Hello Andy,
I don't see leaving the succession alone as being unchristian. I don't see challenging and fighting the separatist cause as being unchristian. I'm not too knowledgeable about how the power is devolved in the UK. In Canada the provinces own all natural resources. They are in charge of education, health etc. The provinces were set up with alot of power. That's probably the only way the nation could have come together. As each of the original provinces were separate colonies.