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Wales and Scotland are countries...

• LAC-Tech 5y ago
  Outside the UK, "country" usually means "independent state". The UK usage is more local than anything else, because if you're going to call Wales a country you'd really need to call things like Bavaria or Texas countries.
  • andrewxdiamond 5y ago
    To be fair, there’s a lot of Texans who would like to call Texas a country as well.
    • LAC-Tech 5y ago
      Right and you've illustrated my point - outside the UK country means "independent state". Inside the UK it seems to mean "Independent state + Wales + Scotland".
• andrewxdiamond 5y ago
  Do you mean to say that referring to countries as regions is incorrect? I thought “region” was a pretty generic term for geographic area, regardless of political boundaries