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[[File:United_States_map_2315.gif|frame|Oh, ''there'' it is.]]

[[File:United States map 2315.gif|frame|Oh, ''there'' it is... staging a two-flank siege of [[Canada]].]]


{{quote|''"I want to be in America, okay by me in America, everything's free in America -- for a small fee in America."''|'''"America"''', ''[[West Side Story]]''}}
{{quote|''"I want to be in America, okay by me in America, everything's free in America -- for a small fee in America."''|'''"America"''', ''[[West Side Story]]''}}


The United States of America -- [[I Have Many Names|commonly referred to as the United States, the US, the USA, the US of A, America, or the States]] -- is a constitutional federal democratic republic occupying a large part of the continent of North America. It borders Canada from the south and Mexico from the north in its main territorial area. It also contains, off the mainland, the Hawaiian islands of the Pacific Ocean and a large state northwest of Canada called Alaska that shares a sea border with the Russian Federation. In all, the country consists of fifty states, one state-neutral capital city called Washington, D.C. (for "District of Columbia"), and assorted smaller commonwealths and protectorates. It is ''so'' huge (third largest overall, behind Russia and Canada respectively), in fact, that it would take days on end to drive from one opposite end to the other. One state of the fifty, Texas, the largest state in the mainland, is almost three times as large as the ''entire United Kingdom''. So if you're planning to come here, don't expect to hit all the widespread landmarks in one trip unless you have a lot of time to spend and don't mind paying for many flights or sitting through long car drives (we don't have all that many passenger trains here anymore, aside from more local, smaller train lines that work within a city or across a fairly small set of towns).
The United States of America -- [[I Have Many Names|commonly referred to as the United States, the US, the USA, the US of A, America, or the States]]—is a constitutional federal democratic republic occupying a large part of the continent of North America. It borders Canada from the south and Mexico from the north in its main territorial area. It also contains, off the mainland, the Hawaiian islands of the Pacific Ocean and a large state northwest of Canada called Alaska that shares a sea border with the Russian Federation. In all, the country consists of fifty states, one state-neutral capital city called Washington, D.C. (for "District of Columbia"), and assorted smaller commonwealths and protectorates. It is ''so'' huge (third largest overall, behind Russia and Canada respectively), in fact, that it would take days on end to drive from one opposite end to the other. One state of the fifty, Texas, the largest state in the mainland, is almost three times as large as the ''entire United Kingdom''. So if you're planning to come here, don't expect to hit all the widespread landmarks in one trip unless you have a lot of time to spend and don't mind paying for many flights or sitting through long car drives (we don't have all that many passenger trains here anymore, aside from more local, smaller train lines that work within a city or across a fairly small set of towns).


Colonized by Europeans from the 16th century onwards, thirteen of the British-ruled colonies on the eastern coast [[Start My Own|declared independence in 1776 and combined to form their own country]]. The new nation then [[Manifest Destiny|expanded westwards]] (to the unhappiness of the previous native population that it came into conflict with), acquiring land from France, Britain (not Canada), Mexico, and Russia, annexing the Kingdom of Hawaii, and small territory gains from military conflicts with Spain (now Cuba) and Japan.
Colonized by Europeans from the 16th century onwards, thirteen of the British-ruled colonies on the eastern coast [[Start My Own|declared independence in 1776 and combined to form their own country]]. The new nation then [[Manifest Destiny|expanded westwards]] (to the unhappiness of the previous native population that it came into conflict with), acquiring land from France, Britain (not Canada), Mexico, and Russia, annexing the Kingdom of Hawaii, and small territory gains from military conflicts with Spain (now Cuba) and Japan.


Over the course of the late 19th century to the present, the United States became a superpower and is now technically the most powerful country on the planet -- it is technologically advanced and possesses a huge industrial base, a colossal military, and immense financial wealth. It is the largest exporter of modern media, its products being seen the world over.
Over the course of the late 19th century to the present, the United States became a superpower and from the 1940s on became commonly considered to be one of, if not ''the'', most powerful countries on the planet — being basically uncontested in this role from the 1990s to the mid 2010s. It is technologically advanced and possesses a huge industrial base, a colossal military, and immense financial wealth. It is known for its soft power, and is among the largest exporter of modern media, its products being seen the world over.


