The United States of America (W.W.N.)

The United States of America, commonly known as the U.S., United States or America, is a federal republic consisting of 51 states and eleven self-governing territories. The territory of the U.S. spans North America, bordering the nations of Canada and Mexico. 
Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago, and European colonisation began in the 16th century. The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast. The American Revolutionary War would establish independence, with continuous expansion over North America occurring during the late 18th Century. Slavery was legal until the American Civil War led to its abolition. The Spanish–American War and World War I established the U.S. as a world power, a status confirmed by the outcome of World War II. Since then, the United States has become the world's largest military power as well as a leading force of political, cultural and scientific development and a beacon of democracy and freedom. During the early 21st century, the War on Terror would lead to heightened American presence in the Middle East and Central Asia, essentially serving as a precursor to the events of World War III and the tumultuous Reconcilliation Era. 
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