United States

Extracted Attributes

• Capital

  Washington, D.C.

• Location

  North America

• Population

  Exceeding 340 million

• Common Names

  U.S., America

• Economy Size

  World's largest since ~1890

• National Debt

  $36 trillion

• Official Name

  United States of America

• Land Area Rank

  3rd largest globally

• Key Legislation

  Genius Act (stablecoin regulation)

• Population Rank

  3rd most populous globally

• Total Area Rank

  3rd largest globally

• Number of States

  50

• Type of Government

  Federal republic, presidential constitutional federal republic, representative democracy

• Technological Focus

  Race for Artificial Intelligence (AI) supremacy

• Nuclear State Status

  Recognized nuclear state

• Economic Policy Focus

  Tariffs (particularly concerning China), US Dollar Dominance

• Military Spending Share

  Over a third of global military spending

• Global Economic Output Share

  Over a quarter of nominal global output

Timeline

• Paleo-Indians migrated from North Asia to North America. (Source: Summary)

  Unknown (Pre-12000 years ago)

• Spanish colonization established Spanish Florida, the first European colony in what is now the continental United States. (Source: Summary)

  1513-XX-XX

• British colonization began with the settlement of Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies. (Source: Summary)

  1607-XX-XX

• American Revolution began due to disputes with the British Crown over taxation and political representation. (Source: DBPedia)

  1765-XX-XX

• American Revolutionary War began. (Source: Web Search)

  1775-XX-XX

• Declaration of Independence was adopted. (Source: Summary)

  1776-07-04

• Victory in the Revolutionary War brought international recognition of U.S. sovereignty and fueled westward expansion. (Source: Summary)

  1783-XX-XX

• The United States spanned the continent from east to west. (Source: DBPedia)

  1848-XX-XX

• Democratic and Republican parties began to dominate American politics. (Source: Summary)

  1850-XX-XX

• American Civil War began due to a North-South division over slavery. (Source: Summary)

  1861-XX-XX

• American Civil War ended, and slavery was abolished nationally. (Source: Summary)

  1865-XX-XX

• The U.S. economy became the world's largest. (Source: Summary)

  1890-XX-XX

• The U.S. established itself as a great power. (Source: Summary)

  1900-XX-XX

• The U.S. entered World War II after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. (Source: Summary)

  1941-XX-XX

• Post-World War II, the U.S. emerged as a superpower alongside the Soviet Union, leading to the Cold War. (Source: Summary)

  1945-XX-XX

• American spaceflight first landed humans on the Moon. (Source: DBPedia)

  1969-XX-XX

• The Soviet Union's collapse ended the Cold War, leaving the U.S. as the world's sole superpower. (Source: Summary)

  1991-XX-XX

• September 11 attacks occurred, leading to the U.S. launching the war on terror. (Source: DBPedia)

  2001-09-11

• War in Afghanistan began as part of the war on terror. (Source: DBPedia)

  2001-XX-XX

• Iraq War began as part of the war on terror. (Source: DBPedia)

  2003-XX-XX

• Passage of the Genius Act, establishing a regulatory framework for stablecoins. (Source: Related Documents)

  Recent

• Ongoing antitrust litigation against major tech companies like Google and Apple. (Source: Related Documents)

  Recent

• Escalating race for supremacy in Artificial Intelligence (AI). (Source: Related Documents)

