{
  "states": [
    {
      "name": "Alabama",
      "abbreviation": "AL",
      "capital": "Montgomery",
      "founded": "1819-12-14",
      "borders": ["Florida", "Georgia", "Mississippi", "Tennessee"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Alaska",
      "abbreviation": "AK",
      "capital": "Juneau",
      "founded": "1959-01-03",
      "borders": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Arizona",
      "abbreviation": "AZ",
      "capital": "Phoenix",
      "founded": "1912-02-14",
      "borders": ["California", "Colorado", "Nevada", "New Mexico", "Utah"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arkansas",
      "abbreviation": "AR",
      "capital": "Little Rock",
      "founded": "1836-06-15",
      "borders": ["Louisiana", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Oklahoma", "Tennessee", "Texas"]
    },
    {
      "name": "California",
      "abbreviation": "CA",
      "capital": "Sacramento",
      "founded": "1850-09-09",
      "borders": ["Arizona", "Nevada", "Oregon"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Colorado",
      "abbreviation": "CO",
      "capital": "Denver",
      "founded": "1876-08-01",
      "borders": ["Arizona", "Kansas", "Nebraska", "New Mexico", "Oklahoma", "Utah", "Wyoming"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Connecticut",
      "abbreviation": "CT",
      "capital": "Hartford",
      "founded": "1788-01-09",
      "borders": ["Massachusetts", "New York", "Rhode Island"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Delaware",
      "abbreviation": "DE",
      "capital": "Dover",
      "founded": "1787-12-07",
      "borders": ["Maryland", "New Jersey", "Pennsylvania"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Florida",
      "abbreviation": "FL",
      "capital": "Tallahassee",
      "founded": "1845-03-03",
      "borders": ["Alabama", "Georgia"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Georgia",
      "abbreviation": "GA",
      "capital": "Atlanta",
      "founded": "1788-01-02",
      "borders": ["Alabama", "Florida", "North Carolina", "South Carolina", "Tennessee"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hawaii",
      "abbreviation": "HI",
      "capital": "Honolulu",
      "founded": "1959-08-21",
      "borders": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Idaho",
      "abbreviation": "ID",
      "capital": "Boise",
      "founded": "1890-07-03",
      "borders": ["Montana", "Nevada", "Oregon", "Utah", "Washington", "Wyoming"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Illinois",
      "abbreviation": "IL",
      "capital": "Springfield",
      "founded": "1818-12-03",
      "borders": ["Indiana", "Iowa", "Kentucky", "Missouri", "Wisconsin"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Indiana",
      "abbreviation": "IN",
      "capital": "Indianapolis",
      "founded": "1816-12-11",
      "borders": ["Illinois", "Kentucky", "Michigan", "Ohio"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Iowa",
      "abbreviation": "IA",
      "capital": "Des Moines",
      "founded": "1846-12-28",
      "borders": ["Illinois", "Minnesota", "Missouri", "Nebraska", "South Dakota", "Wisconsin"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kansas",
      "abbreviation": "KS",
      "capital": "Topeka",
      "founded": "1861-01-29",
      "borders": ["Colorado", "Missouri", "Nebraska", "Oklahoma"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kentucky",
      "abbreviation": "KY",
      "capital": "Frankfort",
      "founded": "1792-06-01",
      "borders": ["Illinois", "Indiana", "Missouri", "Ohio", "Tennessee", "Virginia", "West Virginia"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Louisiana",
      "abbreviation": "LA",
      "capital": "Baton Rouge",
      "founded": "1812-04-30",
      "borders": ["Arkansas", "Mississippi", "Texas"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Maine",
      "abbreviation": "ME",
      "capital": "Augusta",
      "founded": "1820-03-15",
      "borders": ["New Hampshire"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Maryland",
      "abbreviation": "MD",
      "capital": "Annapolis",
      "founded": "1788-04-28",
      "borders": ["Delaware", "Pennsylvania", "Virginia", "West Virginia"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts",
      "abbreviation": "MA",
      "capital": "Boston",
      "founded": "1788-02-06",
      "borders": ["Connecticut", "New Hampshire", "New York", "Rhode Island", "Vermont"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Michigan",
      "abbreviation": "MI",
      "capital": "Lansing",
      "founded": "1837-01-26",
      "borders": ["Indiana", "Ohio", "Wisconsin"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Minnesota",
      "abbreviation": "MN",
      "capital": "Saint Paul",
      "founded": "1858-05-11",
      "borders": ["Iowa", "North Dakota", "South Dakota", "Wisconsin"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mississippi",
      "abbreviation": "MS",
      "capital": "Jackson",
      "founded": "1817-12-10",
      "borders": ["Alabama", "Arkansas", "Louisiana", "Tennessee"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Missouri",
      "abbreviation": "MO",
      "capital": "Jefferson City",
      "founded": "1821-08-10",
      "borders": ["Arkansas", "Illinois", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Nebraska", "Oklahoma", "Tennessee"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Montana",
