[central_va]

Actually, in a real sense, there is geographic separation: rural/semi-rural vs the de facto city-states.

This is wrong headed thinking. Think like the founders, think little 'r' republic, think states. Breaking the USA up into 4 or 5 independent countries with a mutual defense treaty is the way to go. Or internecine bloody civil war. I am good either way.

[Salamander]

But I’ll never get an internecine bloody civil war.

They won’t even make it past Braddock Mountain, much less 40 miles west of there.

:D