[needmorePaine]

Make 3 countries:
Pacific States of America - Hawaii, Cali, Oregon, Washington, and throw in Nevada.
Decrepit States of America - Northeast down to Northern Va and the Great Lakes and Rust Belt areas (northern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and all of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota)
American States of America - The rest, including Alaska. I could Texas making a play to go solo though.

[0.E.O]

Add a forth one: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Washington. You can even add Alaska. We’ll call it Conservative States of America and you all can have the Confederate States of America back. Hope you have better luck than last time.