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The northwesternmost state in the continental United States, not to be confused with the nation's capital. (For this reason, the State of Washington is sometimes referred to as "Washington State". If you want to trigger the [[Berserk Button]] of a native, confuse the two, or just refer to [[Washington DC|D.C.]] as 'Washington') Nicknamed "The Evergreen State" for the [[The Other Rainforest|forests]] that cover almost its entire western half, between the Cascade mountains and the Pacific ocean. Home of Microsoft, Boeing, Starbucks, [[Grunge]] music, the Space Needle, Mount St. Helens and [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti|Bigfoot]]. Doesn't always rain there, like some believe, but usually looks like it's about to. Also has a museum called the Experience Music Project which looks like a cross between a giant electric guitar and a [[H.P. Lovecraft|shoggoth]]. Most of this, barring Bigfoot and Mount St. Helens, happened in [[Seattle]]. Its capital, Olympia, is home to The Evergreen State College (and yes, [[Spell My Name with a "The"|the definite article]] ''[[Insistent Terminology|''is]]'' [[Insistent Terminology|part of the name]]), a real life [[Strawman U|Berserkeley]]. Since [[The Nineties]], western Washington has increasingly become a place of refuge for expat Californians fleeing high housing prices. Residents are occasionally referred to as/call themselves "Washingtonians".