Nations that can be compared to the US are many and wide from drastically different to slightly different.
Explanation:
Nations around the world can be termed according to their difference from US in terms of culture and way of life along with demographics too.
The commonwealth countries like Canada UK Australia New Zealand are some of the ones that are very similar to US in that they share the languages and the dominant races there are white.
They are also culturally similar.
Other countries in Europe share cultural ties but are linguistically different in themselves and most people who live there are multilingual unlike the US.
This is also somewhat true for most of Asia.
Answer:
To increase the value of the land.
Explanation:
Existence of Agricultural businesses in a certain territory tend be followed by an influx of migration toward that territory since Agricultures provide the basic needs that humans need to live. As more populations arrive in that area, the value of the land will increase.
Railroad companies convinced farmers to purchase it by promising that they will built their rails there in order to make it easy for the farmers to distribute their products. If the population in that area increased, the railroad companies will also be benefited since increased population will provide them with more customers.