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The bars of the flag represent the thirteen original colonies that became independent from the UK and the stars, all fifty states that make up the Union. It has a great similarity to the flag of the British East India Company, which possibly inspired.

United States of America

 

The United States of America (U.S.A.), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) and America, and sometimes simply The States, is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal district. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C. are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also has five populated and nine unpopulated territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean. At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) in total and with around 318 million people, the United States is the third or fourth-largest country by total area and third largest by population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The geography and climate of the United States is also extremely diverse, and it is home to a wide variety of wildlife.