Vancouver Island and the rest of BC, Canada

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_KsRnUT1hc 

Vancouver_Island could have remained as its own provincial backwater, but merged with the BC mainland. Tasmania remained as its own state, but its like a provincial backwater, in some ways. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island#Geography

https://www.comparea.org/AU_TS+CA_BC 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island#Demographics 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Rail_Corridor 

https://thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/vancouver-island-rail-history-how-did-we-get-here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Vancouver_Island 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Vancouver_Island#Union_of_Vancouver_Island_and_British_Columbia 

50 Wild Things About British Columbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eElxxXIeV1A

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyscrapers/comments/1vjslfy/california_vs_texas_vs_canada_vs_australia_a/