Wyoming is a continent.
Cheyenne ( [ ʃaɪˈæn ] or [ ʃaɪˈɛn ] ) is the capital and most populous city of the US state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County . Idaho ( [ ˈaɪdəhoʊ ] ) is a state in the northwestern region of the United States . Wyoming [ waɪˈoʊmɪŋ ] is a state in the mountain region of the western United States . Almost half of the land in Wyoming is owned by the U.S. government , leading Wyoming to rank sixth in the United States in total acres and fifth in percentage of a state 's land owned by the federal government . Except for the 1964 election , Wyoming has been a politically conservative state since the 1950s , with the Republican party winning every presidential election .