User:Rockstone35/United States
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The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands,[lower-alpha 1] and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area.[lower-alpha 2] It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations.[lower-alpha 3] With a population of over 333 million,[lower-alpha 4] it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City.
The goal of this draft is to create an article about the United States with the quality of our featured articles such as Japan, Germany, Canada, or Australia. You are welcome to contribute, but please keep the following in mind:
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The United States government is a federal republic and liberal democracy with three separate branches of government. A federation, numerous policy issues are decentralized to a state level, with subsequent widely differing laws by area. At a national level, it has a bicameral legislature composed of the House of Representatives, a lower house determined by population; and the Senate, an upper house based on equal representation for each state. The U.S. ranks very highly in international measures of quality of life, income and wealth, economic competitiveness, human rights, innovation, and education; it has low levels of perceived corruption and the highest median income per person of any polity in the world. However, I/it lacks abortion rights in much of the country, has high levels of incarceration and political polarization, inequality, and lacks universal health care. As a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities, the United States has been profoundly shaped by the world's largest immigrant population.
A highly developed country, the American 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 U.S. is the foremost military power in the world and a dominant political, cultural, and scientific force internationally.