local loc = {}

-- returns the full name of a state given its abbreviation
loc.state_abbrevation_to_name = function (abbreviation)
    local states = {
        AL = "Alabama", AK = "Alaska", AZ = "Arizona", AR = "Arkansas", CA = "California",
        CO = "Colorado", CT = "Connecticut", DE = "Delaware", FL = "Florida", GA = "Georgia",
        HI = "Hawaii", ID = "Idaho", IL = "Illinois", IN = "Indiana", IA = "Iowa",
        KS = "Kansas", KY = "Kentucky", LA = "Louisiana", ME = "Maine", MD = "Maryland",
        MA = "Massachusetts", MI = "Michigan", MN = "Minnesota", MS = "Mississippi", MO = "Missouri",
        MT = "Montana", NE = "Nebraska", NV = "Nevada", NH = "New Hampshire", NJ = "New Jersey",
        NM = "New Mexico", NY = "New York", NC = "North Carolina", ND = "North Dakota", OH = "Ohio",
        OK = "Oklahoma", OR = "Oregon", PA = "Pennsylvania", RI = "Rhode Island", SC = "South Carolina",
        SD = "South Dakota", TN = "Tennessee", TX = "Texas", UT = "Utah", VT = "Vermont",
        VA = "Virginia", WA = "Washington", WV = "West Virginia", WI = "Wisconsin", WY = "Wyoming"
    }
    return states[abbreviation]
end

return loc
