United States

The United States is a federal presidential republic in North America made up of 50 states and the federal capital district of Washington, D.C. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on 4 July 1776, and the present Constitution dates from 1789. English is the official language, and the currency is the US dollar.

It covers about 9.83 million square kilometres, the fourth largest country by area, and had 331,449,281 residents at the 2020 census, the third largest population. Congress has two chambers: a 100 member Senate with two senators per state serving six year terms, and a 435 member House of Representatives whose members serve two year terms. Donald Trump is President and JD Vance is Vice President.

The United States has the world’s largest economy by nominal GDP, estimated at about 32.4 trillion dollars for 2026, and the second largest by purchasing power parity. Its Human Development Index score for 2023 was 0.938, which ranks 17th. Nation in Shorts covers the country for trade, technology, immigration and diplomacy stories that involve India.

Sources: Wikipedia, United States, citing the 2020 United States census.