diff --git a/state/state_object.go b/state/state_object.go
index 12444304..1ce9b1f4 100644
--- a/state/state_object.go
+++ b/state/state_object.go
@@ -52,21 +52,9 @@ type (
 		suicided  bool
 		deleted   bool
 	}
-
-	// // Account is the Ethereum consensus representation of accounts.
-	// // These objects are stored in the main account trie.
-	// Account struct {
-	// 	Nonce    uint64
-	// 	Balance  *big.Int
-	// 	Root     ethcmn.Hash // merkle root of the storage trie
-	// 	CodeHash []byte
-	// }
 )
 
 func newObject(db *CommitStateDB, accProto auth.Account) *stateObject {
-	// if acc.Balance == nil {
-	// 	data.Balance = new(big.Int)
-	// }
 	acc, ok := accProto.(*types.Account)
 	if !ok {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid account type for state object: %T", acc))
@@ -85,13 +73,9 @@ func newObject(db *CommitStateDB, accProto auth.Account) *stateObject {
 	}
 }
 
-// Address returns the address of the state object.
-func (so stateObject) Address() ethcmn.Address {
-	return so.address
-}
-
-// GetState retrieves a value from the account storage trie.
-func (so *stateObject) GetState(_ Database, key ethcmn.Hash) ethcmn.Hash {
+// GetState retrieves a value from the account storage trie. Note, the key must
+// be prefixed with the address.
+func (so *stateObject) GetState(_ ethstate.Database, key ethcmn.Hash) ethcmn.Hash {
 	// if we have a dirty value for this state entry, return it
 	value, dirty := so.dirtyStorage[key]
 	if dirty {
@@ -99,11 +83,33 @@ func (so *stateObject) GetState(_ Database, key ethcmn.Hash) ethcmn.Hash {
 	}
 
 	// otherwise return the entry's original value
-	return so.getCommittedState(key)
+	return so.getCommittedState(so.stateDB.ctx, key)
 }
 
-// SetState updates a value in account storage.
-func (so *stateObject) SetState(db Database, key, value ethcmn.Hash) {
+// GetCommittedState retrieves a value from the committed account storage trie.
+// Note, the must be prefixed with the address.
+func (so *stateObject) getCommittedState(ctx sdk.Context, key ethcmn.Hash) ethcmn.Hash {
+	// if we have the original value cached, return that
+	value, cached := so.originStorage[key]
+	if cached {
+		return value
+	}
+
+	// otherwise load the value from the KVStore
+	store := ctx.KVStore(so.stateDB.storageKey)
+	rawValue := store.Get(key.Bytes())
+
+	if len(rawValue) > 0 {
+		value.SetBytes(rawValue)
+	}
+
+	so.originStorage[key] = value
+	return value
+}
+
+// SetState updates a value in account storage. Note, the key must be prefixed
+// with the address.
+func (so *stateObject) SetState(db ethstate.Database, key, value ethcmn.Hash) {
 	// if the new value is the same as old, don't set
 	prev := so.GetState(db, key)
 	if prev == value {
@@ -120,6 +126,50 @@ func (so *stateObject) SetState(db Database, key, value ethcmn.Hash) {
 	so.setState(key, value)
 }
 
+func (so *stateObject) setState(key, value ethcmn.Hash) {
+	so.dirtyStorage[key] = value
+}
+
+// Code returns the contract code associated with this object, if any.
+func (so *stateObject) Code(_ ethstate.Database) []byte {
+	if so.code != nil {
+		return so.code
+	}
+
+	if bytes.Equal(so.CodeHash(), emptyCodeHash) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	store := so.stateDB.ctx.KVStore(so.stateDB.codeKey)
+	code := store.Get(so.CodeHash())
+
+	if len(code) == 0 {
+		so.setError(fmt.Errorf("failed to get code hash %x for address: %x", so.CodeHash(), so.Address()))
+	}
+
+	so.code = code
+	return code
+}
+
+// SetCode sets the state object's code.
+func (so *stateObject) SetCode(codeHash ethcmn.Hash, code []byte) {
+	prevcode := so.Code(nil)
+
+	so.stateDB.journal.append(codeChange{
+		account:  &so.address,
+		prevhash: so.CodeHash(),
+		prevcode: prevcode,
+	})
+
+	so.setCode(codeHash, code)
+}
+
+func (so *stateObject) setCode(codeHash ethcmn.Hash, code []byte) {
+	so.code = code
+	so.account.CodeHash = codeHash.Bytes()
+	so.dirtyCode = true
+}
+
 // AddBalance adds an amount to a state object's balance. It is used to add
 // funds to the destination account of a transfer.
 func (so *stateObject) AddBalance(amount *big.Int) {
@@ -139,6 +189,20 @@ func (so *stateObject) AddBalance(amount *big.Int) {
 	so.SetBalance(newBalance.BigInt())
 }
 
