In the United States, a petition appeared calling for the sale of Montana to Canada for the sake of reducing US government debt.

It is reported that the initiator of the sale is Jan Hammond, who offers to sell part of the territory for $ 1 trillion.

"We have big debts, and Montana is useless," - said on the page of the petition.

It is noted that at the moment 12 thousand Americans supported the petition.

US authorities are already taking measures to ban such sales.

Montana is a state in the northwestern United States. The area of ​​Montana is 381.156 square kilometers. Montana is bigger than Japan: It is the fourth largest state in the USA after Alaska, Texas and California. The economy is based on agriculture, including cattle breeding and grain processing. One of the main sectors of the economy is mining, including gas, oil, heavy rocks, as well as rapidly developing tourism. According to the 2013 Census Bureau, the population of the province is 1,015,165.

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