But just say USA then? If you say anything else (however big a component of it the USA is) it just sounds pointedly like 'not just the USA but those others too'

But just say USA then? If you say anything else (however big a component of it the USA is) it just sounds pointedly like 'not just the USA but those others too'. I don't talk about 'the former British Empire' or 'the Commonwealth' or something when I mean the UK. (Or in the other direction, 'GB' or 'England' pointedly exclude Northern Ireland or Wales & Scotland too. The St George flag (of England) has football hooliganism associations somewhat as a consequence of that.)