[[File:UNST0001.GIF|thumb|250px|flag of the united states]]
[[File:UNST0001.GIF|thumb|250px|flag of the united states]]
{{quote|...one nation among many.|[[Henry Hayes]]}}
{{quote|...one nation among many.|[[Henry Hayes]]}}
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The '''United States of America''' ('''USA''') is a nation-state on [[Earth]] in their North American continent, south of [[Canada]] and north of [[Mexico]]. Their chief of state is the [[President (USA)|President]] who is elected on four year terms. At the time of the discovery of the [[Stargate]], the United States was militarily, economically, and politically one of the most powerful [[Tau'ri]] nation and its leadership of the [[Stargate Program]] gives it the greatest influence on Tau'ri interactions with alien races. The United States was the first to make contact with extra-terrestrial human and alien civilizations and the first to develop an inter-stellar military capability, followed a few years later by the other four permanent members of the [[Earth]]-based [[United Nations Security Council]]. As of 2009, the United States possesses a majority of the existing [[Daedalus-class battlecruiser]]s, giving them, by far, the most powerful Tau'ri starfleet. Only two of its planetary rivals, [[Russia]] and [[China]], have attained comparable firepower.
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The '''United States of America''' ('''USA''') is a nation-state on [[Earth]] in their North American continent, south of [[Canada]] and north of [[Mexico]]. Their chief of state is the [[President of the United States|President]] who is elected on four year terms. At the time of the discovery of the [[Stargate]], the United States was militarily, economically, and politically one of the most powerful [[Tau'ri]] nation and its leadership of the [[Stargate Program]] gives it the greatest influence on Tau'ri interactions with alien races. The United States was the first to make contact with extra-terrestrial human and alien civilizations and the first to develop an inter-stellar military capability, followed a few years later by the other four permanent members of the [[Earth]]-based [[United Nations Security Council]]. As of 2009, the United States possesses a majority of the existing [[Daedalus-class battlecruiser]]s, giving them, by far, the most powerful Tau'ri starfleet. Only two of its planetary rivals, [[Russia]] and [[China]], have attained comparable firepower.
The United States of America (USA) is a nation-state on Earth in their North American continent, south of Canada and north of Mexico. Their chief of state is the President who is elected on four year terms. At the time of the discovery of the Stargate, the United States was militarily, economically, and politically one of the most powerful Tau'ri nation and its leadership of the Stargate Program gives it the greatest influence on Tau'ri interactions with alien races. The United States was the first to make contact with extra-terrestrial human and alien civilizations and the first to develop an inter-stellar military capability, followed a few years later by the other four permanent members of the Earth-based United Nations Security Council. As of 2009, the United States possesses a majority of the existing Daedalus-class battlecruisers, giving them, by far, the most powerful Tau'ri starfleet. Only two of its planetary rivals, Russia and China, have attained comparable firepower.
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Government type: Constitution-based federal republic
