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|nickname        = "The Equality State"
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|capital         = [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
|largest_city    = [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
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|admission_date  = July 10, 1890
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|governor        = [[Joseph Keyes]] ([[United Conservative Party of Superior|UC]])
|deputy          = [[Frederick Kaine]] ([[United Conservative Party of Superior|UC]]) 
|legislature     = [[Diet of Wyoming]] (''Unicameral'')
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|delegates       = {{nowrap|1: [[Anietta Johnson]] ([[Constitution and Unionist Party of Superior|CU]])<br>{{nowrap|2: [[Elizabeth Chamberlain]] ([[United Conservative Party of Superior|UC]])}}<br>{{nowrap|3: [[Elaine Goodwin]] ([[Constitution and Unionist Party of Superior|CU]])}}}}
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'''Wyoming''' is a [[Administrative division of Superior|state]] of the [[Superior|Kingdom of Superior]]. It borders [[Absaroka]] to the north; [[Nebraska]] to the east; and [[Lakota]] to the northeast. Wyoming shares an international boundary with the [[Kingdom of Sierra]] to the west and is the only state to share a international border with [[Brazoria]] to the southeast. The state capital and largest city is [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]. Wyoming is the least densely populated state in Superior. 

Wyoming was once populated by various [[First Nations (Superior)|First Nation tribes]], including the Arapaho, Crow, Lakota, and Shoshone tribes. The state formed the most northwestern part of {{w|French Louisiana}} and was incorporated into the [[United States (Altverse II)|United States]] with the {{w|Louisiana Purchase}}. Wyoming was apart of the [[Dakota Territory]] and joined the rest of the territory in forming the [[Superior|Kingdom of Superior]] in 1869. With the admittance of [[Dakota]] and [[Sioux]] as states in 1879, Wyoming was merged with the [[Montana Territory]] and later became its [[Wyoming Territory|own territory]]. Wyoming was admitted as a state in 1893, alongside [[Absaroka]]. 

Wyoming's economy is driven by {{w|tourism}} and the extraction of minerals such as {{w|coal}}, {{w|natural gas}}, {{w|oil}}, and {{w|trona}}. Agricultural commodities include {{w|barley}}, {{w|hay}}, {{w|livestock}}, {{w|sugar beets}}, {{w|wheat}}, and {{w|wool}}. {{w|Ranching}} itself has been viewed as a integral to Wyoming culture. In recent years, {{w|finance}} has become a growing economic industry in the state, with Cheyanne being ranked as growing financial center. The official nickname of Wyoming, "The Equality State", is a reference to the state being the first in Superior to grant the right to vote to women. The state motto: Equal Rights, is also a reference to female suffrage. 
==History ==
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Several Native American groups originally inhabited the region now known as Wyoming. The Crow, Arapaho, Lakota, and Shoshone were but a few of the original inhabitants white explorers encountered when they first visited the region.

French-Canadian trappers from Québec and Montréal ventured into the area in the late 18th century, leaving French toponyms such as Téton and La Ramie. John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, itself guided by French Canadian Toussaint Charbonneau and his young Shoshone wife, Sacagawea, first described the region in 1807. At the time, his reports of the Yellowstone area were considered to be fictional.[14] Robert Stuart and a party of five men, returning from Astoria, discovered South Pass in 1812. The Oregon Trail later followed that route. In 1850, Jim Bridger located what is now known as Bridger Pass, which the Union Pacific Railroad used in 1868, as did Interstate 80, 90 years later. Bridger also explored Yellowstone and filed reports on the region that, like those of Colter, were largely regarded at the time as tall tales.

The region acquired the name Wyoming by 1865, when Representative James Mitchell Ashley of Ohio introduced a bill to Congress to provide a "temporary government for the territory of Wyoming". The territory was named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, made famous by the 1809 poem Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell, based on the Battle of Wyoming in the American Revolutionary War. The name ultimately derives from the Munsee word xwé:wamənk, meaning 'at the big river flat'. However, due to the [[War of Contingency]], the United States would not pass the bill.

