The United States can be located east of the northern Pacific, west of the Northern Atlantic, north of Mexico and south of Canada. The Appalachian Mountains are in the west while there are hills and low mountains in the east. It is on the Piedmont Plateau, of the Appalachian Mountains. Atlanta can be located on a map of the United States in the region of Georgia in the southeast.

The total land owned by the USA is 12,248 square kilometers. A recent estimate states that 275,562,673 people reside in the area. Tropical climate can be felt in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest. Cold temperatures often occur during the winter in the north.

The government type in the states is a federal republic.