Streamlined USA Merged State Names Satirical Meme
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Header: A new, streamlined, USA; Map labels: Maintana, Washconsin, Oryork, Idota, Wyowa, Nebrinia, Missorado, Utucky, Nennessee, Arkalina, Calihoma, Arizama, Floxas
Overview
This is a satirical meme showing a simplified map of the contiguous United States. Instead of official state borders, the map is split into 13 equal horizontal strips. Each strip is labeled with a silly portmanteau made by blending two real U.S. state names: Maintana, Washconsin, Oryork, Idota, Wyowa, Nebrinia, Missorado, Utucky, Nennessee, Arkalina, Calihoma, Arizama, and Floxas. A header above the map reads 'A new, streamlined, USA', framing the joke as a fake administrative simplification of the country, playing on jokes about people mixing up U.S. state names and unnecessary bureaucratic over-simplification.
Origin notes
This meme is sourced from an RSS feed of the X (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg. It is a widely circulated geography-themed humor meme that spread across social media platforms including X, Reddit, and Instagram, leaning into common jokes about poor U.S. geography knowledge and absurd administrative proposals.
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