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How do you figure that it's not a country? I upvoted when I thought it was a genuine question, but now I wonder what point you're trying to make. FWIW, wikiped
by kgermino 8y ago
How do you figure that it's not a country? I upvoted when I thought it was a genuine question, but now I wonder what point you're trying to make.
FWIW, wikipedia says "The United Kingdom (UK),[15] officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and sometimes referred to as Britain,[note 10] is a sovereign country located off the north-western coast of the European mainland."
Note the words "sovereign country"
- jolmg 8y agoAnd a little further below, it says: > The United Kingdom consists of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. So, I guess the confusion is in having a country with countries inside. Personally, I don't know what's going on there.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoTo some degree, this is insanely ambiguous. I would argue in some respects that the EU's members are largely analogous to US states, for a variety of reasons. But the EU's members have the right to leave, maintain their own militaries, and have seats at the UN. Whether or not a country is a country is inherently entirely determined by whether or not other countries agree it is a country, and any other distinction between what is and is not a country is largely meaningless.
- Chris2048 8y agoMaybe, but a sovereign country requires a centralized government. The government of Scotland has representation in Westminster, but I'm not sure to what extend this means there is only one government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Government