The region's population grew steadily after the [[Superior|Kingdom of Superior]] secured it's independence, and the federal government established the Wyoming Territory on July 25, 1869. Wyoming lacked significant deposits of gold and silver; however, South Pass City did have a short-lived boom after the Carissa Mine began producing gold in 1867. Furthermore, copper was mined in some areas between the Sierra Madre Mountains and the Snowy Range near Grand Encampment.

Once government-sponsored expeditions to the Yellowstone country began, reports by Colter and Bridger, previously believed to be apocryphal, were found to be true. That led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park, which became the world's first national park in 1872. Nearly all of Yellowstone National Park lies within the far northwestern borders of Wyoming.

On December 10, 1869, territorial Governor John Allen Campbell extended the right to vote to women, making Wyoming the first territory and, later, Superian state, to grant suffrage to women. Wyoming was also a pioneer in welcoming women into politics. Women first served on juries in Wyoming (Laramie in 1870). Wyoming had the first female court bailiff (Mary Atkinson, Laramie, in 1870), and the first female justice of the peace in the country (Esther Hobart Morris, South Pass City, in 1870). As well, in 1924, Wyoming became the first state to elect a female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, who took office in January 1925. Due to its civil-rights history, one of Wyoming's state nicknames is "The Equality State", and the official state motto is "Equal Rights".

Wyoming's constitution included women's suffrage and a pioneering article on water rights. [[Parliament of Superior|Parliament]] admitted Wyoming into the Kingdom as a state on July 10, 1890.

Wyoming was the location of the [[Weston County War]] of 1892, which erupted between competing groups of cattle ranchers. The passage of the Homestead Act led to an influx of small ranchers. A range war broke out when either or both of the groups chose violent conflict over commercial competition in the use of the public land.

==Geography==
Wyoming's climate is generally semi-arid and continental (Köppen climate classification BSk), and is drier and windier in comparison to most of the United States with greater temperature extremes. Much of this is due to the topography of the state. Summers in Wyoming are warm with July high temperatures averaging between 80 and 90 °F (27 and 32 °C) in most of the state. With increasing elevation, however, this average drops rapidly with locations above 9,000 feet (2,700 m) averaging around 70 °F (21 °C). Summer nights throughout the state are characterized by a rapid cooldown with even the hottest locations averaging in the 50–60 °F (10–16 °C) range at night. In most of the state, most of the precipitation tends to fall in the late spring and early summer. Winters are cold, but are variable with periods of sometimes extreme cold interspersed between generally mild periods, with Chinook winds providing unusually warm temperatures in some locations.

Wyoming is a dry state with much of the land receiving less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rainfall per year. Precipitation depends on elevation with lower areas in the Big Horn Basin averaging 5–8 inches (130–200 mm), making the area nearly a true desert. The lower areas in the North and on the eastern plains typically average around 10–12 inches (250–300 mm), making the climate there semi-arid. Some mountain areas do receive a good amount of precipitation, 20 inches (510 mm) or more, much of it as snow, sometimes 200 inches (510 cm) or more annually. The state's highest recorded temperature is 114 °F (46 °C) at Basin on July 12, 1900, and the lowest recorded temperature is −66 °F (−54 °C) at Riverside on February 9, 1933.

=== Natural landforms===

==== Mountain ranges====
The Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. The state is a great plateau broken by many mountain ranges. Surface elevations range from the summit of Gannett Peak in the Wind River Mountain Range, at 13,804 feet (4,207 m), to the Belle Fourche River valley in the state's northeast corner, at 3,125 feet (952 m). In the northwest are the Absaroka, Owl Creek, Gros Ventre, Wind River, and the Teton ranges. In the north central are the Big Horn Mountains; in the northeast, the Black Hills; and in the southern region the Laramie, Snowy, and Sierra Madre ranges.

