United States of America

The **United States of America** (also known as the **United States, U.S., U.S.A.,** or **America**) is the primary protagonist nation of the Army Wars series, starting with Army Wars: Red Tide. It's in North America, bordered between Canada in the north, and Mexico in the south. It is one of the two superpowers of the four-decade long arms race, the Cold War. The other being its rival, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (aka Soviet Union). It's one of the main members of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). With World War III closing in, the United States is getting close to going to war with the Soviets.

* **Type:** Democracy, Federal presidential constitutional republic
* **Head of State:** President of the United States
* **Head of Government:** President of the U.S.
* **Commander-in-Chief:** President of the U.S., along with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
* **Executive branch:** Cabinet
* **Legislative branch:** Congress
* **Judicial branch:**Supreme Court
* **National holiday:**Independence Day (July 4th)
* **Establisment:** July 4th, 1776
* **Affiliation:**NATO
* **Military:** United States Armed Forces
* **Captial:** Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia)
* **National anthem:** Star Spangled Banner
* **Status:** Superpower

## History

America was found on July 4th, 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the American Revolution (The Revolutionary War). From 1861 to 1865, the U.S. was a divided nation, at war with the Confederate States of America (South). The American Civil War was the bloodiest war in American History. America was neutral during the majority of World War I, until entering the war in 1917. During the peacetime years of the 1920's and 1930's, America suffered through the Great Depression. When World War II began on September 1st, 1939, the United States refused to join the fight. However, the Attack on Pearl Harbor, commenced by the Empire of Japan on December 7th, 1941, made the U.S. Government change its mind, and the country entered the war against the Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Japan, and Italy), and fought for freedom in Europe, North Africa, and in the Pacific. The creation and use of the atomic bombs established America's status as a superpower, and sought to ensure world order through the establishments of the United Nations and NATO . After the war ended in 1945, with the surrender of the Axis Powers, the United States entered a new arms race with one of its World War II allies, the Soviet Union, when it revealed and demonstrated its own atomic bomb in 1949. In 1950, the Korean War started, and the U.S. was part of the United Nations forces until it was over in 1953. Then, in 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis threatened the U.S. with nuclear war. By the end of the year, it was prevented. In 1965, the U.S. entered the Vietnam War as an ally of South Vietnam, to help prevent communist takeover from North Vietnam. In 1972-75, the U.S. forces withdrew from Vietnam. In the 1980's, prior to the events of Army Wars: Red Tide, President Ronald Reagan builds up the nation's military might.

## World War III

### **Army Wars: Red Tide**

Not much is known about America's entry into World War III's beginning at this time

## Military

*Main article:* United States Armed Forces

The U.S. Armed Forces is the military of the U.S.A., and as of 1987 (the main setting of Army Wars: Red Tide), is one of the 2 most powerful military forces in the world, the other being its rival, the Soviet Armed Forces. The Armed Forces earned victories in World War I and World War II, along with interventions in Korea, Vietnam , and Grenada. This military has 5 branches; the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard. And in addition to those, all 50 states have their own National Guard, reserve components of the Army and Air Force who respond to emergencies and disasters. Notably, the U.S. Armed Forces have bases and troops stationed almost everywhere around the world, including Europe, Africa, Latin America, East Asia, the Middle East, Southest Asia, and the Pacific to counter the spread of communism in these regions.

## Territory

The United States of America has 50 states; 48 of them are in the mainland, while Alaska, the largest U.S. state, is bordered with Canada, near the Bering Strait, and Hawaii, a group of islands, lives at the Pacific Ocean.

* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregan
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* Soutn Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming