I'm OK with states, but state capitals is too much, and what really gets to me is how every single state has a nickname for some reason; "The Nutmeg State" (Connecticut), "The Buckeye State" (Ohio), "The Flyover State" (Wyoming), "The Pointless Now Land Speed Records Happen Elsewhere State" (Utah), etc.
It doesn't happen in the UK, although some councils try, and maybe it should. "The Trades-Too-Much-Off-Robin-Hood County" (Nottinghamshire), "The Fuck You, Margaret Thatcher County" (South Yorkshire), "The Will-Not-Give-You-Superpowers County" (Cumbria), "The Shyster City" (Greater London), "The Contains Grantham (You Have Been Warned) County" (Lincolnshire)...