United Canadas of America

Barry Ritholtz points us to this graphic from Stephen's Lighthouse. This is the USA broken up into sections equivalent to populations the size of Canada. The United Canadas of America have 20 Senators, 22 if you add in the Canada up north, about 28 if we had in the three or so Canadas in Mexico. The map is a bit misleading because of the eastern bias. The sparse midlands are apportioned to the western, making geographically large states. Taking account of density, we really see a group of New England style states along the gulf and pacific coasts. These states match the original 13 along the Atlantic. Then there are the Great lakes regions, making a fourth of all. Florida is the most unique, I think.