| NORTHCAROLINA | 24th most populous state of the U.S. (5,8) |
| NEWYORK | The 3rd most populous state of the US |
| MYANMAR | Sovereign state in southeast Asia, the world's 24th most populous country (7) |
| NEWSOUTHWALES | Australia's most populous state (3,5,5) |
| FLORIDA | Third most populous state of America, admitted to the union in 1845 (7) |
| UTTARPRADESH | The most populous state of India |
| MINASGERAIS | Fourth-largest and second most populous state of Brazil, bordered to the south and east by Rio de Janeiro (5,6) |
| SELANGOR | Most populous state of Malaysia, also known as Darul Ehsan (Abode of Sincerity); capital, Shah Alam (8) |
| ARIZONA | U.S. state with the most populous state capital |
| KENTUCKY | Southeastern state of the U.S. nicknamed 'The Bluegrass State' (8) |
| SAO | ___ Paulo (Brazil's most populous state) |
| UTTAR | ___ Pradesh (India's most populous state) |
| UTTER | - Pradesh; with some 204 million inhabitants, the most populous state in India (5) |
| PRADESH | Uttar ___ (India's most populous state) |
| MAHARASHTRA | The second most populous state in India (11) |
| NEWJERSEY | The "garden state" of the U.S.A., capital Trenton (3,6) |
| ALASKA | Northern most state of the U.S.A.? (6) |
| FLA | Fourth-most populous state, just after N.Y. |
| VERMONT | Northern state of the U.S. whose capital is Montpelier (7) |
| DELAWARE | State of the U.S. whose capital is Dover (8) |
