Georgia vs the States

Georgia and the States both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Georgia	Yes	No	No	No
the States	Yes	No	No	No

Georgia (noun)	the States (noun)
a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War	North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
one of the British colonies that formed the United States, with capital Savannah