Of course I knew there was a South Dakota.
Actually, isn't North Dakota the sucky one? I thought S.Dakota got 7 or 8 times the tourists and had a bigger economy etc etc.
I remember a West Wing episode once where the North Dakotans wanted to change their state name to just "Dakota", as they felt the word north, with its chilly connotations, was holding them back.
I didn't find this idiocy far-fetched
I'm a bit surprised that Americans don't even recognise a state name when it's given to them, but given that a few years back in a test in the US, over 40% of the 14 year olds asked thought the US discovered England.. well, I'm not THAT surprised they can't all spot their own country on a map.