[OC] The average colour of each European country flag.Submitted by kate1hepuppy t3_ygjn50 in dataisbeautiful
R3lay0 t1_iudfher wrote
Reply to comment by Xeludon in [OC] The average colour of each European country flag. by kate1hepuppy
>cantons are similar to U.S. states.
Yes, and so are UK "countries". What difference is there between a UK "country" and a US state?
>Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales are all legitimate countries.
No, they're not independent.
>Scotland/Northern Ireland/Wales/England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom"
I'm aware of the official claim that they are countries. However by any meaningful definition they are not.
>They literally do have embassies, what do you think international foreign affairs offices are?
Then why aren't they called embassies? It's because countries have embassies. What other countries do not have a single thing called embassy in any other country?
>Embassy - the official residence or O F F I C E S of an ambassador.
Yes, the office of an ambassador. Scottland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England do not have ambassadors.
>The ambassador of Scotland is Nicola Sturgeon.
No, she isn't. Scottland doesn't have ambassadors since 1707. Anyways, countries don't have one ambassador, they have ambassdors TO other countries (or organisations). To which country is Sturgeon ambassador?
Xeludon t1_iudtfax wrote
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She is the current ambassador of Scotland.
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They all have ambassadors.
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They are called embassies.
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The Republic of Somaliland doesn't have an embassy, you think that's not a country? Bhutan doesn't have an embassy, is that not a country?
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They are legitimate countries, they have borders, they have languages, completely different cultures, completely different people, different landscapes, different climates.
The amount of hatred each four countries has for eachother as well is very high.
If you went to Scotland wearing someone else's family tartan (tartan is a family crest, each tartan is unique and means something specific, usually a family name) you'd get the shit kicked out of you. Each Scottish family has a unique tartan.
They're completely different countries with different cultural rules, different languages, it would be very confusing for an east Englander to try to aclimate to Scottish life, the same couldn't be said for a new yorker in Texas.
An Irish person in Wales would experience a vast amount of cultural differences, the same could not be said of a Floridian in California.
The differences between the four countries are more drastic than the differences between Mexico and the U.S.
Just because you don't get that, doesn't make it not true.
R3lay0 t1_iudz942 wrote
>She is the current ambassador of Scotland.
Source?
>They all have ambassadors.
Do you have a list?
>They are called embassies.
The links you posted doesn't call them that
>The Republic of Somaliland
Which isn't recognized by any UN member.
>Bhutan doesn't have an embassy, is that not a country
Bhutan has embassies. https://www.mfa.gov.bt/embassies-missions-and-consulates-abroad/ Notice how those places have "embassy" in their names.
>They are legitimate countries, they have borders, they have languages, completely different cultures, completely different people, different landscapes, different climates.
Which is the case for many federalistic subdivisions.
>If you went to Scotland wearing someone else's family tartan (tartan is a family crest, each tartan is unique and means something specific, usually a family name) you'd get the shit kicked out of you. Each Scottish family has a unique tartan.
I fail to see how this is relevant for this discussion.
>An Irish person in Wales would experience a vast amount of cultural differences, the same could not be said of a Floridian in California.
Cultural differences exist independently from countries.
Xeludon t1_iue54il wrote
Country - a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
Scotland - 790 Islands, and the mainland, nation of 5.46 million, £166 billion.
Northern Ireland - nation of 1.9 million, £49 billion
Wales - nation of 3.26 million, £98.3 billion.
England - nation of 56 million, £1.859 trillion.
They are different countries, moron.
You've provided 0 evidence supporting anything you're saying, I've provided multiple sources showing that they're countries.
Independence and embassies doesn't = a country.
Palestine isn't recognised by the U.N. but is obviously still a country.
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