Cats and Dogs, Living Together, Mass Hysteria

Thoughts for the day:

• Today is the inauguration of our first African-American President.
• The Arizona Cardinals are going to the Super Bowl.
• FIAT is now a part-owner of Chrysler.

I don’t care what FDR says - today is a day that shall forever live in infamy.

My map (Part 2)

In an earlier post, I created a divided map of the United States and covered some of the imaginary countries that would reside within, focusing initially on the western half of the country. Now it’s time to fill in some more blanks here…

Democratic Republic of Valhalla (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota)
Capitol: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Population: 6.3 million (2000)
Summary: With a largely Scandinavian and Germanic population, it didn’t take long for these three states to come together. With it’s relatively small population and camaraderie with their neighbors to the north, however, it would not be surprising to find out they became South Saskatchewan at some point.

Federal Republic of Misanskawa (Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri)
Capitol: Kansas City, KA & MO
Population: 12.9 million (2000)
Summary: Responsible for growing a vast portion of the world’s food and feedstock and possessing a rather large nuclear arsenal, Misanskawa becomes one of the most powerful countries in the world, well out of proportion of its population and economic output.

Republic of Texas (Texas, Oklahoma)
Capitol: Austin, TX
Population: 24.3 million (2000)
Summary: Originally, Oklahoma was slated to be its own country known as “Sequoyah” - however, the Republic of Texas, led by a charismatic leader who promised to restore “Greater Texas”, immediately annexed Oklahoma. This leader promises to restore the original 1836-1845 boundaries of Texas; since Oklahoma’s panhandle was originally part of the 19th century Republic of Texas, has abundant oil reserves, and since it was the weakest of Texas’ neighbors, it was the first to get “reunited”. This greatly concerns the already strategically vulnerable Sagebrush, since half of New Mexico was originally part of Texas, as well as the Rocky Mountain Republic and Misanskawa, both of which also possess former Texan territory.

Coming next… the South!