The United States of America (USA or U.S.A. ), commonly called the United States (US or U.S. ) and America, is a federal republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The 48 contiguous states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is west of Canada and east of Russia across the Bering Strait, and the state of Hawaii is in the mid-North Pacific.
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Policy and Regulatory Overview [3] 