Via James Fallows, who writes:
It’s based on a division of the country into 50 state units with more-or-less equal population — 5 to 6 million apiece — and preserving existing boundaries where possible.
Presentation to the Joint Chiefs Operations Directorate
November 11, 2022
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Chris, no way that my beloved rural Northwest Ohio is going to share a state with urban Cleveland! (Oops, I forgot we already do.)
Doesn’t this belong on your Strange Maps blog?
What about Puertonuyorico? A freely associated half state?
What about Alaska and Hawaii? And, would this imply that people in the District of Columbia would get a vote?