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[–] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

United States of Native America

[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

United Tribes of America

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 9 points 1 week ago

Fuckwitistan might be prudent after the russian takeover.

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

Just revert to using the old name: Vinland.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

The only correct answer.

[–] MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The United States of Whatever

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Fascistan

Ignorancia

Corpoland

Gun-ited Steaks

RetroPolice, like metropolis but it's a reactionary police state

[–] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago
[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

That's so Utah.

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Vespucciland

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

“Yucatán”

Which means “the end of your finger” because the Spanish asked some folks what they were pointing at and they didn’t understand the question

[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

George Soros' United Commune of Mexifornia

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Annual bidding by major corporations for the opportunity to rename the country each year, stadium style.

Let's go United States of Waste Management

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[–] PumpkinEscobar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago

President Camacho would be a marked improvement.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

oligarchistan

[–] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Northern Lands of g.u.l.f. (= greedy unelected lying fascists)

[–] evilcultist@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Muskland. Quickly so we can start a fight.

[–] Camzing@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Still the same guy, but the Firesign Theater suggested decades ago that the country be called Vespucciland.

And yeah, we name everything else after people's last names.

[–] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Red, white and blue land obviously.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

After Hispaniola they made a brief slave raid in the Bahamas, capturing 232 Lucayans, and then returned to Spain.[34] src

i think the cult would call him 'one of the good ones'

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[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago

Hmm, idiocracy fits I guess. Seems to describe our country well enough.

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Whatever the natives decide on tbh. Turtle island is popular but applies to the continent not the country

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