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From: Don <g@crcomp.net>
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Subject: Re: (not ReacTor) Carving Up the US
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 15:27:08 -0000 (UTC)
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James Nicoll wrote:
> Every once in a while, ReacTor passes on an essay of mine. This would
> be one such piece.
>
> Enhance your world-building by carving up nation-states, using the
> United States of America as the example.
>
> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/carving-up-the-us-for-fun-and-profit

ON RE-MAKING THE WORLD; CUT NATIONS DOWN TO SIZE by Schultz envisions
these nations:

Australia:   Each of the present states of Australia, including
             Tasmania.
Canada:      Quebec, Atlantic provinces, prairie provinces, British
             Columbia, Ontario, the three territories.
New Zealand: (It's already correctly sized "as is.")
UK:          England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland
USA:         Dixie, Texas, South California, North California, Mountain
             States, Middle West, New England, with New York and
             Florida as provisional, plausible possibilities.

Danke,

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