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[[Image:Kljghlkjkh.png|right|thumb|200px|Flag of United States of America]]
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|United States of America
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Flag of the United States
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|Capital
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
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|Government
|Federal constitutional republic
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|Official Language
|None <br><small>([[English]] de facto)</small>
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|President
|[[George W. Bush]] ([[Republican|R]])
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|Vice President
|[[Dick Cheney]] ([[Republican|R]])
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|Senate majority leader
|[[Harry Reid]] ([[Democrat|D]])
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|House majority leader
|[[Nancy Pelosi]] ([[Democrat|D]])
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|Area
|3,718,695 sq mi
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|Population (2007 estimate)
|301,554,000
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|GDP (2007 estimate)
|$13.049 trillion
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|GDP per capita (2007 estimate)
|$44,333
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The '''United States of America''' (commonly referred to as '''the United States''', '''the USA''', '''the US''', or simply as '''America''') is a North American nation that consists of a federal union of fifty individual states. Its origins lie in the [[British Empire]]: it was founded on July 4, 1776 with the signing of the [[Declaration of Independence]], and its independence from Britain was formally recognized in 1783, following the [[War of Independence]]. The US is currently the world's sole [[superpower]]; it has the world's largest economy, and is recognized as having the world's most powerful military.
The '''United States of America''' (commonly referred to as '''the United States''', '''the USA''', '''the US''', or simply as '''America''') is a North American nation that consists of a federal union of fifty individual states. Its origins lie in the [[British Empire]]: it was founded on July 4, 1776 with the signing of the [[Declaration of Independence]], and its independence from Britain was formally recognized in 1783, following the [[War of Independence]]. The US is currently the world's sole [[superpower]]; it has the world's largest economy, and is recognized as having the world's most powerful military.