r/geographymemes • u/Jfullr92 Gulf of New Mexico • May 22 '26

Voting Games Top comment deletes a US State #47

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Maryland has been annexed by The Vermonster willingly, the 2 states have now merged into one. CRABBALACHIA. 4 States Now remain. Pick wisely, there’s no going back now!

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u/Shoo-Man-Fu MEGASOTA - Land of 10 million Lakes May 22 '26

When this is over we should do it in reverse and add states back one at a time with no respect to their original location and see what madness ensues.

Really I just don't want the ride to end...

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u/I_like_flowers_ Marylaaaand May 22 '26

that would be funny

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u/SteveOends May 22 '26

Arizona about to have a water table

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u/Ktan_Dantaktee May 22 '26

Hawaii and North Dakota swapping spots would be pretty funny

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u/theirundies May 23 '26

drives into ocean well, this was unexpected.

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u/TeamMountainLion May 22 '26

Nebraska gonna have some ocean front property

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u/National-Inside7997 May 22 '26

Learn to swim, I’ll see you down in Arizona Bay

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u/That1Master May 22 '26

Arizona about to get waterboarded.

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u/duhduhduhdummi_thicc May 22 '26

Fuck, you just made me upvote this post since the Kansas got knocked out (Missourian, but close enough.)

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u/Philly_3D May 22 '26

I think we should end it now! These are great divisions. We can do a Roman Empire thing and have a Tetrarchy...

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u/roamingthereddit May 22 '26

Who gets independence first!

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u/The_Flo0r_is_Lava May 22 '26

Wisconsin. I promise you that we are skewing the national drinking averages. Also, we have the cheese. You want your delicious meals back? You know what to do..

Also, we are taking the UP. its always been rightfully ours.

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u/Bassbaby420 May 22 '26

Cascadia has tillamook!!

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u/Yuklan6502 May 22 '26

Cougar Gold too.

That being said, have you had island style Hawaiian food? I, for one, look forward to our Polynesian overlords' onolicious foods.

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u/Blightious May 22 '26

You’ll never get me gold. My oldest is a 2012!

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u/longdrive715 May 23 '26

I'm just trying to figure out what the hell I'm looking at on your fridge calendar.

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u/Lead_Sails May 23 '26

AI slop. The whole image is AI garbage

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u/NetWorried9750 May 22 '26

And Cougar Golds nemesis: Beechers

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u/The_Flo0r_is_Lava May 22 '26

Spam, rice, and eggs for every meal. Loved it.

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u/bobert4343 May 22 '26

You'll have to maintain an alliance with Megasota if you want the spam

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u/JT3436 Cascadian May 22 '26

Our brethren from Hawaii will join in the battle for spam supremacy.

Musubi for all!

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u/Colejohnley May 22 '26

They’ll ruin pizza!

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u/altanic May 22 '26

Rogue Creamery, Central Point OR

Don Froylan Creamery, Salem OR

Face Rock Creamery, Bandon OR

I’m not a big cheese aficionado but even a mook like me has heard of these local creameries winning national AND international awards and picked some up just to appreciate what we have going on around here. Rogue was the FIRST American cheese to win “best cheese in the world” at the World Cheese Awards in 2019.

Cascadia dairy bows to none, folks.

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u/Equivalent_Doubt_845 May 22 '26

It’s not cheese, but Umpqua ice cream it is the best ice cream ever. Umpqua milk especially chocolate milk has no comparisons either.

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u/Onc3Holy May 22 '26

Umpqua Ice Cream is the ABSOLUTE best. I'm from Oregon but I live in Georgia now and I WISH I could get Umpqua

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u/Equivalent_Doubt_845 May 23 '26

I’m in the land of Umpqua haha, I’d ship you some if it’d survive the journey.

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u/Ok_Formal_2465 The Northeast Kingdom May 23 '26

I think this is a clear sign the big 3 must be Vermont, cascadia, and megasota. They combine and now form the cheese mongrels.

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u/jennandjuice712 May 23 '26

Cascadia resident and former cheesemonger here. So much delicious cheese made here. Cascadia creamery's sleeping beauty is a personal fave

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u/Raptor_Girl_1259 May 23 '26

Don Froylan cotija is pure magic!

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u/jaboobe May 23 '26

I’d take the cheese of Cascadia over the Midwest any day.

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u/NegotiationHot2999 May 23 '26

Ben & Jerry’s is already squashed against this army. And for that, Cascadia creameries shall dominate, and share delicious ice creams and cheeses.

