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[Illinois]

Country/Region: Illinois

Human name: Katie F. Jones
Nickname: Illi, or Illia

Gender: Female

Human age: 16

State age:

Appearance: -5-inch past shoulder length, blonde, brown-ish hair.
-Blue eyes
-Short for her age
-Average weight, thin
-Usually wears black or gray sweaters, jeans and converses most of the time. Technically anything modern.

Personality: -A very sweet, shy quiet girl. Self consious, and somewhat depressed.
-Loves to draw, watch anime, and play video games
-Doesn't like a lot of girly stuff like, makeup, dresses, etc..
-Is somewhat tomboy
-Loves science and animals
-Has two personalities, sweet and shy, and violent and angry.

Friends: America, Russia, Moscow, PR, Arizona, and Beijing.
Foes: France, and DC sometimes, when he gets on her nerves.

Random/fun facts:
-Is a skilled singer, drawer.

-When she's angry she can threaten people, but won't do it. Unless she's had enough.

-She's called the Prairie State and wasn't modern as she is now, when she's surrounded by horses, farms, and wide open space..she acts how she used to be, more outgoing, riding horse everyday and more happier.

-Illinois can speak in different languages, Spanish, Polish, German, Tagalog, Chinese, Italian, Korean, Greek, French, and Russian.

-She used to square dance a lot when she was young, but she dances to more modern dances. Unless she's in the south.

-Illinois takes care of Chicago a lot and doesn't have time to relax sometimes. She's not able to relax in the wide open space like she used to. She has spent more time in the city.

State symbols
State Animal: White tailed deer
State Bird: Northern Cardinal
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Flower: Purple Violet
State Tree: White Oak

History:
1673— Louis Jolliet and Father Marquette arrive in Illinois
1699— Cahokia is founded, the oldest town in Illinois
1717— Illinois becomes part of French Louisiana
1763— England receives Illinois at the end of the French and Indian War
1778— George Rogers Clark captures Kaskaskia from the British
1787— Illinois becomes part of the Northwest Territory
1804— Lewis and Clark expedition starts near Wood River
1809— Illinois Territory is created
1818— Illinois becomes the 21st state
1830— Abraham Lincoln moves to Illinois
1837— Chicago incorporated as a city
1848— The Illinois & Michigan Canal completed
1853— First Illinois State Fair is held
1861— Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States
1863— Emancipation Proclamation
1871— Fire consumes much of Chicago
1888— Present-day State Capitol built
1893— Chicago World's Fair