NATO vs the States

NATO and the States both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
NATO	Yes	No	No	No
the States	Yes	No	No	No

NATO (noun)	the States (noun)
an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security	North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776