For some, celebrating means drinking cold glasses of red drinks and feasting on watermelon or spicy red sausages, symbolizing the blood and resilience of former slaves. For others, it means indulging in traditional black Southern cuisine like fried chicken, collard greens and cornbread.
One of the largest yes, but not the largest. The largest would be the Scandinavian Peninsula.
set up courts
collect taxes
build roads
create banks
make and enforce laws
hold elections
take care of the health and safety of citizens
borrow money
spend money for the people
take private property for government
Antarctica. There's conflicting info on this one but as far as your test/research goes, it's most certainly not any of the others.