Florida

**Florida** is one of the eight orange states in The *Scrambled States of America* series made by Laurie Keller.

## Role

### The Scrambled States of America

On the first page where Florida is seen, he is seen shaving.

When the states decide to move to another part of the country, Florida switches places with Minnesota, but he ends up freezing in the frosty northern climate.

### The Scrambled States of America: Talent Show

Florida takes the part of the talent show as the State Impersonators when he and Colorado imitate the state of Idaho.

In the end, Louisiana tickles him with a Montanettes feather.

### Open Wide: Tooth School Inside

Florida makes a cameo in the Toothy Tidbits page, saying he assumes to be in the wrong book. One of the tooth students refers to him as "Fluorid-a".

## Largest Cities

1. Jacksonville
2. Miami
3. Tampa
4. Orlando
5. St. Petersburg
6. Hialeah
7. Port St. Lucie
8. Tallahassee (Capital)
9. Cape Coral
10. Ft. Lauderdale

## Celebrities Born in Florida

* Pitbull (Armando Christian Pérez)
* Carrot Top (Scott Thompson)
* T-Pain (Faheem Rasheed Najm)
* Logan Thirtyacre
* Ariana Grande
* Flo Rida (Tramar Lacel Dillard)
* Lauren Jauregui
* XXXTentacion (Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy) (RIP)
* Bob Ross (RIP)
* Zachary Stephen Williams
* Diana Canova
* Cory Hunter Asbury
* Thomas Earl Petty (RIP)
* Leslie Calvin Brown
* Matt Maiellaro
* Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama
* Savanna Collins

## Trivia

* He makes a cameo in another Laurie Keller book, "Open Wide: Tooth School Inside".
	+ Keller chose Florida to star in this book, because she thinks his name sounds like "fluoride".
* His name means "flowery" in Spanish, derived from "Land of Flowery Easter" (*Terra de Pascua Florida*).
	+ His name was discovered in the early 16th century, during the Age of Discovery.
	+ He is the only state in the east coast whose name is derived from the Spanish.
	+ His old Chinese name is Fuzhou, which means "Buddha state".
	+ His old Turkish name is Turconia.
* He is the only male state who is one of his bordering states' - Alabama and Georgia- bordering states.
* He is the only F state.
* He is the first U.S. state to be discovered by Europeans.

## Quotes

* "I feel giddy!"

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* Florida: "Just go south!"
* Minnesota : "Just go north!"

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* (laughs while being tickled by Louisiana's feather) "That tickles!"

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* "I think I'm in the wrong book!"

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--from *Florida, Come On, Decide Already* on Laurie Keller's Twitter or Facebook

* Minnesota: "Florida, COME ON, decide already!"
* South Carolina: "Really! What's the problem?"
* Florida: "Leave me alone, I'm still thinking!"

## Relationships

### Colorado

In the second book, Colorado and Florida, as the State Impersonators, imitate Idaho.

### Georgia

Georgia borders Florida in the north. In the first book, Georgia gives him some money from Las Vegas.

### Louisiana

Louisiana and Florida border the Gulf of Mexico. In the first book, Florida offers Louisiana a ride home in his car. In the second book, Louisiana tickles Florida with a Montanettes feather.

### Minnesota

In the first book, Florida and Minnesota plan to switch places, but after a couple of days have passed, Florida is freezing in Minnesota's northern climate, and Minnesota gets an awful sunburn.

## Real-world History

800 million years ago, Florida was born from a hotspot in the Caribbean Plate.

In 1400 AD, the first known people living in Florida were known as the Florida Cultures. Since the 16th century, Florida became discovered by the Spanish. In 1750, the Spanish claimed this land as Florida. In 1763, Florida was owned by the British. In 1783, Florida became a part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. In 1810, Florida gained its full shape we know of today.

In 1818, Florida became a part of the United States. Florida gained statehood in 1845.

### Future drift prediction

It's predicted that Florida would connect with Cuba for about 210 million years from now. About 250 million years from now, Florida would connect with Namibia.

## Gallery

Florida on top of Colorado during their act in the talent show"I feel giddy!"