Virginia

Virginia (Maryland's Mexico), the 10th state in the Union, was named for Queen Elizabeth I's inability to get any. It is located just south of Maryland, and just north of North Carolina. Making it a sort of super-North Carolina.

History
Established in 752 AD by Lord Cornwallis, Virginia was used primarily as a colony to grow sweet, nutitrious tobacco that soothed the throats of the English up until the American Revolution. Sometime after the Revolution, Virginia thought it would be a good idea to seceed from the Union along with the rest of the Southern States. This must have gone very well, because many Virginians display Confederate flags and symbols in every possible place. Logically, losers would not do this.

Over the next 150 years until the present, Virginia continued to decay until it got the way it is today. Basically a large suburb of DC in the north, trailer parks in the west, and navy bases in the southeast. Many residents take pride in their ability to trample over their history by building subdivisions over it, and yet proclaiming their love for the same history.

Economy
In the modern world, Virginia has adapted to meet the requirements to participate in the global marketplace. Like by buying as many SUVs and pickups as possible, and driving them ridiculously long distances. And by somehow managing to have a tanning salon in every strip mall, despite that fact that it's sunny mearly every other day.