United States of America

The United States of America, also known as the United States, was a former nation of Earth. "America" and "American" are also terms used in reference to the United States.

Early history
In 1775, the United States Marine Corps was founded, elements of which would be passed down to the UNSC Marine Corps.

The "first" American Civil War was fought from 1861-1865. One of the factions was the Union army.

20th and 21st-century
During World War II, Isoroku Yamamoto crippled the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.

At the end of the 20th-century, America was considered in a financial bubble. By 1996, US Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell has an was the 6th human being to have walked on Luna.

In 2004, Melissa, an Artificial intelligence from 2552, hijacked a portion of the US payphone infrastructure. This resulted in payphone calls by her to Alaska, Kentucky and Montana.

URNA
The political remnants of the United States would go on to be a part of the United Republic of North America.

Geography

 * Alaska
 * California
 * San Francisco
 * Kentucky
 * Indiana
 * Wisconsin
 * Illinois

List of appearances

 * I love bees
 * Halo: Contact Harvest
 * Halo: Evolutions
 * The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole