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This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces, and territories, as well as certain political and geographic features of substantial area. [1]
List of sovereign states; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions. List of first-level administrative divisions by population; List of FIPS region codes in FIPS 10-4, withdrawn from the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) in 2008
The territory of the United States may be divided into three classes of non-overlapping top-level political divisions: the 50 States, the federal district, District of Columbia, and a variety of insular areas. There are other political divisions overlapping with or subordinate to the above, for example: counties.
List of countries and dependencies by area; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area; List of first-level administrative divisions by population; Lists of country subdivisions by GDP. List of the largest administrative divisions by GRDP; List of first-level administrative country subdivisions by nominal GDP per capita
This list summarizes the administrative divisions which have a separate article on their politics. Countries where significant powers delegated to federal units or to devolved governments and where the political system is multi-party democracy are more likely to have articles on the politics of their subdivisions.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands.
List of administrative communes; List of administrative divisions by country; List of national capitals serving as administrative divisions; List of densest neighborhoods; Lists of counties; List of animals representing first-level administrative country subdivisions; Lists of country subdivision flags; ISO 3166-2; List of medieval land terms
For example, Vatican City does not have any administrative subdivisions, and Monaco has only one level (both are city-states), while such countries as France and Pakistan have five levels each. The United States is composed of states, possessions, territories , and a federal district , each with varying numbers of subdivisions.