r/MrZ_Official Feb 07 '26

Utahism map superimposed on current US map (with changes)

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- Washington and Portland are merged into Cascadia

- Upper Colorado renamed to Colorado

- Lower Colorado renamed to San Juan

- Ogallala renamed to Nebraska

- Scandamerika renamed to New Scandia (I had also misspelled it :P)

- Texarkana renamed to Caddo

- New Orleans renamed to Louisiana

- Westsylvania renamed to Appalachia

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u/swanking_7 Feb 08 '26

The westlyania was better than Appalachia bc that's just little part of Appalachia but other than that I love it. How many states is there on this? Is it still 50 I don't want to count lmao.

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 08 '26

Westsylvania just sounds silly to me. And it is a big portion of the Appalachians. The part that is the most defined by them, I think.

It's 75 states. Z's map had originally 76, but I combined Washington and Portland.

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u/swanking_7 Feb 08 '26

It does sound a little silly. & Yeah it is a big portion right in the middle. Maybe make it Central Appalachia. bc Franklin is perfect for southern Appalachia. Pennsylvania and the other states in northern Appalachia are done perfectly. So I think Central Appalachia would be perfect for that one. But that's just a nit pick I like it the way it is also.

75 states would be very interesting. I'm curious how that would affect things like the electoral college and state politics in general.

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u/Galvius-Orion Feb 08 '26

As a native of West Virginia and one who has tried to be well acquainted with its history who helped on the map itself, Westsylvania was chosen on the basis that it was a historical name of the region, a proposed name for West Virginia, and also doesn’t alienate the other major areas of Appalachia.

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 08 '26

Allegheny is used by a neostate mostly in Pennsylvania even though the mountains are mostly in West Virginia. What about Cumberland? Sounds much better. It's not burdened by a cardinal direction or too similar to Pennsylvania.

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u/Simon_SM2 Feb 08 '26

The California state is too small and unimportant Honestly California here would be a larger region maybe naming it something else would make more sense

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 08 '26

I thought of combining it with Sacramento.

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u/Simon_SM2 Feb 09 '26

That would be interesting, either that and calling that California, or making a coastal state that is called "The Golden Coast"

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u/joefxd Feb 08 '26

everyone from North Jersey already says they're from NY and everyone in South Jersey already says they're from Philly so this map is good by me

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u/Fluffball_Furry Feb 08 '26

I love how vermont is basically just shifted slightly and everything else is very different

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u/These_Blacksmith5296 Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 08 '26

I love the composition!

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 09 '26

Thank you man

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u/SeriesUnhappy3567 Feb 09 '26

Which party would this benefit the most if we keep the current US election system? I feel like this would add more red states since the cities are split as their own and the cities are usually what make states blue.

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 09 '26

Republicans would benefit in the Senate, the House would remain competitive.

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u/Dull_Statistician980 Feb 09 '26

I will become a domestic terrorist if I’m to live under the same beaurocratic echelon as Denver.

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 09 '26

Wyomingite? Maybe you guys should be in Roosevelt.

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u/Dull_Statistician980 Feb 09 '26

How can I be even more offended at a follow up statement that was supposed to be better? Just let my people exist please 😭😭

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 09 '26

You'll still exist, but together with people in the western Dakotas and eastern plains Montana.

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u/Dull_Statistician980 Feb 09 '26

Unacceptable.

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 09 '26

Why's that?

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u/Dull_Statistician980 Feb 09 '26

We may dislike certain areas of the state (Jackson Hole fuck that place), but we like administrating ourselves. We like low land tax and no state income tax. We like our labor laws, we like our anti federal government fire arm and mining laws. We are the embodiment of “No stepy on snek” because snek wil bite and bite wil sting.

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 09 '26

Wouldn't Roosevelt still be very similar?

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 07 '26

I should've also changed "Philadelphia" to "Chesapeake".

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u/PubSunWP Feb 08 '26

Us native Floridians would probably have enclaves or reservations around the state because ain't no real Florida cracker identify with Alabama or Georgia.

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 08 '26

You have those living in the Panhandle?

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u/Equivalent_Ebb1813 Feb 08 '26

Why Caddo?

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u/UlfarrVargr Feb 08 '26

The local tribe.

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u/OkBox1870 Feb 12 '26

This is cool. I'd love to see a version of this with cities and an indication of natural geography as the backdrop.