United States, officially United States of America, abbreviated U.S. or U.S.A., byname America, country in North America, a federal republic of 50 states. Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The conterminous states are bounded on the north by Canada, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The United States is the fourth largest country in the world in area (after Russia, Canada, and China). The national capital is Washington, which is coextensive with the District of Columbia, the federal capital region created in 1790.
Australia, the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia’s capital is Canberra, located in the southeast between the larger and more important economic and cultural centres of Sydney and Melbourne.
The Australian mainland extends from west to east for nearly 2,500 miles (4,000 km) and from Cape York Peninsula in the northeast to Wilsons Promontory in the southeast for nearly 2,000 miles (3,200 km). To the south, Australian jurisdiction extends a further 310 miles (500 km) to the southern extremity of the island of Tasmania, and in the north it extends to the southern shores of Papua New Guinea. Australia is separated from Indonesia to the northwest by the Timor and Arafura seas, from Papua New Guinea to the northeast by the Coral Sea and the Torres Strait, from the Coral Sea Islands Territory by the Great Barrier Reef, from New Zealand to the southeast by the Tasman Sea, and from Antarctica in the far south by the Indian Ocean.
USA is bigger than Australia.
The cost of living in the US is more expensive than Australia.
USA is richer than Austalia.
Australia is calmer than the USA.
Australia is more agricultural than the USA.
Australia has higher spending on education than the USA.
USA is better at basketball than Australia.
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Comparative
Australia is as safe as the USA.
US food is as good as the US.
Australia is as developed as the USA.
Australia is as touristy as the USA.
In Australia they speak English as in the USA
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SUPERLATIVE
The US is the most powerful in the world.
Australia is the most touristy city for students.
USA is the largest country in America.
Australia is the safest country in the world.
Australia is the largest island in the world.
Australia is the flattest continent in the world.
Australia is the country with the most beaches in the world.