Thanks! Let the winner of the next contest receive the prize as I don't have a City on your servers...THE RESULTS:
Although as well all know, the U.S. is a union of 50 states, if one examines these "states" individually, one finds that four of them are in fact not States but Commonwealths:
The Commonwealths of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Massachusetts.
Therefore the answer is:
46 States.
No one got quite the right answer so the closest answer (48) wins.
And the winner is …. ALYONA KOLOMIITSEVA !!!
As player, you won't need the prize resources and as CM you probably won't take it, so here are your options:
1) Heck yes, I want the res :-)
2) The res will remain in the pot for the next question (coming today).
3) The runner-up (TONAYA) gets the prize. (if I find him, he's always so well camouflaged :-)
4) Donate it to a needy player of your choice :-)
Note: Dear mods: if you get a chance, would you mind closing this thread and/or marking it as solved in the title? Many thanks!