Last I checked the Bear Republic was annexed into the Old Country in 1846; I'm pretty sure it would have made the news here if[0] it had recently left[1].

[0] hint: NAVBASE San Diego[2] makes this scenario[3] highly unlikely.

[1] thereby becoming an emigration possibility

[2] not to mention a few other facilities

[3] RF former President Medvedev's opinions notwithstanding

I spent three summers there and got zero offers, despite generating publications, a patent, and code. That's how I ended up at the Center for Democracy & Technology -- because I wanted to change law and policy so no one encounters the issues I ever had, but when you change things it severely angers people.

(The type who have or used to have more than one, and who I, a native Appalachian, cannot compete with unless I too become a literal spy for the Russians or Chinese)