States of Atlas (Playing 2014/Sign up & create state here)

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The State of Narragansett (Made up of Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts)

Capitol: Worcester
Largest City: Boston
Population: 6,775,035

Race:

White: 82.9%
Black: 8.3%
Asian: 5.8%
Native American: 0.5%
Hispanic: 11.4%

Age:

<18: 22.3%
18-29: 21.7%
30-44: 23.7%
44-64: 17.7%
>65: 14.6%

Religion:

Catholicism: 35.3%
Protestantism: 21.9%
Jewish: 2.7%
Orthodox Christians: 1.4%
Buddhism: 0.9%
Jehovah's Witnesses: 0.7%
Mormonism: 0.7%
Hinduism: 0.5%
Islam: 0.5%
Other: 4.7%
Non-religious: 30.7%

Party identification:

Independent: 49.8%
Democratic: 27.3%
Republican: 22.1%
Libertarian: 0.5%
Green: 0.3%

Ideology:

Very liberal: 10%
Somewhat liberal: 30%
Moderate: 30%
Conservative: 20%
Very conservative: 10%

Issues:

Issue	Support	Against
Overturning Roe vs. Wade	35%	65%
Same-sex marriage	82%	18%
Affirmative action	57%	43%
Medical marijuana legalization	52%	48%
Full marijuana legalization	37%	63%
Legalizing the death penalty	40%	60%
Background checks for guns	51%	49%
The NSA	39%	61%
Raising taxes on the rich	54%	46%
Cutting government spending	42%	58%
Obamacare	57%	43%
Raise the minimum wage	57%	43%
Privatize Social Security (parts)	44%	56%
Privatize Social Security (all)	30%	70%
More restrictions on welfare	44%	56%
Expanding free trade	47%	53%
Attack ISIS in Middle East	50%	50%
Accept Syrian refugees	55%	45%
More foreign aid for Israel	44%	56%
Common Core	34%	66%
Expand public school funding	64%	36%
Use more green energy	73%	27%
Guarding the border more heavily	35%	65%

More info can be given if requested.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

well i'mma go to bed so i'll post what i had so far, just in case

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might still add more later

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

How is the IL/MI border issue being treated here? My understanding was that we can't start until there is clarification or agreement.

[Kingpoleon]

How is the IL/MI border issue being treated here? My understanding was that we can't start until there is clarification or agreement.

I cut it up into three roughly equal pieces. Two thirds are satellites/occupation armies, and the other third remains as disputed land.

Stmarken, may I suggest you post the map here to make sure it's satisfactory to people's claims?

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For the record, here are all the areas in my state:

Barnstable County, MA
Bristol County, MA
Bristol County, RI
Dukes County, MA
Essex County, MA
Kent County, RI
Middlesex County, MA
Nantucket County, MA
Newport County, RI
Norfolk County, MA
Plymouth County, MA
Providence County, RI
Suffolk County, MA
Washington County, RI
Worcester County, MA

So, more or less all of RI and Eastern MA.

[White Trash]

Should we all post county lists like the feller above?

[Kingpoleon]

Should we all post county lists like the feller above?

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No. It's hard to be so specific.

[White Trash]

Should we all post county lists like the feller above?

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No. It's hard to be so specific.

Phew! That was gonna be long list!

[Prince of Salem]

How is the IL/MI border issue being treated here? My understanding was that we can't start until there is clarification or agreement.

I cut it up into three roughly equal pieces. Two thirds are satellites/occupation armies, and the other third remains as disputed land.

Stmarken, may I suggest you post the map here to make sure it's satisfactory to people's claims?

I hope you can see it.

[Leinad]

You guys know you can resize images, right?

It's so fuzzy I wouldn't be surprised to see bigfoot in one of the states, but hey, it's semi-readable!


Hey, JoMCaR, could some of us make additional states if we could do it in time? Because I have a nifty idea for one in real-life Georgia.

(Also, here's a suggestion, someone could take the blank area including Utah and make some Mormon-based state--perhaps called "Deseret." Or one in Oklahoma based on the Indian Territory. There are lots of cool possibilities taking into account history and such.)

[afleitch]

If more players want to sign up, it might be fair if some of the larger states were divided.

[Leinad]

If more players want to sign up, it might be fair if some of the larger states were divided.

True, true. A few of us took enormous slices of land--Cielona is maybe the 3rd-biggest, but around average by number of real-life states. (States are, as we all know, bigger out west because people got really tired of drawing all those damn borders on every single freaking map by the time they started settling out there. )

Also, I'd like to clarify that all of Nevada is open. I have no idea why Kingpoleon think I claimed Southern Nevada.

