United States of America

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## United States of America

* Current
* 1959-1960
* 1912-1959
* 1777-1795

### Aliases

The US
The USA
The United States
America

## Friends

Canada
French Republic
United Kingdom
Federal Republic of Germany
Italian Republic
Kingdom of Spain
State of Israel
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Japan
Republic of Korea
Republic of the Philippines
Commonwealth of Australia
New Zealand
Republic of Liberia

Republic of China (unrecognized）

## Enemies

Russian Federation
State of Palestine
Syrian Arab Republic
Islamic Republic of Iran
People's Republic of China
D.P.R. Korea
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
United Mexican States

Soviet Union (dissolved)
Great Britain (united with Ireland)
Confederate States of America (defeated)
German Reich (defeated)
Empire of Japan (defeated)

## Real life information

### Member of

United Nations
NATO
Group of Seven

### Voice actor/actress

Joseph Trefney (english)Charly Landmann (german)

## Appearances

### Last appearance

I'm giving away Europe – WW2 (MrBeast Parody)

## Physical description

### Gender

Male

The **United States of America**, commonly known as the **United States**, **US**, **USA**, or simply **America**, is a country in North America. He is made up of 50 states and has the fourth largest land area on Earth. His neighbours are the United Mexican States and Canada. He is known for declaring wars, his obsession with oil and democracy, wearing sunglasses and more. He is a superpower, and he's also an important member of the G8, G20, NATO, the United Nations and other organizations. He has the second most nuclear weapons in the world.

## History

### Independence

Following the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, The US declared independence from the Great Britain on July 4, 1776. The British Army was defeat in 1781, and the Great Britain recognized American independence on December 5, 1782.

### Quasi-War

In 1793, the US suspended repayment of French loans, and France viewed the treaties between the US and Britain as incompatible with previous treaties. France starts a naval battle with the US without declaring in October 1796, the war ends in September 1800.

### War of 1812

The United States were increasingly angry at British actions against him, so he declared war on June 18, 1812. The British raided and burned Washington during the war. The causes of the war had evaporated and both sides agreed to a peace, and the US claimed victory on February 18, 1815.

### Mexican–American War

The Republic of Texas was annexed by the US in 1845. This led to the Mexican–American War in 1846, because United Mexican States considered Texas to be a part of Mexico. The US army defeated the Mexican armies, ending the war in 1848. The US took Texas and the lightly settled northern parts (Alta California).

### Expedition to Japan

In 1953, the USA sailed to Japan, to negotiate trade. Althuogh Japan is reluctant, when the USA brings in large gunships, Japan agrees to open up trade.

### Spanish–American War

The Kingdom of Spain refused American demands to reform its oppressive policies in Cuba, and the US declared war on April 25, 1898. It involved a series of quick American victories on land and at sea. The war ended on August 13, 1898. The United States acquired the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam at the peace conference, and made Cuba become an independent country.

### World War I

In January 1917, Germany started attacking American passenger ships. Later, Germany wrote a secret telegram note to Mexico that suggest that they should attack the US together, the UK found out about the note and told him. The US became angry, and declare war against Germany on April 6, 1917. World War I ended on November 11, 1918, with the Treaty of Versailles and the Armistice of Compiègne.

### World War II

The United States said they would not get involved in the war in the beginning. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, a base in Hawaii. This make the US have to declare war on Germany, Japan and Italy, entering the World War II. The US fought in air and naval battles with Japan, and in Europe and Africa. The US also bombed Germany from airplanes, and invaded Normandy with the UK on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). A year later, the US and his allies had taken Berlin, and Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945, occupied by the Allies. On August 6 and 9, 1945, the US decided to drop two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrendered afterwards on August 15, 1945, ending the World War II.

### Cold War

After World War II, the USSR and the US became the two most powerful countries in the world. The USSR tried to get many Eastern European countries to become Communist, and the US tried to stop them from being Communist, starting to support Western European countries. The NATO military alliance was founded on April 4, 1949, being a threat to the USSR. They fought indirectly in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The Warsaw Pact was founded on May 14, 1955. They also developed many nuclear weapons and other long-range weapons which they could strike the other.

On June 25, 1950, North Korea declared war on South Korea, and the US joined the war two days later. The United Nations then invaded North Korea in October 1950. They supported South Korea against North Korea, who had the help of China and the USSR. They eventually signed an agreement on July 27, 1953, establishing the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

North Vietnam and South Vietnam started a civil war on November 1, 1955. The United States began to support South Vietnam in 1964. The Gulf of Tonkin incident happened in 1964. This eventually made him join the war on March 8, 1965. The US carried out a lot of bombing against North Vietnam during the war. The US' losses in the war, made him exit the war on March 29, 1973.

The two countries slowly started a competition to achieve spaceflight, called the Space Race. In October 1957, the USSR launched the first Earth satellite Sputnik 1. This led to the Apollo Moon landings by the United States in July 1969, making it the first country to achieve a moon landing. During the Space Race, the Soviet Union installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, and the US responded with a naval blockade, which is the Cuban Missile Crisis. The USSR eventually removed the missiles in Cuba, ending a crisis that almost brought the world to nuclear war.

The Soviet Union dissolved on December 26, 1991, and split into 15 countries. This ended the Cold War, with the victory of the United States.

### War in Afghanistan

Because of the attacks by terrorists in the United States, he decided to invade Afghanistan by starting the war in Afghanistan in October 7, 2001. The main goal of the war was to eliminate Taliban terrorists, and the US had allied with Afghanistan. Eventaully, Due to Afghanistan’s defeats in the battles and the inaction of the US, he signed agreements with the Taliban, and exit the war on 30 August 2021. Afghanistan was soon taken over by the Taliban.

## Appearance

The United States' flag consists of 13 red and white stripes, representing the original 13 colonies that made up the original states. There is a blue canton on the top-left corner and 50 white stars, representing the 50 states. He is almost always seen wearing sunglasses.

Multiple merches of the United States are on sale on the MrSpherical Store.

## Personality

The United States' personality stems primarily from how Polandball normally characterizes him, specifically being loud, rude and boastful. He often says that other balls are wrong and sometimes roasts, despises and abandons them. He loves challenges and races, but often starts wars for his own benefit and generally doesn't apologize for his actions. He usually appears in videos as a villain or comedic character.