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The United States is the world's
strongest economic power, with a very
versatile and advanced business
structure. In 2014, the country is again the
world's largest oil producer.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the end
of 2014 was about $ 17,555 billion, and the
average disposable income was about $
28,200. In recent decades, the business has
shifted from primary and secondary
industries to tertiary industries. In 2014,
less than 1.5 per cent of GDP came from
agriculture, forestry and fishing - and less
than a quarter came from industry and
mining, construction, and more than three
quarters came from service industries.
The private sector accounted for about 86
percent of the economy, while just over 4
percent was federal, and nine percent state
and local government. There are major
regional differences in business as a result
of variations in location, resource base,
climate, population distribution,
communications and traditions. The total
civilian workforce was around 156 million in
2014 (55 per cent men and 45 per cent
women), and the unemployment rate was 5.6
per cent. While 35.5 percent were unionized
in the 1945 peak, that figure was only 12
percent in 2014. This must be seen in light
of market liberalism, which has been
prevalent in the United States since the
late 1970s. This trend leads to greater
income disparities and increasing social
unrest in the United States. In 2013, one
per cent of the population spent more than
20 per cent of total income.
Traditionally, Americans have almost
always been familiar with the free
enterprise system, where the role of the
political authorities is to organize the
conditions for business, but not to operate
as an operator in economic life.
State and politics
The United States is a Republican federal
state consisting of 50 states and some other
autonomous territories.
The form of government is enshrined in
the Constitution of 1787 and in the 27
additions it is later given. The first ten
additions of 1791 (" Bill of rights ") are
considered particularly important for the
legal position of individuals.
The Constitution divides the federal
state's power into three institutions: an
executive presidential office, a Legislative
and Appropriating National Assembly
( Congress ), and a judicial power
(the courts ).
A similar distribution of power exists in
each state. The tasks that are not assigned
to the federal state in the Constitution
belong to the states.
Two political parties, the
Democratic and the Republican, dominate the
elected institutions, both federally and in
the states.
The incumbent President Donald
Trump represents the Republican Party and is
the 45th President of the United States
(elected in 2016 and inaugurated in 2017).
The United States is the world's largest
military force, possesses a large arsenal
of nuclear weapons and has forces present in
all parts of the world. Military service is
voluntary. The United States is a member of
the UN, NATO and a number of regional
federations.
History
North America's oldest history is
especially related to the indigenous
people who lived on the continent before
European colonization. The European conquest
began in the 16th century,
from Spain, France and England, among
others. Of these, England, later the United
Kingdom, eventually became the strongest
colonial power.
The independence of the United States as
a state is linked to
the Declaration of Independence of July 4,
1776, where envoys from 13 British colonies
along the Atlantic coast made a political
and ideological settlement with the British
Empire. The ransom triggered war with the
British, which was defeated in 1783.
The extent of the United States increased
greatly from independence until the
mid-1800s, when the country stretched all
the way west to the Pacific Ocean. The
conquest and settlement to the west took
place through wars and treaties with other
countries, displacement of the indigenous
population and an activist policy with
incentives for citizens and business.
The expansion forced tensions between the
northern and southern states to surface, and
in the period 1861-1865 the states in the
two regions fought a civil war that cost
over half a million people their lives. The
victory of the northern states led to the
abolition of slavery and the strengthening
of central power.
At the turn of the 20th century, cities
in the United States gathered as many
residents as the countryside. Mass
immigration from Europe led to huge
population growth. The United States became
an industrial, economic and military
superpower with a high level of
prosperity. After World War II, the country
was one of two global superpowers - the only
one from the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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