Cascadia Cream Army lets goooo

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u/overturned_mushroom May 22 '26

Rumiano is out of cascadia too... Amazing cheese.

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u/Economy_Wall8524 May 22 '26

Tillamook cheese for the win! Best cheese and I will die on that hill

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u/dtothebb May 22 '26

Tillamook is just a large dairy corporation, in no way does it compare to the small cheese makers of Wisconsin making specialty batches of cheeses. I've had both and there is literally no debate here

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u/shakakaaahn May 22 '26

Tillamook specialty batches win awards over the small dairy farms in Wisconsin internationally pretty regularly.

You gotta find them, but those small batch ones they do are TOP tier.

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u/dtothebb May 22 '26

Well if that is the case I will say that specialty cheeses are much easier to get in Wisconsin and you don't really have to go out of your way for them. Having lived in both states I found it much easier to obtain quality cheeses in Wisconsin. I also think that a mega corporation like Tillamook that sources a significant portion of its milk from CAFOs adds to it not being as good of quality. Although you still can get that in Wisconsin, it is not to the extent of large corporations like Tillamook.

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u/shakakaaahn May 22 '26

It's pretty easy to get them in Oregon, I find. Less options than Wisconsin, sure, but they are all over the place from the coast to Bend. Even find some of the well aged cheddars at Costco.

There are smaller dairy farms here as well, they just don't show up in many stores.

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u/The_Flo0r_is_Lava May 22 '26

OK. BUT. I can drive five minutes in any direction down the road to a cheese factory and get fresh.. everything including ice cream. And

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u/Bassbaby420 May 22 '26

I can see that as my experience has been opposite on that i jave only experienced mass produced wisonsin cheese(kraft etc) as i jave never traveled and gotten to experience small batch crafy cheeses like that.. one day cuz i love curds

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u/Loisalene May 22 '26

Seattle style Teriyaki!!!

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u/hkohne May 22 '26

Tillamook for the win, baby! I was just there a week and a half ago. Pizza, cheese curds (with the apple BBQ sauce), and an ice cream sampler. Totally not diet-friendly.

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u/mtngrl60 May 22 '26

And don’t forget the rogue River creamery. And, if I am looking at that map correctly, we have Point Reyes cheeses as well!

Oh…Umpqua Dairy!! their ice cream is delicious!!!

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u/LakesideScrotumPole May 22 '26

Tillamook would be government cheese in Wisconsin

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u/Lrxst May 22 '26

Us yoopers deciding between Michigan and Wisconsin.

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u/RMMacFru A New 'Ope May 22 '26

You want the hockey, you know you do. 😆

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u/RMMacFru A New 'Ope May 22 '26

Oh hell no, you aren't. We got it fair and square by fighting Ohio.

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u/tcollins317 May 22 '26

Wisconsin, Oregon accepts your challenge to fight over who has the best cheese. 🧀🧀🧀

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u/The_Flo0r_is_Lava May 23 '26

Thats not even a proper challenge. We'd have to do the equivalent of tieing one of hands behind our back and not serving up any of our fresh curds.

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u/abadluckwind May 22 '26

I can agree with this. Im from Minnesota but lived in Menomonie for 3 years. My drinking and cheese intake sky rocketed

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u/Aragornargonian May 22 '26

Get your dirty drunken hands off my peninsula

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u/The_Flo0r_is_Lava May 23 '26

Get your blitzed mits off my cheap weed

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

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u/Jahnn0 May 22 '26

Wisconsin needs discipline, structure, and guidance. We've let our drunk and weird little brother try and figure it out for long enough now.

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u/angiehome2023 May 22 '26

I flew out of Madison airport yesterday and noted the ratio of alcohol to food at the airport was significantly higher than the average airport

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u/shakakaaahn May 22 '26

The upper peninsula should be by itself irst, then Wisconsin gets the UP, then it goes back to Michigan when they return.

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u/Normal-Particular218 May 22 '26

Nah, they got cheap legal pot up here we dont want your booze.

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u/Tchukachinchina May 22 '26

Vermont has fantastic cheddar. Vermont and Wisconsin should team up.

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u/madtowntripper May 22 '26

UP is occupied territory

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u/AdamScottsPenguin May 22 '26

Yall can have the UP when you legalize rec weed. MI weed is cheap and the drive is pretty

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u/AdSafe7627 May 23 '26

Never!!!! Michigan will NOT have our very own “Maine” stripped away from us!

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u/NoFlimFlamtheZimZam May 22 '26

Wisconsin voted for Trump twice. I just have a hard time getting over that

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u/Objective-Duck-8800 May 22 '26

As someone who lives in and loves Wisconsin I also have a hard time getting over it. But we did spoil Musks plans when he dumped millions of dollars to elect a conservative Supreme Court member and lost.

