After “Gulf of America” and “Lake America”, Washington’s map-labelling enthusiasm may now be heading for the American Southwest.
New Mexico renamed New America: With Washington’s recent enthusiasm for renaming parts of the map showing no sign of slowing, attention has reportedly shifted from lakes and coastlines to state boundaries.
According to FliegerFaust sources, officials in the U.S. capital are now studying whether New Mexico should be renamed New America in what one internal note allegedly describes as “the next logical step in patriotic map modernisation”.
New Mexico renamed New America
At first glance, the idea sounds improbable. Yet insiders insist the proposal has already circulated among staff responsible for federal maps, agency websites and official briefing graphics, where “consistency of national branding” is said to have become an unexpectedly active policy file.
Under the reported concept, the state would keep its current borders, government and desert landscapes, while adopting a more domestically reassuring name. The familiar abbreviation NM would also be replaced by NA, a change supporters believe would better reflect the new terminology — although several civil servants are said to have quietly noted that “N/A” already carries a rather established meaning on government forms.
The idea is believed to have gained traction following the administration’s push for labels such as “Gulf of America” and “Lake America”, which, according to sources, may have inspired officials to ask a simple question: if waterways can be updated, why should states be left behind?
Not everyone is convinced. Tourism observers reportedly worry that New America sounds less like a state and more like either a property development, a think tank or a streaming platform. Postal planners, meanwhile, are said to be bracing for a surge in administrative confusion, particularly from forms in which “NA” already means “not applicable”.
New Mexico renamed New America
Even so, FliegerFaust understands that at least one presentation graphic has already been prepared, showing the proposed name change prominently on a U.S. map, with additional labels placed over the Gulf of America and Lake America in the interest of what one source called “full cartographic coherence”.
No final decision has been announced, and New Mexico remains New Mexico for the time being. However, if current trends continue, some officials may soon feel emboldened to review other place names deemed insufficiently enthusiastic.
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Editor’s note: No, Washington has not renamed New Mexico. This post is parody. The map, for now, remains mostly intact.
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