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Re:Poll: Where do you live? by LAC-Tech on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:22PM (#30214928)
Outside the UK, "country" usually means "independent state".

The UK usage is more local than anything else, because if you're going to call Wales a country you'd really need to call things like Bavaria or Texas countries.

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Re:Poll: Where do you live? by andrewxdiamond on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:26PM (#30214971)
To be fair, there’s a lot of Texans who would like to call Texas a country as well.
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Re:Poll: Where do you live? by LAC-Tech on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:36PM (#30215088)
Right and you've illustrated my point - outside the UK country means "independent state".

Inside the UK it seems to mean "Independent state + Wales + Scotland".

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