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Originally posted by Gary
Fascinating, i must admit, ive always been confused. So if someone lives in londom, what country do they live in? England?
And if someone slives in scotland, is that a country? Or a state?
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London is in England. There are as many people in London as in all of Scotland, I believe... Scotland is the bit at the top of the island. It's the "new england" of the UK, more rural and wild. Wales is the "hogs head" area on the west coast.
Technically, a country and a state are about the same thing. The US is a union of states, but that used to mean more than it did when it started. Scotland is a country, not just a "state" (province). Since there has been a union, it is similar to the union in the US, but I think the individual countries maintain more of themselves than the US states have.