Statehood can be a colonisation

http://hawaii-nation.org/

Refer to this article which argues that the Statehood for Hawaii within U.S.A. is a form of colonisation because during the granting of Statehood, the choice given was to be a colony or a state withing U.S.A.

Looking back, Germany was a federal republic enforced by Bismark with the force of iron which led Germany to such greatness but it certainly impoverished Sabah, which is rich in Petroleum, Timber and Oil palm, and yet is still the poorest in Malaysia and appears to be poorer than even Rwanda in Africa, within the forced so called federation of Malaysia.