Nickname: The Green Mountain State Population: 589,000 (49th) Area: 9,615 sq miles (45th) Birthplace: John Deere, Joseph Smith, & Brigham Young Tourism: 800.837.6668 Road Conditions: 800.429.8623 A says: Vermont still has full-service gas stations as a regular fixture. I'm talking check the oil, clean the windsheild, little tray holders that grasp your credit card, don't even think about getting out of your vehicle gas stations. And these along the main thoroughfare...a two lane road that winds alongside creeks and through forested hills. B says: If you wanted to hide, this would be the state. Very sparsely populated, the Vermont we saw seemed like small town after small town separated by miles of rolling, thick-forested hills. And somewhere in those hills, minature elves make the best real Maple syrup you can imagine.