United States Of America

Location:  The United States is is a federal republic composed of 50 states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the far northwestern corner of North America, with a land border to the east with Canada and separated by the Bering Strait from Russia. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Nine time zones are covered. The geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse.At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2) , the United States is the world’s third or fourth-largest country by total area

Climate: The United States has the most climate types due to the large size and geographic diversity

Education: The United States has many competitive private and public institutions of higher education. The majority of the world’s top universities listed by different ranking organizations are in the U.S. There are also local community colleges with generally more open admission policies, shorter academic programs, and lower tuition. Of Americans 25 and older, 84.6% graduated from high school, 52.6% attended some college, 27.2% earned a bachelor’s degree, and 9.6% earned graduate degrees. The basic literacy rate is approximately 99%.The United Nations assigns the United States an Education Index of 0.97, tying it for 12th in the world.

Population: 320 million

Currency: USD

Cost of living / month: 850 USD