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And a little further below, it says: > The United Kingdom consists of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. So, I guess
by jolmg 8y ago
And 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.