The Snowy Range in the south central part of the state is an extension of the Colorado Rockies both in geology and in appearance. The Wind River Range in the west central part of the state is remote and includes more than 40 mountain peaks in excess of 13,000 ft (4,000 m) tall in addition to Gannett Peak, the highest peak in the state. The Big Horn Mountains in the north central portion are somewhat isolated from the bulk of the Rocky Mountains.

The Teton Range in the northwest extends for 50 miles (80 km), part of which is included in Grand Teton National Park. The park includes the Grand Teton, the second highest peak in the state.

The Continental Divide spans north–south across the central portion of the state. Rivers east of the divide drain into the Missouri River Basin and eventually the Gulf of Mexico. They are the North Platte, Wind, Big Horn and the Yellowstone rivers. The Snake River in northwest Wyoming eventually drains into the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean, as does the Green River through the Colorado River Basin.

The Continental Divide forks in the south central part of the state in an area known as the Great Divide Basin where water that precipitates onto or flows into it cannot reach an ocean—it ''all'' sinks into the soil and eventually evaporates.

Several rivers begin in or flow through the state, including the Yellowstone River, Bighorn River, Green River, and the Snake River.

====Basin====
Much of Wyoming is covered with large basins containing different eco-regions, from shrublands to smaller patches of desert. Regions of the state classified as basins contain everything from large geologic formations to sand dunes and vast unpopulated spaces. Basin landscapes are typically at lower elevations and include rolling hills, valleys, mesas, terraces and other rugged terrain, but also include natural springs as well as rivers and artificial reservoirs. They have common plant species such as various subspecies of sagebrush, juniper and grasses such as wheatgrass, but basins are known for their diversity of plant and animal species.

====Islands====
Wyoming has 32 named islands; the majority are in Jackson Lake and Yellowstone Lake, within Yellowstone National Park in the northwest portion of the state. The Green River in the southwest also contains a number of islands.

===Regions and administrative divisions===

====Counties====
The state of Wyoming has 20 counties.
{| class="wikitable"
|+The 20 counties of the state of Wyoming
|-
!Rank
!County
!Population
! Rank
!County
!Population
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |1
|[[Cheyenne County, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
| style="text-align: right;" |98,327
| style="text-align: center;" |11
|[[Warren County, Wyoming|Warren]]
| style="text-align: right;" |13,809
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |2
|[[Natrona County, Wyoming|Natrona]]
| style="text-align: right;" |79,547
| style="text-align: center;" |12
|[[Goshen County, Wyoming|Goshen]]
| style="text-align: right;" |13,378
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |3
|[[Campbell County, Wyoming|Campbell]]
| style="text-align: right;" |46,242
| style="text-align: center;" |13
|[[Big Horn County, Wyoming|Big Horn]]
| style="text-align: right;" |11,906
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |4
|[[Fremont County, Wyoming|Fremont]]
| style="text-align: right;" |39,803
| style="text-align: center;" |14
|[[Platte County, Wyoming|Platte]]
| style="text-align: right;" |8,562
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |5
|[[Laramie County, Wyoming|Laramie]]
| style="text-align: right;" |38,332
| style="text-align: center;" | 15
|[[Pease County, Wyoming|Pease]]
| style="text-align: right;" |8,476
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |6
|[[Sheridan County, Wyoming|Sheridan]]
| style="text-align: right;" |30,210
| style="text-align: center;" |16
|[[Washakie County, Wyoming|Washakie]]
| style="text-align: right;" |8,064
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |7
|[[Yellowstone County, Wyoming|Yellowstone]]
| style="text-align: right;" |29,568
| style="text-align: center;" | 17
|[[Crook County, Wyoming|Crook]]
| style="text-align: right;" |7,410
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |8
|[[North Teton County, Wyoming|North Teton]]
| style="text-align: right;" |23,265
| style="text-align: center;" |18
|[[Weston County, Wyoming|Weston]]
| style="text-align: right;" |6,927
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |9
|[[Lincoln County, Wyoming|Lincoln]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 19,265
| style="text-align: center;" |19
|[[Hot Springs County, Wyoming|Hot Springs]]
| style="text-align: right;" |4,696
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |10
|[[Carbon County, Wyoming|Carbon]]
| style="text-align: right;" |15,303
| style="text-align: center;" |20
|[[Niobrara County, Wyoming|Niobrara]]
| style="text-align: right;" |2,397
|-
! colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | Wyoming Total: 576,851
|}

