Nevada is a western state known for its desert climate, mountain ranges like the Sierra Nevada, and culture centered around Las Vegas which is famous for casinos and entertainment. The state's economy relies heavily on industries like mining, agriculture, and tourism, with gaming alone generating $25 billion annually. Nevada has a business friendly environment with no state income or corporate taxes.

1. United States
Geography
The great state of Nevada derives its name from the Spanish word meaning "snow covered"
and refers to the Sierra "Nevada" Mountains. Most of the state is part of a 28,000 square
kilometer great basin extending into California, Oregon, Idaho and Utah. Nevada has 172
mountain summits, second most in the United States only to Alaska. Many of these
mountains have peaks exceeding 4,000 meters with valleys at altitudes above 3,000
meters. Outside of Reno, the northern two-thirds of Nevada are sparcely populated; even
US Highway 50 has been named the "Loneliest Road in America". The lower third of the
state is situated within the Mojave Desert and home to over 2 Million people in the greater
city of Las Vegas.
State Border

2. Sierra Nevada Mountains
Climate
Nevada is mostly a semiarid desert climate with low humidity. Summer temperatures are
generally consistently over 40°C and often reach in excess of 50°C in the central and
southern regions of the state. Winters are mild, but go below -40°C in the mountains.
Annual rainfall is quite low statewide at only 18 cm, with the some of the mountains seeing
as much as 1 meter.

3. US Highway 50
Las Vegas Boulevard

4. Culture
Established in 1905, Las Vegas is the 28th most populous city in the United States and
considered the epicenter of Nevada. Famous for its Friday night fights, high-end casinos,
luxury resorts, shopping, fine dining, spectacular shows, adult entertainment, clubs and
spas, Vegas is justifiably coined the "Entertainment Capital of the World". Performers from
across the globe debute in Vegas and numerous Hollywood films and television shows have
been filmed on the 6.8 kilometer stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard known as "The Strip". Most
Nevadans imigrated from Utah and more recently California. Some natives have the feeling
of being "Californicated" due to the influx of Californians. Nevada has a 3.5% annual growth
rate.
The Strip

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Activities
Death Valley is a 13,630 square kilometer national park drawing over 800,000 visitors
annually. Large professional cycling attractions have recently been preserved including an
"epic ride" inside Bootleg Canyon Mountain Bike Park. The Sierra Nevada Mountains offer
Olympic skiing, snowmobiling and back-country snowshoeing. Lake Tahoe provides ice
skating and ice fishing in the winter, sailing, kayaking and even scuba diving in the summer.
Mount Charleston offers year-round access for Las Vegas residents and guests to numerous
hiking trails and a modest ski resort. Three desert ecosystems feed into Lake Mead at the
Hoover Dam creating a natural resort destination for boaters, fisherman and sunbathers.

7. Mountain Bike Racing
Helicopter Tours into the Arizona Grand Canyon

8. Lake Tahoe Kayaking
History
Nevada is known as the "Silver State" for the first major silver discovery in the United
States back in 1858. Unregulated gaming was outlawed in 1909 and remained in effect for
decades until March of 1931 when the legislature reinstated it just in time for construction
on one of the largest projects in American history. The Hoover Dam, formerly the Boulder
Dam, was a concrete archgravity damn built between 1931 and 1935 during the great
depression. The dam is located about 40 kilometers southeast of Las Vegas in the Black
Canyon of the Colorado River along the Nevada and Arizona border. The enormity of the
project and lack of local resources and facilities near the site drove business into the region
to support over 5,000 workers and the nearly 20,000 men and their families vying for those
positions. After completion many of the workers joined the United States military
particularly after the onset of World War II. With the help of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and
associates, Las Vegas soon became a hot spot destination for legalized gaming and adult
entertainment.

9. Hoover Dam in 1935
The Strip in 1950
Economy

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Agricultural commodities include cattle, hay, alfalfa, dairy, onions and potatoes. Industrial
commodities include tourism, mining, minerals, machinery, printing, publishing, food
processing and electric equipment. The state product for Nevada in 2007 was $127 Billion
with gaming and gaming related revenue sustaining 1/5th of the overall total or $25 Billion.
The Silver State was responsible for producing over 160 metric tons of gold in 2009, which
is 80% of the annual gold production in the United States and 10% of the world's annual
gold production. Nevada has a moderate minimum statewide sales tax rate of 6.85% and
may accompany a county sales tax reaching a combined high of 8.1% as is the case in Clark
county. Nevada is the only state in the union which has no personal income tax, no
corporate income tax and no reciprocity agreement with the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS).
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11. Chance Kornuth
2010 World Series of Poker Champion

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