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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })The USA is capable not only of exterminating with its long-range nuclear arsenal, but possibly also using ground forces to successfully invade and occupy any country on Earth including China and India (although the Vietnam experience, and the Nazi's attempted invasion of Russia, should show that superior tech is no guarantee against sheer numbers and determination). Given that the USA chews through about half the entire world's military spending on its own, it might still have this kind of power in forty years or so. However, the recent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq have drained the country's military to the point of being incapable of fighting two wars at once, much less large and growing countries like China and India at once, at least not without committing a lot more of its strength than it's been doing. Furthermore, increased military spending by China, India, and Russia mean that the United States "only" spends 37% of the global total. Counterbalancing this is the experience, logistical capability, and existing technological edge still held by the American military. So, who can say? Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Thus, a common conceit of sci-fi and some satire is for the USA to take over the world. Jokes about entire countries becoming the n+50th state are common. The recent economic shift in the new millennium will put this theory to the test. Sub-Trope of both Take Over the World and Expanded States of America. Compare United Space of America. See also Russia Takes Over the World, Japan Takes Over the World, and China Takes Over the World. Opposing tropes are Divided States of America, Fallen States of America, and Invaded States of America. |
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The symbol for Earth Starfleet on Star Trek: Enterprise suggests that it evolved from NASA. Or perhaps not; there are other space agencies with symbols just as similar (though this might be partly a result of influence from previous Star Trek shows). | |
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In an episode of The Simpsons, while at a beach in Rio, the lifeguard was able to tell that Homer was an American because he wore a shirt◊ where Uncle Sam was consuming the world with the lines "try and stop us" on it. In one of those "future" episodes, there'll be a 51th state named "Saudita Israeli". |
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Front Mission depicts both North and South America merged into one nation called the United States of the New Continent (USN). | |
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In Mobile Suit Gundam 00 America clearly dominates the Union powerbloc that includes the entire western hemisphere, plus Japan. | |
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One of the villains from Princess Pi, an American dictator named, "Princess Ip", works to make this a reality. | |
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It's not stated how many other countries they might have taken over, but America apparently annexed Canada at some point in the past of A Miracle of Science. | |
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In the Civilization series, it is possible for the United States to conquer the world. Civilization V promotes this by making the American special ability (Manifest Destiny) having tiles cost 50% less, effectively letting it swallow up twice as much territories as other empires. The other American civilization, the Shoshone, get a similar play on expansion - their cities are created with twice as much territory as any other civilization. | |
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In the Metal Gear series it is established that there was an international conspiracy during the time of the First World War where America, China, and Russia made a secret pact where all 3 of them would work together to make a better world. After World War II the Cold War splintered the group, but eventually the American faction took over all of the group's power and renamed themselves the Patriots. The Patriots as we see them by the time of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 4 have consolidated economic, cultural, and technological dominance over most of the world and are taking the final step in world domination by creating a computer system that will monitor every single citizen on Earth that has nano-machines in their bodies and can control all information that flows through the Internet. Fortunately this conspiracy is finally put to an end by the end of the series. | |
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In Superman: Red Son, Superman, who in this Alternate Universe landed in the Soviet Union as a baby and was indoctrinated by Josef Stalin and eventually becomes the Soviet Premier, integrates almost all the world (minus the USA and Chile) into the Soviet Union and enforces his rule through harsh methods like forcible lobotomies on dissidents. However, when Superman tries to annex the United States, President Lex Luthor outsmarts and seemingly kills him. In the aftermath, the liberated nations in the former Global Soviet Union now sign up to join Lex's new Global United States. The Global United States later colonizes the entire Solar System, thus taking this trope to interplanetary levels. | |
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The titular CoDominium is an alliance of the United States and the Soviet Union working together to dominate Earth. Something similar is suggested in side material to Dune. |
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Background lore for Elite: Dangerous has The Federation as a descendant government of the modern United States. | |
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Something similar is suggested in side material to Dune. | |