      "abbreviation": "MT",
      "capital": "Helena",
      "founded": "1889-11-08",
      "borders": ["Idaho", "North Dakota", "South Dakota", "Wyoming"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Nebraska",
      "abbreviation": "NE",
      "capital": "Lincoln",
      "founded": "1867-03-01",
      "borders": ["Colorado", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Missouri", "South Dakota", "Wyoming"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Nevada",
      "abbreviation": "NV",
      "capital": "Carson City",
      "founded": "1864-10-31",
      "borders": ["Arizona", "California", "Idaho", "Oregon", "Utah"]
    },
    {
      "name": "New Hampshire",
      "abbreviation": "NH",
      "capital": "Concord",
      "founded": "1788-06-21",
      "borders": ["Maine", "Massachusetts", "Vermont"]
    },
    {
      "name": "New Jersey",
      "abbreviation": "NJ",
      "capital": "Trenton",
      "founded": "1787-12-18",
      "borders": ["Delaware", "New York", "Pennsylvania"]
    },
    {
      "name": "New Mexico",
      "abbreviation": "NM",
      "capital": "Santa Fe",
      "founded": "1912-01-06",
      "borders": ["Arizona", "Colorado", "Oklahoma", "Texas", "Utah"]
    },
    {
      "name": "New York",
      "abbreviation": "NY",
      "capital": "Albany",
      "founded": "1788-07-26",
      "borders": ["Connecticut", "Massachusetts", "New Jersey", "Pennsylvania", "Vermont"]
    },
    {
      "name": "North Carolina",
      "abbreviation": "NC",
      "capital": "Raleigh",
      "founded": "1789-11-21",
      "borders": ["Georgia", "South Carolina", "Tennessee", "Virginia"]
    },
    {
      "name": "North Dakota",
      "abbreviation": "ND",
      "capital": "Bismarck",
      "founded": "1889-11-02",
      "borders": ["Minnesota", "Montana", "South Dakota"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ohio",
      "abbreviation": "OH",
      "capital": "Columbus",
      "founded": "1803-03-01",
      "borders": ["Indiana", "Kentucky", "Michigan", "Pennsylvania", "West Virginia"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Oklahoma",
      "abbreviation": "OK",
      "capital": "Oklahoma City",
      "founded": "1907-11-16",
      "borders": ["Arkansas", "Colorado", "Kansas", "Missouri", "New Mexico", "Texas"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Oregon",
      "abbreviation": "OR",
      "capital": "Salem",
      "founded": "1859-02-14",
      "borders": ["California", "Idaho", "Nevada", "Washington"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pennsylvania",
      "abbreviation": "PA",
      "capital": "Harrisburg",
      "founded": "1787-12-12",
      "borders": ["Delaware", "Maryland", "New Jersey", "New York", "Ohio", "West Virginia"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rhode Island",
      "abbreviation": "RI",
      "capital": "Providence",
      "founded": "1790-05-29",
      "borders": ["Connecticut", "Massachusetts"]
    },
    {
      "name": "South Carolina",
      "abbreviation": "SC",
      "capital": "Columbia",
      "founded": "1788-05-23",
      "borders": ["Georgia", "North Carolina"]
    },
    {
      "name": "South Dakota",
      "abbreviation": "SD",
      "capital": "Pierre",
      "founded": "1889-11-02",
      "borders": ["Iowa", "Minnesota", "Montana", "Nebraska", "North Dakota", "Wyoming"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tennessee",
      "abbreviation": "TN",
      "capital": "Nashville",
      "founded": "1796-06-01",
      "borders": ["Alabama", "Arkansas", "Georgia", "Kentucky", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "North Carolina", "Virginia"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Texas",
      "abbreviation": "TX",
      "capital": "Austin",
      "founded": "1845-12-29",
      "borders": ["Arkansas", "Louisiana", "New Mexico", "Oklahoma"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Utah",
      "abbreviation": "UT",
      "capital": "Salt Lake City",
      "founded": "1896-01-04",
      "borders": ["Arizona", "Colorado", "Idaho", "Nevada", "New Mexico", "Wyoming"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Vermont",
      "abbreviation": "VT",
      "capital": "Montpelier",
      "founded": "1791-03-04",
      "borders": ["Massachusetts", "New Hampshire", "New York"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Virginia",
      "abbreviation": "VA",
      "capital": "Richmond",
      "founded": "1788-06-25",
      "borders": ["Kentucky", "Maryland", "North Carolina", "Tennessee", "West Virginia"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Washington",
      "abbreviation": "WA",
      "capital": "Olympia",
      "founded": "1889-11-11",
      "borders": ["Idaho", "Oregon"]
    },
    {
      "name": "West Virginia",
      "abbreviation": "WV",
      "capital": "Charleston",
      "founded": "1863-06-20",
      "borders": ["Kentucky", "Maryland", "Ohio", "Pennsylvania", "Virginia"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Wisconsin",
      "abbreviation": "WI",
      "capital": "Madison",
      "founded": "1848-05-29",
      "borders": ["Illinois", "Iowa", "Michigan", "Minnesota"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Wyoming",
      "abbreviation": "WY",
      "capital": "Cheyenne",
      "founded": "1890-07-10",
      "borders": ["Colorado", "Idaho", "Montana", "Nebraska", "South Dakota", "Utah"]
    }
  ]
}