United States of America

"**America**", properly known as "the **United States of America**", is the name of a large and powerful republic located in the continent of North America, on the planet Earth of the Sol System.

In the 21st century after the birth of Jesus Christ, it is the most powerful nation on its homeworld. Currently, its global power is challenged by China and Russia.

 Factfile

* Official name: United States of America
* Anthem: Star-Spangled Banner
* Official motto: In God We Trust
* Capital city: Washington DC
* Official language: N/A
	+ Some states have English and/or Spanish as the official language, and others also include some Native American languages or Hawaiian.
* State religion: N/A, secular
	+ Major religions: Christianity (Evangelical, Pentecostal, Baptist, Catholic), Judaism, Islam
* Government: Federal presidential constitutional republic
* President: Joe Biden
* Climate: Temperate in the north; maritime in the east and northwest; subtropical in the southeast; desert in the south and west; mountainous in the centre-west; boreal and tundra in Alaska; and tropical in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
* Population: 328,239,523
* Currency: Dollar (100 pennies)
* National Day: 4 July (Independence Day)

## In the *Collectionverse*

See also: United States (Collectionverse)

America is the home of the three protagonists: Victoria Hughes, Ludvig Gerald, and Jack Zhang.

The America of this universe is perhaps more fairer and efficient in our timeline, leading to radicalism being relegated to small and angry conservative and leftist minorities. This was the result of the Indigo Revolution, where protests led to an end to corporate and two-party domination out of a fear of being ruled by a radicalised, corrupt elite.

## In the *Rinnarverse*

See also: United States (Rinnarverse), United States (19-canon), Rinnarverse timeline

"*We have understood, with sorrow, the countless irresponsible deeds of our American ancestors, especially in the 21st century, the peak of their corruption. We swear to Humanity that we, the Usonians, will never again allow their corruption in our society. We are sorry for what our ancestors have done.*"

- Prime Minister Dulon Duurlox of the Antifascist Alliance of Zenox Prime, founding speech, January 31, 3001

America was also the home of one of the protagonists: Gabriel Anderson, a moody truck driver from Muncie, IN; and his friend Graham. It later got split into several countries: the most powerful of these successors are the socialist United States and the reactionary American Federation, and these Americas seek to dominate each other and the world. They were eventually ruined by World War III, and then conquered by the Earth Union.

It was also the home of another protagonist, Albert Thompson, who wants to escape its civil war with his friends by secretly building a portal to another world.

As most of their surviving records of Earth's history were about the misdeeds of the American civilisation and comments made by irresponsible people during the 21st century, America became an abomination to the Vetarbroitar, with many of them swearing to Odin that they will "never become Americans".

Meanwhile the American diaspora attempt to survive the Vetarbroitar's hatred and attacks, while continuing their rivalry into their Galactic colonies: they referred themselves as "Usonians" to differentiate themselves from the fallen civilisation where they came from. They were among the most hated people to the Vetarbroitar, seen as nothing more than living demons. Vetarbroitar who attempted to befriend Americans are hated and murdered by their own kin as "traitors" - the same Vetarbroitar and Americans formed alliances to defend Earth.

For poor Gabriel, when he ended up in the Rinnarit Republic, he was almost attacked by a mob who called him a "boomer", a "demon", and a "child of Loki" over the actions of long-dead people from his country. As they beat him, he begged them to stop, pleading with them that he is not a cruel monster and that he will help others.

Faith, Minerva's best friend, was a descendant of Martians who immigrated from Denver. Because her family had a more direct origin from America, she was the target of several attacks by her Norse classmates, who blamed her and her people for various atrocities in Terran history. For this, she tried to be more nice, but Minerva taught her to stand up for herself. Her pink-haired friend assured her that she is not evil, because she chose to reject the wrongdoings of her ancestors.

Dorian has a hatred of Americans, especially after reading history books: they caused her to assume that they are cruel and selfish. Sometimes, she has nightmares of American demons waiting to murder her. Yet even though Bigtonians were descendants of Americans, she considers them to be good people because they did not want to be ruled by America. Such was her hatred that when a Bigtonian friend accidentally quoted a bully saying "life isn't fair, deal with it," Dorian got so angry that she grabbed an axe. Leukia stopped her, and the Bigtonian friend tried to calm her down.

