Just gonna add this much needed context from the creator via reddit:
OP reposted my work without citing the original source or the accompanying write up. Its not meant to portray “what is” but a thought experiment of trying to provide an “homeland for each prevalent ideology,” one that relies on migration on an even greater, more directed scale than the existing kind accounted for in the book The Big Sort.
If you want to read my original writeup, here it is…
America: the Four-State Solution
Divergent socio-economic values have made the governing of the United States unfeasible. Policies are stymied in a divided Congress, leaving the sitting President to enact orders that are undone by the successive administration.
Rather than having a single country pulled to and fro between its warring political factions, the constituent states have reformed into four new nations: Olympia, Libertas, Dixie, and the Union.
• Olympia: A progressive social democratic society somewhat resembling that of Nordic countries, albeit with far greater ethnic diversity. Its relatively high taxes (especially for the wealthy) bring with them free healthcare and education for all. The Californian administrative district is bisected (creating Alta California) for greater equality with Hawaii and its northern districts. Emphasizing education and creativity, the leftist nation remains a hub for technology, culture, and innovation.
• Libertas: A group of mostly-autonomous, somewhat sparsely-populated states that value small government, minimal regulation, personal freedoms, and private ownership above all. Each state, county, and municipality are free to purse its own vision of Libertarian society ranging from left- to right-leaning incarnations. Existing as a buffer between Olympia and Dixie, the freedoms both valued and reviled by these nations are on full display here. Washington and Oregon’s eastern regions were ceded to this nation and have reformed as the racist Northwest Imperative.
• Dixie: This conservative nation enshrines many Christian and traditional social values into law under a strong authority. While slavery remains illegal, laws nevertheless tend to favor the white majority and a system of “self-segregation” has taken root. Spinning out of this, conservative black and latino minorities that chose to remain gradually cluster in Georgia and Florida, respectively.
• The Union: The centrist remains of the former United States. While it retains citizens that can alternately lean progressive, libertarian, and conservative; the departure of the more polarized factions became a release valve that created a calming effect on ideological discourse. As a result, the various stripes of centrists could compromise on a broad range of modest policies.
During the changeover, the four nations grant a 10-year emigration period for individuals and businesses relocate to the region that best suits their values. This includes a clause that permits repatriation if their life in the new nation isn’t everything they hoped it would be.
While the nations retain some global hegemonic influence via their participation alongside Canada in a North American Defense Compact, the nations are as independent from one-another as those of Europe, for instance.