I have to assume this was sarcasm, but they're called states, and many Americans would like to see them regain power relative to the Federal government.

A baby box is the kind of thing California would do, if we weren't broke like everyone else. Though, California alone exceeds the population of all Nordic countries combined.

Great idea. We can call these bits: "states"

Uh, it's been chopped up into bits since it existed as a country (currently 50), and they're all a little different.

Why not 50... and call them "states"?