Alright all, I am in the works of fine tuning the FNM-verse and have been over the last few months, in order to create a formal, proper version of this TL. In doing this, some things which have previously been posted here as canon will be amended — I intend to document any such occurrence as I complete them and post them. One of the various projects I am currently working on for this thread includes a redone map of the United States to reflect various aspects of the canon which have changed since I first started this thread. A major change that has stemmed from this concerns the number of states within TTL's United States. As such, I have worked out an
official, finalized and canon list of TTL's U.S. states, along with footnotes describing their general geographic boundaries in relation to OTL. As I finalize the map of the U.S., I will now be sharing said list so you may have an idea of what is to come. The final count of current states lies at 56, up from the 51 which are noted on the map which remains up on the first page of this thread.
The Fifty Six States of the United States
Abegweit [ASE: Abegwid] (AB): The second least populated state in the U.S. sitting at
just over 300,000 people, Abegweit is OTL Prince Edwards Island and the OTL Magdalen Islands (part of Quebec). Annexed to the United States at the conclusion of the War of American Liberation (1810s), the island was already considered a separate colony from both neighboring New Brunswick and Nova Scotia when it fell into American hands. Though there were calls to merge it into New Brunswick, Congress ultimately set up a separate territory for all three regions. Of course, the name it held as a colony, Prince Edward's Island, was changed by Congress in order to rid the area of any
loyalism to the British Crown. It was renamed the Abegweit Territory, the Anglicized version of the native name for the island, Epekwitk. Abegweit was admitted as a state in its own right in the 1860s, following the First Civil War, as admission prior had been blocked due to its low population and the general concern of imbalance between slave and free states.
Alaska [ASE: Alaska] (AL): Roughly OTL Alaska, though it extends further east in the north, following the bend of the OTL Porcupine River, before cutting straight south to the Pacific at Yakutat Bay. TTL's Alaska was acquired following the end of the First Global War (1890s), when the United States annexed the remainder of Britain's North American colonies (namely, Newfoundland, Caribbean territories, and the Pacific Northwest + Canadian north).
Assiniboia [ASE: Asinibóéa] (AS): Roughly corresponds with the OTL Canadian province of Manitoba. Most of the land was acquired following the end of the First Global War (1890s) and the U.S.'s annexation of Britain's remaining North American territories. The name derives from the term used to describe the Red River Colony in OTL, which itself was taken from the indigenous Assiniboine people.
Bahamas [ASE: Bahamas] (BA): Corresponding with the OTL Bahamas and Turks and Caicos, these islands were annexed by the U.S. from Britain following the First Global War (1890s). They were the most recent state having been admitted in 2011 under the Baxter administration. The state is home to roughly 440,000 people. It is the state most vulnerable to rising sea levels as a result of global climate change.
Belize [ASE: Beléz] (BE): Roughly corresponding with the OTL country of Belize, though somewhat larger, the region was obtained by the U.S. following the end of the First Global War as part of the Caribbean territories the country gained from Britain. Both as a result of it's small population and separatist movements, the state remained a territory for most of the 20th Century, as part of the Belize & Caribia Territory. It was finally admitted as a state in 1990 under the King administration.
Cape Breton [ASE: Câp Breton] (CB): The state of Cape Breton corresponds with OTL Cape Breton island. In TTL, its OTL merger with Nova Scotia never occurs seeing as that happened in 1820 and the region was already annexed into the U.S. Instead, it is organized as a separate territory and serves much of its history as a staging ground for North Atlantic U.S. Naval operations. It is a low populated state, with less than 300,000 people in TTL, though just a wee bit more than Abegweit, making it the second least populated state in the Union.
Caribia [ASE: Caribéa] (CA): The state of Caribia corresponds largely with the OTL Miskito Coast region, including both areas in what are today the OTL countries of Honduras and Nicaragua. The area was obtained following the end of the First Global War as part of the British territories in the Caribbean that the U.S. annexed. The region had nominal autonomy under the British, but this was restricted under U.S. rule as the federal government worked to assert an 'American' governance style in the area. Having a large, indigenous ethnic group (the Miskito people) in the area, it remains the only state with a majority indigenous population. Nonetheless, the state was highly developed during the 20th century as a tourist destination, increasing the non-Miskito population significantly. It was admitted as a state alongside Belize in 1990, prior to which it made up part of the Belize and Caribia Territory.
