Nate Silver over at Fivethirtyeight.com explores some alternative universe concepts today. You’re probably familiar with Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) and his threat to lead his state into secession over … federal spending I guess. Well, secession is an unlikely prospect, but Nate explores the very real constitutional right that Texas enjoys to subdivide into several new states (a holdover from the Texas Republic unification). You’ve got to see this. Political nerds will go weak in the knees.
Someday I’d like to do a similar workup for “The State of Superior,” a long abandoned concept that would form northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula into a state. Other versions have just the Wisconsin and Michigan portions. Think of the spreadsheets!
Maybe that could be my summer project. It’s hard to justify that kind of time investment for something that practically could only happen if the global economy melted down taking out most of the world’s major governments.
Hmm. Maybe it is worth the trouble.
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