Nebraska

"What's wrong?"

Nebraska is one of the eight green states in the Scrambled States series.

## Role

### The Scrambled States of America

In the beginning, Nebraska asks Kansas what's wrong. Kansas replies that he is bored, because they just sit here in the middle of the country. After Kansas tells Nebraska that even though Nebraska is the "best friend a state could ever have", he and Nebraska would want to see what else is out there. This prompts Nebraska to get excited and claim that he is sick and tired of the Dakotas bickering all the time. Kansas has an idea and says, "I HAVE A GREAT IDEA!". He suggests they should throw a potluck party and have new friends.

When the states decide to switch to another part of the country, Nebraska moves to the Gulf of Mexico (trading places with Georgia). But when he switched with Georgia, he eventually appears to be frightened by sharks and whales (afraid to get eaten by a shark, whale or other big fish). That is, when he sees a pod of three or four sharks about to swarm him.

In the end, after all the states unscramble (and while they tell their neighbors about both the good and bad things that happened), Nebraska reveals to Kansas that he almost got eaten by a bigger fish, a shark, or a whale. That is, to which Kansas says, "Oh dear!".

### The Scrambled States of America: Talent Show

Nebraska takes the part of the show as one of the stagehands.

## Celebrities Born in Nebraska

* Jojo Siwa
* Andrew Scott Rannells
* Richard Bruce **“Dick”** Cheney
* Marlon Brando Jr. (RIP)
* Hilary Ann Swank
* Fred Astaire (RIP)
* Gerald Ford
* Warren Edward Buffett
* Gabrielle Monique Union
* Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) (RIP)
* Godfrey C. Danchimah, Jr.
* Roxane Gay

## Trivia

* His name means "flat water."
* He is one of the two states with a "B" in their name, one other being Alabama.
	+ However, in the real statehood (if one lists the U.S.A states alphabetically instead of year order), no states have names that begin with the letter "B" (the second letter of the alphabet). All states do have names that begin with "A" all the way through "W". But only A, C, D, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, and W. One state begins with "D" (which is Delaware), one state begins with "F" (Florida), one begins with "G" (Georgia), one begins with "H" (Hawaii), one begins with "L" (Louisiana), one begins with "P" (Pennsylvania), one begins with "R" (Rhode Island), and one begins with "U" (Utah).
* Out of every state or subdivision in North America, Nebraska is the only one that is *triple* landlocked.

## Relationships

### Iowa

Iowa borders Nebraska in the east. In the first book, they help plan the states party. In the second book, Nebraska asks Iowa to tell the joke about the three peninsulas in a rowboat.

### Kansas

Kansas borders Nebraska in the south. In the first book, Nebraska wonders why Kansas is feeling unhappy. Kansas explains that he's sick of being stuck in the middle of the country. Nebraska says he is sick and tired of the Dakotas bickering all the time. But then he has an idea --he should organize a states party. At the party, they are both at the welcoming committee.

## Real-world History

In 1400, the first known people living in Nebraska were known as the Sioux. By 1682, Nebraska was discovered by the French, marking it a part of the French Louisiana. In 1762, Nebraska became a part of the Spanish Louisiana, which is a part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

The Spanish Louisiana was later owned by the Americans. Nebraska then became a part of the Missouri Territory, followed by the Unorganized Territory (1821). In 1854, Nebraska Territory was formed. By 1864, Nebraska gained its full shape we know of today. Nebraska gained statehood in 1867.