Virginia (Alternity)

Commonwealth of Virginia
Timeline: Alternity
OTL equivalent: Virginia, West Virginia, and Bermuda

State of the United States of America Flag Seal Location of Virginia in the United States
Capital	Williamsburg
Largest City	Richmond
Other Cities	Virginia Beach, Wheeling, Charleston
Language	English
Ethnic Groups   Main	White (non-Hispanic)
Others	Hispanic, Black, Native American, Asian
Demonym	Virginian
Government	Representative democracy
Legislature	General Assembly
Governor	George Allen (R)
Area	67,004.2 sq. mi.
Population	9,737,000
Admission	June 1788
Currency	USD
Time Zone	Eastern Standard
Abbreviations	VA

Virginia (VA) is a state located on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Admitted to the Union as the 9th state on June 25, 1788, Virginia was one of the Original Fourteen States and the birthplace of many important figureheads of the American Revolution. The state capital of Williamsburg, founded and first settled in 1632, is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Virginia shares borders with Maryland to the north and east, Washington, D.C. to the east, Pennsylvania to the north, Ohio to the west-northwest, Kentucky to the west, and Tennessee and Carolina to the south. It is also the 9th-largest state in the US, with a population of just over 9.7 million.

Counties

Virginia is subdivided into 135 counties and 38 independent cities, the latter of which function as county equivalents on the state level. Below are listed the ten largest in the state by population. Of these, four are independent cities.

Map of counties in Virginia.

Rank	Name	County Seat	Population
1	Fairfax County	Fairfax	970,000
2	Virginia Beach	N/A	415,000
3	Prince William County	Manassas	275,000
4	Norfolk	N/A	265,000
5	Henrico County	Richmond	245,000
6	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield	237,000
7	Kanawha County	Charleston	207,000
8	Richmond	N/A	205,000
9	Clarke County	Leesburg	190,000
10	Chesapeake	N/A	180,000