PAPennsylvania
Nobody has planted a flag here. It has been available since the map opened.
Claim it for
$15
The place
One of the original 13 · ratified 1787 · Eastern time
Pennsylvania was founded as an experiment in religious tolerance and became the workshop of the country, coal and steel and rail. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh sit at opposite ends with what a former governor called Alabama in between, which was rude and not entirely wrong about how different the middle is. It has America's oldest brewery, running since 1829. Go for Fallingwater, which is worth the detour, and Philadelphia for the history and the sandwiches, in that order or the other one.
Yuengling is the oldest operating brewery in America and survived Prohibition making ice cream.
Eat
The cheesesteak
Drink
Yuengling, since 1829
Listen
The Roots
Bird
Ruffed grouse
Flower
Mountain laurel
Tree
Eastern hemlock
Grows
Mushrooms, Apples, Corn
The actual state · 2025
- Population
- 13,059,432
- Land area
- 44,742 mi²
- GDP per head
- $80,895
- Median household
- $77,532
- Joined
- One of the original 13
- Civil War
- Union
Largest cities
- 1Philadelphia1.57M
- 2Pittsburgh308K
- 3Allentown127K
- 4Reading96K
- 5Erie93K
Race
- White78.5%
- Black12.3%
- Asian4.6%
Hispanic or Latino9.9%
Counted across all races, so it overlaps the figures above.
No history yet
This one is still on the board. $15 and it is yours, and then it is somebody else's problem to take it back.