In the U.S.’ --- refers EXCLUSIVELY to Geography within the U.S.

The FSIA's term “United States” is narrowly construed to mean only “the continental United States and those islands that are part of the United States and its possessions,” Amerada Hess , 488 U.S. at 440, 109 S.Ct. 683, and does not include territories over which the United States might exercise some form of jurisdiction. See id. at 440–41, 109 S.Ct. 683 ; Persinger v. Islamic Rep. of Iran , 729 F.2d 835, 839 (D.C.Cir.1984). For example, the “high seas” fall outside the FSIA's definition of the “United States” even though the high seas might otherwise be within the United States' admiralty jurisdiction. Amerada Hess , 488 U.S. at 440–41, 109 S.Ct. 683. Similarly, a U.S. embassy in a foreign country does not constitute the “United States” for purposes of the FSIA because, even though the United States exercises certain forms of jurisdiction over its embassies, embassies are not within the continental United States and are not islands or possessions of the United States. Persinger , 729 F.2d at 839–842. See also Perez v. The Bahamas , 652 F.2d 186, 189 n.1 (D.C.Cir.1981) (expressing doubt that a territory falling within the “Fishery Conservation Zone suffices as territory of the United States within the meaning of the FSIA” because it was clear that Congress intended the Fishery Conservation Management Act to extend U.S. jurisdiction only for limited maritime purposes).