Nevada is a state located in the western United States, best known for its widespread legalization of gambling, the gaming industry and prostitution, which itself is legal in no other state. The capital is Carson City. Nevada's nickname is "The Silver State" or "The Sagebrush State", and the state's motto is "All for Our Country.
The story goes that Nevada became a state during the Civil War because the Union needed the silver from mines such as Virgina City, just east of Reno, although the truth has more to do with needed electoral votes than heavy metals.
