LALouisiana
Held by bayoulostcoast under the Climate Movement flag, for $23.
“You called it a hoax from a house on stilts. We are losing a football field an hour”
bayoulostcoast paid $23 to put that there.
Take it for
$35
Take itThe place
Joined 1812 · 18th state · Confederate in the Civil War · Central time
Louisiana is legally and culturally its own thing. It runs on civil law inherited from France, divides itself into parishes rather than counties, and holds a French and Spanish and African and Caribbean inheritance that never got flattened. New Orleans gets the attention, and deserves it, but Cajun country to the west is the deeper story. Go for the food, which is the best argument the state makes, and get out on the water in the Atchafalaya, the largest swamp in the country.
The only state with parishes instead of counties, and civil law instead of common law.
Eat
Gumbo
Drink
Abita Brewing
Listen
Louis Armstrong
Bird
Brown pelican
Flower
Magnolia
Tree
Bald cypress
Grows
Sugarcane, Rice, Sweet potatoes
The actual state · 2025
- Population
- 4,618,189
- Land area
- 43,215 mi²
- GDP per head
- $73,639
- Median household
- $61,038
- Joined
- Joined 1812
- Civil War
- Confederate
Largest cities
- 1New Orleans363K
- 2Baton Rouge221K
- 3Shreveport177K
- 4Lafayette122K
- 5Lake Charles81K
Race
- White61.0%
- Black32.1%
- Two or more3.6%
Hispanic or Latino8.5%
Counted across all races, so it overlaps the figures above.
2 claims
$23 and Louisiana changes hands. gulfcoastgop is out $15 and off the map.
“You called it a hoax from a house on stilts. We are losing a football field an hour”
· $23
First blood in Louisiana: gulfcoastgop, Republican, $15.
“Drill it, fry it, vote it”
· $15