OK Madaline and Joyce and Gary and everyone who agrees with them (and I do)
I'll stir things up with this.

Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for six days.
Eventually, Michael, the archangel found him, resting on the seventh day.
He inquired of God, "Where have you been?"
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through
the clouds, "Look, Michael, look what I've made."
Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?"
"It's a planet," replied God," and I've put Life on it. I'm going to call it
Earth
and it's going to be a great place of balance."
"Balance?", inquired Michael, still confused.
God explained, pointing to different parts of earth,
"For example, northern Europe will be a place of great
opportunity and wealth while southern Europe is going
to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot
spot. Over there I've placed a continent of white
people and over there is a continent of black people,"
God continued, pointing to different countries.
"This one will be extremely hot and arid while this
one will be very cold and covered in ice."
The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then
pointed to a large land mass and said, "What's that
one?"
"Ah," said God.  "That's Virginia, the most glorious
place on earth.  There are beautiful lakes, green
fields, sunsets, and rolling hills.  The people from
Virginia are going to be modest, intelligent, and
humorous and they are going to be found traveling the
world. They will be extremely sociable, hardworking,
and high-achieving, and they will be known throughout
the world as diplomats and carriers of peace."
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then
proclaimed, "What about balance, God? You said there
would be balance!"
God replied wisely, "Wait until you see the idiots I'm
putting next to them in Washington, DC."

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