The country's government consists of three branches, with the head of one of these (the executive branch) being commonly viewed as a main political leader: the [[The Presidents|elected President]] of the United States, currently [[Barack Obama]].
The country's government consists of three branches, with the head of one of these (the executive branch) being commonly viewed as a main political leader: the [[The Presidents|elected President]] of the United States, [[Joe Biden]] as of January 20, 2021.<ref>Please ignore the [[Conspiracy Theorist]]s who say otherwise.</ref>


Not to be confused with [[Mexico|the other United States]] (with which this one shares a border), [[The United States of America (band)]], the "United States of Japan" in ''[[Code Geass]]'', or the "United States of Earth" in ''[[Futurama]]''.
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''The Parts of the United States of America''
== The Parts of the United States of America ==
<tabber>
* Cities:
Cites=
** [[Atlanta]], GA
* [[Atlanta]], GA
** [[Useful Notes/Baltimore|Baltimore]], MD
* [[Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire|Baltimore]], MD
** [[Useful Notes/Boston|Boston]], MA
* [[Boston (useful notes)|Boston]], MA
*** [[Southies]]
** [[The Windy City|Chicago]], IL
** [[Southies]]
** [[Cleveland Rocks|Cleveland]], OH
* [[The Windy City|Chicago]], IL
** [[DFW Metroplex|Dallas/Fort Worth]], TX
* [[Cleveland Rocks|Cleveland]], OH
* [[DFW Metroplex|Dallas/Fort Worth]], TX
** [[Denver]], CO
** [[Motor City|Detroit]], MI
* [[Denver]], CO
** [[Greater Houston|Houston]], TX
* [[Motor City|Detroit]], MI
** [[Indianapolis]], IN
* [[Greater Houston|Houston]], TX
** [[Kansas City]], MO
* [[Indianapolis]], IN
** [[Los Angeles]], CA
* [[Kansas City]], MO
** [[Miami]], FL
* [[Los Angeles]], CA
** [[Milwaukee]], WI
* [[Miami]], FL
* [[Milwaukee]], WI
** [[Twin Cities|Minneapolis/St. Paul]], MN
** [[New Orleans]], LA
* [[Twin Cities|Minneapolis/St. Paul]], MN
** [[New York City|New York, NY]]
* [[New Orleans]], LA
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* [[New York City|New York, NY]]
*** [[Brooklyn Rage]] (New Yorkers as violent [[Badass|badasses]])
** [[Brooklyn Rage]] (New Yorkers as violent [[badass]]es)
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*** [[New York City Cops]] (the NYPD)
*** [[New York Subway]]
** [[New York City Cops]] (the NYPD)
** [[Other Cities in Texas]]
** [[New York Subway]]
* [[Other Cities in Texas]]
** [[Useful Notes/Philadelphia|Philadelphia]], PA
* [[Philadelphia (useful notes)|Philadelphia]], PA
** [[Pittsburgh]], PA
** [[Portland]], OR
* [[Pittsburgh]], PA
** [[San Francisco]], CA
* [[Portland]], OR
** [[Seattle]], WA
* [[San Francisco]], CA
** [[Washington DC]]
* [[Seattle]], WA
* [[Washington DC]]
|-|
States=
* [[The Several States|States and territories:]]
* [[The Several States|States and territories:]]
** [[Alaska]]
** [[Alaska]]
** [[California]]
** [[California]]
** [[Florida]]
** [[Florida]]
** [[Useful Notes/Guam|Guam]]
** [[Guam]]
** [[Hawaii]]
** [[Hawaii]]
** [[Michigan]]
** [[Michigan]]
** [[New York State]]
** [[New York State]]
*** [[Niagara Falls]]
*** [[Niagara Falls]]
** [[Useful Notes/Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]
** [[Puerto Rico]]
** [[Utah]]
** [[Utah]]
|-|
* Regions and concepts:
Regions and concepts=
** [[Hollywood New England|New England]] (the six Northeastern-most states)
* [[Hollywood New England|New England]] (the six Northeastern-most states)
*** [[Lovecraft Country]] (the creepy version of New England)
** [[Deep South]] (the stereotyped Southern US)
** [[Lovecraft Country]] (the creepy version of New England)
*** [[Sweet Home Alabama]] (the [[Lighter and Softer|idealized]] Southern US)
* [[Deep South]] (the stereotyped Southern US)
*** [[Southern Gothic]] (the creepy Southern US)
** [[Sweet Home Alabama]] (the [[Lighter and Softer|idealized]] Southern US)
** [[Down on the Farm]] (the rural Midwest)
** [[Southern Gothic]] (the creepy Southern US)
* [[Down on the Farm]] (the rural Midwest)
*** [[Minnesota Nice]] (Midwesterners, especially Minnesotans, portrayed as exceptionally polite)
** [[Minnesota Nice]] (Midwesterners, especially Minnesotans, portrayed as exceptionally polite)
** [[Everytown, America]] (the small American town)
** [[Flyover Country]] ("bland" Middle America)
* [[Everytown, America]] (the small American town)
** [[The Other Rainforest]] (the Pacific Northwest)
* [[Flyover Country]] ("bland" Middle America)
* [[The Other Rainforest]] (the Pacific Northwest)
** [[American Climate]]
* [[American Climate]]
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''American Culture and People''
== American Culture and People ==
[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|thumb|350px|Flag of the United States of America]]
* [[American English]]
* [[American English]]
** [[American Accents]]
** [[American Accents]]
** [[Stock American Phrases]]
** [[Stock American Phrases]]
* [[Useful Notes/American Churches|American Churches]]
* [[American Churches]]
* [[American Customary Measurements]]
* [[American Customary Measurements]]
* [[American Dream]]
* [[American Dream]]
* [[American Educational System]]
* [[American Educational System]]
** [[Useful Notes/Columbine]]
** [[Columbine]]
** [[High School]]
** [[High School]]
** [[Ivy League]]
** [[Ivy League]]
* [[Useful Notes/American Football]]
* [[American Football]]
** [[Super Bowl]]
** [[Super Bowl]]
** [[Super Bowl Special]]
** [[Super Bowl Special]]
* [[Useful Notes/American Holidays]]
* [[American Holidays]]
** [[Useful Notes/Christmas in America]]
** [[Christmas in America]]
** [[Useful Notes/Labor Day in The United States]]
** [[Labor Day in North America]]
** [[Useful Notes/Thanksgiving Day]]
** [[Thanksgiving Day]]
* [[Country Music]]
* [[Country Music]]
* [[Useful Notes/Cuisines in America|Cuisines in America]]
* [[Cuisines in America]]
* [[Double Feature]]
* [[Double Feature]]
* [[Drive-In Theater]]
* [[Drive-In Theater]]
* [[Melting Pot]]
* [[Melting Pot]]
* [[Useful Notes/Native Americans|Native Americans]]
* [[Useful Notes/Native Americans|Native Americans]]
* [[Only in America]]
* [[Only in America]]
** [[Only in Florida]]
** [[Only in Florida]]
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* [[Suburbia]]
* [[Suburbia]]


