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    As Amerigo is the Italianized version of the German ‘Emmerich’, is call it like that.

    Bonus is that there is a very unassuming German border town called thusly.

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    OK hear me out: It should be named after the first European explorer to discover it and popularize the European expansion: Christopher Columbus.

    • Like its namesake, the nation too is racist, cruel and genocidal. Even the Spanish Inquisition era Catholics were like, damn Christopher!
    • Like the largest exporter of cocaíne in South America, it too is full of drugs, and its elections are the plaything of big money cartels and foreign powers.
    • It was mostly settled by white people from England.

    Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you your new nation: British Columbia.

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    Stolidus

    • It sounds strong and powerful
    • It’s Latin, and therefore properly awesome.
    • It’s definition is: foolish, absurd, dumb, forceless, powerless
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      Your first it’s is correct. It is Latin.

      Your second it’s should be its. The definition belongs to the word. But to be fair, I typed it correctly, and then just now had to go back and fix the autoincorrection. So that probably happened to you as well.

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      Oooh a contest to name the country, most votes wins!

      I’ll set up the 1-900 number, just $10 to submit your vote.

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    Serious answer: the Viking settlers named the land “Vinland” long before Columbus was even born. That name is of Germanic origin, same as the English language, and would be appropriate for settlers of Germanic origin (England, Germany, etc.)

    Alternatively, a name in the a Native American language would be most appropriate given that they were the original inhabitants of the land.

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      they were the original inhabitants of the land.

      Nope. Third, apparently, and counting.

      The pirates of yore were based on an old fraternity from the 1300s and before, that called this land - no lie - Merica.

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      A name in the Native American language

      There is no single native American language. There are over 200 of them, and used to be around 300-400, in 57 different families and over two dozen completely isolated languages (which might not be, but it’s hard to find out). And they’d likely be at the very least somewhat mutually culturally insensitive.

      So that might be even more difficult than using English, which at least has the benefit of being popular now.

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        Vinland is Newfoundland, I’m afraid! It’s not generally thought that the Norse made it as far south in the Americas as the modern day contiguous USA

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      Sounds a lot like Finland doesn’t it? I believe if our name is on it then it’s ours!

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        Needs at least two exclamation points on that thing; to properly imply scale. Add an extra one for each of the following territorial acquisitions: Canada and Greenland.

        Coming soon, to a map near you: OKLAHOMA!!!

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    Listen. I know you said no wrong answers but unfortunately due to the past few decades of the American Political system, pretty much anything is now effectively accurate. Even such things as:

    • The Divided States of America
    • McMilitary Industrial Complex
    • The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Republic
    • Red vs Blue
    • Gilded Ruins
    • AmeriKKKa
    • Walmartistan
    • Gunlandia
    • Yeehaw Reich
    • Methlehem
    • Debtlandia
    • Live, Laugh, Lawsuit