#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
    int a;
    while (scanf("%d", &a) != EOF) { // 注意 while 处理多个 case
        for (int i = 0; i < a; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < a; j++)
                
            {
                if (i == 0 || j == 0||i == a - 1 || j == a - 1)
                    printf("* ");
               
                else
                    printf("  ");
            }
            printf("\n");
        }
    }  
    return 0;
}