United States (Path of Humanity)

The United States of the Anglosphere, often just called by it's main predecessor's acronym U.S. or the U.S.A. is a country located mainly in North America and Oceania, and also occupies a part of Europe from the British Isles. It is the largest country on the planet, spanning over 26 million square kilometers, and is home to over 500 Million people, making it the third most populated country on Earth, behind India and China. 
The USA was born from a merger between the former United States of America and the main Commonwealth States of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. These five nations were collectively called the Core Anglosphere, and they had a deep history of cooperation between them prior to the merge. In 2025, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 99, the United States, led by President Mike Pence approached the remaining Anglosphere states for a proposal: The five countries would merge into a superpower to combat the "illiberal warmongers that is China and Russia". After a tense election on June 23rd, 2026, the merge was made official inspite of mass protests in the UK. The nation would began a period of subjucation to unify the nations of the Anglosphere by the Americans.
The nation is currently undergoing a political shift, as Vice President Boris Johnson vows to ensure that the new Union can have equal representation across all states in the Empire. This feeling of American supremacy has rubbed a lot of non-Americans the wrong way, and tensions are rising between the new states.
== History ==
As recently as 10 years ago, the idea of an united Anglosphere did not exist. At least, it wasn't taken seriously as a genuine idea to fix the United Kingdom or the rest of the Commonwealth. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, along with the tensions between the UK and the rest of the European Union follwoing Brexit changed many people's ideas about what the UK's status in global politics should even be. Some advocated for a more neutral stance, sticking with the current strategy of allying with America while continuing trade partnerships with the EU; others believed that the UK should use the Commonwealth to their advantage, and rebuild their Empire via indirect means. Across the pond, Canada and the United States are also debating fiercely about their future of the world as well. After the relative failure of Afghanistan, and the ineffective response to the Russo-Ukrainian War, America finds their status as the "world police" tougher than ever. Canada, Australia and New Zealand finds themselves inan increasingly unenviable position, as quite a decent amount of people felt that the government's foreign policy is to solely appease the United States. Although the government denied, former Canadian Prime Minster (now the leader of LDU) Justin Trudeau admitted that they could perhaps try to move away from America and be closer to both Europe and even China.
In 2024, following one of the tightest elections in UK history, the Conservative Party were able to stay in power by a very tight margin. The Tories only recieved 278 seats in contrast to the 360 seats, while Labour got 275 seats, a massive increase from the 199 seats they had. UK's major third party, the Liberal Democrats had their seats more than tripled from 13 to 40, with the SNP taking 44 seats, and the remaining 13 seats going to other smaller parties. This split parliament, along with the fact that nobody won an outright majority meant that the UK was essentially stuck in a limbo for months on end, before the Conservatives were finally able to form a coliation with the SNP and the Lib Dems, keeping Boris Johnson in power. After the election however, the UK finds itself much weaker than it has ever been, and after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2025, the UK was basically left irrelavent on the global stage, and combined with a depression later that year, it meant that Britain is on the brink of collapse.
In 2025, former Vice President Mike Pence became the 47th President of the United States following a close election between the Democratic nominees, the running mate of Hilary Clinton in 2016, TIm Caine, as well as prominent Senator Jon Ossoff. The new Vice President Mike Pompeo believed that America has to seize this oppunitunity while the other countries, known as CANZUK is weakened, to finally complete the dream of United Anglosphere to combat Russia and China, even though the former is essentially an economic dead corpse. And so, on September 5th, Pompeo and Pence (collectively known as the Mike Administration) approached Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the UK with an offer: Join the United States and create one united Anglosphere with elections held. All five of those countries felt like there really isn't much of a choice, so they all accepted it. On June 23rd, 2026, the Anglophone Unification Election was held, and after a very tense few hours, all five countries voted to join the United States in a very close vote. In the UK, the votes were literally split 50.5% for joining the USA, and 49.5% against, which understandably caused protests and riots, many claiming the election was rigged.
