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I could be wrong about this but every time I have seen a scenario where the Confederate States won the War Between the States they have either gone on to be a super-powerful country who overshadow their neighbours to the North or they are a weak country that's falling apart at the seams and can barely hold on their country together.

Why is there never a middle ground? Why does the Confederacy never evolve into a somewhat sucessful country with a stable if not thriving economy and a strong inner-country union?
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