Pars pro toto for the USA

Virginia claimed west to the Mississippi and northwest to present-day Wisconsin and the northeast corner of Minnesota..and all the land inbetween..which would have royally pissed off the other colonies that claimed straight across. POD is 1600 to 1800...Virginia decides to be "Top Dog"..the rump nation of the United States of the Americas..with Virginia as the core dominates. Just as England is synonomous with the UK..Virginia is with the US of the A. Or perhaps the United Kingdoms of America with George I King of Virginia..and the Prince of Pennsylvania, the Duke of Delaware, the Count of the Carolinas, the Margrave of Maryland (is margrave a title?), the Guardian of the New England Shore, etc.

Margrave is German; the English equivalent is Marquess.
 
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