Question:
Who owns the United States?
The United States:
The United States declared independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Since that time, it has grown to be the world's only current superpower.
Answer and Explanation:
No ones 'owns' the whole United States per se, but you can look at it in terms of partitions, or as an aspect of debt.
From the inception of America as a nation, the concept of property ownership has revolved around the concept of monetary purchases. In a technical sense, the Federal government owns the most privately held land, although the massive amount of debt incurred through years of borrowing means that many foreign nations could also stake claim to 'ownership' of the U.S.
The concept of ownership is one of the first foreign ideas that the original Europeans brought to the 'New World', and the Native Americans were highly confused by the idea, as they didn't not considerable land to something someone could 'own'.
