United States (disambiguation)

The United States is a constitutional federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

The United States may also refer to:

Countries

Existing

  • United Mexican States, the official name of Mexico

Historical

  • United States of Belgium, a confederation that existed during the year 1790
  • Republic of the United States of Brazil (Portuguese: República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil), the official name of Brazil between 1889 and 1937
  • United States of Brazil, the official name of Brazil between 1937 and 1967
  • United States of Central America (informal name), or the United Provinces of Central America and the Federal Republic of Central America
  • United States of Colombia, name held by Colombia between 1863 and 1886
  • United States of Indonesia, name of the country from 1949 to 1950
  • United States of the Ionian Islands, former British protectorate from 1815 to 1864
  • United State of Saurashtra, an Indian state between 1948 and 1956
  • United States of Stellaland, a short-lived political union of Goshen and Stellaland proper in southern Africa
  • United State of Travancore and Cochin, the former Indian state of Travancore-Cochin between 1949 and 1950
  • United States of Venezuela, from 1864 to April 15, 1953

Proposed

Satirical

  • United States of Canada, a satirically proposed country formed from Canada and the liberal blue states of the U.S., as opposed to Jesusland
  • United States of Mexamericanada, a satirical reference in 21st century politics
  • United States of the West, the admission of the European countries as states of the U.S., as satirically advocated by Régis Debray in his paper Empire 2.0

In arts and entertainment

Fictional countries

  • The United States of Southern Africa (USSA), successor state to South Africa in Arthur C. Clarke's science-fiction novel 2061: Odyssey Three
  • United States of Japan, in the television series Code Geass
  • United States of Earth, in the television series Futurama
  • The United States of North America (USNA), a fictitious country in the 1985 science fiction computer text adventure A Mind Forever Voyaging, set in the year 2031
  • In various writings, such as those of James P. Hogan, a union of the US, Canada, The Bahamas, and other neighboring countries
  • The United States of the New Continent (USN), from the Front Mission series

Vehicles

  • SS United States, a luxury passenger liner built in 1952
  • USS United States, several ships built for the United States Navy
  • United States, an executive rail coach built for President Abraham Lincoln

Other

  • U.S. states, the primary constituent entities of the United States of America

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with United States
  • All pages with titles beginning with United States of America
  • United Kingdom (disambiguation)
  • United Provinces (disambiguation)
  • United State (disambiguation)
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