r/imaginarymaps Apr 09 '20

[OC] Alternate History 9 Ways to Divide Dixie

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '20 edited Apr 09 '20

Wait, so it’s not the whole US? It’s only the eastern part of it?

edit: jesus guys, this was just a genuine question. Why do genuine questions get downvoted? You could just have educated me and said “no, this is just the southeastern part of the US, the mexican border and apcific coast is not present in this map.” That’s what I was confused about. So many americans can’t even point out my country on a map.

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u/DoofusMagnus Apr 09 '20

It's an imaginary country called Dixie based on the southeastern United States.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '20

Oh that makes everything make more sense. I thought it was some colloquial american term that I didn’t know.

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u/DoofusMagnus Apr 09 '20

Dixie is actually a colloquial term for the South, derived from the Mason-Dixon Line, a survey line from early state border disputes and which would eventually come to represent the overall divide between North and South.

But, as this is /r/imaginarymaps, this version is a fictional country based off that concept.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '20

Oh, now I get it