27 June 2001 - North Dakota

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2001 : 27 June 2001

What Will North Korea Call Itself?

The state of North Dakota is considering changing its name to Dakota. Then, I’m sure, South Dakota will change its name to South, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands will contract into Georgia and the South.

clue:

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited islands belonging to the United Kingdom, though they’re closer to Antarctica than to Britain.

give me a clue so sweet and true