I live in the UK and here we have County rather than State (collectively known as Counties). It is usually expressed as The County of Oxfordshire or Oxfordshire County.
Many counties end in 'shire' so sometime the grouping is know as "The Shires"! But that english for you!
Hi Mihail,
Of course i can help you i am not on yahoo but, if you ever get stuck with your English let me know my email address is parksey_y2k1@hotmail.com