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Americans are citizens of the ___MASK21___ . The country is home to people of many different national origins . As a result , Americans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity , but with citizenship and allegiance . Although citizens make up the majority of Americans , non - citizen residents , dual citizens , and expatriates may also claim an American identity . ___MASK29___ , popularly known as Virginia Tech , is a public , land - grant , research university with a main campus in Blacksburg , Virginia , educational facilities in six regions statewide , and a study - abroad site in Switzerland . Through its Corps of Cadets ROTC program , Virginia Tech is also designated as a one of six senior military colleges in the country . As the commonwealth ' s third - largest university , Virginia Tech offers 225 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to some 30 , 600 students and manages a research portfolio of $ 513 million , the largest of any university in Virginia . The university fulfills its land - grant mission of transforming knowledge to practice through technological leadership and by fueling economic growth and job creation locally , regionally , and across Virginia . Blacksburg is an incorporated town in ___MASK18___ , ___MASK94___ , United States , with a population of 42 , 620 at the 2010 census . Blacksburg is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of ___MASK94___ Tech ( ___MASK29___ ). Papa John ' s Cardinal Stadium is a football stadium located in ___MASK84___ , Kentucky , United States , on the southern end of the campus of the University of ___MASK84___ . Debuting in 1998 , it serves as the home of the ___MASK84___ Cardinals football program . The official seating capacity in the quasi - horseshoe shaped facility was 42 , 000 through the 2008 season . An expansion project that started after the 2008 season was completed in time for the 2010 season has brought the official capacity to 55 , 000 . An additional expansion project aiming to close the open end of the horseshoe to add 10 , 000 additional seats was announced on August 28 , 2015 , with the goal of opening within 2 years . ___MASK94___ (, officially the Commonwealth of ___MASK94___ ) is a state located in the Mid - Atlantic region of the United States , as well as in the historic Southeast . ___MASK94___ is nicknamed the " Old Dominion " due to its status as the first colonial possession established in mainland British America , and " Mother of Presidents " because eight U . S . presidents were born there , more than any other state . The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay , which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna . The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond ; ___MASK94___ Beach is the most populous city , and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision . The Commonwealth ' s estimated population is over 8 . 3 million , which is slightly less than New York City . FAU Stadium is a college football stadium located at the north end of the main campus of ___MASK44___ ( FAU ) in Boca Raton , Florida . Opened in 2011 , it is home to the Florida Atlantic Owls football team and is intended to be the first part of FAU ' s multi - use development project , " Innovation Village ". A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government . At its core , the literal meaning of the word republic when used to reference a form of government means : " a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader ( such as a president ) rather than by a ___MASK100___ or queen ". The ___MASK94___ Tech Hokies are the athletic teams officially representing ___MASK94___ Tech in college sports . The Hokies participate in the NCAA ' s Division I Atlantic Coast Conference in 19 varsity sports . ___MASK94___ Tech ' s men ' s sports are football , basketball , baseball , cross country , golf , soccer , swimming and diving , tennis , track and field , and wrestling . ___MASK94___ Tech ' s women ' s sports are basketball , cross country , lacrosse , soccer , softball , swimming and diving , tennis , track and field and volleyball . ___MASK94___ Tech won a national championship in bass fishing ( though not an NCAA varsity sport ), as well as in individual track and field events and the men ' s basketball team has won the 1995 and 1973 NIT national titles . In addition , an undefeated Hokies football team played Florida State in the 2000 Sugar Bowl for the 1999 National Championship and finished the season with a # 2 ranking in the BCS Poll . The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range . This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions , which divide near the Roanoke River gap . The mountain range is located in the eastern United States , starting at its southernmost portion in ___MASK27___ , then ending northward in Pennsylvania . To the west of the Blue Ridge , between it and the bulk of the Appalachians , lies the Great Appalachian Valley , bordered on the west by the Ridge and Valley province of the Appalachian range . Lane Stadium / Worsham Field is a stadium located in Blacksburg , in the U . S . state of ___MASK94___ . It is the home field of the ___MASK94___ Tech Hokies . It was rated the number one home field advantage in all of college football in 2005 by Rivals . com . It is also ranked # 2 on ESPN . com ' s `` Top 10 Scariest Places To Play . '' From 1982 to 2014 , Lane Stadium had the highest elevation of any Division I Football Bowl Subdivision school stadium in the eastern United States , at 2 , 057 feet above sea level . That distinction now belongs to Kidd Brewer Stadium , home to Appalachian State University , which sits at 3 , 333 feet above sea level . Florida ( Spanish for " land of flowers ") is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico , to the north by Alabama and ___MASK27___ , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba . Florida is the 22nd most extensive , the 3rd most populous , and the 8th most densely populated of the U . S . states . ___MASK6___ is the most populous municipality in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States . The ___MASK89___ metropolitan area is Florida ' s most populous urban area . The city of Tallahassee is the state capital . English America , and later British America , were the English , and later British , territories in North America ( including ___MASK76___ ), Central America , the Caribbean , and Guyana from 1607 to 1783 . Formally , the British colonies in North America were known as " British America and the British West Indies " until 1776 , when the Thirteen British Colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard declared their independence and formed the United States of America . After that , British North America ( or , simply but not inclusively , Canada ) was used to describe the remainder of Britain ' s continental North American possessions . The term " British North America " was first used informally in 1783 , but it was uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America ( 1839 ), called the Durham Report . History . Even after the emergence of the professional National Football League ( NFL ), college football remained extremely popular throughout the U . S . Although the college game has a much larger margin for talent than its pro counterpart , the sheer number of fans following major colleges provides a financial equalizer for the game , with Division I programs  the highest level  playing in huge stadiums , six of which have seating capacity exceeding 100 , 000 . In many cases , college stadiums employ bench - style seating , as opposed to individual seats with backs and arm rests . This allows them to seat more fans in a given amount of space than the typical professional stadium , which tends to have more features and comforts for fans . ( Only two stadiums owned by U . S . colleges or universities  Papa John ' s Cardinal Stadium at the University of ___MASK84___ and FAU Stadium at Florida Atlantic University  consist entirely of chairback seating .) The 2000 Sugar Bowl was the designated Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) National Championship Game for the United States 1999 NCAA Division I - A football season and was played on January 4 , 2000 , at the ___MASK85___ Superdome in New Orleans . The Florida State Seminoles , representing the Atlantic Coast Conference , defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies , representing the Big East Conference , by a score of 46  29 . With the win , Florida State clinched the 1999 BCS national championship , the team ' s second national championship in its history . The ___MASK34___ of New York , often called New York ___MASK34___ or simply New York , is the most populous ___MASK34___ in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York ___MASK34___ is also the most densely populated major ___MASK34___ in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the ___MASK34___ is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power ___MASK34___ , New York ___MASK34___ exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . Bass fishing is the activity of angling for the North American gamefish known colloquially as the " black bass ". There are numerous black bass species considered as gamefish in North America , including largemouth bass (" Micropterus salmoides "), smallmouth bass (" Micropterus dolomieui "), spotted bass or ___MASK46___ bass (" Micropterus punctulatus "), and Guadalupe bass ( order " Perciformes "). The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary lying inland from the Atlantic Ocean , and surrounded by the North American mainland to the west , and the Delmarva Peninsula to the east . It is the largest such body in the contiguous United States . The northern bay is within Maryland , the southern portion within ___MASK94___ , and is a very important feature for the ecology and economy of those two states , as well as others . More than 150 major rivers and streams flow into the bay ' s drainage basin , which covers parts of six states ( New York , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , ___MASK94___ and West ___MASK94___ ) plus all of the District of Columbia . The Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) is a collegiate athletic conference in the ___MASK21___ in which its fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA )' s Division I , with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ), the highest levels for athletic competition in US - based collegiate sports . The ACC sponsors competition in twenty - five sports with many of its member institutions ' athletic programs held in high regard nationally . Dominions were semi - independent polities under the British Crown , constituting the British Empire , beginning with Canadian Confederation in 1867 . They included Canada , Australia , New Zealand , Newfoundland , South Africa , and the Irish Free State , and then from the late 1940s also ___MASK49___ , Pakistan , and Ceylon ( now ___MASK20___ ). The Balfour Declaration of 1926 recognised the Dominions as " autonomous Communities within the British Empire ", and the 1931 Statute of Westminster granted them full legislative independence . A U . S . state is a constituent political entity of the ___MASK21___ . There are 50 states , which are bound together in a union with each other . Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government , Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no government approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types of court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody ).