The impression I get is that americans that regularly use the internet to willingly interact with those on other landmasses are generally more tolerant and also come across as more intelligent.
Those that are your vocal minority (I hope for the whole world's sake that it's a minority) seem to see the world map as the USA, surrounded by "here be dragons" on the rest of the map.

Also my understanding is that the USA has no official language.
Not that it applies to the layout of the WipeoutHD site, but for that reason alone, using the stars and stripes to represent a language on a website is a flawed concept.

in other news: loving being able to see the weapons in the nose of the ships waiting for activation.
We finally have a visual confirmation that that is the method used, rather than picking up the arsenal from the weapons pads