I've never heard "Yoop" before. We just call it "the U.P." Maybe they use it on the West End, I don't make it out there often. The West is sometimes called "Yoopsconsin."

There's actually a cesessionist movement up here for the U.P. to become its own state. (The name for people in the mitten is Trolls. They are below the bridge, after all ;)) We know it'll never happen, but it's fun to think about. I've actually met people from downstate who didn't know that U.P. was part of Michigan. We tend to get left out.

From what I understand Michigan got the entire U.P. after the end of the Toledo War. Michigan felt like it got jipped. Then the largest iron range on the continent was discovered. Not to mention massive amounts of copper. Oh, and the timber...