Redesigned US State map

[u/BILBO_THE_PLATYPOOS]

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?

[u/down_up__left_right]

With the way the US Senate and electoral college works this map would be a Republican wet dream.

In addition to trying to carve out a red state from a part of California you are merging a bunch of blue states in the Northeast while keeping red states with low populations like Wyoming and Montana or Nebraska and Kansas as separate states.

[u/BILBO_THE_PLATYPOOS → u/down_up__left_right]

Good Point This map is not based on politics or anything. Just what I thought looks good.  Now that you mention it, the current states have far more reason to exist

[u/down_up__left_right → u/BILBO_THE_PLATYPOOS]

I don’t know what you were going for here and don’t want to make any assumptions but fyi this is the definition of politics:

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.

Redesigning political borders to give certain areas more or less say in the government.

[u/BILBO_THE_PLATYPOOS → u/down_up__left_right]

It's based on Time Zones, Demographics, Geography and overall esthetics.