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Encyclopedia > United States (disambiguation)

Updated 277 days 20 hours 13 minutes ago.

United States usually refers to the United States of America. It may also mean any of the following:

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[edit] Countries

[edit] Current

  • United Mexican States, the official name of Mexico

[edit] Historical

The United States of Belgium or more rarely the United States of the Netherlands, (French États-Unis de Belgique, Dutch Verenigde Nederlandse Staten), was a confederation of the Southern Netherlands, that existed during the year 1790. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The United Provinces of Central America (UPCA) was a country that existed in Central America from July 1823 to approximately 1840. ... For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... Capital Bogotá Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic History  - Established 1863  - Rionegro Constitution 1863  - Disestablished 1886 The United States of Colombia is the name adopted in 1863 through the Rionegro Constitution for the nation which had been known as the Republic of New Grenada since the dissolution of the federation of... Motto: Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Old Javanese/Kawi: Unity in Diversity) National ideology: Pancasila Anthem: Indonesia Raya Capital Jakarta Largest city Jakarta Official language(s) Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia, a standardized dialect of the Malay language) Government President Republic Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Independence - Declared - Recognised From Netherlands 17 August 1945 27 December... Capital Corfù[1] Largest city  - 1856 (est. ... This is the history of Venezuela. ...

[edit] Proposed

This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The United States of Africa is a name sometimes given to one version of the possible future unification of Africa as a national and sovereign federation of states similar in formation to the United States of America, mirroring the idea of the United States of Europe. ... United States of China (Traditional Chinese: 中華合衆國; Simplified Chinese: 中华合众国; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhonghua Hezhongguo) is a political concept first devised in the early 1920s by Chen Jiongming of a federalized China modeled closely after the United States of America. ... The United States of Europe is a name given to one version of the hypothetical unification scenarios of Europe, as a sovereign federation of states, similar to the United States of America, both as projected by writers of speculative fiction and by political scientists and politicians. ... The United States of North America (USNA) is a fictional country in the Infocom text adventure, A Mind Forever Voyaging (AMFV). ... British North America was an informal term first used in 1783, but uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report. ... British America may refer to: British North America, former British possessions in North America north of the United States, eventually consolidating into Canada British overseas territories in the Americas; also see British West Indies This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Roadtown, Tortola The term British West Indies refers to territories in and around the Caribbean which were colonised by Great Britain. ... At the end of the Wars of Independence, fought in the 1810s and 1820s by the colonies of Spain in South America, several sovereign nations arose on the continent. ... Flag of Austria-Hungary The United States of Greater Austria (de: Vereinigte Staaten von Groß-Österreich) was an idea created by a group of scholars surrounding the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand that never came to pass. ... For the Futurama world government See: United States of Earth The United States of Earth (group) is a political action group which espouses a United Nations free world and a democratically based world organization based on the democratic principles, which it states the UN is lacking. ... The United States of the West is a political concept advocated by Régis Debray in his paper (Berkeley: North America, 2004), he satirically urges the annexation of Europe by the United States of America as the only hope against the coming Islamist and (possibly) Confucian onslaught. ... This article or section should be merged with Régis Debray Régis Debray is a French intellectual, journalist, government official, professor. ...

[edit] Fictional

Earths flag, Old Freebie. The United States of Earth is the fictional world government in the TV series Futurama. ... Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated American sitcom created by creator of The Simpsons Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox network. ... The United States of North America (USNA) is a fictional country in the Infocom text adventure, A Mind Forever Voyaging (AMFV). ... A Mind Forever Voyaging (AMFV) is an interactive fiction game designed and implemented by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom in 1985. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

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United States (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (397 words)
United States of China, a political concept of a federalized China that includes the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China.
United States of South America was a dream of a strong federation in South America by Simón Bolívar.
United States of Greater Austria was a successor state to the Austro-Hungarian Empire proposed by Archduke Franz Ferdinand
United States (2393 words)
Puerto Rico and the Northern Marianas are commonwealths of the United States.
The social structure of the United States, a capitalist country, is highly stratified, with a large proportion of the wealth of the country controlled by a small fraction of the population which exerts disproportionate cultural and political influence.
The United States is also a great center of higher education, boasting more than 1,500 universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning, the top tier of which may be considered to be among the most prestigious and advanced in the world.
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