To my knowledge (that is, a couple YouTube videos on the topic, this could be outdated/false information), there are some people who aren’t happy that the U.S. names itself after the continent of America (implying that they have a right to all of America, manifest destiny to the max). Whether that is true or not, naming stuff is always fun, so what is a good name that is representative of what the U.S. is?
My personal suggestions:
- The Liberty States
- since Argentina is the only country named after an element (silver), why not another? Perhaps the U.S. could be named after gold, after the Gold Rush which I think was a big thing? That or an element that can be red, white, and blue. Speaking of…
- The Republic of Red, White, and Blue
Please assume that stale carrot man isn’t in office and that the U.S. is currently being a reasonable and humane country that actually stands for democracy, liberty, and freedom.
edit: Some people really want to make it about dry orange tomato man, which is not the point of this exercise. Also note that, yes, you could argue that the U.S. was always an imperialist power that replaced democratic leaders with dictators that were favourable to American interests, and that it certainly wasn’t very nice to the native peoples.
Go back to the original European name - Vinland/Vineland/Wineland. Though that might have been in Canada, technically.
Better yet, find some pre-Columbian name for the land that was used by the actual locals. I’m sure there’s plenty of alternatives, and some of the most beautiful state names in the US came about that way. Maybe some Native American name for the Mississippi river could be a good starting point.
The thing is, these tribes would only have had names for small bits of it, not the whole land as a whole.
Maybe we could lean into Columbus even more and and call it ‘India’ /s
Yes, they had no concept of “owning land” because at the end of the day, that’s ridiculous.
The thing is, these tribes would only have had names for small bits of it, not the whole land as a whole.
Maybe we could lean into Columbus even more and and call it ‘India’ /s
Trumpland
Don’t give him ideas!
This one would actually be funny 😂
Strong Badia. There’s probably lots of chocolate.
Russia.
Why not Columbia?
No, no Colombia (🇨🇴)!
Trumpire
The continent is North America. The Americas are both the north and south continents. As a Canadian, I don’t give a rats ass. Just because Trump has the comprehension of a 3 year old we do t have to change things to make him feel comfortable. The are the United States of America, not the country of America. That’s just short form because it’s a mouthful otherwise.
Its still the USA. Let’s just vote for a government that works for us and not try to murder us.
North American Union.
Setup like the European Union with each state promoted to country status.
Mexico
Well, I don’t think if you know this, but I’m pretty sure that name is already taken. New Mexico is already a U.S. state!
North-Mexico
Are you referring to Southern Canada?
Mexicanada
The Patriotic Republic of Democratic Free Republicanistan.
Of course it won’t be democratic, or free, and the patriotism is punitively mandatory.
Everything is bigger in the USA. So, Bigland
I can get behind that if we pretend we did it because of the Tom Hanks movie
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Biggus Dickus
Yugeland
Trumpistan
Klown Kar Kountry
The United States of The Vatican, because the Vatican owns the US… and they have since 1776.
…I thought the majority of Americans were Protestant?
In theory, yes. In practice, we were always Catholic inwardly.
This person regularly posts about this and honestly it makes no goddamn sense to me. I’d love to see how deep the rabbt hole goes though.
Hey so I have run into you before and witnessed this take. I disagree to be clear but I am honest to god very curious what your evidence for this is.