## In the *Rabydosverse*

See also: America (Rabydosverse)

"*Life isn't fair, heathen. You laze around and waste your money on infrastructure, while we honest men had to work our \*\*\*es off to prove ourselves. It's better for a million beggars to die than for our honest labour to get stolen from us, OUR HARD-EARNED WAGES! Welcome to the real world, pagan - you prove yourself to be honest to* my *God, or die like the worm you are. Deal with it!*"

- Adaar Willmeson, a Pale Horror sergeant, before he shoots a slave's face. He was later torn apart by a band of bandits, who were shot dead by Denlotian border guards.

Although America did not exist in the Rabydosverse, occasionally dimension-hoppers brought objects from America's universe, leading to an obsession with American arts. Nonetheless, a lot of people on Jerde regard America as a dystopia thrown into chaos.

Americans are seen as corrupt, treacherous, sadistic, insane, reckless, and domineering, seeking nothing more than petty goals, causing chaos, and tormenting people for their personal amusement. Although the Jerdiskar believe that Americans are chaotic in the name of expression, whether by nature or to release themselves in a repressive, tormenting society, they wisely preferred not to be too offensive to avoid provoking further attacks from those otherworldly fanatics.

In the end, in spite of all the destruction that those American invaders had unleashed upon Jerde, their main end goal was "we wanted to make the world a better place": so the ends to reach it always justified their methods.

And yet, after all those millennia spent on hatred against the Americans, the Jerdiskar sometimes pitied them. These American invaders of legend were raised by fanatics, brought up in cruelty and fear: could there be a way to end their suffering and reform them, preferrably without force?

One American battlecry, "no justice, no peace," was among the few things that the Denlotia accepted from the Americans, even though the Americans did not give it to the Denlotian authorities. Although it was from their greatest enemies, the phrase itself reflected the very aims of the Denlotia itself, to create a just and fair society to prevent evil from returning and destroying people.

### Americans in Bujan

* Church of Q
* Serpentians
* Maizefolk

## Trivia

See also: Three Archetypes

* With the exception of the Collectionverse and several sympathetic Rinnarverse characters, most Americans in the Rabydosverse settings tend to be villains. This was mostly derived from the many fanatics, trolls, scammers, and extremists that the author had encountered during his teenage years browsing the Internet, many of which were from America.
	+ Because of two people on Facebook who accused him of being a "selfish brat" when he complained that his parents would not support his writing career, during the Covid-19 Pandemic, the author started having a hatred of the United States, associating its culture of "independence" and "adulthood" with suffering and loss.
	+ As he grew up and became more independent, he sometimes assumed about "shoulder devils" who resembled middle-aged Americans, taunting at people to push them into adulthood and excessive work, and laughing and mocking their victims whenever they suffered from loss. This is his view of "rugged individualism", as opposed to Americans' fear of so-called "socialism".
	+ That does not mean that he would be sitting and wasting around at home all day - that instead meant that he will become independent, but mostly to start a new life, and be *more* supportive to his own family if he starts one.

### American characters

* "Good" American characters in his stories included:
	+ Victoria, Jack, Ludvig, and many other Collectionverse characters.
	+ Gabriel Anderson and his friends.
		- Unfortunately for Gabriel, because he fitted the description of a "boomer" (middle-aged, fat, and American), he was attacked by a mob and nearly beaten to death. He answered that he is not a selfish monster, and sometimes he pleaded and apologised to the crowd as they beat him up.
	+ Albert Thompson and his friends.
	+ Faith (who was herself descended from Martians from Denver).
	+ A Bigtonian who visited Dorian during a lunch party, only to trigger her into a berserk rage just for quoting some "American words".
	+ "Dolben" the Cowboy.
	+ "Repentant" un-Terrans, or Terrans who defected to the Jerdiskar, or wanted to cleanse themselves by repaying for their sins. These include the Volzeraenir, who fought against their own kin who served the alien Konjors; and the Valtois Terrans, who sought to cleanse themselves from their past.
* In several non-canon stories that the author planned, Victoria ends up on Jerde or the Rinnarit Republic.
	+ In Marnos, she would enjoy the Marnosyns' boorish culture. However, when they find out that she is an American, the locals would shun her and see her as a terrorist.
	+ In Bujan, she would be seen as a cool girl because of her tomboyish hobbies, and she might get very angry when Radumo tries to make her into a princess. But when her friends learn that she is an American, they avoid her. Only Radumo and Paxoti try to help her survive and avoid the violent stereotypes related to her people.
	+ Leukia encounters Victoria hiding in a burning city, and tries to keep her safe from an angry mob who was fighting an American militia.