NO!!! Haven't you heard the US motto? "United we stand, divided we fall" its on our CURRENCY!!!

We could then be known as the Divided States?

why??? you yanks and your obsession with dividing yourselves up.... us canucks up here on top of you (canada, for those who are stupid) have 10 provinces and 4 territories, combined to make only 14 divided US state-equivalents... and we're bigger than you! what you should do, i say, is combine some of your states together. our quebec is bigger than most european countries, but do you see us dividing it up?

No, I don't. Do you mean conversationally? We already use the following informal divisors: the Western states; the mid-Atlantic states; the Great Plains states, the Southern states and so on. Are you suggesting some states get together and kick some of the others out of the USA? LOL. Can't you see it now? Pennsylvania and Ohio join forces to snag West Virginia before Kentucky and Maryland get a crack. Iowa and Minnesota threaten to shove the eastern part of Wisconsin into Lake Michigan, hoping the idea of a flooded Chicagoland is enough for capitulation. Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona invade California, whose citizens try to persuade Hawaii to swim on over and help mount a defense. I won't even get into what could happen with Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Texas. Why does the idea of fifty states seem a bit large to you, anway?

I wouldnt mind if northern & southern california were different states.

What would be the point?

Psh. WHY?? What would that accomplish? ~+~

Interesting.........what would we call them?.......Northern Quadrant of America.

Yeah, good luck with that. Try telling Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire that they are all going to be combined into Massachusettsland and see how it goes over. :o) Having separate states permit separate governments, and slightly different ways of doing things. People have enormous state pride. It will never happen in my lifetime.

No. change is very stressful. We do best with the status quo

IT WAS TRIED IN 1860 AND IT DIDN'T WORK. IT IS ALL ABOUT ECONOMICS. I MIGHT HAVE WORKED BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR BUT SAY 25 STATES COULDN'T SUPPORT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. wHAT ABOUT THE DEBT ?

"United States" not divided states! And not Mexamericanada either!

United we stand. Keep it together! Everyone likes Lincoln, right? Here's a funny tune about the might of America: No one likes us I don't know why. We may not be perfect But heaven knows we try. But all around even our old friends put us down. Let's drop the big one and see what happens. We give them money But are they grateful? No they're spiteful And they're hateful. They don't respect us so let's surprise them; We'll drop the big one and pulverize them. Now Asia's crowded And Europe's too old. Africa's far too hot, And Canada's too cold. And South America stole our name. Let's drop the big one; there'll be no one left to blame us. We'll save Australia; Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo. We'll build an all-American amusement park there; They've got surfing, too. Well, boom goes London, And boom Paris. More room for you And more room for me. And every city the whole world round Will just be another American town. Oh, how peaceful it'll be; We'll set everybody free; You'll have Japanese kimonos, baby, There'll be Italian shoes for me. They all hate us anyhow, So let's drop the big one now. Let's drop the big one now. ~Randy Newman Furriners might not like it! :)

It is. Country, state, county, city. And, in cases like Chicago, Sox fans and Cubs fans.

United we stand I say.

we are so small we dont even have states! just the north and south islands. But i think they are good small. As they are easier for tourists so know the local area and where they are going to. Each state still has quite a bit of land to it