Author's Note- So my mother was given an iPad for work and still isn't quite sure what to do with it. Watching her trying to incorporated new technology into her life has inspired me to write this piece. This story will be a series of basically stand alone one shots and if you have any ideas on Apps or States you want me to focus on first just let me know. I only have a few of planned out at the moment.

Disclaimer- Don't own Hetalia, though I do take a different take on a lot of the States than some of the other State fics out there.

50 Apps That Every State Needs

Christmas shopping was complicated for any family. It took time and effort to figure out the perfect gift for each person. Perhaps the task would be less daunting if you only had a dozen or so people to shop for, but America had 50 states, a half dozen territories, and 30 or so major allies to purchase a gift for. And those were only the national personifications, he also had a long list of human officials that he had to give a token gift to. (Though admittedly he had pawned that particular responsibility off on Virginia, she had a much better taste when it came to gift baskets and decorative crap anyway.)

The stress of trying to figure out what to get his massive family had been nagging at America's mind for the last three months, which of course meant that he had that he had found every excuse imaginable to avoid the task. He had even completed some of the piles of paperwork that he had been ignoring since January. Eventual though Virginia had figured out what he was up to and completely cleared his schedule on December 2nd.

She had dropped him off at DC USA mall with his cell phone and a platinum credit card informing him that he wasn't allowed to call for a ride home until he had picked up at least 25 gifts. He had wandered around for an hour or two, but the only place that seemed to be able to keep his attention was the food court.

Finally America decided that he would wander into the first store he past and find something that he could buy. He bought something stupid he could always dump the gift on it on Russia. The store happened to be Best Buy and the rows of electronics quickly looked promising. He wandered the isles passing cameras and phones, gaming systems and computers when he stumbled upon the solution to his shopping dilemma. He was going to buy all of his states iPads.

By three that afternoon, America had purchased every iPad with twenty-five miles of the D.C. area as well as ordered a few off of Amazon. Now all he had to do was convince Virginia to get them wrapped and in the mail so that they would arrive on all 50 states door steps before Christmas.

End Note- And thus the adventure begins…So what did you think? Is this type of story interesting to you? Also do you have any ideas about Apps that the States should be using?