How about this? Reject all financial and other aid, cut all electric grid / utility ties to the rest of the USA, then we’ll talk.
There’s some really fun chemistry in the rare-earth magnets - I used to buy them in bulk to enlarge my own IT-workshop collection, which was mostly broken down for Nd salts. Also, the magnets from iMac screens were also plentiful when HDD magnets got small (and then went extinct).
I do kinda like saying “the actual issue was a PICNIC.”
Take the underwear and go into the deep ocean or outer space.
Unlimited fresh breath is an invaluable bonus.
Log files from a local SQL server.
“Sir, this is a Wendy’s”