virginia | country | united_states <sep> virginia, officially the commonwealth of virginia, is a state in the mid-atlantic and southeastern regions of the united states between the atlantic coast and the appalachian mountains the state's capital is richmond, its most-populous city is virginia beach, and fairfax county is the state's most-populous political subdivision virginia's population in 2022 was over 868 million, with 35% living within the greater washington metropolitan area the western and southwestern portions of the state contain numerous stretches of the blue ridge mountains, while the central portion lies mostly within the piedmont eastern virginia forms part of the atlantic plain, with the middle peninsula forming the mouth of the chesapeake bay 
virginia is in the united states.virginia is a state in the mid-atlantic and southeastern regions of the united states