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[–] Allonzee 2 points 1 hour ago

~~The United States of America~~

Kleptostan brought to you by Carl's Jr

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The DraftKingsTM United States of Trump

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Break up the union and pick the name of the most powerful government that existed within the bounds of every state before the land was occupied by any old-world government.

[–] DarkFuture 19 points 5 hours ago

Dumbfuckistan

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Disneyland.

[–] pyre 5 points 3 hours ago

Fascistan

Ignorancia

Corpoland

Gun-ited Steaks

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago (3 children)
[–] TomAwsm 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm partial to "Sideræl", myself.

[–] untorquer 2 points 2 hours ago

Just got an image in my head of a map where it's just Xs dotted across the country titled X sandwiched between Canada and Mexico and the 'gulf of X (gulf of Mexico)'

"Just take interstate X southbound and get of at exit X towards X. If you see X you've give too far."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

Did Amerigo Vespucci migrate to North America or did he just pass through?

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[–] satans_methpipe 7 points 7 hours ago
[–] RememberTheApollo_ 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

“Vinland” is what the Vikings who discovered the land named it. Not a bad name.

Were I to name it today I’d pick some foreign language version of “The Land of Pulling Up the Ladder” or “The Land of Crabs in a Bucket”.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

how about turkish, Yukarıya Çekilen Merdivenlerin Ülkesi (Land Of Pulling Up The Ladder)

[–] CitizenKong 11 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

The vikings were there first (after the native Americans), so I'd go with Greater Norway.

[–] untorquer 1 points 1 hour ago

Forvestlandet

[–] theherk 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Would be Lesser in this context and refers to size

[–] theherk 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I guess, but with tongue in cheek I thought worser worked betterer.

[–] Valmond 2 points 45 minutes ago

Based on norway is bad already, it must be worse.

Jk hello from a Swede 😁

[–] AnUnusualRelic 13 points 12 hours ago

The incorporated states of Northern America ltd.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago

Han Dynasty would be funny, not least because it doesn’t solve the problem

There’s also the Prince joke “Land formally known as USA”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

The Bada Bing Republic

[–] I_Miss_Daniel 3 points 11 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Mississippiland

[–] [email protected] 20 points 20 hours ago

Dumbfuckistan

[–] usjelo 1 points 11 hours ago

Needs to be named first.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 23 hours ago

South Canada.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

Red, white and blue land obviously.

[–] Snapz 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mountain Dew presents: Freedom Country - Brought to you by United Healthcare.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Way too credible

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago
[–] Ougie 15 points 23 hours ago

North Mexico

[–] [email protected] 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The United States of Moronica

no offense to actual morons intended

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

None taken.

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[–] atomicorange 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Wendigo

It’s an Algonquin cryptid / monster with an insatiable hunger for human flesh and a love of murder. Generally greedy and evil. Also known to smell bad.

Honors our native heritage and says something about our beloved country’s strength of character.

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[–] Tugboater203 53 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Whatever the Cherokee word for "stolen land" is.

[–] FlyingSquid 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or, you know, the thousands of other languages that existed.

Sorry, distilling everything indigenous down to the Cherokee is a pet peeve of mine.

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