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== The Fifty States ==
== The Fifty States ==
[[File:Map of USA with state and territory names 2.png|thumb|A political map of the United States of America and territories. Every state is its own government, and can operate quite differently from other states.]]
[[File:Map of USA with state and territory names 2.png|thumb|A political map of the United States of America and territories. Every state is its own government, and can operate quite differently from other states.]]
When people of other nations are trying to understand the rather odd political behavior of the USA, they would do well to remember that the United States is literally just that: fifty individual states, each with their own constitution, all under the aegis of a central federal government. The relationship between the federal government and the state governments can get contentious, to the point that there [[The American Civil War|was a civil war about it]].
When people of other nations are trying to understand the rather odd political behavior of the USA, they would do well to remember that the United States is literally just that: fifty individual states, each with their own constitution, all under the aegis of a central federal government. The relationship between the federal government and the state governments can get contentious, to the point that there [[The American Civil War|was a civil war about it]]. For that matter the relationship between state governments themselves can be contentious.<ref>A bit of trivia: In the early days small wars have been fought over bits of territory in dispute, such as the Toledo War between Ohio and Michigan (Then a territory government).</ref>


== The Constitution ==
== The Constitution ==