United Kingdom

• numby

  13 Oct 05, 02:00

  Recognize that there are dozens of territories and colonies that are sometimes erroneously called "countries" but don't count at all - they're governed by other countries. Places commonly confused as being countries include Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Greenland, Western Sahara, and even the components of the United Kingdom (such as Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England - sorry folks, they're not countries, states, or nation-states).
  
  if they are not countries, why are the different countries allowed to haf their own sports teams, king, queens and govt?
• queiindom

  16 Oct 05, 13:17

  
  
  if they are not countries, why are the different countries allowed to haf their own sports teams, king, queens and govt?

  If they have their own government, how so are they governed by other countries? Surely they must have a certain level of government independence before they are labelled as countries?