Which state has a capital that is spelled the same as the state but less one letter?

US State?

None.

Alabama - Montgomery
Alaska - Juneau
Arizona - Phoenix
Arkansas - Little Rock
California - Sacramento
Colorado - Denver
Connecticut - Hartford
Delaware - Dover
Florida - Tallahassee
Georgia - Atlanta
Hawaii - Honolulu
Idaho - Boise
Illinois - Springfield
Indiana - Indianapolis
Iowa - Des Moines
Kansas - Topeka
Kentucky - Frankfort
Louisiana - Baton Rouge
Maine - Augusta
Maryland - Annapolis
Massachusetts - Boston
Michigan - Lansing
Minnesota - St. Paul
Mississippi - Jackson
Missouri - Jefferson City
Montana - Helena
Nebraska - Lincoln
Nevada - Carson City
New Hampshire - Concord
New Jersey - Trenton
New Mexico - Santa Fe
New York - Albany
North Carolina - Raleigh
North Dakota - Bismarck
Ohio - Columbus
Oklahoma - Oklahoma City
Oregon - Salem
Pennsylvania - Harrisburg
Rhode Island - Providence
South Carolina - Columbia
South Dakota - Pierre
Tennessee - Nashville
Texas - Austin
Utah - Salt Lake City
Vermont - Montpelier
Virginia - Richmond
Washington - Olympia
West Virginia - Charleston
Wisconsin - Madison
Wyoming - Cheyenne

http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/statecapitals.htm

Could be Algeria - Algiers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria

But then I would be adding another letter.

While we continue to ponder this one, let me offer an example of a state dropping 2 letters to get its capital's name

Tunisia - Tunis.

Well, I've been watching this one and have concluded there's a trick to it.

We could say the "capital" of the "state" of being wealthy is wealth, but then that would turn this into a riddle, which Baloo probably wouldn't do.

More likely, we need to know the name of the country and capital in its native language.

Check out this list to verify that in English, there is no answer.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855603.html

One of the Russian republics/states:
Khabarovsky

Capital city:
Khabarovsk

http://russia.rin.ru/guides_e/4837.html

"Khabarovsk is the centre of Khabarovsky krai. The area of Khabarovsk is 38,6 thousand hectares (01.01.2001). The population is 604,2 thousand people. The city has 5 administrative districts."

Nice one, gtho4. I didn't check the Russian ones..... A Yay for that one, but there's still the non-Slavic one I was looking for. No tricks in this - straightforward question (but I did expect that people would go for the USA states...). The state in question and the capital are spelled the same in the local language and in English. Probably because we've never owned it, invaded it, rescued it, or used it as a holiday destination very much. The only connection I've got with it is that a cousin of mine used to manage an Indian restaurant two or three nights a week there.

In French you have Algerie/Alger, but it's still two letters, not one.

And of course, in Portuguese, Brasil/Brasilia, but it' s still two letters difference.

If you consider Khabaravsk/Khabarovsky a correct answer, I have to tell you that Krasnoyarsk/Krasnoyarsky is just as correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnoyarsk_Krai

Could we be in Switzerland? But they have cantons, not states.
Aarau is the capital of the canton Aargau, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland

Yay! for author. The cantons of Switzerland are the states that make up the federation. Just as with the States of the USA and the Lander of Germany, some were originally independent states.

Baloo, I would have to say there was a trick to it!

You're right, of course.

"The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. Historically each canton in the historical confederation was a sovereign state, with its own borders, army and currency until the current federal structure was established in 1848."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland

And, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4nder