Those are negotiating chips. Less likely to be invaded if you have nukes at your disposal.

Colorado has NORAD but that’s not where many of the silos are.

Colorado is willing and able to join this western alliance!

BC says no thanks. Even west coast US is still broken AF.

Since you're including the entire north american west coast, can Baja California get an invite too?

I love when people throw around the idea of Canadian provinces just being up for grabs, as if we want anything to do with what's going on south of the border.