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Section 8 had the United States become a repressive interstellar empire, somehow forgetting the ideals it was founded on along the way. | |
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In Bubblegum Crisis almost everybody has at least half-Western name, and there's a black chief of police, among other decidedly un-Japanese details in this futuristic city of Megatokyo. It's probably a direct Shout-Out to Blade Runner, which featured a huge Japanese population in America. | |
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Fallout's pre-War backstory has the US annexing Canada and successfully invading mainland China in retribution for their invasion of Alaska. Not a full example, for obvious reasons. | |
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The second season of Darker Than Black reveals the motive of the U.S. involvement in the Gambit Pileup being that America wants to be a superpower again. The ending has American forces invading Japan, and it's implied that they succeed to some degree. Of course, this is one of the less bizarre events that happens in that ending. | |
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In Jennifer Government, the USA has absorbed all of North and South America (except Cuba), the British Islands, India, most of South East Asia, and most recently Australia into a single market. Russia is in the process of being assimilated. | |
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Futurama varies between the presence and absence of this trope depending on the needs of the joke, but it most commonly presents Earth as a single political entity, ruled from Washington according to the American political model. Earth's flag is just the modern American flag with the stars replaced by a globe centred on America. Also, in one episode, Richard Nixon was initially unable to run for president of Earth due to already serving two terms, indicating continuity between the modern US government of the 1970s and the Earth government of 3000. Also, George Washington is referred to as the "Father of our country" by Leela in 'All the President's Heads'. |
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In Code Geass most of the world is dominated by the Holy Brittainian Empire, but Britain itself has been lost. However, the American Revolution was crushed and thus the colonies became the new base of the empire, which proceeded to take over the entirety of both American continents. | |
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In the future of Meet the Robinsons Canada is referred to briefly as North Montana. | |
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In Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, this is implied by the U.S. Vice President in the Allied ending. | |
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The premise of the Survival of the Fittest alternate setting The Program. | |
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This is the highest objective that can be accomplished by the Americans in Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots in three different campaign modes. Lesser victories such as simply becoming the dominant power on the planet are also possible. World mode is an anachronistic free-for-all between almost all historic great powers, set from the beginning of history up to the future - you can also play as the Americans. America takes a bigger role in New World mode, your goal being to break free from British rule, conquer all of North America at least, drive out every last European power from both American continents, and attain a specific amount of tribute. In Cold War mode the Americans are one of two playable factions, the other being the Soviets. As the Americans you ultimately need to conquer the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union and subjugate the rest of the world as your client states (the latter is implied by the former). You can do this by money (one victory condition is having an industrial output lead over the other bloc by more than 50 - this can be done either by building up the US and its allies or initiating "police actions" on nonaligned countries), conventional force (ground invasion of the Soviets or its allies), or nuclear exchange (only possible if you have enough nukes to irridate all Soviet territoies but the reverse is not true). |
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In Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon, the First Men (that is, us) end up being split between US and Chinese spheres of influence. The US eventually tips it, and remains dominant until the entire society collapses due to an energy crisis. | |
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Indirectly in the Lensman series; the Galactic Patrol have their headquarters in New York City due to its role as the leading financial and political powerhouse of Earth and therefore the Solar System. It has rivals in London, Chicago and Stalingrad, but is way ahead of them. | |
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Background material for the Firefly 'verse establishes that America and China took over Earth That Was together. | |
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The Lionboy trilogy by Zizou Corder includes several off-hand references to 'the Empire'. It takes a bit of reading between the lines for a while to realise that this means America. | |
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The seal for the President of Earth on Babylon 5 is clearly derived from the Seal of the President of the United States. | |
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Mention is made of a very militarized American Empire in Mortal Engines, though the story takes place After the End and it had already fallen. It's more America Destroys The World. It's mentioned by a character that "the old American Empire was quite insane at the end." Both of the series' important superweapons are explicitly stated to be American, as well. |
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