States Of An Alternate U.S.- A Collaboration Thread.

Do you like Ameriwanks?{i.e. a significantly, or even radically different ATL U.S.}


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Official Name: Hudson
Nicknames: Old North West
Governor: John Ritter
Capital: Thunder Bay, pop. 490,000
Largest City: same
Other Cities: Fort Albany (pop. 52,000), Sault Ste Marie (= pop.340,000)
Population: 1,790,000
Admission: March 15, 1865

Official Name: Caribia
Nicknames:Islands State
Governor: Whitecliff Jean
Capital: Port Au Prince, pop. 425,000
Largest City: Guantanamo, pop. 1,330,000
Population: 4,000,000
Admission: January 29, 1875

Neat! I'm sorry to say, though that you forgot to use the most current map :(.{Here it is.............it was posted at around 5:50-5:55 CDT I believe}

Sorry if this cause any inconvenience. :(

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Neat! I'm sorry to say, though that you forgot to use the most current map :(.{Here it is.............it was posted at around 5:50-5:55 CDT I believe}

Sorry if this cause any inconvenience. :(
Sorry about that :( here is the fixed map plus the addition to Cumberland (take it or leave it)

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Sorry about that :(

No harm done. :cool: ;)

here is the fixed map plus the addition to Cumberland (take it or leave it)

Aw heck, why not? :cool:

{P.S. I fixed Hudson for ya. :) }

More states.

Official Name: Alberta
Nicknames: The Tar Sands State
Governor: James Morris Edwards
Capital: Wood Buffalo (pop. 46,000)
Largest City: Calgary{OTL's Ft. McMurray}, (pop. 258,000)
Other Cities: Athabasca (pop. 97,000), Lake Wilson (pop. 182,000), Bonnerville (pop. 71,000)
Population: 1,882,000
Admission: June 23, 1929

Official Name: Buffalo
Nicknames: The Bison State
Governor: Wilfred 'Sitting Bear' Andreasson
Capital: Edmonton (pop. 185,000)
Largest City: Same.
Other Cities: Wide Prairie (pop. 94,000), Burkeville (pop. 78,000)
Population: 1,337,000 {LOL.}
Admission: Sep. 2, 1938

Official Name: New Caledonia
Nicknames: The Eskimo State
Governor: Gordon Toolitut
Capital: Hanford (pop. 77,000)
Largest City: Same.
Other Cities: Hudsontown (pop. 24,000)
Population: 469,000
Admission: April 29, 1960

Official Name: Keewatin
Nicknames: The Polar Bear State
Governor: Henry P. Wickersham
Capital: New Indiana (pop. 91,000)
Largest City: Church Falls (pop. 179,000)
Other Cities: Morristown (pop. 46,000)
Population: 983,000
Admission: July 20, 1953

Official Name: Victoria
Nicknames: The Aztlan State
Governor: Maria Canales
Capital: Canatlan (pop. 447,000)
Largest City: Santa Maria{OTL Durango} (pop. 956,000)
Other Cities: Jefferson (pop. 363,000), Morelia (pop. 275,000)
Population: 7,452,000
Admission: December 27, 1904

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No harm done. :cool: ;)



Aw heck, why not? :cool:

{P.S. I fixed Hudson for ya. :) }

More states.

Official Name: Alberta
Nicknames: The Tar Sands State
Governor: James Morris Edwards
Capital: Wood Buffalo (pop. 46,000)
Largest City: Calgary{OTL's Ft. McMurray}, (pop. 258,000)
Other Cities: Athabasca (pop. 97,000), Lake Wilson (pop. 182,000), Bonnerville (pop. 71,000)
Population: 1,882,000
Admission: June 23, 1929

Official Name: Buffalo
Nicknames: The Bison State
Governor: Wilfred 'Sitting Bear' Andreasson
Capital: Edmonton (pop. 185,000)
Largest City: Same.
Other Cities: Wide Prairie (pop. 94,000), Burkeville (pop. 78,000)
Population: 1,337,000 {LOL.}
Admission: Sep. 2, 1938

Official Name: New Caledonia
Nicknames: The Eskimo State
Governor: Gordon Toolitut
Capital: Hanford (pop. 77,000)
Largest City: Same.
Other Cities: Hudsontown (pop. 24,000)
Population: 469,000
Admission: April 29, 1960

