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:''This article is about the country in North America. For other uses, see [[United States (disambiguation)]] and [[US (disambiguation)]]
The '''United States of America'''—also referred to as the '''United States''', '''the USA''', '''the U.S.''', '''America''', '''the States''', and (poetically) [[Columbia]]—is a [[democracy|democratic]] [[federal republic]] of fifty [[U.S. state|states]] located primarily in central [[North America]]. The United States has land borders with [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]], as well as several territorial water boundaries with Canada, [[Russia]] and [[The Bahamas]]. It is otherwise bounded by the [[Pacific Ocean]], the [[Bering Sea]], the [[Arctic Ocean]], the [[Atlantic Ocean]], the [[Gulf of Mexico]], and the [[Caribbean Sea]]. Two of the fifty states, [[Alaska]], an [[exclave]], and [[Hawaii]], an [[archipelago]], are not contiguous with any of the other states. The United States also has a collection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of the 50 states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
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