Nevada

 __THIS IS NEVADA!__ Tiffany Shastal (Thing 15, 23 Things) The govenor of Nevada is Jim Gibbons 



The following information is from the website:      http://www.leg.state.nv.us/General/Facts.cfm

<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 100px; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10%; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">**Nevada Nicknames:**      <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 100px; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10%; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sagebrush State, Silver State, Battle-Born State **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 100px; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10%; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Vital Facts: <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Population :      **<span style="font-size: 10%; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">1,998,257 (87 percent of Nevada's land area is federally controlled.)
 * Rank**: 35th largest state (2000 Census)
 * Capital**: Carson City, population - 52,457 (2000 Census)
 * Most populous city**: Las Vegas - 478,434 (2000 Census)
 * Most populous county**: Clark County - 1,375,765 (2000 Census)
 * Area**: 110,540 square miles
 * Rank**: 7th largest
 * Highest elevation**: Boundary Peak in Esmeralda County - 13,140 feet
 * Lowest elevation**: On the Colorado River in Clark County - 470 feet     <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">