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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	wikipedia:United States	Main article name (wikipedia:United States)
flag alias	Flag of the United States.svg	Image name (File:Flag of the United States.svg, shown above right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1912		US flag 48 stars.svg
1959	40px	US flag 49 stars.svg
coast guard	40px	Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg
air force	40px	Flag of the United States Air Force.png
army	40px	Flag of the United States Army (1775).gif

Military ensigns

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

• {{navy|Template:Str right}} → {{country data Template:Str right

| navy/core | variant = | size = | name = }} This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

• {{air force|Template:Str right}} → Template:Air force
• {{flagicon|Template:Str right|air force}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flagicon/core|variant=air force|size=}}

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

• {{army|Template:Str right}} → Template:Army
• {{flagicon|Template:Str right|army}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flagicon/core|variant=army|size=}}

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:Country data USA	Template:Country data USA
US (view)	Template:Country data US	Template:Country data US
United States of America (view)	United States of America	wikipedia:United States
U.S. (view)	Template:Country data U.S.	Template:Country data U.S.

Example usage

• {{flag|Template:Str right}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flag/core|name=Template:Str right|variant=|size=}}
• {{flagicon|Template:Str right}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}}

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Template:Str right|1912}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flag/core|name=Template:Str right|variant=1912|size=}}
• {{flagicon|Template:Str right|1912}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flagicon/core|variant=1912|size=}}

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|USA}} → Template:Country data USA
• {{flagcountry|USA}} → Template:Country data USA
• {{flag|USA}} → Template:Country data USA

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