  Recent

United States

The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States also asserts sovereignty over five major island territories and various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's third-largest land area and third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Paleo-Indians migrated from North Asia to North America over 12,000 years ago, and formed various civilizations. Spanish colonization established Spanish Florida in 1513, the first European colony in what is now the continental United States. British colonization followed with the 1607 settlement of Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies. Forced migration of enslaved Africans supplied the labor force to sustain the Southern Colonies' plantation economy. Clashes with the British Crown over taxation and lack of parliamentary representation sparked the American Revolution, leading to the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Victory in the 1775–1783 Revolutionary War brought international recognition of U.S. sovereignty and fueled westward expansion, dispossessing native inhabitants. As more states were admitted, a North–South division over slavery led the Confederate States of America to attempt secession and fight the Union in the 1861–1865 American Civil War. With the United States' victory and reunification, slavery was abolished nationally. By 1900, the country had established itself as a great power, a status solidified after its involvement in World War I. Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. entered World War II. Its aftermath left the U.S. and the Soviet Union as rival superpowers, competing for ideological dominance and international influence during the Cold War. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 ended the Cold War, leaving the U.S. as the world's sole superpower. The U.S. national government is a presidential constitutional federal republic and representative democracy with three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. It has a bicameral national legislature composed of the House of Representatives (a lower house based on population) and the Senate (an upper house based on equal representation for each state). Federalism grants substantial autonomy to the 50 states. In addition, 574 Native American tribes have sovereignty rights, and there are 326 Native American reservations. Since the 1850s, the Democratic and Republican parties have dominated American politics, while American values are based on a democratic tradition inspired by the Enlightenment movement. A developed country, the U.S. ranks high in economic competitiveness, innovation, and higher education. Accounting for over a quarter of nominal global economic output, its economy has been the world's largest since about 1890. It is the wealthiest country, with the highest disposable household income per capita among OECD members, though its wealth inequality is one of the most pronounced in those countries. Shaped by centuries of immigration, the culture of the U.S. is diverse and globally influential. Making up more than a third of global military spending, the country has one of the strongest militaries and is a recognized nuclear state. A member of numerous international organizations, the U.S. plays a major role in global political, cultural, economic, and military affairs.

Web Search Results

• United States - Wikipedia

  The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States also asserts sovereignty over five major island territories and various [...] The U.S. national government is a presidentialconstitutional federal republic and representative democracy with three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. It has a bicameral national legislature composed of the House of Representatives (a lower house based on population) and the Senate (an upper house based on equal representation for each state). Federalism grants substantial autonomy to the 50 states. In addition, 574 Native American tribes have sovereignty rights, and [...] The term "United States" and its initialism "U.S.", used as nouns or as adjectives in English, are common short names for the country. The initialism "USA", a noun, is also common.( "United States" and "U.S." are the established terms throughout the U.S. federal government, with prescribed rules.( "The States" is an established colloquial shortening of the name, used particularly from abroad;( "stateside" is the corresponding adjective or adverb.(

• United States | History, Map, Flag, & Population | Britannica

  United States is the fourth largest country in the world in area (after Russia, Canada, and China). The national capital is Washington, which is coextensive with the District of Columbia, the federal capital region created in 1790. [...] United States, country in North America, a federal republic of 50 states. Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The conterminous states are bounded on the north by Canada, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The [...] The United States is the world’s greatest economic power, measured in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). The nation’s wealth is partly a reflection of its rich natural resources and its enormous agricultural output, but it owes more to the country’s highly developed industry. Despite its relative economic self-sufficiency in many areas, the United States is the most important single factor in world trade by virtue of the sheer size of its economy. Its exports and imports represent major

• Geography of the United States - Wikipedia

  The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insularterritories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions.( The United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime borders with Russia, Cuba, the Bahamas, and many other countries, [...] The United States shares land borders with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, a territorial water border with Russia in the northwest, and two territorial water borders in the southeast between Florida and Cuba, and Florida and the Bahamas. The contiguous 48 states are otherwise bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Alaska borders the Pacific Ocean to the south and southwest, the Bering Strait to the west, [...] A satellite image of the contiguous United States, where temperate and subtropical forests of deciduous, coniferous, broadleaved evergreen, mixed vegetation, grasslands, montane forests, and croplands prevail are prevalent in the east, transitioning to prairies, boreal forests, the Rockies in the west, and deserts in the southwest. Much of the country's population is centered around the Great Lakes and Atlantic states. Image 7

