small country probably not much.

If say someone like Ron Paul or a more isolationist republican president actually did pull the US out it would have far larger implications.

If the US pulled out it would probably result in the UN being destroyed as an effective institution and the US pays for a lot of the UN's budget.
 
NK might be an insane dictatorship, but they aren't dumb as they know that the UN would simply declare that the RoK is the legitimate government of all Korea post-withdrawal, but let's not get into current politics.
Plus we could declare the Armistice over. THEY SHOULD NOT BE 60+ YEARS OLD!
 
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