Talk:Jamie/@comment-4671439-20160207060821/@comment-5544341-20160207061550

Because they wanted to show that the presence of gems altered history from what we know. But hey, even though the names, and possibly shapes, are different, it's still basically all the same states.

Keystone is based on Pennsylvania, and named after its nickname "The Keystone State".

Delmarva is named for a peninsula shared by DELaware, MARyland, and VirginiA, called the Delmarva Peninsula; it's either all three of those states as one, or a state that consists only of the peninsula.

Pennsylvania got its name from William Penn, who brought the Quakers to America to escape religious persecution. Virginia was named for Queen Elizabeth I of England (known as The Virgin Queen). Delaware was named for the river, which was named after the Virginia Governor, Lord De La Warr. Maryland was named for Queen Henrietta Maria, aka Queen Mary.

Kansas, however, was named for the Kansa Native Americans. It's possible that William Penn never brought the Quakers overseas, thus the state couldn't have been named Pennsylvania in the Steven Universe. As well, it's possible something may've prompted the Delmarvan colonies to unify as one at some point in history, becoming the state Delmarva. But the Kansa tribe may've still been around, and Kansas named for them.