United States of America

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US), or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 48 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, 326 Indian reservations, and some minor possessions. As well as, a large and growing network of space colonies in Earth's orbit, several communities on the Moon, and many orbital habitats throughout the Solar System.

The U.S. is a country of 48 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York City, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

The United States is the third largest country in size (behind the USSR and Canada) and fourth by population (behind India, the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China). It is the most powerful nation in the world in both economic and military terms. In addition to this it is on the cutting edge of technology; especially in space, military and computer technologies. The United States is considered one of the world's two superpowers, the other being the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

The United States spent the second-half of the twentieth century locked in a Cold War with the USSR but relations have since cooled and both maintain cordial toward one another in issues regarding global security. By international law, lunar locations as well as any real estate in the Solar System is ripe for claims by any nation-state or multinational corporation, U.S. space policy maintains a "manifest destiny" that extends toward the Moon and other locations throughout the system. With the dissolution of NATO and the creation of its successor, INTO, the United States finds itself the leading nation in global affairs and often referred to derogatorily as "the world's policeman."

In addition to America's leadership in the sciences and military issues, America is an important industrial power and is the second largest trading nation after Mexico, globally.

List of U.S. Presidents (since 1940)
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1944) Democratic, New York governor

33. Henry A. Wallace (1944-1949) Democratic, Iowa Vice President

34. Thomas E. Dewey (1949-1961) Republican, New York governor

35. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) Democratic, Massachusetts senator

36. Henry M. Jackson (1963-1969) Democratic, Washington senator

37. Richard M. Nixon (1969-1973) Republican, California former vice president

38. Carl B. Albert (1973-1975) Democratic, Oklahoma speaker of the House of Representatives

39. Matthew Sinclair (1975-1979) Republican, New Jersey governor

40. Robert Walker (1979-1987) Democratic, Ohio senator

41. William Morgan (1987-1995) Republican, Indiana senator

42. Charles Francis (1995-1999) Republican, Georgia general

43. Henry Raymond (1999-2007) Democratic, North Carolina senator

44. John Hansen (2007-2015) Republican, Michigan governor

45. Luke Nichols (2015-2019) Democratic, Arizona governor

46. Mike McCollough (2019-2023) Republican, California former cabinet secretary

47. Luke Nichols (2023-2044) Tomorrow, former U.S. president