Google is kicking off the week by revamping the look of its Play family of app icons. That includes the Play Store, Play Music, and anything else that starts with Play.. The look is much more consistent, but I imagine the redesign will be rather divisive.
Coordinates: 40Â°N 100Â°W / 40Â°N 100Â°W / 40; -100. The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a constitutional federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
How many countries are there in the world? Since South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, there are now 195 independent sovereign nations in the world (including disputed but defacto independent Taiwan), plus about 60 dependent areas, and five disputed territories, like Kosovo.