Columbia [ASE: Columbéa] (CL): The state of Columbia is, in terms of borders, essentially identical to the OTL state of Oregon. It's name, however, comes from the Columbia River, which straddles its northern border with the TTL state of Jamison. In TTL, the term Oregon (or Oregon Country) is instead used as a catch-all phrase for the Pacific Northwest from Sequoia to Eustis. The area initially came into American possession following the Prairie Purchase, wherein President William Hendricks purchased Louisiane's northern and Pacific lands and claims.
Connecticut [ASE: Cuneticut] (CT): OTL Connecticut.
Delaware [ASE: Delawár] (DE): OTL Delaware.
East Florida [ASE: Ést-Flórida] (EF): East Florida corresponds with much of the OTL state of Florida, however it's western border runs along the Appalachicola River to the Gulf, with the lands to the west of that being part of the TTL state of West Florida.
East Yazoo [ASE: Ést-Yazú] (EY): The state of East Yazoo is perhaps misnamed - the Yazoo River, from which it gets its name, is entirely in the neighboring state of West Yazoo. However, the two Yazoos were collectively known as the Yazoo lands early in the country's history when Georgia laid claim to the area. The Yazoo Territory was created by Congress in the late 1790s, and sometime later the singular state of Yazoo was admitted to the Union. To placate the slave states, the state was split into two in the 1830s, thus creating East (and West) Yazoo.
Eustis [ASE: Éústis] (EU): The state of Eustis corresponds with the southern portions of OTL British Columbia, excluding most of northern BC as well as Vancouver Island. It's eastern border follows the OTL border of British Columbia, up until about the mouth of the Fraser River, which it then follows to the river's northernmost point, at which point the state's border extends in a straight line west to the Pacific. The southern most stretch of the area was taken by the U.S. in the mid-19th century (excluding Vancouver Island) and the remainder was taken after the First Global War. The Eustis Territory was then expanded to encompass the state's current borders.
Franklin [ASE: Franklin] (FR): The state of Franklin is roughly and almost exactly coterminous with the OTL state of South Dakota. In TTL, the area is named Franklin in honor of American founder, Benjamin Franklin, who was also the grandfather of the 16th U.S. President in TTL, Alexander D. Bache. The area came into American possession following the Prairie Purchase, wherein President William Hendricks purchased Louisiane's northern and Pacific lands and claims.
Georgia [ASE: Géórgéa] (GA): Roughly OTL Georgia, though not entirely - in TTL, Georgia and South Carolina settle their border in the 1790s, as in OTL, but agree that it would extend up the Tallulah River, not the Chatooga River, as in OTL. This means that TTL's Georgia is just a tad bit smaller than OTL.
Huron [ASE: Hyúron] (HU): The state of Huron corresponds with what is today known as Southern Ontario in OTL. The state became U.S. territory following the War of American Liberation (1810s) at which time it was known as Upper Canada. Congress organizes the area as the Huron Territory, named for the Huron (or Wyandot) people who inhabited the area historically.
Jamaica [ASE: Jamáka] (JA): The state of Jamaica was taken by the U.S. following the end of the First Global War as part of the British Caribbean colonies that the U.S. annexed. It was the first of the formerly British colonial territories in the Caribbean to be granted statehood, gaining such status in the late 1930s during the presidency of Oscar Stanton De Priest.
Jamison [ASE: Jámison] (JM): The state of Jamison is, in terms of geographic boundaries, nigh identical to the OTL state of Washington. It is named Jamison in honor of President Hendrick's mother. Hendricks was President when the U.S. and Britain came to diplomatic agreements that the area would be considered American, and Congress gave the President the authority to name the territory it organized north of the Columbia Territory - Hendricks went with his mother's maiden name. The area initially came into American possession following the Prairie Purchase, wherein President William Hendricks purchased Louisiane's northern and Pacific lands and claims.
