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A [[{{Utopia}} peaceful paradise on earth]] full of friendly, wise, and good-hearted people whose prosperity is their (God-given) reward for their impeccable virtue. Theirs is a shining city upon a hill guided by destiny: a land of freedom, justice, wealth, and luck, where people can [[ThePromisedLand leave their pasts behind and create entirely new lives for themselves]], far from the stratified social structures and open ethno-religious bigotry and violence of the Old World. In short, this is the country that embodies UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream. Sometimes based on American media during TheFifties and UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, which portrayed the United States of America as a homey, [[GoodIsOldFashioned traditional]] world of heroes built upon (nuclear) family values, love, and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness old-fashioned simple mindsets]]. This flavor is, of course, no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.

A WretchedHive full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[UrbanHellscape crime-ridden ghettoes]] full of [[{{Gangsterland}} street gangs and cartels]] desperate to get you [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer addicted to their wares]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, and [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better). Woe betide you if you're a minority, immigrant (though [[FridgeLogic why on Earth]] you'd ''ever want'' to move there is anyone's guess), or both; at best [[AssimilationPlot you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[CategoryTraitor one of the above]], and at worst you'll be treated as utter vermin by [[{{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves the]] [[AngryWhiteMan citizens]], [[DirtyCop the law enforcement]], [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny the government itself]], and [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis even other]] [[BoomerangBigot immigrants/minorities]]. And if you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that your country doesn't have [[ParanoiaFuel some sort of resource or export the Americans want or need]], whether it be gold, oil, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking anime]]; because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Ages,]] ComicBook/WonderWoman reflected the shining positives of the U.S. as an immigrant to the country. After meeting Col. ComicBook/SteveTrevor, she decks herself out in a uniform based on the American flag and eagle when she leaves Paradise Island to fight the Nazis and other evils of the outside world.