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I was born and raised in the UK and I still can't explain to people how it works. Are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland separate countries? Is the U
by kingcharles 5y ago
I was born and raised in the UK and I still can't explain to people how it works. Are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland separate countries? Is the UK a country? It's countries all the way down.
- mFixman 5y agoThe UK is an unitary state with 3 autonomous areas that have different devolved levels of self-governance, similar to Italy or (in theory) China. The difficult part comes from calling these autonomous areas "countries".