Brief Introduction Capital: Washington, DC Area: total: 9629091sq km National Flowers: Rose The important Festival: National day: July 4 Population: 0.3billion Language: English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority) . Currency: USD

USA

Geography

North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico

Administrative divisions

50 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Economy – overview

The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $37,600. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy considerably greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, lay off surplus workers, and develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to entry in their rivals' home markets than the barriers to entry of foreign firms in US markets. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment, although their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits.

Culture and media

Newspaper:

American Banker, Art Daily, Association Trends, Credit News, Daily Variety, Internet News, Investor's Business Daily, Radio Daily News, USA Today.

Broadcast:

ABC News, Air America Radio, BBC America, CIO Radio, Environmental News Network, Focus West, Homeland Defense Radio.

TV Stations:

CBS News, CNBC, CNN - European Mirror, CNN en Español, C-SPAN, Digital Syndicate News .

The place of interest

Empire State Building

Central Park

Times Square