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Would a United States covering at least the OTL United States have faster or slower technological progress than one where it's territory is divided among 8 or 9 small nations?
For the large US, I could see a large trading area helping ideas spread, and a hegemonic superpower having the resources for research and development. For the Disunited States, I could see competition and multiple paths of research and development. Which effect would predominate?
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