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I'm not sure this is true > There are many more nations than there are countries, especially within the US. Each US state has "a political boundary, a flag an
by hnfong 3y ago
I'm not sure this is true
> There are many more nations than there are countries, especially within the US.
Each US state has "a political boundary, a flag and an anthem". So that's 50 of them. How many nations are there in the US?
- dragonwriter 3y agoIt’s “true” if you, as the GP seems to intend to, define “country” to be “state that is sovereign in the sense of a principal subject of international law”. This is, to say the least, not the only definition of a “country” (and is also among the definitions of “nation”.)
- hnfong 3y ago"Country" definitely does not mean "sovereign states" in English. And I do mean "English" because in the UK, England, Scotland and Wales are officially considered "countries" by the UK government...
- tialaramex 3y agoIf you care, you definitely need to specify what you mean, e.g. the British gameshow "Pointless" has a catch phrase: "And by 'country' we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right" So if you're asked for "country names ending in land" on the show they'll invariably remind you of the definition and you ought to then know Scotland is plain wrong, whereas Ireland is a reasonable although obvious (so not "Pointless") attempt to answer.
- hiatus 3y ago> There are many more nations than there are countries, especially within the US. I took this to include things like first nations and reservations which are themselves "sovereign".