Michigan!!! "The Wolverine State" "The Great Lake State" Motto: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you -State bird: American Robin - State animal: Wolverine -Over 9,883,635 people live in Michigan -Demonym Michigander, Michiganian, Yooper (for residents of the Upper Peninsula) -The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake" -The capital is Lansing, and the largest city is Detroit. (no elliot we are NOT canada)