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It depends a lot on the nature of the miracle that created this new nation. Let's consider some questions.How many states would there be?It makes sense that every Caribbean and Latin American nation would become at least one US state in its own right, but would larger nations (like Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Argentina) become more than one state? Would we combine all of our non-state Caribbean territory (much of which is currently many territories of many European nations, but I'm assuming the miracle makes them territories of the USA instead) into one Pan-Caribbean state?There would be a minimum of 34 new US states, one for each independent nation in the Western Hemisphere (the USA itself excluded). If we united all of the territories into one state as well, that would create a new Union of 85 states represented by 170 Senators.Personally, I would split up every nation with more than 30 million population into multiple US states (including California, but not in this particular answer). Very populous states lose some of their political influence, and that's gonna really irritate the newly united parts of the Western Hemispheric Nation. Whatever their sub-national political divisions already are in reality, those borders would be retained for the states of the new nation. Thus:The USA provides 50 states.Brazil provides 26 states.Mexico provides 31 states.Colombia provides 33 states.Argentina provides 23 states.Canada provides 10 states.Peru provides 25 states.Venezuela provides 23 states.25 nations would each be included as independent states. Alphabetically and with populous nations (>10 million people) in bold, they are: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay.If given a choice between being part of a Pan-Caribbean US state or a US state in their own right, I think Puerto Rico would opt to be a US state. I'm giving them that. (As things actually are now, they have a plurality in support of the status quo, and the rest are divided between statehood and independence.)All of the rest of the Caribbean territories would be included collectively as one Caribbean State of America that would include (in alphabetical order): Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, the Caribbean Netherlands, the Cayman Islands, Curaçao, the Falkland Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin and Sint Maarten (same island, divided by language), the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Virgin Islands (UK and US). (It's a stretch to call Bermuda "Caribbean," but I'm including it anyway.)All of the North American territories, including the Canadian territories, the French possession of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Greenland would be included as one state as well.That creates 250 total states. You think it's hard to memorize all 50 states now? Just wait until there are 250 of them, most of them not named in English!That's 500 Senators. Today we have 435 Representatives and 100 Senators; keeping that same proportion, we'd have 2,175 Representatives in the new system. There'd be an average of one Representative for every 400,000 people (747,000 in Guyana, 71,000 in Dominica) and one Senator for ever 2.5 million people (9,000,000 in Chile, 35,500 in Dominica). We'd need an absolutely massive Capital building for these vastly more numerous Congressmen to meet in. There'd be 2,675 electoral votes up for grabs in the Presidential Election, with 1,338 required to win. The population of the new nation would be about a billion. More than 2/3rds of voters and roughly 3/4ths of Congressmen (from both houses) would be from outside of the existing borders of the United States of America. Surely, politics would be dramatically changed.Of course, if you're not going to maintain existing national borders, these figures become very rough and vague. But somewhere between 85 and 250 new states is a reasonable ballpark, with the likeliest answer being somewhere in the middle (about 170 maybe?).What language(s) would citizens speak?"English as the official language" would absolutely disappear as a political issue. By my quick, rough estimate, the new population would be about 36% English-speaking, 41% Spanish-speaking, 21% Portuguese-speaking, and 2% other languages (mostly French, Dutch, and native languages).We might need to establish a new branch of representative government to represent the major languages, acting as popularly elected advisers of the federal government on behalf of language groups and tasked with making sure the operations of government are understood in these major languages. I'm thinking 2 linguistic capitals for English (perhaps one in Ottawa and one in Jamaica), 2 capital districts for Spanish (maybe on in Honduras' Distrito Central and one in Argentina's federal district), one linguistic capital for Portuguese (in Brazil's federal district). Each of these linguistic capitals would also be charged with providing for linguistic minorities living in places where their language is the majority, and for the two languages that have two capitals each they would exercise that charge within a jurisdiction of the country/hemisphere. Personally, I'd