Hey, have you ever been to Alaska? It's the largest US state.
Yeah, I've been to a few places in Alaska.
Which places? I hear it's the most sparsely populated of the states.
Anchorage, Juneau, Denali, it seems the biggest cities are near the south coast.
That's awesome! Alaska has a border with Canada to the east and also with Russia to the west.
Russia, really? I didn't know it went that far.
Yeah it's the largest US state by area.
I didn't know that, that makes sense.
Yeah, it makes sense that its economy is largely based on its natural resources like fishing, oil and natural gas production.