• Geography of the United States | EBSCO Research Starters

  The United States is a part of the North American continent, which also includes Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Greenland, and numerous other countries. Two hundred million years ago, North America was part of the Pangaea supercontinent. As the tectonic plates of Earth’s crust gradually moved, separating the continents, the floor of the vast Panthalassa Ocean was subducted under North America as the continent moved westward. North America collided with an island chain about 150 million years [...] As the third-largest country by size, the United States has a varied geography, including woodlands, rainforests, mountains, grassy plains, rocky seacoasts, arid deserts, and volcanic islands. Within its borders lie both the highest and lowest points in North America, some of the youngest mountains on Earth, one of the world’s longest river systems, and the planet’s largest coal reserves. The total area of the country is 3,794,079 square miles (9,826,675 square kilometers). [...] The United States contains three major physical regions—the western mountains, the Great Plains, and the varied eastern region—that include most of the major types of biomes. The major feature of the West is the Rocky Mountain range, the largest on the continent, which extends northward into Canada. The Great Plains, which likewise extend into Canada, are an expanse of rich grassland. Major features of the East are the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain. These physical regions

• Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

  The full name of the republic is the "United States of America". No other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which the nation is a party. The terms "Government of the United States of America" or "United States Government" are often used in official documents to represent the federal government as distinct from the states collectively. [...] The Federal Government of the United States of America (U.S. federal government or U.S. government)( is the national government of the United States.( [...] The U.S. government was established in a series of initiatives in the late 18th century, starting with its decision to establish the Continental Army and appoint George Washington as its commander. The Continental Army resisted the British during the American Revolutionary War, which began in 1775. The following year, in July 1776, delegates to the Second Continental Congress, gathered at present-day Independence Hall in the colonial capital of Philadelphia, unanimously adopted the United

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• Country

  United States

• Instance Of

  Q6256

• Population

  340,110,988

• Coordinates

  Lat: 39.828175, Lon: -98.5795

• Inception Date

  5/12/1784

The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or informally America, is the most populous country in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. It is the third-largest country by both land and total area. The United States shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south. It has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 331 million, it is the third most populous country in the world. The national capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city and financial center is New York City. Paleo-aboriginals migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago, and advanced cultures began to appear later on. These advanced cultures had almost completely declined by the time the Europeans had arrived in North America, who subsequently began to colonize the continent. The United States emerged from the Thirteen British Colonies when disputes with the British Crown over taxation and political representation led to the American Revolution (1765–1784), which established the nation's independence. In the late 18th century, the U.S. began expanding across North America, gradually obtaining new territories, sometimes through war, frequently displacing Native Americans, and admitting new states. By 1848, the United States spanned the continent from east to west. The controversy surrounding the practice of slavery culminated in the secession of the Confederate States of America, which fought the remaining states of the Union during the American Civil War (1861–1865). With the Union's victory and preservation, slavery was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment. By 1900, the United States had become the world's largest economy, and the Spanish–American War and World War I established the country as a world power. After Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. entered World War II on the Allied side. The aftermath of the war left the United States and the Soviet Union as the world's two superpowers. During the Cold War, both countries engaged in a struggle for ideological dominance but avoided direct military conflict. They also competed in the Space Race, which culminated in the 1969 American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Simultaneously, the civil rights movement led to legislation abolishing state and local Jim Crow laws and other codified racial discrimination against African Americans. The Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991 ended the Cold War, leaving the United States as the world's sole superpower. The September 11 attacks in 2001 resulted in the United States launching the war on terror which included the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the Iraq War (2003–2011). The United States is a federal republic with three separate branches of government, including a bicameral legislature. It is a liberal democracy and market economy; it ranks high in international measures of human rights, quality of life, income and wealth, economic competitiveness, and education; and it has low levels of perceived corruption. It has high levels of incarceration and inequality, allows capital punishment, and lacks universal health care. As a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities, the U.S. has been shaped by centuries of immigration. The United States is a highly developed country, and its economy accounts for approximately a quarter of global GDP and is the world's largest by GDP at market exchange rates. By value, the United States is the world's largest importer and second-largest exporter. Although it accounts for just over 4.2% of the world's total population, the U.S. holds over 30% of the total wealth in the world, the largest share held by any country. The United States is a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States, NATO, and is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The country makes up more than a third of global military spending and is the foremost military power in the world and a leading political, cultural, and scientific force.