much rather see education handled by linguistic capitals rather than nationally; the states mostly don't do so great on their own, but there are regional differences across the Americas that reasonably may want education to focus on regional history and culture.Where would we live?One aspect of American culture that would, I imagine, surely be unaltered by such a miracle is freedom to travel anywhere within the national borders. With with all territory in the Western Hemisphere united (however nominally) under one government, all issues of immigration that do not require long trips across vast oceans would vanish. The United States would no longer prevent immigration across it's southern border, since it would no longer be a national border at all. Ditto Mexico and it's southern border with Guatemala, Cuban emigration, and a hundred other border enforcement problems. Money, drugs, and especially people would flow across every border from places where they now exist to places where they are desired and (in the case of people) desire to be. It would be interesting to see how the slow-but-constant mass migration would alter the population map of the United Americas.What about political parties?Different language-majority areas are likely to be divided by greater differences than language alone. A Spanish-speaking Mexican and a Portuguese-speaking Brazilian are likely to have more dividing them (politically, if in no other way) than language alone.Thus, I imagine the political parties would be divided, either appealing from the party ideology to the different major language groups or appealing to the left and right of the ideology within the different language groups. Either way, we'd end up with at least six de facto major parties: English Right, Spanish Right, Portuguese Right, English Left, Spanish Left, and Portuguese Left. Perhaps there would be far more, divided in many other ways.There might be a similar division between Catholics and Protestants. The United States has avoided that thus far, but Quebec and Latin America would surely have more adamant pro-Catholic voters than the current United States system is prepared for. Protestants, the non-religious, and minority religions might unite out of some fear of Catholic domination. (There's a lot of anti-Catholic paranoia in American history; it's baseless, but it might reemerge powerfully if the status quo were so unexpectedly and radically altered.) Especially if we abandon the "big tent" parties and the congressional system that requires them, religious parties may become highly influential.Former nations might establish congressional caucuses or even political parties devoted to the interests of their (was national, now regional) area.Whether this turns out to be many official parties or yet another way in which the big two parties are loose collections of diverse factions (suddenly a great many more, much more diverse factions), I can't guess. I prefer the latter, as would roughly half of Americans and a small faction of the rest of the hemisphere. But the other 5/6ths of the population would probably get their way, and we'd fundamentally alter the party and political system to be more parliamentary and less congressional (dozens of parties, narrow party ideology, majority parties get their way in essentially all things, maybe even coalition governments and Marxist parties winning elections). American tradition might be the strongest single influence on the nature of the new system, but it would be absolutely buried under the sheer number of other influences.What about soccer/international football?The massive new nation would surely have the best soccer team humankind has ever seen. Just sayin'.

The Cayman Islands is a British overseas Territory, so are Bermuda,British Virgin Island, Nevis ,Turk and Cacious Islands,Monsterat .Most of the other islands are independent states within the British Commonwealth that have The Queen as their ceremonial Head of State. They include Bahamas Islands, ST.Kitts, among others. Trinidad and Guyana are Republics within the Commonwealth. Cuba is an Independent state,formerly a colony of Spain without membership of the Commonwealth,and so are Hati and Dominican Republic which share the Island of Hispaniola are former colonies of Spain and France. In the British Territories I see no problem provided you have a current passport. Though they are territories they have normal immigration control but there is no problem moving from one to the other. No real problem exist going from one commonwealth territory to another with a current British passport.These being independent countries may have some minor variation to their entries and exit procedures but easier for fellow commonwealth citizens than for non-commonwealth. I am not too familiar with the procedures in the former French,Dutch,and Spanish colonies.Puerto Rico is a US territory as well as is US Virgin Islands which are governed udder US Laws have their own procedures of which i am not familiar.HOWEVER GET HOLD OF A TOURISM BOOKLET FOR THE ISLAND(S) OF YOUR DESIRED VISIT AND THOROUGHLY FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE PROCEDURES BEFORE SETTING OUT ON YOUR ISLANDS-HOP TOUR. Good luck on your tour.

