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The Commonwealth of America (CoA or C.A.), commonly known as the Commonwealth or Red America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federation of 50 states, a federal capital district and one special autonomous republic.Outside the union of states, it asserts sovereignty over four major unincorporated island territories and various uninhabited islands. The country has the world's third-largest land area, second-largest exclusive economic zone, and third-largest population, exceeding 338 million.
Paleo-Indians migrated across the Bering land bridge more than 12,000 years ago. British colonization led to the first settlement of the Thirteen Colonies in Virginia in 1607. Clashes with the British Crown over taxation and political representation sparked the American Revolution, with the Second Continental Congress formally declaring independence on July 4, 1776. Following its victory in the Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the country continued to expand across North America. As more states were admitted, sectional division over slavery led to the secession of the Confederate States of America, which fought the remaining states of the Union during the 1861–1865 American Civil War. With the Union's victory and preservation, slavery was abolished nationally. By 1890, the United States had established itself as a great power. On 1917, a Point of divergence occurred between two worlds. The United States of America would declare itself neutral in World War I, later being caught in the Second American Civil War in one world, while another had placed as the victor of World War I. The two worlds experienced a Second World War, and it was by this time, January 1 1942 when Red America was transitioned into this world. The aftermath of the war left the Commonwealth, the British Empire and the Soviet Union as the world's superpowers, leading to the Cold War as these three nations engaged in a struggle for ideological dominance and international influence. Following the Soviet Union's collapse and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the Cold War would move to its most recent phase.
The Commonwealth government is a Federal Semi-Presidential Republic and syndicalist state with three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. It has a bicameral national legislature composed of the National Worker's Congress, a lower house based on population; and the Senate, an upper house based on equal representation for each state. Substantial autonomy is given to states and several territories, with a political culture that emphasizes liberty, equality under the law, individual rights, and limited government.
One of the world's most developed countries, the Commonwealth has had the largest nominal GDP since 1890 and accounted for 15% of the global economy in 2023. It possesses by far the largest amount of wealth of any country and the highest median income per capita of any non-microstate. Its hard power and cultural influence have a global reach. The Commonwealth is a founding member of the Organization of American States, Worker's Internationale, Pacific Economic Community and World Health Organization.