UsState.create!([
  {name: "Alaska", abbreviation: "AK"},
  {name: "Alabama", abbreviation: "AL"},
  {name: "Arkansas", abbreviation: "AR"},
  {name: "American Samoa", abbreviation: "AS"},
  {name: "Arizona", abbreviation: "AZ"},
  {name: "California", abbreviation: "CA"},
  {name: "Colorado", abbreviation: "CO"},
  {name: "Connecticut", abbreviation: "CT"},
  {name: "District of Columbia", abbreviation: "DC"},
  {name: "Delaware", abbreviation: "DE"},
  {name: "Florida", abbreviation: "FL"},
  {name: "Federated States of Micronesia", abbreviation: "FM"},
  {name: "Georgia", abbreviation: "GA"},
  {name: "Guam", abbreviation: "GU"},
  {name: "Hawaii", abbreviation: "HI"},
  {name: "Iowa", abbreviation: "IA"},
  {name: "Idaho", abbreviation: "ID"},
  {name: "Illinois", abbreviation: "IL"},
  {name: "Indiana", abbreviation: "IN"},
  {name: "Kansas", abbreviation: "KS"},
  {name: "Kentucky", abbreviation: "KY"},
  {name: "Louisiana", abbreviation: "LA"},
  {name: "Massachusetts", abbreviation: "MA"},
  {name: "Maryland", abbreviation: "MD"},
  {name: "Maine", abbreviation: "ME"},
  {name: "Marshall Islands", abbreviation: "MH"},
  {name: "Michigan", abbreviation: "MI"},
  {name: "Minnesota", abbreviation: "MN"},
  {name: "Missouri", abbreviation: "MO"},
  {name: "Northern Marianas", abbreviation: "MP"},
  {name: "Mississippi", abbreviation: "MS"},
  {name: "Montana", abbreviation: "MT"},
  {name: "North Carolina", abbreviation: "NC"},
  {name: "North Dakota", abbreviation: "ND"},
  {name: "Nebraska", abbreviation: "NE"},
  {name: "New Hampshire", abbreviation: "NH"},
  {name: "New Jersey", abbreviation: "NJ"},
  {name: "New Mexico", abbreviation: "NM"},
  {name: "Nevada", abbreviation: "NV"},
  {name: "New York", abbreviation: "NY"},
  {name: "Ohio", abbreviation: "OH"},
  {name: "Oklahoma", abbreviation: "OK"},
  {name: "Oregon", abbreviation: "OR"},
  {name: "Pennsylvania", abbreviation: "PA"},
  {name: "Puerto Rico", abbreviation: "PR"},
  {name: "Palau", abbreviation: "PW"},
  {name: "Rhode Island", abbreviation: "RI"},
  {name: "South Carolina", abbreviation: "SC"},
  {name: "South Dakota", abbreviation: "SD"},
  {name: "Tennessee", abbreviation: "TN"},
  {name: "Texas", abbreviation: "TX"},
  {name: "Utah", abbreviation: "UT"},
  {name: "Virginia", abbreviation: "VA"},
  {name: "Virgin Islands", abbreviation: "VI"},
  {name: "Vermont", abbreviation: "VT"},
  {name: "Washington", abbreviation: "WA"},
  {name: "Wisconsin", abbreviation: "WI"},
  {name: "West Virginia", abbreviation: "WV"},
  {name: "Wyoming", abbreviation: "WY"}
])