South California

People used to say that California was big enough to be carved up into smaller states. And it was – only in much more extreme circumstances than anyone ever imagined. The Gold Coast state was split into two following a referendum in 2002, ratified only in 2016 by the federal government in Washington, D.C. Though clearly a symbolic division didn't go far enough – as soon as the Unification War breaks out, both Californias are at each other's throats. Today the citizens of South California want nothing to do with their cousins in the North. To make that blindingly obvious, they built a not-so-subtle 20-foot wall. And like most border walls these days, there are no warning shots.