and global media since its creation.

=Origin=

The original image was created on .

=Geography=

The meme is in the form of a map of North America which depicts a new hypothetical national border between the United States and Canada. The red state-blue state divide from the 2004 election have been merged with Canada to form a single nation, which is labeled the United States of Canada . The remaining red state-blue state divide are labeled as Jesusland . Some view the map as a humorous, cynical, or even bigoted commentary on the cultural and political divide within the United States; others have labeled themselves proud to be from one nation or the other.

=Variations=

, which tends to vote conservative in Canadian elections, in Jesusland . Some conservative versions replace Jesusland with God s Country , or refer to the United States of Canada as Godless Communists . Others include the Douche-bagistan variation.

=Analysis=

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The gap is seen as stark enough that some . [http://michiganimc.org/usermedia/image/7/large/election%202004%202%20maps%202f6760.JPG]

is often seen as a place in itself, with few similarities to either the red or blue states.

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