I've mentioned before that the Great Founding Mistake was the centralized constitution which was cast for the purposes of commerce, so that even at the earliest instance the message was sent: -Commerce>Nation The Civil War formalized that into actual law. FDR later tried to found a new national eth...

Country - physical land State - government Nation - people The country of America is the 48 states and I guess you can include the islands and the snow place if you want. The state of America (U.S.A.) is the current government, but several different governments have been in power here since 1776. ...