I’ve been to almost every EU country and I deffo thought there were some very underrated places that need more attention! Here is my personal list;(“what are the least known EU countries to visit?” was the original question hence the EU comment. Later, I put non EU one in also.)Slovenia -A super beautiful small country just next to Italy and Austria, it has so much cool stuff. Highlights were the beautiful Slovenian Alps -or walking around its small capital Ljubljana. Described on wikitravel as having “no world famous landmarks, which is great, gives you time to wander and enjoy the relaxed city”. To me it looked like a tiny Paris (minus the air pollution and angry people) mixed with Edinburgh. Very Baroque.OR visit Lake Bled with its stunning blue water and dotted castles and churches -To top it off the people are lovely and a lot of folk can speak Italian or English or German which makes communication easy. Slovenes have great food too and a cosmopolitan attitude. I think one of the best things about the country is that its small size makes getting around pretty easy and the whole countryside is beautiful, so taking a train will give you stunning views. The country is definitely underrated.BulgariaBulgaria gained admission to the EU in 2007. People where I am from are quite mean about Bulgaria, making digs at its corruption problems and apparent poverty, so when I was there last year, I was surprised at how amazing a country it is. Unique is how I would describe it. A true mix of Southern Slavic, Turkic, Russian, Romanian and unique Bulgarian elements make up its unique culture.Sophia is a wonderful and interesting city FULL of cathedrals. Seriously I've never seen so many bloody cathedrals.Also, when I visited it was during the winter. Bulgaria gets infamously snowy winters which make it look like this;It was like a winter wonderland. And everyone was having fun in the snow in this big park. If you don’t like cold however you can always journey to the Black Sea where it is warm and lovely.The food was great as you would expect from a country with so many influences, the country was not expensive by the standards of more western European countries and the people were incredibly friendly. The only downside was that Bulgarian is a hard language to understand to the uninitiated. Its written in Cyrillic and only really Bulgarian young people or people who work in tourism will speak good English. A few of the older folk could speak Russian and some folk could speak Turkish.Romania -Romania is by far the best country I have visited recently. Its probably my favourite country in Europe at the moment. It’s a very unique country with a stunning countryside and bursting with the strange and exotic. To begin, I need to mention the countryside, particularly in the Carpathians, where I was hitchhiking.There’s all the castles that burst randomly out of the horizon.And the odd random thing that you just stumble upon like this;or these unique ancient Romanian (EDIT Some folk in my comments were arguing if they were Romanian Orthodox or old Hungarian Catholic, I am fairly sure the ones I were in were Romanian and Orthodox but I am not an expert on Orthodoxy and to me it can look quite Catholic, regardless, they were awesome. EDIT again: Apparently 3 against one says the ones I am talking about are Romanian) churches -The cities in the part I was in are absolutely stunning like Sibiu -or Sighisoara -OR Brasovwhich had its own cheeky Hollywood signEDIT: I finally got to go to Bucharest in Jan of ’20 and I can confirm it is indeed awesome. Very eclectic city full of different architectural styles! It had the infamous huge “Socialist Versailles” that is the parliament building, huge big avenues with brutalist terraces, a pretty and baroque old town and modern glassy offices all right next to each other. The food was cracking too! Man I love Polenta!Plus it has the heaviest building in the world made out of pure marble. Parliament of Romania - WikipediaWhat else can I say? Romanian is a fascinating language which is actually a Latin Romance language similar to old Italian or French with many Slavic loan words. The culture is fairly unique to Romania. It’s known as the home-place of Dracula and vampires (although he wasn’t in when I was at his castle, probably lives in the Cayman Islands the tax evading noble!). The best way to get around the country is hitchhiking, which is all but a national pastime in the country. Very easy to get a ride and everyone was incredibly friendly and helpful. They also had some fascinating Roma/Gypsie folk cultural sites if that is your interest (bit of a shame since many folk are racist towards them although Romania is by FAAR not the worst country for that). I mainly remember the Roma/Gypsie folk for their colourful clothes and great music.It also has bears…. Bears are awesome.(and wolves)This is getting long so I will only do a few more shorter honorary mentions -BelgiumPeople joke that Belgium is boring or plain (probably due to its high urbanisation and lack of countryside; FUN FACT; Belgium’s Motorway system makes the country visible from the moon due to the fact its completely lit - Belgium can (still) be easily spotted from space) but it is definitely not true. It is a fascinating patchwork country full of interesting buildings and a quite odd culture. It has strong elements of French and Dutch culture blended into a unique Belgian one. Many Belgians joked to me that Belgium has no national identity, which IS Belgium’s national identity.The best thing about it is hands down the cuisine. Belgium has undoubtedly some of the best food in Europe with world famous chocolate makers and high quality beer. Its a food lovers paradise. Everything I ate there was amazing if a little pricey. If its too pricey however, you hop on over to the many Moroccan or African restaurants and takeaways from the immigrant groups in the country and enjoy their fine food! 15 typical Belgian dishes (+ where to eat this food in Brussels)EDIT: Someone asked where the hell I got the motorway from the moon thing, its a bit of a tongue in cheek joke that a few