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>>>>It's white and green, with a red dragon. Interestingly, the Welsh flag isn't represented on the Union flag.
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>>>But aren't you people the "United Kingdom" under one flag? If we did things that way, each US state flag would need to be different, too. Say, now there's an idea :)
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>>Not exactly. While Canada has provinces and the US states, each entity of the UK is a country and have their own flags.
>
>But don't they all vote for the same PM, and have a centralized gov't in London? If so, I would consider the UK as one country...

I wouldn't. Throughout history many countries have been ruled by other countries.

Think of it from a travelling point of view. You would travel to London, England or Edinburgh, Scotland not London, England, United Kingdom or Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Plus, Scotland just got its own parliament.

Cheers,
Colin Magee
Team Leader, Systems Development
Metroland Media Group Ltd.
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

cmagee@metroland.com

Never mistake having a career with having a life.
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