United States of America

The United States of America (U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country in North America. Since the end of the Great War and the German Revolution, the United States has pursued an isolationist policy, especially with Europe's financial difficulties and the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1921.
==Politics==
The United States is a federal presidential republic whose national politics are dominated by a two-party system. The current president is Hebert Hoover and the next elections are scheduled for November 1932.
The Republican Party is the current party in government, originally formed to oppose the expansion of slavery and its electoral core has been in the Northeast as a legacy of the Civil War. The party supports free trade, lower taxes and a laissez-faire free market economy, especially since to the defections of its progressive wing.
The Democratic Party is the main opposition, being particularly dominant in the Deep South. While the pro-business conservative wing dominates, there is a conservative-populist and social liberal wing that opposes unregulated business and supports progressive income taxes.
The Farmer–Labor Party is a social democratic party advocating labor rights and public ownership of key industries. It's particularly dominant in the state of Minnesota and other neighboring states of the midwest. Since 1928, the FLP has afiiliated in a national electoral coalition with:
*The Progressive Party was formed by a defection of the left-wing of the Republican Party. While advocating social liberal policies such as labor rights and civil liberties, it also espouses a strong anti-imperialist and non-intervenionist foreign policy.
*The Socialist Party of America is a reformist party that advocates a transition to socialism by the ballot rather than by revolution.
*The Workers' Party of America is a communist party, seeking to establish a socialist state in America. It's also affiliated with the Communist International.
The Socialist Labor Party of America is a revolutionary socialist party, influenced by the writtings of Daniel De Leon. It advocates revolutionary industrial unionism and its opposed to parliamentary electoralism.
The Prohibition Party is a minor political party, having never achieved control over the national government. However the party had an influential role in the passage of the 18th amendment.
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