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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

£ is from a country that does not have states

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Like the person you're replying to said, some people use state and country as synonyms sometimes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Technically no. Greenland is a country but not a state. It has a sovereign government but is not represented directly internationally. It is part of the Kingdom of Denmark which is a state but not a country. Then there is Denmark proper which is also a country but not a state.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea about any of this, thanks! Never thought a thread about prime video would teach me world geography lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Next step: there’s a good argument to be made that the United States is not a nation. tldr: a nation is a group of people sharing ethnicity, language, culture. The United States is a country united by an idea, not an ethnicity.

[–] zaph 2 points 10 months ago

Amazon is from a country that does.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

But it IS a state. Sorry if you're not a native English speaker but just because your vocabulary is lacking doesn't mean they are wrong.