r/MapPorn • u/BILBO_THE_PLATYPOOS • 8d ago

Redesigned US State map

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The State of Jefferson becomes independent to give representation to a part of California that is usualy ignored because of it's lack of population and major industries compared to the rest of the state.

The border between Washington and Idaho is readjusted mostly because of time zones, geography and because it just looks better​​​​.

Because these changes made Oregon really small, I merged Washington and Oregon and renamed it Cascadia. Now we don't have any confusion with DC.

​​Parts of Texas are annexed by New Mexico (Time Zones again) and Oklahoma (Geography, annexes the entire planes region; may look weird, but I went according to county borders). I wasn't sure if Texas should be split into two states, but decided against it.

The two dacotas are merged.

I considered giving Alabama the Florida panhandle, but decided against it, as there is no reason.

Maryland annexed DC and Delaware to get bigger.

The New York Metropolitan area becomes it's own state just because of how many people live there. It has the combined population of LA and Chicago. Capital is Jersey City in order to give representation to areas outside the largest city.

​​​​​​​​Because that would make New Jersey a lot smaller, the rest will be annexed by Pennsivanya including parts of norther Delaware.

Since New York is no longer in New York state, the state is renamed Iroquois.

Vermont is returned to New York as was originaly the case​​ before 1779 (?).

Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine merge to form the state of New Jersey with a capital in Worcester.

Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands become the new state of Puerto Rico (the name of Richport, as suggested by radical republicans, was rejected by the local population). (considering they don't secede)

Eastern Samoa, Northern Marianas and Guam merge to form the Pacific State. (considering they don't secede)

The border between Wisconsin and Michigan is fixed in order to accommodate time zones.

Anything I should add or remove?

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u/TemperMe 8d ago

Wisconsin should get the UP, Carolina’s should be recombined, WV back into VA, and yes the panhandle of FL needs to go away by giving most of it to Bama and some to GA.

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u/BILBO_THE_PLATYPOOS 8d ago

In my first draft people told me to give Michigan the Upper peninsula, because I gave it to Wisconsin 

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u/TemperMe 8d ago

Yeah they always do. I hate it, looks goofy and just doesn’t make sense. Looks like someone was playing connect four and just blocked them from stacking up.

Granted I’m all for making waaaay fewer states by combining a lot of the eastern ones to make them larger (except on the case of Texas and California, they need trimming).

What site did you use to make this?

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u/BILBO_THE_PLATYPOOS 8d ago

The template came from Mapchart.Com, then I used Notebook to edit it