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The United States of America, commonly known as the United States (U.S. or USA), is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.

In terms of area, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area and the third-largest by land area. It ranks highly in several measures of socioeconomic performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP, and productivity per person. While the U.S. economy is considered post-industrial, the country continues to be one of the world's largest manufacturers.

The United States is a highly developed country, with the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and second-largest economy by PPP. Though its population is only 4.3% of the world's total, it holds 29.4% of the total wealth in the world, the largest share of global wealth concentrated in a single country. The United States is the foremost military power in the world, making up a third of global military spending, and is a leading political, cultural, and scientific force internationally.

The United States has a mixed economy and has maintained a stable overall GDP growth rate, a moderate unemployment rate, and high levels of research and capital investment. It maintains a high level of output per capita. The U.S. is the third-most populous country in the world, with an estimated population of over 331 million people. The United States was founded by 13 British colonies along the East Coast. On July 4, 1776, they issued the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed their right to self-determination and their establishment of a cooperative union.

In the 19th century, the United States expanded across North America, acquiring new territories, and gradually admitted new states until it spanned the continent by 1848. During the second half of the 19th century, the Civil War led to the abolition of slavery. The Spanish-American War and World War I confirmed the country's status as a military power. In 1945, the United States emerged from World War II as the first country with nuclear weapons, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and a founding member of NATO. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the world's sole superpower.

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