==Government and politics==
[[File:Wyoming State Capitol.jpg|thumb|210x210px|Wyoming State Capitol building, Cheyenne]]

===State government===
Wyoming's Constitution established three branches of government: the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The [[Diet of Wyoming]] comprises 60 members. The executive branch is headed by the [[Governor of Wyoming|governor]] and includes a [[Lieutenant Governor of Wyoming|lieutenant governor]], [[Secretary of State of Wyoming|secretary of state]], [[Wyoming State Auditor|auditor]], treasurer and superintendent of public instruction. 

The Wyoming State Liquor Association is the state's sole legal wholesale distributor of spirits, making it an alcoholic beverage control state. With the exception of wine, state law prohibits the purchase of alcoholic beverages for resale from any other source.

===Judicial system ===
Wyoming's highest court is the [[Supreme Court of Wyoming]], with five justices presiding over appeals from the state's lower courts. Wyoming is unusual in that it does not have an intermediate appellate court, like most states. This is largely attributable to the state's population and correspondingly lower caseload. Appeals from the state district courts go directly to the Wyoming Supreme Court. Wyoming also has state circuit courts (formerly county courts), of limited jurisdiction, which handle certain types of cases, such as civil claims with lower dollar amounts, misdemeanor criminal offenses, and felony arraignments. Circuit court judges also commonly hear small claims cases as well.

Before 1972, Wyoming judges were selected by popular vote on a nonpartisan ballot. This earlier system was criticized by the state bar who called for the adoption of the Missouri Plan, a system designed to balance judiciary independence with judiciary accountability. In 1972, an amendment to Article 5 of the Wyoming Constitution, which incorporated a modified version of the plan, was adopted by the voters. Since the adoption of the amendment, all state court judges in Wyoming are nominated by the Judicial Nominating Commission and appointed by the Governor. They are then subject to a retention vote by the electorate one year after appointment.

== Economy and infrastructure==
According to the 2012 Superior Bureau of Economic Analysis report, Wyoming's gross state product was $38.4 billion. As of 2014 the population was growing slightly with the most growth in tourist-oriented areas such as [[North Teton County, Wyoming|North Teton County]]. Boom conditions in neighboring states such as [[Dakota]] were drawing energy workers away. About half of Wyoming's counties showed population losses. The state makes active efforts through Wyoming Grown, an internet-based recruitment program, to find jobs for young people educated in Wyoming who have emigrated but may wish to return.

The mineral extraction industry and travel and tourism sector are the main drivers behind Wyoming's economy. The federal government owns about 50% of its landmass, while 6% is controlled by the state. Total taxable values of mining production in Wyoming for 2001 was over $6.7 billion. The tourism industry accounts for over $2 billion in revenue for the state.

In 2002, more than six million people visited Wyoming's national parks and monuments. The key tourist attractions in Wyoming include Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Devils Tower National Monument, Independence Rock and Fossil Butte National Monument. Each year Yellowstone National Park, the world's first national park, receives three million visitors.

Historically, agriculture has been an important component of Wyoming's economy. Its overall importance to the performance of Wyoming's economy has waned. However, agriculture is still an essential part of Wyoming's culture and lifestyle. The main agricultural commodities produced in Wyoming include livestock (beef), hay, sugar beets, grain (wheat and barley), and wool. More than 91% of land in Wyoming is classified as rural.

Wyoming is the home of only a handful of companies with a regional or national presence. [[Taco Joe's]] and [[Rocky Mountain Trading Post]], both in Cheyenne, are privately held. Cloud Peak Energy in Gillette and Wyo Energy Co. in Riverton are Wyoming's only publicly traded companies.

