From the novel I am writing:
When California seceded, Washington, Oregon, and New York quickly followed declaring that their new union to be called the Peoples’ Republic of America. The New England states, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, and Pennsylvania followed suit to join the PRA, as did Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Colorado. Parts of California split, denounced the secession; forming a new state called Jefferson and applied for statehood in the old USA. Eastern Washington and most of Oregon also left the PRA. The rural parts of Minnesota, Illinois and Pennsylvania divorced themselves from the left wing lunacy of Minneapolis, Chicago, and Philadelphia.
Sounds like a book I’d like to read. Please let me know if you get it published and the name. :)