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The Golden Circle was a fringe political idea held by few Confederate s that saught to conquer and annex all cotton growing nations in the western hemisphere some time after the Civil War.
It was believed that the annexation of these territories would not only allow the CSA to dominate the world cotton market indefinitely but also entrench slavery an intractable culture norm for centuries to come.
So say this weird conquest crazy idea was realized. What would have been the economic potential of this nation? Short Term / Long Term?
Could an agricultural based nation, run by slavery, of this massive size economically compete 1865 - onward?