The USA as a country...

At his meeting with Queen Elizabeth last night, George W. Bush turned to
the
Queen and said: "As I'm the President, I'm thinking of changing how my
great
country is referred to, and I'm thinking that it should be a Kingdom."
The Queen replied "I'm sorry Mr. Bush, but to be a Kingdom, you have to
have
a King in charge - and you're not a King."
George Bush thought a while and then said: "How about a Principality then?"
To which the Queen replied. "Again, to be a Principality you have to be a
Prince - and you're not a Prince, Mr. Bush."
George thought long and hard and came up with "How about an Empire then?"
The Queen, getting a little annoyed by now, replied "Sorry again, Mr. Bush,
but to be an Empire you must have an Emperor in charge - and you are not an
Emperor." Before George W could utter another word, The Queen said: "I
think
you're doing quite nicely as a Country."