Welcome to Free State Nevada
Nevada is a big state that is predominantly rural. It is the 7th largest in size, the 32nd most populous, and the 9th least densly populated. Much of it within the Great Basin, it is mostly desert and semi-arid.
It has over 150 (named) individual mountain ranges, with more than 30 peaks higher than 11,000 feet. It has 172 mountain summits with over 2,000 feet of prominence. Boundary Peak, the highest mountain in Nevada reaches an elevation of 13,140 feet. This makes Nevada the "Most Mountainous" state in the country.
In the past Nevada was typically extremely conservative and libertarian. That is still generally the case in rural areas (legalized prostitution, for example). However, two large urban areas in the north and south are irrevocably changing the politcal landscape of the state. Whether you approve or disapprove about the political direction that the state is following, it's obvious that two distinct political bodies exist that cannot get along and it's time for these two bodies to amicably separate.
Nevada should split into three separate states that more correctly represent the people. The two population centers of Reno and Las Vegas could be the capitals of Western and Southern Nevada respectively, while Elko, or Lovelock, or Ely, or (take your choice) can be the capital of Northern Nevada.
Perhaps the time is right for this to happen. The division between those of conservative and liberal views is widening and only getting worse. Why should a people so divided continue to live together as one political entity? We have unreconciliable differences! It's time for an amicable divorce!