Name

After all, what's in a name? It's just words. Why give it much thought? It will still be defined by its attributes be it a person or a nation, so then a name is just complimentary or a contradiction. Consider our country's given name. Certainly, there were other possibilities. Such as the Common States, except that they're not. Or, the Similar States, but that's never been true. Or, the Federated States, except free people will not be centralized. Or, the Independent States, which of course lacks any mutual support. Apparently, our country's final name describes a more ideal nation as yet unrealized by the errant and unreliable cooperation between the various regions. Nonetheless, we are the imperfectly United States, the grand experiment, still discovering our own liberty.