California has remarkable features.
Victor Davis Hanson notes that California is the 5th or 6th largest economy in the world.
California’s tech industry is responsible for at least half all internet traffic in the world.
But the people of California are saddled with an increasingly socialist government. Fifty percent of Californians pay no state income tax.
And just 150,000 rich Californians pay half of the State’s income taxes. See here.