With all that is happening around the world, I lost the ability to recognize when someone is being ironic or not. So I’m going to assume this is a genuine question, otherwise I wouldn’t engage in a discussion.

Yes, I do actually know a lot who doesn’t. On the top of my head I remember Brazil. There, the normal way of saying is what can be roughly translated to “Unitedstater”

Another example is France. There you might hear both terms normally.