Kamchatka [ASE: Komchotka] (KM): Corresponding roughly, but not exactly, with the OTL Russian regions of Kamchatka and Chukotka. The area was conquered by the United States in the nation's most ambitious non-continental land grab: the Cold War (1905-08). The war was a campaign conducted by the U.S. and their allies, the Japanese, against the Russian Far East. The Russian government had collapsed at the end of the First Global War leading to major instability across northern Eurasia, which Japan sought to capitalize on. Nelson Miles, elected U.S. President in 1904 with promises of "securing and strengthening the U.S.'s position internationally" used the U.S.'s alliance with Japan and the fact that no Russian delegation had participated in the peace talks that ended the First Global, as pretext to invade. Together, Japan and the U.S. essentially took over the Russian Far East, for which the U.S. gained the Kamchatka Peninsula and the land immediately across the Bering Strait from Alaska. Kamchatka was admitted as a state in the 1950s.
Kentucky [ASE: Kentuké] (KT): Roughly OTL Kentucky, though its southern border stretches straight to the east from its southernmost western line in OTL, a result of the OTL Walker Line being formally rectified by Congress in TTL.
Lakota [ASE: Lakóta] (LK): The state of Lakotah is roughly the OTL state of North Dakota, though its northern border extends slightly more north than North Dakota's OTL northern border with Canada. The state's name derives from the Lakotah (also known as the Teton Sioux), an indigenous people who inhabit the state. The area came into American possession following the Prairie Purchase, wherein President William Hendricks purchased Louisiane's northern and Pacific lands and claims.
Maine [ASE: Mán] (MA): Roughly OTL Maine, though its eastern borders are different than OTL slightly, making the state a tad bit larger than OTL. Unlike OTL, though, the state did not get separated from Massachusetts and admitted as its own state until the 1880s, a result of the dispute over an imbalance between free and slave states.
Maryland [ASE: Maréland] (MD): OTL Maryland.
Massachusetts [ASE: Masachúsets] (MS): OTL Massachusetts.
Minnesota [ASE: Minesóta] (MN): The TTL state of Minnesota corresponds roughly with the OTL state of Minnesota, barring lands east of the Mississippi, which in TTL are part of either Wisconsin or Superior. As such, the OTL capital of St. Paul is actually within Wisconsin.
Newfoundland [ASE: Núfinland] (NF): Part of the lands the U.S. annexed from Britain at the end of the First Global War (1890s), the state includes the island of Newfoundland and the areas of Labrador which correspond with the OTL province of Canada. That being said, the borders of the state's Labrador territories differ from OTL, with the boundaries extending along the Atlantic coast to Cape Wolstenholme.
New Ireland [ASE: Nú-Írland] (NI): Part of the British territories taken by the U.S. at the conclusion of the War of American Liberation (1810s), the area was known as the colony of New Brunswick prior to annexation and was full of loyalists who had come from the former 13 colonies following the American War of Independence. To rid the area of a name harkening to the British monarchy (being named New Brunswick in honor of George III, who was prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg), Congress organized the area as the New Ireland Territory, New Ireland being a name supported by locals and which briefly served as the colony's name before the Crown settled on New Brunswick in OTL. New Ireland was admitted as a state in 1836, alongside New Scotland.
New Hampshire [ASE: Nú-Hampshír] (NH): OTL New Hampshire.
New Jersey [ASE: Nú-Jersé] (NJ): OTL New Jersey.
New Scotland [ASE: Nú-Scotland] (NS): Roughly OTL Nova Scotia. The area became part of the U.S. following the War of American Liberation (1810s), after which Congress organized it as the Territory of New Scotland. It was admitted as a state by Congress in 1836, alongside neighboring New Ireland.
New York [ASE: Nú-Yórk] (NY): OTL New York with the addition of lands across the Saint Lawrence River up to (and following) the OTL Rideaux River, which the U.S. acquired following the War of American Liberation (1810s). This was done so that the entire Saint Lawrence would immediately be under the purview of a formal state — though this reasoning seems mostly a pretext, the real reason being intense lobbying by New York politicians at the time.
