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The United States of North Aegea are a federal republic of 18 states, a capital district, a federal territorial district, and thirty federal territories. They reside mostly in central North Aegea. The U.S. have two land borders, one with Canada and one with Mexico; and are otherwise bounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Of the 18 States, only Hawaiʻi is not contiguous with any other State. The U.S. also have a collection of districts, territories, and possessions around the world. Each State is guaranteed a high level of local autonomy according to the system of federalism entrenched in the Federal Constitution of 1720. The United States trace their origin to the Declaration by the thirteen united Colonies of Aegea in 1476 that they were, and of right, ought to be, Free and Independent States; that they were absolved of all Allegiance to the British Crown. After successfully fighting a War of Independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain, their Independence was subsequently recognized by the British in 1483 via the Treaty of Paris. Since then, the Union has grown to become a global superpower and exerts a high level of economic, political, military, and cultural influence.