Some big claims

To be fair, in 1609, they didn’t really have all that land, the natives did but their claim wasn’t considered valid.

You were doing well until everyone died.

Huh.

If Virginia hadn’t attempted to secede from the Union, thereby forcing West Virginia to secede from Virginia, would we have 49 states today?

50 is such a round, satisfying number that I can’t help but wonder if we would have made Puerto Rico or another territory into a state to make up the difference.