History Main / UnitedSpaceOfAmerica

** Its also worth nothing, however, that while TheFederation is ruled by a President, its actually closer to a Parliamentary-style democratic republic rather than the one the US uses (the Presidental candidates are nominated directly by the Federation Council (the President in DS9 mentions he didn't even WANT the job, but got stuck with it through nomination) even though the final vote goes to the people) making the President more of a Prime Minister.

** Goes to ridiculous levels when someone objects to Richard Nixon running for President, because he's already served two terms. Apparently President of the US and President of the Earth aren't just run similarly, they're the exact same thing.

* TheEmpire in the ''Section8'' series was born from the United States, and has forgotten its founding principles to become ruthlessly expansionist and oppressive.

* The Terran Confederation of the early ''{{Traveller}}'' timeline as detailed in the volume ''Interstellar Wars'', though it's close enough to being TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture that the Confederation might literally be a futuristic offshoot of the United States.

* Subverted in the RPG Traveller:2300 (which, confusingly, is not in the same franchise universe as ''{{Traveller}}'', despite being published by the same company [Game Developers Workshop]; later on it was renamed simply "2300AD"). The "universe" of Traveller:2300 was developed by the game designers actually gaming out future history. In that game, it was France that dominated, and so emerged as the major interstellar power.

* VideoGame/Stellaris has two AI personalities that represent this. Federation Builders seek to make allies and combine multiple strengths of races without subjugating any of them and have a feel of a StarTrek style Federation. Democratic Crusaders wish to bring Democracy to the Galaxy and will be hostile to any empire that does not have a democratic government.

** Culturally, humanity's various worlds tend to be impressively diverse, while the UEG/UNSC itself tends to be more American. On one hand, English is the UNSC's "national" language, spoken by all the main characters in the games, and the main cast tends to be white or black with names like John, Avery, Jameson, Edward, etc. (though the UNSC's current two most powerful leaders are British and Turkish). On the other hand, even Earth itself is shown to have remained quite culturally diverse (for example, the Mombasa public service announcements heard in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' are all in Swahili), and the colonies often have cultures that aren't American in the least bit. Even Reach, the UNSC's second most important planet, has a significant portion of its population who speak Hungarian as a first language (in fact, the planet was originally settled by Hungarians, hence why most of Reach's locations and even its moons have Hungarian names); at the beginning of ''VideoGame/HaloReach'', Jorge is the only member of Noble Team able to speak to the local civilians because they don't know English and he's the only one on the team who can speak Hungarian (being a Reach native himself). In part because of this diversity, the colonies heavily resent the UNSC, which overthrew of the Colonial Administration Authority which had previously administered them.

* Disturbingly and importantly averted in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' by the UNSC. As of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC now control all government on all human planets. Basically, it's a military run empire. Previously, it was much more America-like, but it still differed, and the UNSC still had alot of power. Even more importantly, a secret group of smart [=AIs=] have been running the show for centuries, meaning that it's been a secret dictatorship (which would take such measures as nuking a human colony if it served their purposes).
** Before the Human-Covenant War the UNSC was the Unified Earth Government's military and exploratory agency, tasked with protecting the colonies and expanding into the galaxy, with the colonies' civilian government being assigned to local representatives and the Colonial Administration Authority. By the end of the war the colonies have been so utterly devastated and the resources necessary to wage total war had resulted in the UNSC assuming ''de facto'' control of both the UEG and the CAA.
** The characters in the series all speak English, but that's not indicative of humanity as a whole. Reach, for example, is one of the UNSC's most important planets, and yet its population is predominately Hungarian. At the beginning of ''Halo: Reach'', Jorge is the only member of Noble Team able to speak to a civilian because she doesn't know English and he's the only one on the team who can speak Hungarian.

* There's a plot-important election in the ''Series/{{Lensman}}'' series, in which the proto-Lensmen are trying to get Rod "the Rock" Kinnison elected to what amounts to President of North America. It's ''explicitly stated'' that the only part of Earth that really matters is North America, the implication being that the other backwater regions will fall in line with whatever North America says. "North America" in this context is the post-WorldWarThree successor state to the United States but clearly has an AmericanFederalism style government.

* Mikhail Akhmanov's ''ArrivalsFromTheDark'' series has this first with the [=USC=] (United States and Canada), which has military forces in space, along with Russia (with whom they are good friends) and European Union (which seems more unified than today). All three powers deliberately keep the other nations grounded, including China. In later novels, the [[TheFederation Earth Federation]] is the official government of humanity, although it is unclear if the nation-states still exist as governing bodies.

