Georgia
In the southeastern United States lies Georgia, the fourth state to ratify the Constitution on January 2, 1788. Georgia is the ninth most populated state with a population of 9,687,653, more than enough people to make it easy to find a Personal Injury Lawyer. Georgia shares a border with the Atlantic Ocean and has two major ports, the Port of Savannah and a port in Brunswick. As far as land area is concerned, Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River. The capital city of Georgia is Atlanta, which is also the largest city in the state. Georgia has 48 state parks and 15 historic sites. Georgia has two nicknames, the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. The state bird is the Brown Thrasher and the state possum is the Pogo Possum.