Worried about the possibility of a divided America, post Nov. 2? N + 1 brings us some possible outcomes should we be wracked by civil war or something. (Ken Burns is already working on the documentary):

Red Sox Nation

Composite states: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland (including Washington, D.C.), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin

Capital: Boston

Form of government: Social democracy

First head of state: Howard Dean

Sox fans enjoy state-provided healthcare, free higher education, the option of gay marriage, abortion on demand, without apology, and continue to serve as the world’s leading providers of financial and media services. Budget caps are imposed on the Yankees of New York. The sanest of the new states (despite its sometimes shrill executive), Sox Nation boasts no standing armed forces of its own but controls the former American nuclear arsenal by remote control. Also, Pedro still throws pitches at people’s heads

Subj: civil wars [n+1]