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Big Sky Country

Capital	Oklahoma City
Largest city	Oklahoma City
Regions	States
Great Plains	Kansas Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota
Rocky Mountains	Alaska Idaho Montana Utah Wyoming
Area	Ranked 1st
- Total	1,454,351 sq mi 3,766,877 km²
- % water	7.01
Population	Ranked 8th
- Total	14,797,410
- Density	10.17/sq mi  3.92/km² (8th)
Governor	Damien Austin (D-OK)
U.S. Senators
- Great Plains	Valeria Smith (R-OK) Joshua Long (R-KS)
- Rocky Mountains	Thomas Fletcher (R-WY) Keiko Kagura (R-MT)
U.S. Congressmen
- Great Plains	John Melnick (D-SD)
Abbreviation	BSC
Web site	Big Sky Country Government

The Superreion of the Big Sky Country comprises of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions, consisting of ten States and nearly half the landmass of the United States. Although it is the largest superregion in the nation in geographic size, only about 5.2% of the nation's population lives within it. Nine of its states are within the contigious United States, and Alaska is detatched, making it the only Superregion aside from the West Coast not to be entirely connected by land.

It was named, presumably, after Montana's nickname - "Big Sky Country" - in order to emphasize the region's clean air, open space, and distant horizons.

Contents 1 Adjacent Superregions 2 Politics 2.1 Election 2008 2.2 Office Holders 2.2.1 Executive 2.2.2 Legislature 2.2.3 Senators 3 Major Cities

Adjacent Superregions

• East: Mississippi Valley
• South: Sunbelt
• West: West Coast
• North: Canada (to the east of Alaska)

Politics

The Big Sky Country has the dubious distinction of being the most heavily slanted Superregion in the country. Registered Republicans in the Big Sky outnumber Democrats 2:1. Big Sky as a whole, and both regions within it, have only three Democrats to higher office - two of them Lt. Governors and one a Congressman. The legislature has flirted with a Republican super-majority since 2008.

Election 2008

(Coming soon to a wikitable near you!)

Office Holders

Executive

Year	Governor			Lt. Governor
	Name	Party	State	Name	Party	State
2009	Daniel Mallory5	Republican	Oklahoma	Roger Hoyle1	Democrat	Alaska
2010
				Vacant
2011				Duke Williams	Republican	Kansas
2012
2013	Duke Williams	Republican	Kansas	Vacant
2014
2015	Daniel Mallory	Republican	Oklahoma	Graham Cummings	Democrat	Utah
2016
2017
2018
2019	Damien Austin	Democrat	Oklahoma	David Anderson	CU	Montana
2020				Vacant
2021	Tom McLaughlin	Democrat	Oklahoma	Carry Ann Yearling	Republican	Utah
2022

Legislature

Year	Legislature													Year
	House							Senate
	GOP	DNC	CU	Speaker	Maj. Leader	Min. Leader		GOP	DNC	CU	President PT	Maj. Leader	Min. Leader
2009	64	37	N	Calvin Broadmouth (WY)	Andrew Stark	Lt. Gov		None						2009
2010														2010
						John Sanders
2011	63	38			Waylon Grabowski	Edwin Borodin								2011
2012														2012
2013	67	34			Michael Worthams	Graham Cummings								2013
2014														2014
2015	61	34	6			Libby Tonks		21	11	2	Taylor Carbonell (OK)	Alexander North	Hank Johnson	2015
2016														2016
2017	55	35	11					17	15	2	Jason Ary (NE)	James Lightfoot, Jr.		2017
2018														2018
2019	55	35	11		Carry Ann Yearling	Lucien Kaine		18	14	2				2019
2020														2020
2021	60	31	10			Graham Cummings		19	14	1		Noel Peterson		2021
2022														2022

Senators

Senators
Year	Great Plains				Year	Rocky Mountains				Year
	Class 1		Class 3			Class 2		Class 3
2008	-	Valeria Smith (R-OK)	Vacant	-	2008	-	William Pope4 (R-ID)	Vacant	-	2008
2009			Joshua Long (R-KS)		2009			Lucien Cobb2 (R-UT)		2009
2010					2010			Adrian McConnell3 (R-ID)		2010
2011	-				2011					2011
								Rufus Cato (R-MT)6
2012					2012					2012
							Keiko Kagura (R-MT)
2013					2013	-				2013
2014					2014					2014
2015				-	2015				-	2015
2016					2016					2016
								Thomas Fletcher (R-WY)
2017	-				2017					2017
2018					2018					2018

Footnotes

• ¹ Roger Hoyle died in November, 2009, but his body was not discovered untill April, 2010. During that time, he remained Lt. Gov.
• ² Lucien Cobb resigned in late 2009.
• ³ Adrian McConnell resigned in mid 2011.
• ⁴ William Pope resigned in mid 2012.
• ⁵ Daniel Mallory resigned in 2012, immediately following the election. Duke Williams was elevated to Governor.
• ⁶ Rufus Cato died in office in 2016.

Major Cities

Rank	City	Population
1	Oklahoma City, OK	531,324
2	Omaha, NE	414,521
3	Tulsa, OK	382,457
4	Wichita, KS	354,865
5	Anchorage, AK	275,043
6	Lincoln, NE	239,213
7	Boise, ID	193,161
8	Salt Lake City, UT	178,097
9	Overland Park, KS	164,811
10	Kansas City, KS	144,210
11	Souix Falls, SD	139,517
12	Topeka, KS	121,946
13	West Valley City, UT	118,917
14	Provo, UT	115,135
15	Olathe, KS	111,334