Czechs and Slovaks
The united States and Russia are separated by the Bering Strait.
All the countries that used to be part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly referred to as "Russia" in the United States because Russia was the largest and most populated of the republics.
The United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Czechs and Slovaks
The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, now Russia) and the United States of America.
Italy is the leader of the republic government!!!!!! The United States uses it too. And also India ;) :DD
The term "republic" is rather general, and is used to indicate a state in which the public can elect or nominate a ruler instead of having the state be ruled by a monarch. Currently, 135 countries claim to be republics. There are many different types of republics, though. For example, there are socialist republics, communist republics, mercantile republics, Calvinist republics, democratic republics, liberal republics, and even Islamic republics. The United States operates as a democratic republic, which is a state that has publicly-elected rulers, and in which all members of the public are guaranteed the same rights, even despite minority status.
Actually, three countries touch the Gulf of Mexico: The United States, Cuba and Mexico.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
I think you mean the Soviet Union. This was a group of countries united around Russia, the largest Soviet Republic (the full name of the Soviet Union is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR). It included a bunch of countries including Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and a whole bunch of other republics. The USSR no longer exists, and many of the former soviet republics are independent nations now. Some are loosely united into the Confederation of Independent States (CIS). Hope this helps!
Both countries are located in the western hemisphere, were colonized by European countries, were originally inhabited by Native Americans, participate in Western culture and are members of the ORganization of American States and of the United Nations.
Each of those four (Russia, Canada, China, and the USA) are themselves independent countries.