the state is the second studio album by canadian rock band nickelback. "leader of men" was the lead single from this album followed by "old enough", "breathe", and "worthy to say". the album held a peak position of #130 on the billboard 200. the album also held a peak position on billboard top heatseekers albums charts position #3 in 2000. the album was the band's first album to be certified gold in both canada and in the united states, it later went platinum in canada in april 2002 and then went platinum in 2008 in the united states.