West Virginia

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-Virginia found her little brother living out in the far reaches of her frontier land. From the very beginning the two of them were vastly different. (He had to have been born sometime before 1676 because of Bacon's Rebellion. Maybeish.)
-West Virginia was the weakest of the early "frontier kids" (Tennessee, Kentucky, Vermont) because he was nestled between Pennsylvania and Virginia's lands and sheltered on most sides. He's always felt the need to prove himself and was always trying to act tough and abraisive so others would take him seriously. (Kind of had the opposite effect though)
-Tried to leave Virginia's home when he was still little by creating a state called Westylvania. Unfortunately, he forgot that Virginia and Pennsylvania's borders were disputed, so he was accidently claiming Pennsylvania's lands, too. Pennsylvania threatened to label him a traiter and kill him if he even tried to become Westylvania. So West hid behind Virginia and dropped the subject. (When he was little, he had a habit of running and hiding behind her skirt/legs in tears when he got scared)
-West is always trying to out do others and acts like a big shot, but his self esteem is pretty low and he gets depressed/frustrated easily. He especially wants to one-up his big sister, Virginia, to prove to her that he's more than capable of taking care of himself and being successful.
-Has a huge one-sided rivalry against Virginia. Acts coldly towards her and pushes her away, but is secretly always seeking her approval and respect. He sometimes acts this way towards Kentucky on a lesser degree. Both of them grew up together under Virginia's care, but they don't really see each other as brothers so much as childhood frienemies/rivals.
-Despite his bad attitude towards Virginia and Kentucky he has good family memories of both and will sometimes admit that he had a loving chidhood even though he complained/rebelled frequently.
-West Virginia has always been pretty poor and struggled with his economy. He's just not very business minded even though he works just as hard as anyone else.
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