Yooper
A Yooper refers to an inhabitant or native of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Culture
Dialect
the Yooper dialect (sometimes referred to as "Yoopanese"), is a dense variant of the greater midwest dialect heavily influenced by Scandanavian dialects, particularly Finnish. The Yooper dialect is associated with certain features: the alveolar stops /d/ and /t/ in place of the English dental fricatives /ð/ and /θ/ (like in "then" and "thigh", so that then (/ðɛn/) becomes den (/dɛn/), etc.); the German/Scandinavian affirmative ja [jä] to mean 'yeah' or 'yes' (often Anglicized in spelling to ya); the filler or question tag eh or hey at the ends of sentences, as in Canadian English; notably raised nuclei in the vowels /aʊ/ and /aɪ/; the word youse as a second-personal plural noun, like you guys in neighboring dialects; and a marked deletion of to the (e.g., "I'm going store," "We went mall," and "We'll go Green Bay"), influenced by Finnish, which does not have any articles corresponding to a, an, or the.
Micronations with sizeable Yooper populations
The Grand Duchy of Marquette has around a two-thirds yooper population. The Federal Union of Wegmat has maintained a presence in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. 13% of Weg Citizens identify as yoopers with most of them actively living in New Finland or the quickly growing Little Presque Territory