US States

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class MyClass
{
    public static void RunSnippet()
    {
         var dict = USStates.GetStates;

        foreach(var key in dict.Keys)
        {
            var val = dict[key];
            Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}",key,val);
        }
    }

    #region Helper methods

    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            RunSnippet();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            string error = string.Format("---\nThe following error occurred while executing the snippet:\n{0}\n---", e.ToString());
            Console.WriteLine(error);
        }
        finally
        {
            Console.Write("Press any key to continue...");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }

    private static void WL(object text, params object[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(text.ToString(), args);
    }

    private static void RL()
    {
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    private static void Break()
    {
        System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
    }

    #endregion
}

public class USStates
{
    readonly static Dictionary<string, string> dictionary = null;

    public static Dictionary<string, string> GetStates
    {
        get { return dictionary; }
    }

    static USStates()
    {
        dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
        dictionary["AL"] = "Alabama";
        dictionary["AK"] = "Alaska";
        dictionary["AZ"] = "Arizona";
        dictionary["AR"] = "Arkansas";
        dictionary["CA"] = "California";
        dictionary["CO"] = "Colorado";
        dictionary["CT"] = "Connecticut";
        dictionary["DE"] = "Delaware";
        dictionary["DC"] = "District";
        dictionary["FL"] = "Florida";
        dictionary["GA"] = "Georgia";
        dictionary["HI"] = "Hawaii";
        dictionary["ID"] = "Idaho";
        dictionary["IL"] = "Illinois";
        dictionary["IN"] = "Indiana";
        dictionary["IA"] = "Iowa";
        dictionary["KS"] = "Kansas";
        dictionary["KY"] = "Kentucky";
        dictionary["LA"] = "Louisiana";
        dictionary["ME"] = "Maine";
        dictionary["MT"] = "Montana";
        dictionary["NE"] = "Nebraska";
        dictionary["NV"] = "Nevada";
        dictionary["NH"] = "New";
        dictionary["NJ"] = "New";
        dictionary["NM"] = "New";
        dictionary["NY"] = "New";
        dictionary["NC"] = "North";
        dictionary["ND"] = "North";
        dictionary["OH"] = "Ohio";
        dictionary["OK"] = "Oklahoma";
        dictionary["OR"] = "Oregon";
        dictionary["MD"] = "Maryland";
        dictionary["MA"] = "Massachusetts";
        dictionary["MI"] = "Michigan";
        dictionary["MN"] = "Minnesota";
        dictionary["MS"] = "Mississippi";
        dictionary["MO"] = "Missouri";
        dictionary["PA"] = "Pennsylvania";
        dictionary["RI"] = "Rhode";
        dictionary["SC"] = "South";
        dictionary["SD"] = "South";
        dictionary["TN"] = "Tennessee";
        dictionary["TX"] = "Texas";
        dictionary["UT"] = "Utah";
        dictionary["VT"] = "Vermont";
        dictionary["VA"] = "Virginia";
        dictionary["WA"] = "Washington";
        dictionary["WV"] = "West";
        dictionary["WI"] = "Wisconsin";
        dictionary["WY"] = "Wyoming";
    }
}