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Actually, the only nations that adopted new regulations are farther from the equator than the continental United States.
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Removing some of the subclauses and adjectives, leaves the core of the sentence:
Quote:
The nations are farther than the United States
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You can see that the comparison 'farther than' has been split over the subclause 'from the equator'.
The comparitive 'farther' often has this pattern:
A is farther from B than C.
(which means the distance from B to A is greater than the distance from B to C)