so are a lot countries that seem to have got over it
Spain was a union of the crowns of Aragon and Castile, but you don't see Aragon competing in the Euros. Germany is an amalgamation of the crown of Prussia, the Archduchy of Austria, and a bunch of kingdoms, principalities and free cities besides, and this happened well after Britain became a single country under a single crown and central government in London. Likewise Italy with its unification of the kingdoms of Piedmont and Naples and whatnot. Only Britain insists on perpetuating this pointless charade of referring to long defunct kingdoms as countries, that what are now effectively no more than provinces or states. Your typical australian state has more diverging legislation from the federal than Wales or Scotland, like separate health systems
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 3:55,
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it's only the britain itself that continues to refer to its internal provinces as countries, despite them not fulfilling much of the criteria you'd expect of a country
They're not recognised as countries by the UN, EU and most other international bodies apart from sporting ones, which I think is more due to the UKs prominent position in the formation of several sports like football or rugby back in the day. That's your facts.
Now you need to tell me I don't what I'm talking about so I can have another only vaguely relevant rant. C'mon, be a sport, stickleback
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 23:12,
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