Altered Maps XIV: Cartographical Consistency

[W|M]

I'm sure the Rwandans would be much happier if Kagame hadn't stopped their fun

 

[Kyriakos]

Why wouldn't it be?

Supposedly most people are miserable there, and walk around carrying broken vodka bottles. A source for that is Polandball.

 

[Borachio]

So there's more than 40 countries unnacounted for.

Eh? 196 total in the world, afaik.

 

[Lohrenswald]

Eh? 196 total in the world, afaik.

That's like UN members or something. Doesn't include like Somaliland or Transnistria or Ngarno-Kharbarach.
Or Eveybody's favorite IS.

Supposedly most people are miserable there, and walk around carrying broken vodka bottles. A source for that is Polandball.

Yea that's all made up basically.

 

[Borachio]

I guess it doesn't include Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Brittany, Corsica, Languedoc, or many, many others, either.

So, in those sorts of terms, I'd guess you must be right. I'm sorry I mentioned it now.

 

[Lohrenswald]

I guess it doesn't include Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Brittany, Corsica, Languedoc, or many, many others, either.

So, in those sorts of terms, I'd guess you must be right. I'm sorry I mentioned it now.

None of those are sovereign states, though.

 

[Borachio]

But they are countries, right? And countries is what we were looking for.

If you'd said sovereign states at the start, then maybe I wouldn't have suggested Wales and Scotland. Though I think the Isle of Man is a sovereign state. If you mean somewhere that's self-governing, that is.

 

[gay_Aleks]

free Avignon 2015

 

[Lohrenswald]

But they are countries, right? And countries is what we were looking for.

If you'd said sovereign states at the start, then maybe I wouldn't have suggested Wales and Scotland. Though I think the Isle of Man is a sovereign state. If you mean somewhere that's self-governing, that is.

It was always sovereign states we were talking about.

And I wouldn't call those places countries.

 

[Borachio]

So there's more than 40 countries unnacounted for.

Nope. You said "countries" right enough. I've checked. As you can see.

 

[Lohrenswald]

By which I meant state.
I use "State" and "Nation" pretty precise, but I'm not that strict about "Country".

 

[Borachio]

If Wales and Scotland aren't countries, what are they?

Wales (i/ˈweɪlz/; Welsh: Cymru [ˈkəm.rɨ] ( listen)) is a country

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales

Scotland (/ˈskɒt.lənd/; Scots: [ˈskɔt.lənd]; Scottish Gaelic: Alba [ˈal̪ˠapə] ( listen)) is a country

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland

 

[Lohrenswald]

Places in Great Britain.

Is Sapmi a country, Borachio?

 

[trader/warrior]

I would think of Wales and such as nations rather than countries, but looking up the wikipedia pages for "nation" and "country" it seems both have varying and fuzzy definitions.

 

[Borachio]

Places in Great Britain.

Is Sapmi a country, Borachio?

Not according to Wikipedia it isn't, no.

I'd say it's a transnational region traditionally inhabited by the Sami.

I wouldn't, and neither would Wikipedia, have described Wales and Scotland as transnational regions though.

Why do you ask?

 

[Lohrenswald]

So
I suppose I'm trying to "challenge you"

In what way is Scotland and Wales countries that Sapmi isn't? Or Bavaria/Bayern for that matter?

 

[Kyriakos]

Scotland is an occupied territory.
Think las islas Malvinas.

 

[Arakhor]

Yes. It's occupied by the Scots.

 

[Lohrenswald]

The same can be argued for Sapmi.
And Chechenya and Dagestan and Tatarstan and Tuva and Ossetia and the Komi republic and

 

[gay_Aleks]

They're occupied by non-Russians pretending to be Russians.