''American Government and Politics''
== American Government and Politics ==
* [[American Courts]]
* [[American Courts]]
** [[The Common Law]]
** [[The Common Law]]
* [[American Currency]]
* [[American Currency]]
* [[American Driving Laws]]
* [[American Driving Laws]]
* [[Useful Notes/American Gun Politics|American Gun Politics]]
* [[American Gun Politics]]
* [[Useful Notes/American Law Enforcement|American Law Enforcement]]
* [[American Law Enforcement]]
** [[Useful Notes/American Prisons|American Prisons]]
** [[American Prisons]]
** [[DMCA]]
** [[DMCA]]
** [[Felony Murder]]
** [[Felony Murder]]
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** [[Police Brutality]]
** [[Police Brutality]]
** [[Three Degrees of Murder]]
** [[Three Degrees of Murder]]
* [[Useful Notes/American Political System|American Political System]]
* [[American Political System]]
** [[American Federalism]]
** [[American Federalism]]
** [[Twenty-Fifth Amendment]]
** [[Twenty-Fifth Amendment]]
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** [[The Presidents]]
** [[The Presidents]]
*** [[Who Shot JFK?]]
*** [[Who Shot JFK?]]
* [[Useful Notes/Yanks With Tanks|Yanks With Tanks]] ([[American Armed Forces]])
* [[Yanks With Tanks]] ([[American Armed Forces]])
** [[Air Force One]]
** [[Air Force One]]
** [[Coast Guard]]
** [[Coast Guard]]
** [[Useful Notes/Peace Through Superior Firepower|Peace Through Superior Firepower]] (American Nuclear Weapons)
** [[Peace Through Superior Firepower]] (American Nuclear Weapons)
** [[Useful Notes/The Pentagon|The Pentagon]]
** [[Useful Notes/The Pentagon|The Pentagon]]
** [[Semper Fi]] (United States Marine Corps)
** [[Semper Fi]] (United States Marine Corps)


