California, officially the State of California, is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States of
America. With 39.5 million residents across a total area of about 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2),
California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area, and is also the world's
thirty-fourth most populous subnational entity. California is also the most populated subnational entity
in North America, and has its state capital in Sacramento.