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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

American States of Maga

And yes, it is infinitely recursive.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Divided States of Affairs

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

President Camacho would be a marked improvement.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Just revert to using the old name: Vinland.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

The only correct answer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day 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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

United mcstatesface

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

George Soros' United Commune of Mexifornia

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Vespucciland

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day 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

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

That's so Utah.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We have dibs. But I think we'd welcome another Whisky War ;-)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Denmark 2: American Boogaloo

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, we’ve got Floridick ready and waiting, so that works, but I’m sorry about the itchiness and rash you’re gonna probably want to treat. We’re more like Canada’s Dirty Diaper these days.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Well pants is British for underwear, so it still works!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day 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'

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Returned to Spain? Traitor!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trumpland. Trumptopia. United states of Trump. Trumplvania. The new republic of Trump.

Just testing the "no wrong answers"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

You missed Trumpistan

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

ing

"All hail the ing of ing! The land without a KKKing!"

Greenland... ing
Japaning
Australiaing
Taiwaning
Uniteding Kingingdoming
Congoing
...and Chinaahhuh... ...was once a great, uhh, eM, -ing but they lost their way to our holey grate ing-dumb...
- "ing out"
"Now gather all ing suffixes and affixes to kiss the holy kock ring. Don't be shyyy."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Columbo. Marybe Columbo's wife.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

United States of America (temporary). America as a country isn't making it much longer anyway so no need to think about it too much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Rome Secundus

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