Well, Alaska's nickname is the Last Frontier. I just call it the "Big White Cold Place Up There That's Still Part of the USA"...
http://www.geosymbols.org/world/na/usa/ak/nicknames/
Well, seeing as I've lost my trash can lid twice in the past year, I can tell you this. The City of Seattle will give you a free replacement trash can lid if you call and complain about it. The last time the lid went missing, we lost it for over two weeks, and I found it OVER three blocks away while on a walk with Yoda. The city marked top of the lid is marked with my house number. But if you lose another kind of trash can lid, then basically the Big Trash Can Lid Eater in the sky (closely related to the Missing Sock Eater) got hungry and you have to pay for it by buying a whole new trash can with lid...