Are both Scotland and Wales countries ( Archived) (10)

tomcat1968: The welsh are Irish people that could not swim. But seriously scotland has its own Parliament a Mps makes its own laws and hasits own judiciary. wales on the other hand as only the powers that westminster allows it, very few. The Welsh judiary is imposed from london and so is the currencey. So i feel that Scotland is a country but not Wales JMHO

Phoenix: I think you may change your opinion after reading this....



There are eight accepted criteria used to determine whether an entity is an independent country (also known as a State with a capital "s") or not.

A country need only fail on one of the eight criteria to not meet the definition of independent country status. Scotland does not meet all eight criteria; it fails on six of the eight criteria...

1 Has space or territory which has internationally recognized boundaries (boundary disputes are OK).

2 Has people who live there on an ongoing basis.

3 Has economic activity and an organized economy. A country regulates foreign and domestic trade and issues money.

4 Has the power of social engineering, such as education.

5 Has a transportation system for moving goods and people.

6 Has a government which provides public services and police power.

7 Has sovereignty. No other State should have power over the country's territory.

8 Has external recognition. A country has been "voted into the club" by other countries.

tomcat1968: as usual Pheonix you have a point how about number 7 that excludes scotland definetley and wales. then again that also ecludes Northern ireland i think.