The Statue of the Freedom and the White House, the gigantic Cocaine Glue and commercial Centers, the imensidão of the desert Prairie and highways, skyscrapers and Hollywood - these are only some of the images that appear spontaneously when it is said of the United States. To these incomparable natural beauties in the entire country are joined, subtropical quagmires, plantations of cotton and tobacco in the states of the South, the sets of blues of Chicago, the clubs of Jazz in Manhattan and, for all the country sport-bars, where gigantic hamburgers and beer are served, while the customers follow the games of enormous American soccer or basebol in ecrãs of television. Surface: 9 631 418 squared quilómetros average Hope of life: Woman years, Man years. Tax of Illiteracy: 5% Form of government: Presidentialist republic. Legislative bodies: Chamber of the representatives with 435 elect members per 2 years and Senate with 100 elect senators per six years, one terço of which elect of 2 in 2 years. The GIP: 9872,9 a thousand million dollar Gross national product/inhabitant: 30 600 dollars