Does America have too many states?

[The Mikado]

Just a wrong set of states. Merge the small ones. Split the big ones.

Yes, exactly. I don't know why Dakota was split into two states to begin with; ND and SD should be merged into one large state (called Dakota or something like that).

It was quite literally a power grab by Benjamin Harrison for the GOP to admit that area as a ton of states at the same time to get more Senators for the Republican Party, and it's still paying dividends 130 years later.

No joke: look at the dates of ND, SD, ID, WY, MT, and WA on this map.

[Former President tack50]

No although given how common straight borders are, perhaps the US should have better drawn states instead. I know the great plains are an area where it is hard to draw boundaries due to a lack of natural features but there is always a river, creek or some hills that are good enough. For an easy example, the Dakotas should be East-West, with the Missouri river acting as the boundary for at least most of its length

Plus there are plenty of areas outside the Great Plains with bad geographical borders.