Reformed States of America
Reformed States of America | |
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 Flag
 Coat of arms
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| Motto: "In God We Trust" | |
| Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner" | |
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| Capital | Washington, D.C. |
| Largest city | New York City |
| Official languages | English |
| Ethnic groups (2040) | By race:
By origin:
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| Religion (2044) |
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| Demonym(s) | RSA |
| Government | Federal presidential republic |
| Joseph Clarke | |
| Tim Green | |
| Zane Young | |
| Brett Kavanaugh | |
| Legislature | Congress |
| Senate | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Independence from Great Britain | |
| July 4, 1776 | |
| March 1, 1781 | |
| September 3, 1783 | |
| June 21, 1788 | |
| April 18, 2029 | |
| October 27, 2031 | |
| September 16, 2032 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,755,113 km2 (3,380,368 sq mi) (4th) |
• Water (%) | 6.7 (2038) |
| Population | |
• 2046 estimate | 309,934,801 (7th) |
• 2040 census | 306,754,173 |
• Density | 35.4/km2 (91.7/sq mi) (179th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2040 estimate |
• Total | $17.5 trillion |
• Per capita | $57.05 |
| Gini (2040) |  47.6high |
| HDI (2040) |  0.786high (75th) |
| Currency | Reformed States Credit (RSC) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 to −12, +10, +11 |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +1 |
| ISO 3166 code | RA |
| Internet TLD | .ra |
The Reformed States of America (RSA or R.S.A.), commonly known as the Reformed States (RS or R.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America, between Canada and Mexico. It is a federation of 40 states and 326 Indian reservations that overlap with state boundaries. Outside the union of states, it asserts sovereignty over five major unincorporated island territories and various uninhabited islands. The country has the world's fourth-largest land area, and the seventh-largest population, at almost 310 million.
Paleo-Indians migrated across the Bering land bridge more than 12,000 years ago. British colonization led to the first settlement of the Thirteen Colonies in Virginia in 1607. Clashes with the British Crown over taxation and political representation sparked the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War of 1775–1783. The Second Continental Congress voted for independence and formally declared independence on July 4, 1776. The country began expanding across North America. As more states were admitted, sectional division over slavery led to the secession of the Confederate States of America, which fought the remaining states of the Union during the 1861–1865 American Civil War. With the Union's victory and preservation, slavery was abolished nationally. By 1900, the United States had established itself as a great power, becoming the world's largest economy. After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the U.S. entered World War II. The aftermath of the war left the U.S. and the Soviet Union as the world's two superpowers and led to the Cold War, during which both countries engaged in a struggle for ideological dominance and international influence. Following the Soviet Union's collapse and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the U.S. emerged as the world's sole superpower.