"Which will bring me back to the first part following the same train of thought. They talk about The United States. Are they talking about a singular federal entity, or are they talking about a group of states in which laws are made accordingly?"
In a legal reference, it depends if they are referring to the united States or to The United States. The former being a collection of states and the latter being the Federal Entity. This is why capitalization matters.
"Which will bring me back to the first part following the same train of thought. They talk about The United States. Are they talking about a singular federal entity, or are they talking about a group of states in which laws are made accordingly?"
In a legal reference, it depends if they are referring to the united States or to The United States. The former being a collection of states and the latter being the Federal Entity. This is why capitalization matters.
And then you find out there are three different definitions for "United States".