Only one small state (NH) gets any attention from Presidential candidates. Smaller states do not benefit from the electoral college at all.

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You can make a deal with another losing player to maximize your chances of winning. On the next dice roll, seven or above you trade all your cards for one, and vice versa. However, all contracts are nonbinding in Catan so it never works out

The US levies no federal sales tax.

Not on general sales, but things that are functionally sales tax exist for things such as fuel and tobacco products.

Yep, the VFW and other organizations sponsored local bands to keep the military band tradition going. Not so much these days.

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These (not official) spreadsheets may interest you

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TtnlrfCMs9C4exLsKhzp...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vpSCiNFolwtG765Lxe92...

I assume that you only count the contiguous western United States. Some Alaska national parks are very inaccessible.

Autoadmit only admits to the general liberal arts college. Your major is not guaranteed if you are an autoadmit.

Can you matriculate into your major after your first year? I assume so, provided you performed sufficiently well in coursework that year.