+// SubBalance removes an amount from the stateObject's balance. It is used to
+// remove funds from the origin account of a transfer.
+func (so *stateObject) SubBalance(amount *big.Int) {
+	amt := sdk.NewIntFromBigInt(amount)
+
+	if amt.Sign() == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	newBalance := so.account.Balance().Sub(amt)
+	so.SetBalance(newBalance.BigInt())
+}
+
+// SetBalance sets the state object's balance.
 func (so *stateObject) SetBalance(amount *big.Int) {
 	amt := sdk.NewIntFromBigInt(amount)
 
@@ -150,74 +214,46 @@ func (so *stateObject) SetBalance(amount *big.Int) {
 	so.setBalance(amt)
 }
 
-// SubBalance removes amount from c's balance.
-// It is used to remove funds from the origin account of a transfer.
-func (so *stateObject) SubBalance(amount *big.Int) {
-	if amount.Sign() == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	c.SetBalance(new(big.Int).Sub(c.Balance(), amount))
-}
-
-// func (so *stateObject) Balance() *big.Int {
-
-// }
-
-// func (so *stateObject) ReturnGas(gas *big.Int) {
-
-// }
-
-// func (so *stateObject) Address() ethcmn.Address {
-
-// }
-
-// func (so *stateObject) SetCode(codeHash ethcmn.Hash, code []byte) {
-
-// }
-
-// func (so *stateObject) SetNonce(nonce uint64) {
-
-// }
-
-// func (so *stateObject) Nonce() uint64 {
-
-// }
-
-// func (so *stateObject) Code(db Database) []byte {
-
-// }
-
-// func (so *stateObject) CodeHash() []byte {
-
-// }
-
 func (so *stateObject) setBalance(amount sdk.Int) {
 	so.account.SetBalance(amount)
 }
 
-// GetCommittedState retrieves a value from the committed account storage trie.
-func (so *stateObject) getCommittedState(key ethcmn.Hash) ethcmn.Hash {
-	// if we have the original value cached, return that
-	value, cached := so.originStorage[key]
-	if cached {
-		return value
-	}
-
-	// otherwise load the value from the KVStore
-	store := so.stateDB.ctx.KVStore(so.stateDB.storageKey)
-	rawValue := store.Get(key.Bytes())
-
-	if len(rawValue) > 0 {
-		value.SetBytes(rawValue)
-	}
-
-	so.originStorage[key] = value
-	return value
+// Balance returns the state object's current balance.
+func (so *stateObject) Balance() *big.Int {
+	return so.account.Balance().BigInt()
 }
 
-func (so *stateObject) setState(key, value ethcmn.Hash) {
-	so.dirtyStorage[key] = value
+// ReturnGas returns the gas back to the origin. Used by the Virtual machine or
+// Closures. It performs a no-op.
+func (so *stateObject) ReturnGas(gas *big.Int) {}
+
+// Address returns the address of the state object.
+func (so stateObject) Address() ethcmn.Address {
+	return so.address
+}
+
+// CodeHash returns the state object's code hash.
+func (so *stateObject) CodeHash() []byte {
+	return so.account.CodeHash
+}
+
+// Nonce returns the state object's current nonce (sequence number).
+func (so *stateObject) Nonce() uint64 {
+	return uint64(so.account.Sequence)
+}
+
+// SetNonce sets the state object's nonce (sequence number).
+func (so *stateObject) SetNonce(nonce uint64) {
+	so.stateDB.journal.append(nonceChange{
+		account: &so.address,
+		prev:    so.account.Sequence,
+	})
+
+	so.setNonce(int64(nonce))
+}
+
+func (so *stateObject) setNonce(nonce int64) {
+	so.account.Sequence = nonce
 }
 
 // setError remembers the first non-nil error it is called with.
@@ -245,3 +281,14 @@ func (so *stateObject) touch() {
 		so.stateDB.journal.dirty(so.address)
 	}
 }
+
+// prefixStorageKey prefixes a storage key with the state object's address.
+func (so stateObject) prefixStorageKey(key []byte) []byte {
+	prefix := so.Address().Bytes()
+	compositeKey := make([]byte, len(prefix)+len(key))
+
+	copy(compositeKey, prefix)
+	copy(compositeKey[len(prefix):], key)
+
+	return compositeKey
+}