Official Name: Keewatin
Nicknames: The Polar Bear State
Governor: Henry P. Wickersham
Capital: New Indiana (pop. 91,000)
Largest City: Church Falls (pop. 179,000)
Other Cities: Morristown (pop. 46,000)
Population: 983,000
Admission: July 20, 1953

Official Name: Victoria
Nicknames: The Aztlan State
Governor: Maria Canales
Capital: Canatlan (pop. 447,000)
Largest City: Santa Maria{OTL Durango} (pop. 956,000)
Other Cities: Jefferson (pop. 363,000), Morelia (pop. 275,000)
Population: 7,452,000
Admission: December 27, 1904
Thanks for fixing Hudson:D
 
here is the fixed map plus the addition to Cumberland
i accept the change to cumberland, it sounds like a good idea.

Governor: Whitecliff Jean
i think you meant wycleaf jean

Also, for West Kansas: was the year really 1993 or did you mean 1893 instead?

it was indeed 1993; i saw an article on wikipedia about an attempt in '93 to divide kansas. here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_partition_proposals#Kansas.

i'll add another state as well
Official Name: Los Altos
Nicknames: Highland State, Quetzal State
Governor: Álvaro Colom
Capital: Guate (OTL Guatemala City, pop. 1,000,000)
Largest City: same
Other Cities: Totonicapán, pop. 100,000, Xela (OTL Quetzaltenango, pop. 300,000), Xinabahul (OTL Huehuetenango, pop. 80,000)
Population: 3,800,000
Admission: September 5, 1848

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Official Name: Labrador
Nicknames: Viking State
Governor: John Gunderson
Capital: Port Hope Simpson ( pop. 10,000)
Largest City: Happy Valley-Goose Bay (pop. 14,000)
Other Cities: Ivujuk( pop. 8,000)
Population: 170,000
Admission: February 11, 1966

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Okay folks, here's some of the last states:

Official Name: Jackson
Nicknames: The Darter State
Governor: Griselia Torres
Capital: Hesperia (pop. 266,000)
Largest City: Santa Maria (pop. 1,425,000)
Other Cities: Cape Vincent (pop. 174,000), Arajuela (pop. 452,000), St. Patrick(pop. 94,000)
Population: 5,147,000
Admission: August 21, 1905

Official Name: Martinez
Nicknames: The Chickadee State
Governor: Victor Fonseca
Capital: Salinas (pop. 351,000)
Largest City: Patosee (pop. 793,000)
Other Cities: Zacatecas (pop. 632,000), Guadalupe (pop. 477,000),
Prescott (pop. 285,000)
Population: 6,877,000
Admission: August 8, 1912

Official Name: Nayarit
Nicknames: The Jungle State
Governor: Luisa Herrera
Capital: Ameca (pop. 245,000)
Largest City: Guadalajara (pop. 4,273,000)
Other Cities: Puerto Vallarta (pop. 963,000), Colimaville (pop. 385,000), Manzanillo (pop. 1,764,000)
Population: 11,783,000
Admission: February 4, 1914

Official Name: Mayapan
Nicknames: The Mayan State
Governor: Alberto Tepic
Capital: Los Flores (pop. 75,000)
Largest City: Jacksonville (pop. 302,000)
Other Cities: Tejepeque (pop. 166,000)
Population: 1,884,000
Admission: April 24, 1963

Official Name: Puerto Rico
Nicknames: The Island State
Governor: Marissa Torres
Capital: San Juan (pop. 743,000)
Largest City: Same.
Other Cities: Martinez (pop. 483,000)
Population: 4,824,000
Admission: August 4, 1878

{P.S. can somebody color in Puerto Rico for me? Thanks. ;)

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These may be the last states:

Official Name: Honduras
Nicknames: Rainforest State, Isthmus State
Governor: Daniel Ortega
Capital: Tegucigalpa, pop. 1,300,000
Largest City: San Salvador, pop. 2,100,000
Other Cities: Managua, pop. 2,000,000
Population: 19,000,000
Admission: January 19, 1920


Official Name: Michoacán (mostly OTL Mexican state of Guerrero)
Nicknames: Mesa State, Pottery State
Governor: Zeferino Torreblanca
Capital: Bravo (OTL Chilpancingo, pop. 215,000)
Largest City: Acapulco, pop. 700,000
Population: 3,200,000
Admission: October 7, 1908

Official Name: Bahama Islands
Nicknames: Island Chain State, Paradise State
Governor: Hubert Ingraham
Capital: Nassau, pop. 250,000
Largest City: same
Other Cities: Freeport, pop. 25,000, West End, pop. 13,000, Matthew Town, pop. 1,000
Population: 340,000
Admission: July 10, 1973


