Please answer the following question by reasoning step-by-step.
The country didn't want to join the union. They felt that doing so would reduce them to the status of a what?\nOptions:\n- province\n- plebian\n- workplace\n- detroit\n- construction business

province
The country didn't join the union feeling that by doing so their status would be reduced to a province.

A country may becomes province by joining the union.

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The final answer: province