googlegoon (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

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PFCAhammed (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

i acknowledge that scotland is more devolved and may one day be an independent nation again. but just because it has legal independence and its own jurisdiction has teeth, that doesn't make it a country. if that was the case the united states would actually be 52 different countries. i only cited the CIA world factbook as a well known frame of reference, any other source from wikipedia to encyclopedia britannica will tell you the exact same thing. ie, scotland is not a country.

paranoia4132 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Scotland has its own legal system, education system, administrates its own government spending and healthcare. Wales and England are a lot more connected to each other than Scotland is. England's laws apply to Wales in its entirety.There are different levels of union within the UK, the 3 mainland "provinces" are countries in their own right and N. Ireland is an administrative "province". The CIA isn't a good source for info about countries that aren't the USA.

elliflint (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I have no problem getting onto infowars... and I'm in buttfuck China...

PFCAhammed (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

the EU is a federation/partnership of countries. the UK is a kingdom (ie country) of formerly independent nations.you know what im going to say now dont you? yes, google EU member states and you wont find wales or scotland on the list, but the *UK*, which*is*the*country. yes there is a process of devolution,which is a complex issue. but its not fully complete, hence scotland is not a country.emotionally to you it is,but not in actual reality.

LiahUK (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

The UK is as the name implies: a UNITED KINGDOM which consists of a union of countries. The EU is also a union of countries, but you wouldn't call Europe a country, would you?The fact that Wales, NI and Scotland have devolved governments should also be a clue. I'm from Scotland and we're what is called a "constituent member country" of the UK. We're still a country in our own right, but part of a political union with another country.

PFCAhammed (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

whats your source? wikipedia? don't make us laugh. heres the cia world factbook, listing the UK, not england or scotland or wales or great britain, as a country: tinyurl*com/2yn3sp

LiahUK (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

The UNITED KINGDOM is the union of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including whatever islands are also included in those countries. BRITAIN, the largest island in the archipelago just north of France; the island of Britain contains three countries: ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and WALES.ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES are all countries of Britain.NORTHERN IRELAND is a jurisdiction having approximately the same status as England, Scotland, and Wales, but on a different island.

givebirthathome (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Not to mention the propaganda going on now about "defending the democracy" of Georgia.

donclesconforms (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

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