title: D3: Merge interior svg paths?
body: <p>I have an <code>svg</code> element composed of many different <code>path</code> objects, each of which represents one U.S state.
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/X0qZb.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/jGjZ2/" rel="noreferrer">http://jsfiddle.net/jGjZ2/</a></p>
  
  <p>I would like to merge the east territory (gold) into a single path object with no visible divisions.</p>
  
  <p>The end result should look like this (ignore the inaccuracies):
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/5tanI.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>I am using D3. 
  There is no GeoJSON or TopoJSON data - the map is svg directly embedded in html (see jsfiddle).</p>
  
  <p>Thanks a lot!</p>