United States of America

The (), otherwise known as the () or , is a federal dual-party republic made of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2) and with over 325 million people, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area and the third-most populous. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous and located in North America between two neighboring countries: Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the 17 mega-diverse countries in the world.
Paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century. The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies following the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution, which began in 1775, and the subsequent Declaration of Independence in 1776. The war ended in 1783 with the United States becoming the first country to gain independence from a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, with the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, being ratified in 1791 to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century, acquiring new territories, displacing Native American tribes, and gradually admitting new states until it spanned the continent by 1848. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the outlawing of slavery. By the end of the century, the United States had extended into the Pacific Ocean, and its economy, driven in large part by the Industrial Revolution, began to soar. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the country's status as a global military power. The United States emerged from World War II as a global superpower, the first country to develop nuclear weapons, the only country to use them in warfare, and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in the Space Race, culminating with the 1969 moon landing. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the world's sole superpower.
The United States is a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States (OAS), and other international organizations. The United States is a highly developed country, with the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and second-largest economy by public-private partnership, accounting for approximately a quarter of global GDP. The U.S. economy is the fastest-growing in the Americas and is largely post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge-based activities, although the manufacturing sector remains the second-largest in the world. Though its population is only 4.3% of the world total, Americans hold 33.4% of the total wealth in the world, the largest share of global wealth concentrated in a single country. The United States ranks among the highest nations in several measures of socioeconomic performance, including average wage, human development, per capital GDP, and productivity per person. The U.S. is the foremost military power in the world, making up a third of global military spending. It is also a global leader in both science and technology.
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Throughout the Space Monsters series, America is the first and recurring country set to be one of the main settings, and has several characters originated under their nationality. Good example is the large complex/facility known as the Long Passage Headquarters, which was entirely built with offices for business, military bases and science sections in 1996 and located in the western USA, most specifically Stuckholmes City. In addition to the national characters, this country has the most powerful military forces in the world, namely the United States Army, to participate wars against their known enemies, but to protect humankind from invasion (e.g. alien invasion and abduction) as well as the other nations' military forces that are less powerful than them. Billmore Hawkins, born and raised in Manhattan, New York, is an example of the American soldier, the main infantry of the US Army, who entered the Global War on Terror for 3 years. However, he resigned as a former member of the US Army and later joined the Investigative Force, headquartered in Stuckholmes City, Western USA and led by General Baxter, as an elite commando-type unit. In fact, America has been featured in every Space Monsters game thus far, including the reappearance of Billmore.
*Billmore Hawkins
*Sam Ramsen
*Brake Andrens
*Mick Snyder
*Michelle Ross
*Logan Miller
*Collin Morgan
*Yukihito Satoyaba
*Jen Williams
*Rick Thompson
*General Baxter
*US Military Installation Officer
*US Army soldiers
*Guy Rawkins
*Keith & Louis Gunner
*Western USA
**Stuckholmes City
***Long Passage Headquarters
*Nevada
**Lincoln County, Nevada
***Bio-Mesa Research Facility (Lincoln County)
***Area 51
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