Home State.

But do they want to be associated with you? I can tell you that I consider myself a Wisconsinite more than a "midwesterner" or "great lake stater" and sports is a big thing in my state, especially football where I'm from (just south of Green Bay) so we have a big rivalry with Minnesota (both collegiate and professional) and to a lesser extent, Michigan (when Detroit wins the NFC North division, I will eat whatever type of vehicle is still being produced there).My parents are both from Michigan, one from the UP, one from the lower peninsula, and I was technically born in Texas, but anything that even mentions Wisconsin makes me listen harder than mention of any other state or region does.Edited by Perdition, : made better indication of humor in first line...

Then why is it that when the Badgers and the Gophers play, they're competeing for Paul Bunyan's axe?

Off topic, but since you brought it up...I really liked those books. I'm a big fan of Mars, even going so far as to get into Ben Bova's Grand Tour series because I read his books Mars and Return to Mars, two of the best stories relating to the exploration of Mars I've ever read.