> "In an American context, the United States was, of course, founded as a union of thirteen separate countries. It was only after a war was fought to prevent several of those countries from leaving the union that the US became the single large state we know today—with provinces that we, confusingly, *call* states."

https://mises.org/mises-wire/our-problem-isnt-kings-its-presidency#:~:text=In%20an%20American,confusingly%2C%20call%20states

The US #GovtIsTheProblem