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Is Wales a Country?

I've just had a very interesting debate in my office.

Some are arguing Wales is a country (me included) and others are stating United Kingdom is the country.

So Wales have:
Their own language
Their own Flag
Their own National football team
A defined set of land

But they're not a country?

How is this so?

Apparently it depends on people's opinion

I quote from here:

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Geography Site.co.uk
However, the answer to the question varies according to whom you ask. Most people say there are 192 countries, but others point out that there could be more like 260 of them.

So why isn't there a straight forward answer?

The problem arises because there isn't a universally agreed definition of 'country' and because, for political reasons, some countries find it convenient to recognize or not recognize other countries.

For example, Taiwan claims to be a country, but China states that Taiwan is just another part of China. The consequence is that the USA, that doesn't want to upset China, doesn't recognize Taiwan as a country. Conversely, from the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union annexed the countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania but the USA continued to regard them as independent countries that were 'occupied' because it didn't really get on with the USSR.

So what is it?
A country or not?
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