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* [[Harry Turtledove]]'s [[Alternate History]] ''[[Timeline-191]]'' series mixes this with [[Divided States of America]] in interesting ways: The United States as we know it now is split between the United States and the Confederate States of America, but both expand into non-US territory on the American continent. The USA annexes most of Canada (minus Quebec, which becomes its own puppet state) after the [[World War I]] analogue, while the CSA owns Cuba and two Mexican states.
* The United States in ''[[Julian Comstock]]'' stretches from as far north as Canada to as far as Panama in the south.
* It's implied that Panem in ''[[The Hunger Games (Literaturenovel)|The Hunger Games]]'' encompasses the whole of North America. In particular, District 13 is implied to have been in Canada.
* In Mikhail Akhmanov's ''[[Arrivals From the Dark]]'', it's briefly mentioned that the US is now called the USC (United States and Canada). How this is achieved is not explained, although it can be inferred that the unification was peaceful.
* [[Tom Kratman]]'s ''Caliphate'' has a much more militarily aggressive United States take over most of Canada under the leadership of President Buckman, ultimately becoming the Imperial States of America by the time of the book's primary setting.
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== Literature ==
* While not an example of territories being made states, [[Jon Stewart]]'s ''[[America the(The Book)]]'' does claim that one of the possibilities of the massive influx of Hispanic immigrants is the creation of new states from bits and pieces of existing ones in order to consolidate white power, such as the unification of Manhattan and Westchester into Manhattachester. The total number is mentioned to be 81.
 
== Live-action TV ==
* One episode of ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'' depicts a US flag with more than 50 stars.
 
== Tabletop Games ==
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== [[Film|Films]] -- Live-Action ==
* In ''[[Escape From LAL.A.]]'', Bangkok, Thailand (where Snake has been at some point between 1997 and 2013) is mentioned as being United States territory.
* In ''Americathon'', Great Britain is mentioned as yet another of the (bankrupt) U.S. states.
 
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== Manga and Anime ==
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' has a relatively low key example with the Solar Energy Union, usually just called the Union, comprising all of North and South America, the Caribbean nations, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. There aren't a lot of details but while the member states maintain at least some degree of autonomy, the Union President resides at the White House and it is implied that the United States provides the bulk of Union military forces.
 
== Real Life ==
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== Manga and Anime ==
* The '''Atlantic Federation''' from the ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SeedSEED]]'' universe. It is originally comprised the US, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, the UK and Ireland. It later invades and annexes South America, which itself was its own superstate - the United States of South America.
 
== Video Games ==
* The [[Infocom]] game ''[[A Mind Forever Voyaging (Video Game)|A Mind Forever Voyaging]]'' is set in the USNA, but it's never made explicitly clear what caused the change.
 
== Web Original ==
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