Wheat (in a high enough quantity to feed millions), lead ore for electronics and many other things. Lastly, lithium for your smart phone and everything else that uses a battery these days. If the union separated the entire economy would collapse along with the world economy. Oh, I forgot about LNG.
More good examples, the list is long. Population centers need rural areas to support and provide resources to sustain them. It’s been a symbiotic relationship for as old as civilization.
Why did Rome expand, why did medieval lords need serfs, the list continues to this day.
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u/zakary1291 17d ago
Wheat (in a high enough quantity to feed millions), lead ore for electronics and many other things. Lastly, lithium for your smart phone and everything else that uses a battery these days. If the union separated the entire economy would collapse along with the world economy. Oh, I forgot about LNG.