the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States | a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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 | a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Harrisburg |
| one of the British colonies that formed the United States, with capital Philadelphia |