>>It's really neither. It's not a country and it's not a state. It does not fit into your model of countries and provinces/states. I guess it's closer to a state but you wouldn't want to do a SQL Select and come up with 51 U.S. states, would you? (Not to mention Washington, DC, which also doesn't fit).
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>Are you saying Washington is not a State?

Washington, DC is not really a state.