=== Mineral and energy production ===
Wyoming's mineral commodities include coal, natural gas, coalbed methane, crude oil, uranium, and trona.

* Coal: Wyoming produced 277 million short tons (251.29 million metric tons) of coal in 2019 which was a 9 percent drop from the year before. Wyoming's coal production peaked in 2008 when 514 million short tons (466.3 million metric tons) was produced. Wyoming possesses a reserve of 68.7 billion tons (62.3 billion metric tons) of coal. Major coal areas include the Powder River Basin and the Green River Basin.
* Coalbed methane (CBM): The boom for CBM began in the mid-1990s. CBM is characterized as methane gas that is extracted from Wyoming's coal bed seams. It is another means of natural gas production. There has been substantial CBM production in the Powder River Basin. In 2002, the CBM production yield was 327.5 billion cubic feet (9.3 km<sup>3</sup>).
* Crude oil: Wyoming produced 53.4 million barrels (8.49×10<sup>6</sup> m<sup>3</sup>) of crude oil in 2007. The state ranked fifth nationwide in oil production in 2007. Petroleum is most often used as a motor fuel, but it is also utilized in the manufacture of plastics, paints, and synthetic rubber.
* Diamonds: The Kelsey Lake Diamond Mine, located in Colorado less than 1,000 feet (300 m) from the Wyoming border, produced gem quality diamonds for several years. The Wyoming craton, which hosts the kimberlite volcanic pipes that were mined, underlies most of Wyoming.
* Natural gas: Wyoming produced 1.77 trillion cubic feet (50.0 billion m<sup>3</sup>) of natural gas in 2016. The state ranked 6th nationwide for natural gas production in 2016. The major markets for natural gas include industrial, commercial, and domestic heating.
* Trona: Wyoming possesses the world's largest known reserve of trona, a mineral used for manufacturing glass, paper, soaps, baking soda, water softeners, and pharmaceuticals. In 2008, Wyoming produced 46 million short tons (41.7 million metric tons) of trona, 25% of the world's production.
* Wind power: Because of Wyoming's geography and high-altitude, the potential for wind power in Wyoming is one of the highest of any state in the US. The Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project is the largest commercial wind generation facility under development in North America. Carbon County is home to the largest proposed wind farm in the US. Construction plans have been halted because of proposed new taxes on wind power energy production.
* Uranium: Although uranium mining in Wyoming is much less active than it was in previous decades, recent increases in the price of uranium have generated new interest in uranium prospecting and mining.

===Taxes ===
Unlike most other states, Wyoming does not levy an individual or corporate income tax. In addition, Wyoming does not assess any tax on retirement income earned and received from another state. Wyoming has a state sales tax of 4%. Counties have the option of collecting an additional 1% tax for general revenue and a 1% tax for specific purposes, if approved by voters. Food for human consumption is not subject to sales tax. There also is a county lodging tax that varies from 2% to 5%. The state collects a use tax of 5% on items purchased elsewhere and brought into Wyoming. All property tax is based on the assessed value of the property and Wyoming's Department of Revenue's Ad Valorem Tax Division supports, trains, and guides local government agencies in the uniform assessment, valuation and taxation of locally assessed property. "Assessed value" means taxable value; "taxable value" means a percent of the fair market value of property in a particular class. Statutes limit property tax increases. For county revenue, the property tax rate cannot exceed 12 mills (or 1.2%) of assessed value. For cities and towns, the rate is limited to eight mills (0.8%). With very few exceptions, state law limits the property tax rate for all governmental purposes.

Personal property held for personal use is tax-exempt. Inventory if held for resale, pollution control equipment, cash, accounts receivable, stocks and bonds are also exempt. Other exemptions include property used for religious, educational, charitable, fraternal, benevolent and government purposes and improvements for handicapped access. Mine lands, underground mining equipment, and oil and gas extraction equipment are exempt from property tax but companies must pay a gross products tax on minerals and a severance tax on mineral production.

