How about states that need to be consolidated.
Delaware? Welcome to Marylundaware.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts: you're now one state, and your name is Mass Con Island.
New Hampshire and Vermont: Vermshire.
With this, we're down to 46 states, so we have four empty stars on the flag.
Puerto Rico, you're in the union. Welcome aboard. Cuba, you too (half of you are here in anyway). Who else wants in? If we have to, we'll split California in half (it's like practice for the big one!) and annex part of Canada.