using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var states = new States() 

        { 

           new State(1, "AZ", "Arizona"), 

           new State(2, "CO", "Colorado") 

        };

        string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(states);

        Console.WriteLine(json);

        States retVal = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<States>(json);

        foreach (State s in retVal)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(s.Id + " " + s.Name + " " + s.LongName);

        }

    }

}

​

public class State

{

    public int Id;

    public string Name;

    public string LongName;

​

    public State(int id, string name, string longName)

    {

        Id = id;

        Name = name;

        LongName = longName;

    }

}

​

public class States : List<State> 

{

​

}