Surface: USA has a total land area of
9,161,923 sq km.
Population: USA has
approximately 301,759,000 inhabitants with Caucasians
and African-Americans as the major ethnic groups.
System of government: USA is a
constitution-based federal republic.
Capital: Washington, DC, with
an approximate population of 582,000, is the capital of
USA.
Religion: Protestants and
Roman Catholics constitute majority of the
population.
Official Language:
USA has no official language, but English is the de
facto national
language.
Government: USA is a
constitution-based federal
republic.
Climate: The climate
is mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida,
arctic in Alaska, semi arid in the Great Plains and arid
in the Great Basin in the
south-west.
Units of measure and
electricity: USA follows the United States
units of measurement and the electricity unit is 120 V,
60 Hz.
Time Zone: USA follows
four time zones and has daylight saving
time.
Currency: US dollars
Travel documents
required: A visa is required for entering the
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Having a mixed capitalist economy,
USA is one of the largest and technologically powerful
economies in the world. USA is well endowed with natural
resources and has well-developed infrastructure and high
productivity. Being a vast country, in size and in culture, the
cost of travelling or living is very region specific.
For example, New York is one of the most expensive
regions in the US. The south of US, on the other hand,
is probably the cheapest place in America.
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