Konstantine by Something Corporate, maybe.

Tolkien called this idea “sub-creation,” suggesting that only God could create, in the complete sense of the word. But that humans, being made in God’s image, would by their nature strive to create. Anything we create uses what God gave us and would therefore be a lesser order of creation, thus sub-creation.

US and Guatemala?

Excellent description.

You can technically get from the US to Canada via the Atlantic, so the logic checks out.

Legend