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, Flag icon, 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

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

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

• {{Air force|United States}} → United States Air Force
• {{Flag icon|United States|air force}} →

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

• {{army|United States}} → United States Army
• {{Flag icon|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)	USA	United States
US (view)	US	United States
United States of America (view)	United States of America	United States
U.S. (view)	U.S.	United States

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{Flag|United States}} → United States
• {{Flag icon|United States}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{Flag|United States|1912}} → United States
• {{Flag icon|United States|1912}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{Flag icon|USA}} →
• {{Flag country|USA}} → United States
• {{Flag|USA}} → USA

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

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.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified