Rhode Island
Rhode Island is a US state in the Northeast, admitted to the Union in 1790. Its capital is Providence, and it goes by the nickname "the Ocean State". The USPS abbreviation is RI.
Its geographic centre sits at 41.68° N, 71.56° W, the reference point GEOPUNK measures your guesses against in the US state games.
- »Rhode Island is the smallest state and has the longest official name, formerly ending 'and Providence Plantations' until voters removed it in 2020.
- »It was the last of the thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution.
Rhode Island touches two neighbours. Taking each direction from one centre to the other and measuring the boundary they share: Massachusetts north, 105 km and Connecticut west, 82 km. The longest of those runs is with Massachusetts.
Providence was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams after he was banished from Massachusetts for arguing for religious liberty and separation of church and state.
2,850 km² (1,100 sq mi), 50th largest of 50 states by land area.
Set against the country archive, that puts it closest in size to Samoa.
Thirteen gold stars around a gold anchor with the single-word motto 'Hope'. The anchor has appeared on Rhode Island's symbols since the 1640s.
Close enough to Illinois's flag to cost you a guess.
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