The United States of America is a huge country that is widely spread. It consists of a total of 50 states along with a federal district and a total of five self-governing territories.
The total area that the country comprises is approximately 3.8 million square miles and this makes it the fourth-largest country in the world where the largest is Russia and the second largest being Canada.
Towards the east of the country, it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean while towards the west, it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean. Canada borders the country on the northern border while towards the southern border of the country, there is Mexico.
These fifty stars that are in the blue rectangle represent the 50 states of the United States while the thirteen horizontal stripes that are spread throughout the flag represent the thirteen colonies of Great Britain that declared independence from Great Britain out of which one was the United States of America.
Another flag with a similar design is the flag of Malaysia but unlike the flag of the United States of America, it consists of 14 red and white stripes.