States that rank higher on Index A have comparatively limited dependence on federally distributed revenue for their operations and thus have greater viability if they were to theoretically exist as an independent entity. In contrast, states that rank lower on Index A either need to work harder on growing their Internally Generated Revenue considering the size of their operating expenses or work on pruning their operating expenses. The lower ranking states also have more work to do to improve their business enabling environment and enhance their domestic resource mobilisation capacity.