Republic of Vespuccia

My proposal for a renaming of the United States of America. It is presumptuous and confusing for US citizens to refer to themselves as Americans. Presumptuous like the way NBA championships are referred to as World championships yet the US hasn't won the last 2 major international competitions (including the damn World Championships!) But I digress. Confusing like the fact that a square is a rectangle, but you don't go around saying to every square you see, "hey there, rectangle". We can all still be 'Americans' just like Canadians, Mexicans, Colombians, Brasilians, etc... can all be as well, but when it's time to get specific, we no longer need to bother with the "I'm a US citizen" or "I'm a USAer" (which no one says) thing that always sounds lame, like a Michael Douglas comment in an 80's movie. We will be Vespuccians. And we're still named after ol' Amerigo so no need to fret there if that's your concern. Other countries around the world are always renaming themselves, why not us? And perhaps we'll volunteer to give up Alaska so Israel can move themselves there in their entirety and solve that whole Middle East crap as well. This will re-elevate our status in the world, which has crumbled so severely in the last few years, and signify a brand new start. Take off a star from the flag (or just plug Puerto Rico in there and keep the old one) and pick a new national anthem, such as that song "America" (we'll have to rewrite some lyrics, replace references to 'America' with 'Vespuccia' and remove that god reference). Regardless I'm down with it because I have a hard time not laughing now during the "Star Spangled Banner" due to Leslie Nielsen in the Naked Gun.