The Institute of Medicine lays out the approximate amount of water traditionally thought necessary for males and females of varying age groups and lifestyles in liters per day. The IOM recommends males 19 to over 70 years of age consume 3.7 liters of water daily. Women in the same age group only require 2.7 liters.
The characteristics of a nation-state are listed below: 1. Defined Territory. 2. Self-Rule (Sovereignty). 3. Some form of organized government. 4. Population of people sharing a national identity/customs.
Perhaps the key characteristic of American government, according to pluralists, is that it is dominated not by a single elite but rather by a multiplicity of relatively small groups, some of which are well organized and funded, some of which are not.