Independence? 'If Scotland can do it, then so can Texas'

The vote to decide whether Scotland should be independent of the United Kingdom has bolstered those campaigning to split Texas from the United States.

Texas Nationalist Movement president Daniel Miller, who wants the state's legislature to put the secession question on a statewide ballot, said Scotland's referendum was a good sign.

"If Scotland can do it, so can Texas," Miller said.

The top US cattle- and oil-producing state would be the 12th largest economy in the world, larger than Mexico or Spain, said Miller, whose organisation has campaigned for secession since the late 1990s.

Miller said Scotland's referendum had increased interest in the Texas movement and the fact that a free Texas would lose federal institutions and multiple military bases was of no concern.

"Win or lose, the Scottish referendum is both serving as a source of inspiration and information about what's happening here in Texas," Miller said.