Template:Country data United States

Template documentation

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.

File:Information icon4.svg

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

File:Flag of the United States.svg

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 above right)

Flag variants

Military ensigns

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

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

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}} →

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

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

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`)`	File:Flag of the United States.svg USA	Flag of United States United States
`US (`view`)`	Template:Country data US	Template:Country data US
`United States of America (`view`)`	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States of America	Flag of United States United States
`U.S. (`view`)`	Template:Country data U.S.	Template:Country data U.S.

Example usage

{{flag|United States}} → File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
{{flagicon|United States}} → United States

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United States|1776}} → File:Flag of the United States (1776–1777).svg United States
{{flagicon|United States|1776}} → United States

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|USA}} → United States
{{flagcountry|USA}} → Flag of United States United States
{{flag|USA}} → File:Flag of the United States.svg USA

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