Salem's state (6)
I believe the answer is:
oregon
'salem's state' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for oregon that I've seen before include "No gore in this western American state" , "The American state is no goer, strangely" , "America's Beaver State" , "Pacific coast US state" , "area of America" .)