[ IP ] Come up with the story behind this map .

Jacob watched the TV in silent anticipation, unable to take his eyes off the updates. He had the volume on mute as his wife walked in. 
 
 `` Anything new?'' She asked. 
 
 Jacob nodded wordlessly, not even giving her a glance. 
 
 `` Well?'' She waited. `` What is it?'' 
 
 `` Louisiana's surrounded.'' He said, voice dull. `` What we heard last night, it's true. The Confederate States took Oklahoma.'' 
 
 He heard his wife take in a sharp breath. She walked over and put a gentle hand on his. 
 
 `` What does this mean?'' She asked. 
 
 `` We're not done fighting. We have the Great Lake Union backing us from the central Confederate States and New England promised air support.'' He spoke while keeping his eyes on the set. `` They know if we get taken, they'd be a step closer. Virginia was one of the 13 original colonies, the only state to remain in the United States. we wo n't fall to those traitors.'' 
 
 They stood in silence for a moment. The United States... he almost laughed at that term, united for all of 100 years before the Confederacy split away. It prompted the wave of other states to form their own territories, lest they get sucked up by a bigger one. Virginia was the only one to have faith. 
 
 `` Do you really believe that?'' 
 
 Jacob turned to face his wife. With Louisiana defeated, the Southern Confederates, a great deal more powerful than their Central allies, would turn their attention to Virginia. 
 
 `` I...'' he thought about lying. `` I do n't know.''