Nevertheless, the bill in all 5 of the countries was passed, and on the stroke of midnight on July 4th, 2026 (exactly 250 years since the creation on the United States), Mike Pence, Justin Trudeau, Anthony Albanese, Jacinda Ardern, Peter Casey and Boris Johnson hold hands together as they unveils the flag of the new USA, with Mike Pence declaring the formation of the United States of the Anglosphere. For the reminder of Pence's presidency, it was more about sorting out the new House of Representives, which is now supposed to be representing around 1.1 Million people per district instead of the original 760,000. Due to a 1929 law that locked the House of Representives at 435 members, Pence and his cabinet had to make a tough decision: Either stick with the 1929 law and redraw the borders with 435 seats, or to expand the Capitol and add extra seats instead. Pence chose the former, and as a result, some areas were not very well represented like the new State of Cornwall, now having Cornwall, Plymouth and North Devon as a congressional district, with Devon's congressional district only having around 800,000 people despite the fact that all of Devon on their own have enough people to be one congression district.
In the first days post-unification, the country is in a controlling chaos. While everything has to be reorganized, the country as a whole remained somewhat stable. The annexation of Ireland and the UK however stirred enough anger from Europe that the Europeans later left NATO, causing the end of the alliance. The Americans would complete the political and social transition in 2028, as they completed the admission of 20 new states into the new country. As the 2028 Presidental Election dawned, the Conservatives and the Republicans initally ran seperately, but eventually bonded over due to their conservative views. They would later win the elction against the Democrats, led by Chelsea Clinton. 2029 would then saw the establishment of the new Angelic Labour Party and the Liberal Democratic Union, formed from former CANZUK parties with similar views. The 2030 House of Representives elections then saw a whopping 8 parties gain seats, with the ALP, LDU, RTC and the ADP all getting roughly 1/5th of the votes. It's clear that if this new United States wants to have a functional government, the parties will either have to merge even further or to form coliations.
Now in 2032, Mike Pence's presidency is coming to an end. The Presidental Election saw a whole host of different parties declaring their own candidates: Eric Trump for the Republican-Tory; Jacinda Ardern for the ALP; Jon Ossoff for the ADP and Ed Davey for the LDU. Oh yeah, and chuck in Nigel Farage for the CANZUK Party as well, along with Andrew Yang as an independent candicate, this new election could either tear the Anglosphere apart just six years after its creation, or it could mark the beginning of the Anglophone Nations, together as one united country, against the Europeans, the Russians and the Chinsese.
==Politics==
The United States has a complex and delicate power balance between the 3 main levels of government: Federal, State and Local. The Federal Government is based in Washington D.C. and it manages the running of the entire country on a daily basis, like the military, diplomacy and the national budget. The Federal Government is led by the Congress, who is elected from the 435 Congressional Districts across the Anglosphere and the 140 seats of the Senate. The State governments are the 70 states that makes up the United States of the Anglosphere, and they controls many things that would only affect the state itself, like water and electricity, or the local transportation system. These are ran by the state government, which also runs their own elections via the counties, making these governments effectively their own countries. In places like the UK, the former Election boundaries became their own parliament within the state itself, while the Oceanian states maintained their assemblies. The Local Government is the lowest of the three, responsible for decisions within the county itself.
===Political Parties===
The USA as of 2032 is still trying to stabilize the country from a political perspective, with over a dozen parties running services on the local level. On the State and Federal Level however, four parties stood out as the main ones. 
*Republican-Tory Coliation (RTC): A loose center-right coliation between the American Republican Party, the Canadian Conservative Party and the British Conservative Party. The two parties are in the process of merging. The RTC is mainly popular for people living in the rural countryside or the older generation.
*Angelic Labour Party (ALP): Formed from the merger of the British, Australian and the New Zealand Labour Party, the left-wing party is well known for their "Female Trio" of Jacinda Ardern, Angela Rayner and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The ALP is mainly popular for city dwellers in the non-American parts of the USA and the younger generation. The all-woman leadership has also attracted many feminists and female right activists to support this party.
*American Democratic Party (ADP): The only party to not enter a merger post-creation, the ADP is a centrist party that wishes to maintain the American foreign policy since the days of World War II and promotes a more left-wing liberal populist figure within the nation. The ADP is mainly the go-to for many city dwellers in the American parts of the Anglosphere, though it is also popular within the State of England, in particular the areas around London.
*Liberal Democratic Union (LDU): Formed from the merger of the Australian and Canadian Liberal Parties, along with the Liberal Democrats in the UK, the LDU pushes for a strong liberalism agenda, as well as a more peaceful approach to their rival, the European Federation. The LDU holds the least amount of influence out of the Big Four, but it is the predominant party in Canadian States.
Alongside this, there were multiple smaller parties all represented in the Houses of Representives, like the far-right CANZUK Party and the Scottish National Party.
==Foreign Relations==
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==Society==
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