  == similar American Nations ==  Colin Woodard's  11 nations  Yankeedom (Puritans’ New England to the land settled by their descendants in Upstate New York and the upper Midwest), Tidewater (Cavalier-founded), New Netherland (Greater New York City), New France (Quebec, whose liberalism traces to the first fur traders), Deep South (stretches to East Texas), Greater Appalachia, the Midlands (once-Quaker Philadelphia across the heart of the Midwest — German-dominated, open-minded and less inclined toward activist government than Yankeedom), First Nation (Canada’s indigenous north), the Far West, the Left Coast, and El Norte (straddling the Mexican border that was once a region unto itself of colonial Mexico). * ‘American Nations’ by Colin Woodard, a study of our ‘rival regional cultures’, excerpt ...   * The Real U.S. Map, a Country of Regions (Part 1): Colin Woodard * (Part 2) * (Part 3) * (Part 4) * (Part 5 of 5, with map) by Colin Woodard Sep 28, 2011 Bloomberg.com    