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 The west front of the United States Capitol, which houses the United States Congress

The United States is the world's oldest surviving federation. It is a constitutional republic and representative democracy, "in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law". The government is regulated by a system of checks and balances defined by the U.S. Constitution, which serves as the country's supreme legal document. In the American federalist system, citizens are usually subject to three levels of government, federal, state, and local.”[1]

 USA, country in North America, consisting of 48 contiguous states and the noncontiguous states of Alaska and Hawaii. The 48 states are between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, south of Canada and north of Mexico. The country's total area is 9,629,047 sq km (3,717,796 sq mi). The capital is Washington, D.C.New York City is the largest city.[2]

Resource:[1]:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States   Visited 4/3/12 at 7:15 P.M. 

                  [2]:  http://kctu.kar.nic.in/intro_usa.htm          Visited 4/3/12 at 7:20 P.M.