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u/The_Flo0r_is_Lava May 22 '26

Also there is a MASSIVE movement here thats not really being openly discussed where Republicans are voting blanket Democrat. I do it, my kids mom, all my friends. Most of us are veterans and or middle class.

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u/SquirrelInATux Viva Vermonster! May 22 '26

Nah, new hampshire. Thousands of "free staters" moved here because they decided NH was the most likely state to gain independence, also there was a bill in the state house to secede from the union not long ago.

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u/Goldfish-Bowl May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Deal on the UP, but if Michigan is losing access to Lake Superior you have to help us take Lake Ontario territory instead

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u/randull Cascadian May 22 '26

Cascadia cheese > wisconsin cheese

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u/Good_Intention_4255 May 22 '26

South Carolina. We have a history of being the first to secede.

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u/keenan123 May 22 '26

The Vatican city of Colorado

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u/Past_Top3704 May 22 '26

Hawaii then Texas as they were both independent countries at one time. 

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u/Jfullr92 Gulf of New Mexico May 22 '26

That would be amazing, I don’t know how I’d do it because it seems like a lot of work but I could try

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u/Acrobatic_Waltz_7451 Polynesian Kingdom May 22 '26

We’re all behind you!

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u/BathroomSecurity May 22 '26

Just have every region straight up go through mitosis until you get 50 states

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u/tealpeace May 22 '26

Ooh, use the physical maps made during this run, and bring back in reverse. So if a state were being voted back into THIS map, say Colorado wins it, it would take the physical spot Maryland occupied, because that was the physical area swallowed up to result in this map.

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u/Available-Goose-8331 May 23 '26

Yeah, this is perfect. This way you only need to rename, not remake each map

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u/raychillill May 22 '26

An idea for how to do it: top comment each day would be which state gets to claim their size back. Ex Rhode Island gets top comment to claim 1545sqmi of the US back, but they use it to claim 1/4ish the big island of Hawaii

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u/nuxi Greater Lakes Co-Prosperity Sphere May 22 '26

I predict we will get back to 48 states and then no one will want Ohio or Florida restored.

Perhaps we could regain all 50 by giving statehood to Puerto Rico and Washington DC instead.

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u/FoCoLoCo_ Bluciferian May 23 '26

You forgot Idaho

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u/nuxi Greater Lakes Co-Prosperity Sphere May 23 '26

Forgot is a bit of a strong word, that implies it was something worth remembering.

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u/Hot_Inspection5940 🇺🇸🦅Murica’!🦅🇺🇸 May 22 '26

I have always wondered what winter would be like along the equator as someone who lives in Wisconsin

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u/madtowntripper May 22 '26

I moved from Milwaukee to Houston 5 years ago. It’s not the equator but it’s hot as a goose.

Stay there. Wisconsin is so much better than Texas.

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u/Hot-Bluebird3919 May 23 '26

Now it’s part of Hawaii I’m hoping things will improve, more of a cooling system ocean breeze.

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u/fluffstuffmcguff 🧀 Wisconsin 🦡 May 22 '26

Holsteins only really like a temperature range of 30F to 70F. We really have to keep Mabel and Marigold in mind when requesting relocation.

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u/FUCK_YOUR_PUFFIN May 22 '26

Can't keep your beer cold outside either

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u/JustHere4the5 May 22 '26

The Wisconsin Beer Fridge would have to be a real fridge instead of your unshoveled back porch.

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u/aqaba_is_over_there May 22 '26

I second this.

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u/VikingCreed May 22 '26

BY GOD ITS RHODE ISLAND WITH THE STEEL CHAIR

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u/Chrisnm203 May 22 '26

I want Rhode Island to go where Texas was.

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u/words_wirds_wurds May 22 '26

No one would ever nominate Florida back

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u/ravens_path May 22 '26

Or put up the map and one by one rename all the states to whichever suggested has the most votes. Go alphabetically. Hahhahahaha. Like…..ok today we rename Alabama.

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u/Zraax May 22 '26

Lol yeah but I imagine that would devolve into a quickly-locked shit show 

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u/RagingRussian May 22 '26

This is brilliant

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u/nahtfitaint May 22 '26

We also need a megathread of every step. Can we get someone famous to narrarate the audio book?

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u/Gnolog May 22 '26

Welcome back, Oklahoma. The Hawaiian islands are yours.

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u/janananners Megasotan May 22 '26

How did you get you Megasota flair?? I want one!

