Political system: federal republic
Capital: Washington, DC
Total area: 9,826,675 square kilometres
Population: about 307 million
Official languages: English (Hawaiian is also an official language in the state of Hawaii)
Currency: US dollar
Source: CIA Factbook, www.cia.gov/library and the US Embassy to Slovakia
13. Sep 2010 at 0:00 | Compiled by Spectator staff
