New York

"If you'd live in Roman times, you’d have lived in Rome. Today, America is the Roman Empire, and New York is Rome itself. New York is the center of the earth. That's where taxation, finance, good food, apples, liberty, freedom, justice, settlement, rangers, immigration, ethnic diversity, culture, street lights and development together, despite bad drivers, drunken people, street thugs, ghettos, poverty, corruption and tension."

--Su Ji-Hoon, 9/11

New York is a state in the northeastern United States. New York was one of the original thirteen colonies that formed the United States. With an estimated 19.85 million residents in 2017, it is the fourth most populous state in the United States. To differentiate from its city with the same name, it is sometimes called New York State.