Nebraska is the 37th state, officially becoming a state on the 1st of March, 1867. It is located in the central region of the continental United States. It is the 16th largest state by area, but just the 37th most populous, making it the 7th least people-dense state in the country. The state capital is Lincoln, the second-largest city in the state after Omaha.
The eastern part of Nebraska is in the Central Time Zone which is an hour behind New York, and the western part is in the Mountain Time Zone which is an hour ahead of California.

Nebraska was late to the game on officially adopting a flag. The current flag, consisting of the Nebraska state seal centered on a field of blue, was officially proclaimed the state flag in 1963 despite the seal having been designed since the state's entry to the union.
Other state symbols include the goldenrod as the state flower, the cottonwood as the state tree, the western meadowlark as the state bird, blue agate as the state gemstone, little bluestem as the state grass, and the honeybee as the state insect.

Nebraska is a red state, and by “red” I mean its sports atmosphere is dominated by allegiance to the teams of the state's main university, the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Nebraska Cornhuskers. Their pride livery is scarlet and cream.
They have won 29 national athletics titles in contests of bowling (8), men's gymnastics (8), football (5), volleyball (5), and track (3).

The current toursim motto is “Honestly, it's not for everyone.”  It's true—the state is not for people who get bored easily. Nebraska doesn't dazzle, but it does deliver. There are plenty of things to see and do in the state, including a world-renowned zoo, epic bike trails, canoeing trips, history of the old west, stunning mountainless scenery, a lively music culture, art museums, aerospace museums, forests, a thriving railroad industry, geology and paleontology pursuits, and of course, lots of different food. The World Series of collegiate baseball has been held in Omaha each and every year since 1950.

Nebraska is divided into 93 counties, including some of the most-desolate in the United States. Nebraska counties are identified by number representing the order of population of the counties in 1922. These numbers are still featured on standard-issue license plates, except now in the three most-populous counties. Only four other states show county numbers on their license plates.

It is the only state in the United States to have just a single legislative body, the Unicameral, which currently has 49 seats and is officially non-partisan. Nebraska is also divided into three Congressional districts, twelve judicial districts, and is a member of the Eight U.S. court circuit.