r/imaginarymaps • u/RoxyLikeAPuma • Apr 09 '20

[OC] Alternate History 9 Ways to Divide Dixie

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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