Belgians remarked to me when I was there. Obviously there are lots of urban zones you can see from the moon. The joke was that “you may not be able to see the Great Wall of China from the moon, but you can see Belgium’s Autobahn!”Luxembourg -This tiny state is just under Belgium and the Netherlands and makes up part of the Benelux countries. I won’t lie, I expected little of it because of it’s reputation as a bit of a tax haven (Luxembourg's Tax Haven Status Defined) but I was surprised to find that the place is beautiful and really chill. It has one major city, Luxembourg City, so the whole country can easily be seen in one or two days. I can’t say what I liked about it, was just a pretty place and easy to wander. Most definitely worth not missing out.EstoniaNext to the Baltic Sea and below Finland there is Estonia. A very underrated country and another unique one often missed off of Europe travel guides. It has verdant forests, glorious Baltic beaches and a medieval walled citadel for its capital city Tallinn. It’s language is unique, only vaguely related to Hungarian and Finish but pretty much a world apart from every other EU language. Also they are the most internet heavy country in the world and apparently they were planning on making public transport and internet access free for all citizens, which is pretty cool! Keep an eye on them, they may out Nordic the Nordic countries one day.SlovakiaPeople often visit its more touristy cousin to the north (Edit: Someone rightly pointed out is it more west than north but where I was I came from the north, hence my mistake), Czechia/Czech Rep but Slovakia is beautiful in it’s own right. It has mountains and castles and fortresses dotting its countryside. I will be honest and admit that my favourite thing in the country was the people and the food. Everyone in Bratislava did nothing but crack self depreciating jokes about ruined buildings, the fact that they do cheaper beer than the Czechs, the Cold War etc. There is a bridge in Bratislava that looks like a concrete UFO. One local told me it has a best view of Bratislava from the top, mainly because its the only place you can’t see the bridge from! And my god the food was good. Pure hearty Slavic glory. I had a mushroom soup in a ruined pub which came in a bowl made of bread, which filled me up despite being a starter. The owner kept insisting that I had some of his homemade blueberry wine, which he didn’t charge me for ( and got me hammered). Good memories of a great country.Ugh that picture is making me hungry :(JUUUUST a few more then I’ll stop honest! The question specified EU so I didn't mention the non EU countries that I think are definitely underrated also.North Macedonia is hands down one of the oddest countries I have ever been in. Half built neo classical buildings next to quaint Slavic houses next to pirate ship themed pubs. Street gamblers and markets with tasty fried food. Just a very odd place. One for visitors who like countries that are different and off the path. I definitely enjoyed my visit to this emerging country just getting back on its feet. I would love to go back to Skopje in the future when it is completed. It will look very cool. Since it is one of the least visited countries in Europe, expect questions and interest in you from locals if you look like a traveller.Albania - The “wild south”, Albania gets a bad rep, particularly because of its poverty and crime in the 1990s chaos of the post cold war. In reality it is a stunningly nice Mediterranean country with ancient ruins, blue lakes, high mountains and gorgeous beaches. It is a cheap country by European standards. It is a unique Muslim majority country and has its own language group making it different to other European countries. What else can I say? Food was excellent, people were lovely. Only downsides were the heat (it was 37 C when I was there, far too much for a Scot) and the fact that the history is super depressing. My favourite thing was that in Italy and Spain and Greece, ancient ruins are often bogged with tourists and inaccessible. In Albania, however, the ruins were often empty and free to view since tourism is only just picking up.Bosnia and Herzegovina - The chill brother of the Balkans. The best thing about Bosnia was the people. People are very friendly and hospitable. Like Albania, Bosnia is one of the few Muslim majority countries in Europe, therefore its culture and traditions are pretty unique. Mostar is a strikingly beautiful town. Bosnia has the charm and beauty of the other Balkan countries but adds its own Islamic flavour. Its a shame that its reputation is marred by the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, where Bosnia was heavily damaged. The scars left by Europe’s most recent war are still there and the memorials to them are very moving. In Sarajevo, they have pink concrete that was used to fill in holes from shells. They are now called pink roses and serve as a reminded of what happens when neighbours fight.(I added a few more as per suggestions, after much deliberation. Plus I never know when to stop :D )Wales - The most underrated country in the UK. I often feel sorry for Wales, lots of folk abroad ain’t even heard of it or assume it is a part of England but it is a land of its own with a unique Celtic culture and a stunning landscape. It has been much more successful than Scotland and Ireland at keeping their language alive. Welsh is an original British Celtic language and when it is spoken (and when Welsh people speak English with a strong Welsh accent) it has a lovely singsong quality. Wales is the land of “song and sword” and has many ancient folk traditions. It is said to be the legendary home of King Arthur and Merlin and it is said that mystical druids roam its green, craggy hills *insert dramatic music*. Some of the best meat in the UK is from Wales (their signature dish being Welsh rack of lamb with rosemary). Wales also has stunning Norman castles and great craggy hiking routes including the largest hill in the UK outside of the Scottish Highlands, Mount Snowdon. I included it in this list because although it is technically