Template:Country data United States

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Template:Country data United States is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`United States`	Main article name (United States)
`flag alias`	`Flag of the United States.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the United States.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flagcountry\|alias}}` output
`USA` (view)	Template:Flag	Template:Flagcountry
`US` (view)	Template:Flag	Template:Flagcountry
`United States of America` (view)	Template:Flag	Template:Flagcountry
`U.S.` (view)	Template:Flag	Template:Flagcountry

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|United States}} → Template:Flag
{{flagicon|United States}} → Template:Flagicon

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United States|1776}} → Template:Flag
{{flagicon|United States|1776}} → Template:Flagicon

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|USA}} → Template:Flagicon
{{flagcountry|USA}} → Template:Flagcountry
{{flag|USA}} → Template:Flag

Military ensigns

This nation's naval ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Naval produces the following:

{{naval|United States}} → Template:Naval

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|United States}} → Template:Air force
{{flagicon|United States|air force}} → Template:Flagicon

This template includes a space force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Space force:

{{space force|United States}} → Template:Space force
{{flagicon|United States|space force}} → Template:Flagicon

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:

{{marines|United States}} → Template:Marines
{{flagicon|United States|marines}} → Template:Flagicon

This nation's military ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template: Armed forces produces the following:

{{Armed forces|United States}} → Template:Armed forces

This template includes a navy flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|United States}} → Template:Navy
{{flagicon|United States|navy}} → Template:Flagicon

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|United States}} → Template:Coast guard
{{flagicon|United States|coast guard}} → Template:Flagicon

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|United States}} → Template:Army
{{flagicon|United States|army}} → Template:Flagicon

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data United States

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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Installation Instructions

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