Welcome to Missouri.  We have around six million people, consumers and friends in Missouri.  Missouri is the original "Show Me State", we didn't run to the gold mines but sold picks to those who did.  The economy of Missouri is primarily split between its major cites. The two largest are Kansass City and St. Louis.

The capital is Jefferson City, and the largest cities are Kansas City, Saint Louis, Springfield , and Independence.

"The Show Me State"

Area, 69,686 sq mi (180,487 sq km).
Pop. (2000) 5,595,211, a 9.3% increase since the 1990 census.
Capital, Jefferson City.
Largest city, St. Louis. 
Motto, Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto [The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law]
State bird, bluebird.
State flower, hawthorn.
State tree, dogwood.