a part of the UK (I’m gonna avoid a debate here about what counts as a country, although I personally count Scotland as a country and not a region so I apply that logic to England and Wales and NI too) people often miss it out in travel plans of the British Isles. Ireland, Scotland and England are well travelled tourist destinations but Wales tends only to be popular among other UK people. This is changing and so it should!Also it is where Dr Who is filmed. Only downside is good luck pronouncing them place names and not being laughed at by Welshmen!Ooh and one more thing, it has the coolest flag.. like ever…. (although I do like Albania too, its like an evil space empire)Norway - After much deliberation, I decided that Norway is indeed underrated. I was thinking that it is actually quite a well rated place but I guess there are not many folk I know that take deliberate holidays there with the exception of cruises or mental hikers trying to get to the arctic.Anyways Norway is the Westernmost, Northernmost and Easternmost (yeah take that, geography!) of the Scandinavian countries. It is one of the wealthiest and most modern countries in the world that scores highly on satisfaction and happiness. Many people think of just Oslo when going to Norway but that would be a tragic waste, as Norway’s beauty lies in it’s wilderness it my opinion. The Fjords (sea valleys) that cut into the coast of the country are stunning and the North contains the great stretch of arctic tundra as well as the famous midnight sun. It is the land of Vikings and has fantastic pagan historical sights as well as early Christian and even neolithic historical sites, preserved by its lack of destruction caused by the encroach of large cities. In the north, it has enclaves of Sami people (a northern Inuit like culture, distinct from other Scandinavians and Finns).Bergen is a gorgeous city right on the Fjords and Norweigians are some of the chillest and most tolerant people on Earth. Basically though, you don’t leave Norway without a profound appreciation for nature.ONE MORE I SWEAR!Finland - Sorry Finland I forgot about you! Definitely an underrated place! I have a big soft spot for Finland mainly because of the people. Finnish people have one of the driest senses of humour in the world. The “worlds most social awkward country” has much to offer. It is Santa’s gaff and has 188,000 lakes, nestled between its gorgeous sprawling forests. Although the population is small and cities are few, the scenery is really what is best about the place I think. I went twice, once in winter when it was mega snowy and gorgeous and once in autumn where the trees were a burnt orange and the sun was always evening. It is the most reliable place in Europe to catch Northern Lights. Finland is a unique country culturally. The folk there rightfully were proud of the fact that no where is quite like Finland. Often mistakenly called Scandinavian, Finns are their own ethnic group and speak a complicated as hell language not related to anything, except a little bit of Estonian and Hungarian. The country has great food, sooo much fish and unlike some places, you never want more. A Finn will feed you good! In a nutshell its an eccentric country right on the top of Europe, off all the major routes but not worth missing out! OOH and did I even mention the saunas? Sauna is a Finish word! That means you know they are great!Only downside is the lack of light in winter causes pretty bad depression. In fact Finland’s suicide rate is pretty high :( … they get around it though by drinking MAD amounts of coffee. Finnish coffee culture is one-of-a-kindAlso I’m like.. 90% sure everyone in Finland gives zero f***s.Ah love to you Finland! You strange land!Places that I ain’t seen but have been told are great to visit include - Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, Ukraine, Belarus, Montenegro and Moldova to name a few! If Turkey and Russia count as being in Europe I would say definitely them also! (provided Putin or Erdogan don’t ban me from entering haha!)That about wraps it up! Europe is huge and very diverse which makes it great to see. As you can see from my answer, I have a bit of a biased towards the eastern side of Europe but that is mainly because the question specified lesser known countries. France, Germany, Spain, Italy etc are all fantastic countries to see but they are not underrated or unknown, rather they are well known tourist destinations. The countries I mentioned have arguably as nice as or nicer stuff in them than popular tourist countries however suffer from negative stereotypes and a lack of awareness.Good luck with the travelling and sorry about the insanely long answer! Pictures paint a thousand words as they say!P.S I was gonna use my own photos but unfortunately my old laptop hard drive died and until I fix it I cannot access them :(EDIT: A lot of folk mentioned Poland, but where I am from Poland is a popular tourist destination with regular flights going to it almost all the time. I don’t know if other countries visit Poland a lot but I don’t consider it underrated. It gets the credit it deserves usually. Irritatingly, I have not been there. Will definitely go soon.EDIT: Thanks to folk for the editing suggestions! Also thanks to everyone who provided me fascinating info on some of the countries I mentioned or made suggestions of places still to see! There is so much to see in just my tiny continent that it sometimes makes me overwhelmed by the thought of my future plans to see Asia, Africa or the Americas. My next big continent to aim for would probably be North America or Africa. Always had a thing for Ethiopia (the homeland of mankind!) or Mexico (so beautiful looking).I’m surprised this answer got so many up-votes so quickly! Thanks everyone! I love travelling and I hope you love those places as much as I did. A bad experience can ruin an image of a place entirely (like me and Dublin, where I got bottled, TWICE!) but I genuinely believe if you are a respectful tourist who actually wants to see things and shows genuine interest, people are more than happy to show you their countries!