North Carolina [ASE: Nórf-Carólína] (NC): OTL North Carolina.
Odawa [ASE: Ódawu] (OD): The state of Odawa corresponds roughly with the OTL state of Michigan, though Odawa's portion of the Upper Peninsula is smaller than OTL. It's name comes from the indigenous Odawa people who lived in the area historically (and still do today).
Ohio [ASE: Óhíó] (OH): OTL Ohio.
Pacifica [ASE: Pacifica] (PC): Pacifica corresponds to OTL mainland British Columbia and the OTL Alaskan panhandle. It is the least populated state, with just under 300,000 inhabitants. All of the lands which make up the state of Pacifica were part of the British colony of Pacifica, from which it gets its name. These regions were annexed by the U.S. in the 1890s. Pacifica was admitted as a state despite its low population in 2001, under the Trumka administration.
Palouse [ASE: Palús] (PL): Corresponding almost entirely with the OTL state of Idaho, Palouse's western border follows OTL until about OTL Dick Creek, where up it extends north to Lake Flathead, then up the Flathead River. As a result, Palouse is slightly larger than OTL Idaho. The area came into American possession following the Prairie Purchase, wherein President William Hendricks purchased Louisiane's northern and Pacific lands and claims.
Pennsylvania [ASE: Pensilvánéa] (PA): OTL Pennsylvania.
Platte [ASE: Plat] (PT): The state of Platte is roughly the OTL state of Nebraska, though considerably larger as a result of its extension west, with the North Platte River marking its north-western border (thus extending it into OTL Wyoming). It's southern border is also slightly to the north of the state's OTL southern border with Kansas, a result of the U.S. and Louisiana's border extending in a straight line west from the confluence of the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers. The area came into American possession following the Prairie Purchase, wherein President William Hendricks purchased Louisiane's northern and Pacific lands and claims.
Rhode Island [ASE: Ród-Íland] (RI): OTL Rhode Island.
Sauk [ASE: Sauk] (SA): The TTL state of Sauk is nearly identical to the OTL state of Iowa, except that its southern most border starts at the confluence of the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers and extends directly west in a straight line from there. This makes Sauk slightly larger than OTL Iowa. The area came into American possession following the Prairie Purchase, wherein President William Hendricks purchased Louisiane's northern and Pacific lands and claims.
Sequoia [ASE: Seqóéa] (SQ): Corresponding roughly with OTL Northern California from the north shore of San Francisco Bay to the border with OTL Oregon. It borders the state of Toyabe to the west, where the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range marks its border before following a straight line north at the end of the crest. The area came into American possession following the Prairie Purchase, wherein President William Hendricks purchased Louisiane's northern and Pacific lands and claims.
Toyabe [ASE: Tóyabá] (TO): Roughly OTL Nevada, sans the southern tip that includes OTL Las Vegas. The state's western border is defined by the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and it's southern border runs along the 37th parallel north. It's eastern border extends as a straight line north-to-south with the state of Ute, along roughly the same line as the OTL border between Nevada and Utah. The area came into American possession following the Prairie Purchase, wherein President William Hendricks purchased Louisiane's northern and Pacific lands and claims. It's name is derived from the OTL Toiyabe mountain range in the state.
South Carolina [ASE: Saúf-Carólína] (SC): Roughly OTL South Carolina, though not entirely - in TTL, Georgia and South Carolina settle their border in the 1790s, as in OTL, but agree that it would extend up the Tallulah River, not the Chatooga River, as in OTL. This means that TTL's South Carolina is just a tad bit larger than OTL.
Superior [ASE: Supéréór] (SP): Corresponding roughly with the largely uninhabited portions of OTL Upper Ontario, the area first came under American control after the War of American Liberation when the U.S. gained the entirety of the Lake Superior coastline extending just a bit north. The state was admitted in 1870, and expanded considerably following the First Global War when the U.S. annexed lands to its north from Britain.
Tennessee [ASE: Tenesé] (TN): Roughly OTL Tennessee, though its border with Kentucky does not follow the OTL Walker Line, a boundary mistake that Congress rectified in TTL.