Official Name: Kamehameha Islands (OTL Hawaii)
Nicknames: Aloha State
Governor: Linda Lingle
Capital: Honolulu, pop. 375,000
Largest City: same
Other Cities: Hilo, pop. 50,000, Kanohe, pop. 35,000
Population: 1,300,000
Admission: August 21, 1959


Official Name: Kalaallit Nunaat (OTL Greenland)
Nicknames: Ice State, Great Island State, Nordic State
Governor: Kuupik Kleist
Capital: Nuuk, pop. 18,000
Largest City: same
Other Cities: Sisimiut, pop. 5,500, Ilulissat, pop. 4,500
Population: 60,000
Admission: July 28, 1950

I noticed that a lot of states have Native American-sounding state names. Maybe in TTL, the US is more friendly to the Native peoples?

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One last state + 4 countries.

Does anyone mind if I create one last state?

Official Name: Newfoundland
Nicknames: The Cod State
Governor: Fred O'Malley
Capital: St. John's (pop. 315,000)
Largest City: Same.
Other Cities: Corner Brook (pop. 180,000), Codsville (pop. 91,000)
Population: 1,737,000
Admission: September 10, 1891

And also, to spice things up, why not add a few countries?

Republic of Brazil

Capital: Brasilia (pop. 2,764,000)
Other Cities: Teresina {OTL Cayenne} (pop. 4,135,000), Nova Lisboa{OTL Georgetown} (pop. 2,842,000)
Government: Representative Federated Republic
Population: 198,367,000
Year of Creation: 1888

Costa Rica

Capital: San Jose (pop. 850,000)
Other Cities: Alajuela (pop. 478,000), Martinez (pop. 362,000)
Government: Socialist Democracy
Population: 7,426,000
Year of Creation: 1847

Ecuadoria

Capital: Ciudad Bolivar{OTL Quito} (pop. 2,009,000)
Other Cities: Guayaquil (pop. 1,457,000)
Government: Libertarian Republic
Population: 10,877,000
Year of Creation: 1875

Icelandic Worker's Republic

Capital: Reykjavik (pop. 224,000)
Other Cities: Akureyri (pop. 138,000)
Government: Marxism
Population: 988,000
Year of Creation: 1949

{One last thing: What to do about the Azores and Cape Verde Islands?}

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Maybe we could start again with a blank map and the same POD
Official Name: Maine
Nicknames*: The Lobster State
Governor: Olympia Snowe (term started January 3, 1995)
Lt. Governor*: Susan Collins
Capital: Portland (pop. 135,000)
Largest City: same
Other Cities*: Augusta (pop. 42,000), Mont-Joli, (pop. 76,000)
Population: 5,635,000
Religion*: Roman Catholic 66%.
Admission: September 5, 1792
Date of Current Borders*: 1815

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To avoid confusion by other readers, may we start a new thread?

Official Name: Maine
Nicknames*: The Lobster State
Governor: Olympia Snowe (term started January 3, 1995)
Lt. Governor*: Susan Collins
Capital: Portland (pop. 135,000)
Largest City: same
Other Cities*: Augusta (pop. 42,000), Mont-Joli, (pop. 76,000)
Population: 5,635,000
Religion*: Roman Catholic 66%.
Admission: September 5, 1792
Date of Current Borders*: 1815

Actually, you know what? I'm considering starting a new thread.............does anybody mind that?{P.S. Your entry will still be completely and totally valid if we decide to start a new topic.}
 
Official Name: California
Nicknames*: The Golden State
Governor: Michael Reagan (term started January 3,2003)
Lt. Governor*: Juan Cruz
Capital: Sacramento (pop. 435,000)
Largest City: Los Angles, (Pop. 4,154,000)
Other Cities*: San Fransisco (pop. 2,422,000), La Paz (pop. 1,346,000), Tijuana (pop. 1,003,000)
Population: 61,992,000
Religion*: Roman Catholic 75%.
Admission: July 4,1850
Date of Current Borders*same

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Actually, you know what? I'm considering starting a new thread.............does anybody mind that?{P.S. Your entry will still be completely and totally valid if we decide to start a new topic.}
Sorry about the second pst I was creating that while you were posting your sugestion. I was wondering if you aldo include uber California in your new Time Line.
 
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