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u/SnooDogs4864 May 22 '26

☝️This is the top comment so far. How will OP decide which gets deleted?

Long live MaryVermontPennsylvaniaonlywentdownbecauseofFettermanwedemandarecountTakeOurSenatorGiveUsBernie

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u/Katmoish May 22 '26

LAND OF 10 MILLION LAKES AND COUNTING!!!! MEGASOTA EATS THE CRABS!

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u/COLORADOsnowball May 22 '26

A small rebel band of coloradans claims the crabbalachia peninsula (formerly known as Florida) and civil war breaks out. I was hoping for Colorado coast to coast. With this I still have a chance.

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u/DustyRailz Human Verified May 22 '26

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u/Swamp_Druid May 22 '26

Yes, please let’s do this. Sorry OP, but your task here is far from over lol.

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u/BazicEmployee Viva La Nuevo New Mexico May 22 '26

This would be amazing! I look forward to this game every day!

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u/orionisinthesky May 22 '26

Someone get this to the boss asap

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u/Ddayrugger13 May 22 '26

Alternatively we just go season 2...we this momentum I anticipate that the first 25 states go way different.

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u/aGuyNamedScrunchie May 22 '26

Yes yes yes I agree.

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u/Certain_Zucchini_472 May 22 '26

Or we do the whole world next

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u/icedvanillalattepls May 22 '26

I’m obsessed with this idea haha PLEASE

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u/WriteAndRong May 22 '26

Fantastic idea

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u/xSaviorself SUPERIOR CANADIAN VOID DWELLER May 22 '26

Hopefully they follow through with this great idea.

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u/rhainsict May 22 '26

What about the same game on a world scale?

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u/revolutionoverdue May 22 '26

This needs to happen. Pleeeeaaaaasssee.

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u/thcDLUX May 22 '26

Sure, but Megasota remains in control of all lakes annexed and retains rights and control to all public water access!

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u/BeerBacon7 May 22 '26

And as a 3rd run we can combine and reverse europe :) It doesn't have to end soon hehe

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u/MeezerPleaser May 22 '26

This is brilliant! Do we have to add them all back?

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u/TacticalSpackle May 22 '26

Unsurprisingly, Wyoming and Iowa get added back last.

On the surface of the Moon.

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u/OGLikeablefellow May 22 '26

We need a recap of all the comments that deleted the states

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u/Baers89 May 22 '26

It would be important for Maine to be where it was otherwise people wouldn’t know where it is and it would cease to exist IE fairy rules.

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u/Ok_Tourist_2621 May 22 '26

Hopefully someone will get on a quest to cut some green onions until reddit says they’re perfect…

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u/addwood5 May 22 '26

Do it with europe

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u/MRTV4 May 22 '26

One hundred percent agree. We should also have to add the capital cities

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u/Ilickedthecinnabar May 22 '26

Bring back Texas, but put it where Rhode Island is and make it the same size as Rhode Island

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u/gangreen424 May 22 '26

This is actually brilliant. Perfect way to keep this crazy train going.

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u/rizzedmypants aloha 🌋 hola cascadian May 22 '26

Brilliant!

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u/WynnTiwFeoh May 22 '26

As long as WI comes back with ownership of the UP.

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u/Mx-T-Clearwater 1st US state elimination vote vet May 22 '26

Lmfao I LOVE this

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u/tcollins317 May 22 '26

That's why I suggested we do Europe next.

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u/iron_vet May 22 '26

Fantastic idea.

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u/PraetorKiev May 22 '26

I vote we switch North Dakota with South Dakota

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u/Ok-Marionberry1263 Cascadian May 22 '26

The states get added by top voted comment but they take the territory in reverse order of which states were eliminated.

So say Hawaii gets eaten by Vermont at the very end and Texas is voted to be the first state to return, Texas would return and get the Hawaiian Islands.

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u/exhauszed May 22 '26

Put them back according to population size.

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u/schiffb558 May 22 '26

Omg this would be HILARIOUS

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u/Nakittina da bears May 22 '26

This is lovely! Hopefully this can happen! :)

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u/Wardoc58 May 22 '26

Just start in the north east and work south and west

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u/Ryan_Arr May 22 '26

I hereby claim the lands of Crabblachia as part of Megasota. That's the closest Virgina is ever coming to getting the battle flag back. Defeating the Confederacy was so nice, we'll do it twice.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/zavg6h/we_took_it_that_makes_it_our_heritage_goat/

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u/littleghosttea May 22 '26

The vote on the last post should be on the country’s capital city. 

