This polygon shapefile depicts all countries having 10m admin-1 with scale ranks 1 or less with scale ranking. States depicted include internal, first-order administrative boundaries and polygons for the United States. These data are represented at 1:110,000,000 scale. This layer is part of the Natural Earth Collection (v.2.0.0). Natural Earth is a public domain map dataset available at 1:10, 1:50 and 1:110 million scales. Featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data, with Natural Earth you can make a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps with cartography or GIS software. Kelso, N.V. and Patterson, T. (2012). U.S. States with Scale Ranking, 1:110 million (2012). Made with Natural Earth, online at http://www.naturalearthdata.com.