I found this map over at Strange Maps, which as you can guess from the title is all about strange and unusual maps.
The map is a depiction of a “Balkanized North America” in which “. . . the westward expansion of the Anglo-American people proceeded pretty much as it did in our reality . . . but the United States government just couldn’t keep up. Every national identity crisis resolved itself in favor of the separatists instead.”
It’s interesting to see how our nation would have formed, or not formed as the case may be, had historical multiculturalism had its way. Frightening too, in my opinion, because there are many living in our nation who wouldn’t mind seeing some form of this map as a reality now.
It reminded me of this excellent book, Prayers for the Assassin (and described fairly accurately here and here), that pictures an America of 2040 split into four distinct pieces, an Islamic Republic, a Christian bible-belt, a Nevada “sin-state” and a small Mormon nation.
You can see a bigger version of this map here, by the way.
I highly recommend the book for its great storytelling – it’s a great read, full of political intrigue and interesting characters – but also because it provides a hard look into a future that is possible if we do not continue to deal with Islamic fantacism in a strong way.
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