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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the US, the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district.

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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country also possesses several territories, or insular areas, in the Caribbean and Pacific. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US$14.3 trillion (23% of the world total based on nominal GDP and almost 21% at purchasing power parity).

It has a population of 301,139,947 spread over a land area of 9,600,000 square kilometres. In the past week 579 people, 93 companies and 115 organizations from United States were significantly discussed in news sources from around the world. The following represents the most talked about people, places, organizations and topics from United States over the last seven days.