''American History''
== American History ==
* [[The Colonial Period]]
* [[The Colonial Period]]
* [[The American Revolution]]
* [[The American Revolution]]
** [[Benjamin Franklin]]
** [[Benjamin Franklin]]
* [[Antebellum America]]
* [[Antebellum America]]
** [[War of 1812]]
** [[The War of 1812]]
** [[Manifest Destiny]]
** [[Manifest Destiny]]
** [[Mexican-American War]]
** [[Mexican-American War]]
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** [[The Space Race]]
** [[The Space Race]]


''American Media and Communications''
== American Media and Communications ==
* [[American Newspapers]]
* [[American Newspapers]]
* [[American Television Stations]]
* [[American Television Stations]]
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* [[PBS]]
* [[PBS]]
* [[Seven Dirty Words]]
* [[Seven Dirty Words]]
* [[Station Ident]]ification -- Yes, along with every other country in the world, the USA does this too.
* [[Station Ident|Station Identification]]


See [[Media Classifications]] for American (and other) video game and movie rating systems.
See [[Media Classifications]] for American (and other) video game and movie rating systems.


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    This page is about the Real Life location. For the related trope, see Eagle Land.
    Oh, there it is... staging a two-flank siege of Canada.
    "I want to be in America, okay by me in America, everything's free in America -- for a small fee in America."
    —"America", West Side Story

    The United States of America -- commonly referred to as the United States, the US, the USA, the US of A, America, or the States—is a constitutional federal democratic republic occupying a large part of the continent of North America. It borders Canada from the south and Mexico from the north in its main territorial area. It also contains, off the mainland, the Hawaiian islands of the Pacific Ocean and a large state northwest of Canada called Alaska that shares a sea border with the Russian Federation. In all, the country consists of fifty states, one state-neutral capital city called Washington, D.C. (for "District of Columbia"), and assorted smaller commonwealths and protectorates. It is so huge (third largest overall, behind Russia and Canada respectively), in fact, that it would take days on end to drive from one opposite end to the other. One state of the fifty, Texas, the largest state in the mainland, is almost three times as large as the entire United Kingdom. So if you're planning to come here, don't expect to hit all the widespread landmarks in one trip unless you have a lot of time to spend and don't mind paying for many flights or sitting through long car drives (we don't have all that many passenger trains here anymore, aside from more local, smaller train lines that work within a city or across a fairly small set of towns).

    Colonized by Europeans from the 16th century onwards, thirteen of the British-ruled colonies on the eastern coast declared independence in 1776 and combined to form their own country. The new nation then expanded westwards (to the unhappiness of the previous native population that it came into conflict with), acquiring land from France, Britain (not Canada), Mexico, and Russia, annexing the Kingdom of Hawaii, and small territory gains from military conflicts with Spain (now Cuba) and Japan.

    Over the course of the late 19th century to the present, the United States became a superpower and from the 1940s on became commonly considered to be one of, if not the, most powerful countries on the planet — being basically uncontested in this role from the 1990s to the mid 2010s. It is technologically advanced and possesses a huge industrial base, a colossal military, and immense financial wealth. It is known for its soft power, and is among the largest exporter of modern media, its products being seen the world over.

    The country's government consists of three branches, with the head of one of these (the executive branch) being commonly viewed as a main political leader: the elected President of the United States, Joe Biden as of January 20, 2021.[1]

    Not to be confused with the other United States (with which this one shares a border), The United States of America (band), the "United States of Japan" in Code Geass, or the "United States of Earth" in Futurama.


    The Parts of the United States of America

    * New England (the six Northeastern-most states)

  • Lovecraft Country (the creepy version of New England)
  • Deep South (the stereotyped Southern US)
  • Down on the Farm (the rural Midwest)
    • Minnesota Nice (Midwesterners, especially Minnesotans, portrayed as exceptionally polite)
  • Everytown, America (the small American town)
  • Flyover Country ("bland" Middle America)
  • The Other Rainforest (the Pacific Northwest)
  • American Climate

    • American Culture and People

    Flag of the United States of America

    American Government and Politics

    American History

    American Media and Communications

    See Media Classifications for American (and other) video game and movie rating systems.

    1. ↑ Please ignore the Conspiracy Theorists who say otherwise.
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