CMV: We should radically change the way the US is divided politically

You probably have heard of the concept of a federal republic, but what I'm talking about now is the concept of states. This idea came to me when my friend in Denver told me that they were protesting to protect their rights to abortion, but many counties in Colorado have voted to ban abortion outright. A county is different from a state, but it still seems like there are strong differences of opinion in the state. Sure, maybe a majority of Coloradans support abortion access, _but what about the ones that don't? What about the ones that are so far out that they are their own outliers? _<br><br><br>We need a new system in place where smaller states can be created and joined. Like the federal government, it would have a system of representation where states get a number of _proportional_ votes to represent their residents in the state government, kind of like how states get a certain number of votes in the US congress based on population and other factors. There would still be a three-part government in place for states, and it's the jobs of the _state_ government to decide issues like abortion and others that are currently being debated. Of course the federal government can still set standards and the Supreme Court can still _set precedents_, but generally issues like abortion should be decided by individual states. It would be very hard to have states be very small, so there would need to be a certain number of residents needed to apply for statehood. If that is met, a vote would be held for the needed number of people to decide to make their town/area a state, similarly to how the 50 states in the US became states. After that, you would need a certain number of signatures needed as _then_ the state would start talks with the US government to become a state. And the last thing you need to become a state is for the Supreme Court to approve of the state you have created. Maybe this would be an issue with too many people creating states, but I doubt that. Plus, you would need a very very large amount of people and signatures as _then _the Supreme Court could rule in your favor. The big catch in all of this is land. Of course you need to control land to be a state, so what would happen is that you would not need a number of residents to apply to be a state, but rather amount of land. This would play a big part in the signatures too, as you would not need 1 million signatures, but a certain number like 50,000. A 1 to .05 ratio of residents to signatures. This would encourage the states to grow in order to get more _votes_ in the state government, which would promote positive growth, as the state would need more jobs, houses, etc. and it would be much more efficient than the current system, as the federal government could set standards and the Supreme Court could set precedents as mentioned earlier, so the federal government would only need to address issues that matter to the whole country. This is a very basic outline, so if you have any questions I'll do my best to help. Thanks<br><br><br>Edit: This idea also applies to cities but I don't think it should be to the same extent. States should still have a say in the cities, but not to the same extent.