Topic summary
United States government
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Federal government of the United States.
Naming
The full name of the republic is the "United States of America". No other names appear in the Constitution, (except for the shorter “United States” for which it is usually addressed in it) and this is the name that appears on currency, in treaties and documents, and in legal cases to which the nation is a party. The terms "Government of the United States of America" or "United States Government" are often used in official documents to represent the federal government as distinct from the states collectively.