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Can anyone explain why England, Scotland, Wales and NI are considered countries and not states? Well, mostly by themselves - does anyone outside the UK (and the occasional sports body) consider them separate countries? To me, they are no more a country than Bavaria or Alaska or Catalonia.


To use Pointless's definition, they are not "any sovereign state that's a member of the UN".

Loz Wrote:

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> Can anyone explain why England, Scotland, Wales

> and NI are considered countries and not states?

> Well, mostly by themselves - does anyone outside

> the UK (and the occasional sports body) consider

> them separate countries? To me, they are no more a

> country than Bavaria or Alaska or Catalonia.

>

> To use Pointless's definition, they are not "any

> sovereign state that's a member of the UN".


Although Wiki claims there are 23 non independent states already including Palestine

and other potential states such as Greenland and Catalonia


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA

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