Ute [ASE: Yút] (UT): Much like the OTL state of Utah, Ute gets its name from the indigenous Ute people who inhabit the state. Ute northern border extends in a straight line rather than turning south east of Great Salt Lake, and also includes nearly 2/3rds of Colorado (the remaining portions of OTL Colorado east of Ute is part of Louisiane). Accordingly, Ute is significantly larger than OTL. It became home to a large number of radical Christian democrats, individuals who wished to reform the U.S. government as a Christian democratic kingdom as outlined by TTL's Joseph Smith. Smith in TTL was a politician from Ohio who founded the Christian Democratic Party, a powerful third party that swayed national attitudes and politics in the 1840-50s, before he was assassinated. His assassination caused a split between the party with moderates wishing to continue attempting to pass their ideals democratically, while radicals believed the time had come for revolution. A rebellion centered in Wisconsin occurred in the 1850s, after which radical adherents largely left for Ute. Note - these are not the Latter Day Saints (or Mormons) we know in OTL, though sharing certain characteristics and certainly prominent figures.
Vancouver Island [ASE: Vancúver Íland] (VI): Vancouver Island was annexed by the U.S. following the First Global War, prior to which it was the jewel of Britain's Pacifica colony. It was admitted as a state in 1918, alongside Newfoundland.
Van Buren [ASE: Van-Byúren] (VB): Roughly OTL Wyoming, give or take, though its borders are in fact rather different. It is not a straight up square, to begin with. Its northern boundaries follow the Yellowstone River until its bend at its confluence with Reservation Creek, at which point it extends in a straight line to Palouse. Its southern border follows in a straight line from the west up until the North Platte River, at which point it follows the North Platte River. It was admitted in 1889, and was named after one of the earliest Secretaries of Development, Martin Van Buren of New York, who ironically did favor development of the rural frontier.
Vermont [ASE: Vermont] (VT): OTL Vermont.
Virginia [ASE: Virginéa] (VA): OTL Virginia and West Virginia, a result of Virginia not seceding during TTL's First Civil War (1856-62), as OTL Virginia had during the OTL American Civil War.
Wabash [ASE: Wabash] (WB): Roughly the OTL state of Indiana, named in TTL for the Wabash River.
Ward [ASE: Ward] (WR): Corresponds with the OTL state of Montana and Canadian province of Alberta, along with the western half of Saskatchewan, though its northern boundary does not extend nearly as far north as the northern border of either OTL Canadian province. In TTL, Ward experienced significant population growth and development throughout the 20th century, making it one of the larger states in the union in terms of population, and certainly the most populous state in the Frontier Region.
Washington [ASE: Washington] (WA): Named in honor of the hero of the War of Independence, George Washington, the TTL state of Washington corresponds with what is the OTL state of Illinois.
West Florida [ASE: West-Flórida] (WF): Corresponds with what was the OTL region of West Florida (British/Spanish colony), including the OTL lands of Florida west of the Appalachicola River, the OTL Florida Parishes of Louisiana, and the southern halves of OTL Mississippi and Alabama. Its northern border with the two Yazoos lies at the 32nd parallel.
West Yazoo [ASE: West-Yazú] (WY): The state of West Yazoo is named for the Yazoo River which is entirely within its boundaries. It and its eastern neighbor, East Yazoo, were collectively known as the Yazoo lands early in the U.S.'s history when Georgia laid claim to the area. The Yazoo Territory was created by Congress in the late 1790s, and sometime later the singular state of Yazoo was admitted to the Union. To placate the slave states, the state was split into two in the 1830s, thus creating the current states of East and West Yazoo.
Wisconsin [ASE: Wisconsin] (WI): OTL Wisconsin with the addition of Minnesota's lands east of the Mississippi River, including OTL St. Paul, as well as most of OTL Michigan's Upper Peninsula. As a result, TTL's Wisconsin is larger than OTL. It was the central location of the Christian Democratic Rebellion of the 1850s, where radical members of the Christian Democratic Party attempted to secede or overthrow (accounts differ) the Wisconsin and U.S. governments, under Christian Democratic Governor John Whitmer.