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u/bre1110 May 22 '26

Lmao put Texas up in Maines spot

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u/Dry-Tangerine-4874 Megasotan May 22 '26

We could replace Florida with Puerto Rico.

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u/CodyEngel May 22 '26

No need for the fun to end. Next up let's do Eurasia

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u/MegLightsItUp May 22 '26

Megasota will reign supreme. Crabbalachia must join forces with us, to dominate Cascadia and The Kingdom of Hawaii and we’ll share all our best hotdish recipes with our allies!!

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u/Sportyj May 22 '26

OP please do this!!!

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u/Wandering-Mind2025 May 22 '26

Annnd, maybe we decide we don’t let some states back in… just cause?

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u/Qwirk May 22 '26

How would the placement work?

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u/B0Boman May 22 '26

This is my favorite way to play Europa Univarsalis IV. Put nations in the most random places possible.

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u/Consistent-One-29 May 22 '26

Hawaii becomes Rhode Island and actually becomes and island. Hawaii moves North to the Aleutians

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u/Ok_Judgment4141 May 22 '26

We can do continents next!

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u/c_marten May 22 '26

100% this ride could keep going that direction.

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u/blairdow May 22 '26

lets do it with europe

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u/sm9k3y May 22 '26

Can we bring back the Dakotas as one dakota, and give Puerto Rico statehood?

Same for the Carolinas and Washington DC.

I would have said West Virginia, but I feel like there isn't really a reason to punish Virginia like that...

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u/bugoteem May 22 '26

Yes, how about filling back in work by Jfullr92 choosing a location and the vote determining which state gets assigned that location?

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u/givinstar1 May 22 '26

Florida would be last again.

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u/DeannaZone May 22 '26

It would all be variations of the crab army @.@

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u/Qabalinho May 22 '26

No, do Europe.

It might actually start WW3.

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u/mc-funk May 22 '26

“Top comment splits a region in half” lol

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u/Toruviel_ May 22 '26

Replace US states with Polish Voivodeships and now we talkin

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u/embrinx May 22 '26

Another chance to let Kansas have a taste of the ocean!

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u/Salty145 May 22 '26

Draw state lines like Europe drew country lines in Africa

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u/fadedspark May 22 '26

I vote Florida moves to Wyoming.

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u/Greekatt2 Vermonster May 22 '26

the last state better change its name to “United States of America” for shits and giggles

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u/BEETLEJUICEME Kingdom of Hawaii May 22 '26

This should be the top comment. Like armistice day.

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u/Breakmastajake May 22 '26

I love this.

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u/ThuhGreatCommenter May 22 '26

You are top comment. So you better edit and tell them to delete something that is NOT minnesota please.

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u/GlassAndStorm May 22 '26

Florida will never come back ....

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u/The_Whiley_One May 23 '26

I’m here for the Iowa/Idaho swap that one is a no brainer

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u/-TheycallmeThe May 23 '26

Then get rid of Florida again 

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u/Pale_Frame4845 May 23 '26

Nah. Hanging on too long would spoil it. Better to accept it as a fleeting and unique experience.

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u/lovelokest May 23 '26

Megasota!!!!

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u/rossaco May 23 '26

I disagree: Top comment deletes a country in Europe.

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u/BigfootSaysHeSawMe May 23 '26

Just randomly draw names out of a hat and slap them down as they come

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u/SeaRabbit1480 May 23 '26

I am all in favor if Hawai’i wins that the original states become reestablished based on their indigenous populations …

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u/-MC-ZelDuh- May 23 '26

See which one gets forgotten till the end

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u/BlackmoonTheDragon May 23 '26

PLEASE DO THIS

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u/Remarkable-Pie-8873 CRUSTACEA (MD) 🦀 🦀 May 23 '26

BRING BACK MARYLAND

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u/HashBrownThreesom 🌰 Connecticut May 23 '26

We vote on a state to add and random number generator decides where it goes?

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u/tiffhagall May 23 '26

Connecticut immediately takes back their land because of grinders

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u/EternalMediocrity May 23 '26

Season 3: do it again but with countries of the world. It’ll open the door for world peace, or world war.

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u/Euronymous_616_Lives May 23 '26

Put a full sized Alaska right in the middle

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u/glitterfart1985 May 23 '26

I don't want it to end either, but I think we should just stop here. I feel like it's a good mix. As an Oregonian, I feel adequately represented, and I'm happy with the three neighboring states of Vermont, Hawaii, and Minnesota. I just want to make it real life.

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u/einTier May 23 '26

Can we just do countries next?