POPULATION: 6,398,743 as of 2005
LAND AREA: 7,838 square miles
CAPITAL: Boston
LARGEST CITY: Boston
NICKNAME: Bay State
STATE BIRD: Chickadee
STATE FLOWER: Trailing arbutus, or mayflower
MOTTO: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem ("By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty")