Ohio is the generic, store brand version of America. All of the calories but none of the flavor. Everything that's true about "America" as a whole is especially true about Ohio, but without any of the specific regional qualities that give it any sort of identity. It is a textureless, colorless, amorphous mass of a state. It is the regional equivalent of a Walmart parking lot. It is a frozen TV dinner while watching The Office. It is a suburban house with beige vinyl siding. It is what people are imagining when they say "White people have no culture." It is the control group for the American Experiment. The baseline against which all other regions are judged. Hope that helps.