Dakota (Alternity)

Dakota (DA) is a state located in the Midwestern Region of the United States. Admitted to the Union as the 44th state on November 2, 1889, it is largely rural, with a population of just over 1.9 million, and most of that population located in cities like Fargo (pop. 261,000), Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Bismarck, Yankton, and the state capital of Linton. The southern region of Dakota is also the site of some of the most violent anti-government militia attacks in the past forty-five years, and a center for militia 'operations' throughout the Midwest. The most violent of these acts of militia aggression took place in the Washabaugh County seat of Brownburg in February 1982, an event known as the '82 Brownburg Shootings in which 17 locals and 6 State Troopers were gunned down, with a further 25 injured. That event ignited the militia violence that continues to this day.

Counties
Dakota is subdivided into 115 counties, of which, below are listed the ten largest in the state by population.

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