[White Trash]

Are we still waiting for more folks, or are we going to get this shindig started?

[Prince of Salem]

Are we still waiting for more folks, or are we going to get this shindig started?

We'll start very soon. I'm just getting some finetuning done

[Prince of Salem]

Well, I haven't been talking much about my own state, so I'll do that now.

Galungar is a very politically diverse state. It comprises all of the territory of real-life New York State. As its demographics are very complex, I'll publish its geographical divisions.

Galotu City:

It's the largest city in Galungar, and it's defined by its racial and cultural diversity and the independence of the majority of its voters. The two clues for candidates to campaign here is to pander to minorities and to send a message of unity and problem-solving.

Maita:
It's the state capital of Galungar, and a Democratic stronghold wherever you see it. It may give a small chance to moderate Republicans at the federal level, but not a victory.

Northwest Galungar:

It's the most politically diverse of all the places in Galungar, and its vote will largely depend on which town we are talking about. Some Native Americans live in the rural areas.

Northeast Galungar:´

A distinguishably cultural liberal area (except for one very religious town), but also a very independent one. Democrats may want to fire up the base here, while moderate Republicans could pull out an upset every once in a while.

Southwest Galungar:

Some Hispanic centers are located in this otherwise regular battleground area, where Golden City and Silver Town are located.

Southeast Galungar:

Despite being located near to the city of Galotu, the politics here are completely different. The area is largely a stronghold for conservative Republicans, although many African Americans live here. Moderate Republicans would be in deep trouble in this area.

(Hope I can update this later. For now, this is all I've got)

[Prince of Salem]

OK, I think it's time we start with our first elections But there's an important question I should ask. Should we start the game in 2014 or 2016? Midterms or Presidential election? I'll vote for Midterms, so that we can have our governors elected, but what do you say?

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Midterms sound good

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

yeah, i'm fine with either (although the state legislature i listed is post-2014, but that doesn't matter too much)

[Vern]

I say midterms, it's a good practice run.

[Potus]

Midterms. Our gubernatorial elections are midterm elections.

[White Trash]

Midterms sound good to me.

[Leinad]

Hmmm...I already declared Gary Johnson the Senator in 2014, although I suppose I could retcon that for the greater good.

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I'm cool with midterms.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

The State of (name undecided)

Capitol: Davenport
Largest City: Chicago
Population: (not sure if we have to go along with actual 2010 census results or not)

Race:

White: 77.6%
Black: 5.1%
Asian: 3.9%
Native American: 4.9%
Hispanic: 7.9%

Age:

<18: 23.1%
18-29: 22.5%
30-44: 23.3%
44-64: 17%
>65: 14.1%

Religion:

Catholicism: 24%
Protestantism: 31.9%
Jewish: 3.7%
Orthodox Christians: 1.6%
Buddhism: 1.1%
Jehovah's Witnesses: 0.9%
Mormonism: 2.1%
Hinduism: 0.9%
Islam: 1.3%
Other: 4.7%
Non-religious: 27.6%

Party identification:

Independent: 35.7%
Democratic: 36.4%
Republican: 26.2%
Libertarian: 0.4%
Green: 0.3%

Ideology:

Very liberal: 14%
Somewhat liberal: 35%
Moderate: 28%
Conservative: 16%
Very conservative: 8%

Issues:

Issue   Support   Against
Overturning Roe vs. Wade   39%   61%
Same-sex marriage   53%   47%
Affirmative action   53%   47%
Medical marijuana legalization   40%   60%
Full marijuana legalization   33%   67%
Legalizing the death penalty   50%   50%
Background checks for guns   52%   48%
The NSA   43%   57%
Raising taxes on the rich   63%   37%
Cutting government spending   39%   61%
Obamacare   66%   34%
Raise the minimum wage   64%   36%
Privatize Social Security (parts)   35%   65%
Privatize Social Security (all)   21%   79%
More restrictions on welfare   38%   62%
Expanding free trade   43%   57%
Attack ISIS in Middle East   51%   49%
Accept Syrian refugees   52%   48%
More foreign aid for Israel   42%   58%
Common Core   38%   62%
Expand public school funding   68%   32%
Use more green energy   65%   35%
Guarding the border more heavily   42%   58%

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I like the idea of starting with midterms. Will give us more background than if we started with presidential years.