If somehow the North or a part of it (likely New England) seceded from the USA in the antebellum era, what would its name be?
If it's just New England it is pretty obvious what it is called, but the addition of non-Yankee free states like New York, Pennsylvania, the Great Lakes, etc makes me wonder what we'd call it. Would it still be called X States of America then? Would a nickname for the North ala 'Dixie' or 'Southland' be made (or already exist in OTL?)? Would it be a Confederacy/Confederate, Federation/Federated, etc?
If it's just New England it is pretty obvious what it is called, but the addition of non-Yankee free states like New York, Pennsylvania, the Great Lakes, etc makes me wonder what we'd call it. Would it still be called X States of America then? Would a nickname for the North ala 'Dixie' or 'Southland' be made (or already exist in OTL?)? Would it be a Confederacy/Confederate, Federation/Federated, etc?