Quote Originally Posted by no_brains_no_worries View Post
every citizen of the country, suddenly vanished overnight
I don't think people are completely considering what would happen. First off, the US would get raided by Mexico and Canada and both would probably take large portions of our land. I imagine they would also probably start using our economy with their own laws etc.

To be honest, it could definitely start a war because I'm sure than more than just those countries would be fighting for land (remember, already developed land because the people are the only thing missing).

My first thought regarding China was that they'd take over as world power, but after thinking about it, we owe them a very large bill. Meaning, they're the main entity that we owe our debt to. They keep funding us. If all that debt was all of the sudden known to never be paid back, there would certainly be some power lost in their hands.

I think we'd also see some strange uprising in some small countries where we have a lot of private money in, particularly the Cayman Islands. Banks that were out of the states that were previously funded primarily by citizens of the US would all of the sudden be very wealthy.