United States of America, third largest world country both by land area and population (9.8 million km² - 309 million inhabitants) is situated mostly in central North America between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific. The Capital City is Washington.