The United State of America?
So, you led me astray. I’m also having doubts about those “magic beans” you sold me…
Ohio I-80 mileage, 248. Pennsylvania I-80 mileage, 311. One hour additional boredom, plus western PA* has rotten snow squalls in winter. I rest my case.
Still not as bad as Nebraska’s 455 miles of I-80, which sounds ghastly but which thankfully I never had to drive.
*I never much liked the Falling Asleep At The Wheel From Boredom And Ennui Polka, even when performed by Frankie Yankovic and his Yanks.
It’s terrific in the growing season when this song is playing.
as was pointed out ad nauseum in the “Yes California!” thread(s,) that claim has not been supported very well. Many things which make California as successful as it is rely on being a US state.
It’ll be a much better surprise if they find that out for themselves after we’ve kicked them out. 
Four years ago I may have said NJ but now that Diggerland is open its a whole different ballgame.
I say California. I have been there several/many times and I can’t think of a native I liked or a good time I had. Its one of those places where I’m much happier leaving than I usually am arriving.
California seems like the clear winner.
I would have guessed Texas
I count five votes for Texas (#21, #32, #34, #37, #39) and eight for California (#3, #20, #24, #25, #31, #58, #60, #67). Admittedly, I may be trying to pull some Gore-2000-campaign-esque recounting shenanigans to achieve my desired result, so YMMV.
It’d also be a nice surprise for the remaining U.S. when they realize they just lost most of their Pacific ports…
Please don’t get rid of Mississippi. The other states need them to hold the bottom place. We could evict Florida but nuking them (OP doesn’t specify what “get rid of” means) would mean our weird news pages are that much less interesting.
Nothing against these states, but I think Nebraska or Connecticut could go missing and it would be at least a month before anyone noticed. Delaware is at least the first state, so it has exactly one trivia point. And Fight Club probably took place there.
My vision for this involves California sinking into the Pacific, and we build new ports in Arizona and Nevada.
Florida Man is indeed the “most interesting man in the world”.
Well, if you want to be like that, I’ll change my vote to Texas. Honestly, while California talks a good game nowadays about wanting to be independent, Texas is committed to talking a good game about wanting to be independent, and I think they’ve earned the chance to go down in flames on their own. Losing all that republican representation in government is just a bonus.
Queensland. The world doesn’t need another Florida.
How’s that going to work exactly with the 10,000 foot mountains on the border? And things are getting expensive enough, I’d rather not have beachfront property people coming in.
I guess Germany would have to step up its game!
I’m still working out the details, clearly.
Seriously? You want to get rid of them because whomever they join winds up governed better?
Do you see anything illogical or poorly reasoned about this strategy?
I’d be willing to pitch the most electorally overrepresented red states. Alaska, Wyoming, North Dakota, looking at you. No reason your electoral vote should count 3x as much as mine.