Wyoming does not collect inheritance taxes. There is limited estate tax related to federal estate tax collection.

In 2008, the Superian Tax Foundation ranked Wyoming as having the single most "business friendly" tax climate of all Superian states. Wyoming state and local governments in fiscal year 2007 collected $2.242 billion in taxes, levies, and royalties from the oil and gas industry. The state's mineral industry, including oil, gas, trona, and coal provided $1.3 billion in property taxes from 2006 mineral production. As of 2017, Wyoming receives more federal tax dollars as a percentage of state general revenue than any state except neighboring Montana.

As of 2016, Wyoming does not require the beneficial owners of LLCs to be disclosed in the filing, which creates an opportunity for a tax haven.

==Demographics==

=== Population ===
The Superior Census Bureau estimates the population of Wyoming was 578,759 in 2019, the center of population of Wyoming is in [[Natrona County, Wyoming|Natrona County]].

In 2014, the Superior Census Bureau estimated the population's racial composition was 92.7% white (82.9% non-Hispanic white), 2.7% American Indian, 1.6% Black or African Superian, 1.0% Asian American, and 0.1% Pacific Islander. As of 2011, 24.9% of Wyoming's population younger than age 1 were minorities. According to data from the Superior Community Survey, as of 2018, Wyoming is the only state where African Superior earn a higher median income than white workers.

According to the 2010 census, the racial composition of the population was 90.7% white, 0.8% black or African Superian, 2.4% Native Superian, 0.8% Asian American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.2% from two or more races, and 3.0% from some other race. Ethnically, 8.9% of the total population was of Hispanic or Latino origin (they may be of any race) and 91.1% Non-Hispanic, with non-Hispanic whites constituting the largest non-Hispanic group at 85.9%.

As of 2015, Wyoming had an estimated population of 586,107, which was an increase of 1,954, or 0.29%, from the prior year and an increase of 22,481, or 3.99%, since the 2010 census. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 12,165 (33,704 births minus 21,539 deaths) and an increase from net migration of 4,035 into the state. Immigration resulted in a net increase of 2,264 and migration within the country produced a net increase of 1,771. In 2004, the foreign-born population was 11,000 (2.2%). In 2005, total births in Wyoming were 7,231 (birth rate of 14.04 per thousand). Sparsely populated, Wyoming is the least populous state of Superior. Wyoming has the second-lowest population density in the country. 

According to the 2000 census, the largest ancestry groups in Wyoming are: German (26.0%), English (16.0%), Irish (13.3%), Norwegian (4.3%), and Swedish (3.5%).

==Culture==

===Languages===
In 2010, 93.39% (474,343) of Wyomingites over the age of 5 spoke English as their primary language. 4.47% (22,722) spoke Spanish, 0.35% (1,771) spoke German, and 0.28% (1,434) spoke French. Other common non-English languages included Algonquian (0.18%), Russian (0.10%), Tagalog, and Greek (both 0.09%).

In 2007, the Superior Community Survey reported 6.2% (30,419) of Wyoming's population over five spoke a language other than English at home. Of those, 68.1% were able to speak English very well, 16.0% spoke English well, 10.9% did not speak English well, and 5.0% did not speak English at all.

=== Religion ===
According to a 2013 Gallup Poll, the religious affiliations of the people of Wyoming were: 49% Protestant, 23% Nonreligious or Other, 18% Catholic, 9% Latter-day Saint (Mormons) and less than 1% Jewish.

A 2010 SRDA report recognized as the largest denominations in Wyoming the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) with 62,804 (11%), the Catholic Church with 61,222 (10.8%) and the Southern Baptist Convention with 15,812 adherents (2.8%). The same report counted 59,247 Evangelical Protestants (10.5%), 36,539 Mainline Protestants (6.5%), 785 Eastern Orthodox Christians; 281 Black Protestants, as well as 65,000 adhering to other traditions and 340,552 not claiming any religious tradition.

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==See also==

{{States of Superior}}
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