* The Terran Confederation in the ''Literature/StarCarrier'' is a true confederacy in that its member nations are still independent in their own right, including having their own [[SpaceNavy Space Navies]]. However, the Confederation has been slowly centralizing its power despite objections from the more independent-mind nations like the [[ExpandedStatesOfAmerica United States of North America]]. In fact, the largest conflict stems from the USNA refusing to kowtow to the [[UnitedEurope Paneuropean]]-dominated Confederate Senate and admirals. In fleet actions, the biggest conflicts come from the different military traditions, with Paneuropean officers being the more obedient, and USNA officers being more independent-minded. Historical precedents are also important to the friction between the Confederation and the USNA, with the Confederation being more willing to accept the Sh'daar demands to survive, while the USNA adopting the usual "live free or die" attitude. [[spoiler:The USNA finally secedes in the fourth book, after the Confederation attempts to forcibly take a hyper-advanced AI created by USNA scientists as a "strategic resource" and force the USNA to toe the partly line. The USNA responds by using illegal weapons and attacking civilian targets, including wiping out the capital of the USNA with a GreyGoo bomb. After a relatively brief war, the Confederation collapses from within (thanks to some information warfare by the same USNA AI). It's implied that it will be re-created to be more USNA-dominated, fulfilling this trope]].

* The very concept of the Bio of a Space Tyrant series by PiersAnthony is that every planet in the world is, sociopolitically, a RecycledINSPACE version of some continent or region on Earth. For instance, the United States took the northern hemisphere of Jupiter--the largest planet in the solar system--to colonize and make into the image of the old Earthly United States.

* In ''Anime/GundamWing'', the L2 Colonies belong to America. [[spoiler: Later, Earth and the space colonies are all merged into the Earth Sphere Unified Nation.]]

** On the other hand, Caprica in, well, ''Series/{{Caprica}}'' has a Prime Minister (despite the prevalence of AmericanAccents) and refers to "Ministers" (indicating parliamentary government). That, and the fact that [[FantasticRacism racism]] is directed towards foreigners (especially Taurons) rather than a subgroup of native Capricans, suggests comparisons to Britain, especially '50s Britain. The Colonies as a whole had no unified government until the Cylon war forced them to, and as a result it is hinted on occasion that the Colonial Military has more influence and power than modern American-style systems.

* The Free Planets Alliance in ''Anime/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'' clearly invokes the USA ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs8BSSpU5fU right down to the English lyrics of the anthem]]), to the point that they might as well be called "Space Americans" At the same time, however, it's revealed to be an increasingly dysfunctional democracy wracked by corruption. By the time the series begins, the efforts of a few good men like Yang Wen-li and the threat posed by their [[TheEmpire Space German enemies]] are pretty much the only things effectively holding them together. [[spoiler:Most of the Alliance eventually ''does'' fall to Reinhard about halfway into the show.]]

* In ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'', the Twelve Colonies of Kobol needed only one more colony to be guilty of cultural copyright infringement; it mixes the UnitedSpaceOfAmerica with the Twelve Tribes of Israel and AncientGrome [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]].

* The I.S.A of {{Killzone}} is essentially America in space fighting an amalgamation of every totalitarian regime ever in space. Unfortunately, EvilIsCool combined with the I.S.A's astonishing bland-ness[[note]]not to mention the fact that it's their fault the Helghast are the way they are[[/note]] inspires major RootingForTheEmpire.

* Averted in the ''Film/StarWars'' prequels. The Galactic Republic seems to be mostly based on UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic, with shades of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Germany during the 1930s]]. This makes the rise of the Galactic Empire analogous to the rise of UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, with Palpatine being a combination of Emperor {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}} and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. Played straight, however, with Naboo, where Padmé served two four-year terms as elected monarch.

* Andrey Livadny does this in his ''TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' books with the [[TheFederation Confederacy of Suns]], which has an elected president. Not much else is known about the politics of the Confederacy. Each planet also has its own government, although everyone is subject to Confederate laws. Before the Confederacy, there was the Earth Alliance, which seems to be between this and TheEmpire with their treatment of the colonies and brutal suppression of any resistance. The SpaceNavy ranks are still Russian, though, with the addition of the "Galact" prefix.

** Then you have Macronesia in Season 3, which is in a ColdWar-like state with [=UEO=]. They have a charismatic president, who doesn't shy from using illegal means to achieve his goals.

* TabletopGame/{{AT 43}}: The U.N.A.(United Nations of Ava) are based of ColdWar America, fighting space commies, and aliens.

* Used, and quite disturbingly subverted, by ''EscapeVelocity: Nova''. The Federation has a US-like government, especially compared to the [[ProudWarriorRace Aurorans]], who have a system based around clan elders, and the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Polaris]], who have a caste system. However, the US ([[ConspiracyTheories probably]]) isn't being [[TheManBehindTheMan run by]] [[StateSec the FBI]]. (Fortunately, there's also the fourth faction: the Rebellion against the Bureau.)

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': complete with a [[TheWildWest Wild West]] motif and allusions to TheAmericanCivilWar. On the other hand, there's extensive use of Chinese culture, with lots of use of Chinese-style dress, writing system, and language (but oddly, almost no Asian-looking people). The backstory explains the whole mess as the result of an alliance between the US and China.

* ''Film/{{TheFifthElement}}'' has the President of the Federated Territories, of which Earth, specifically New York, appears to be merely the capital city. This is possibly meant to reference the United Nations.