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[invalid] Give UK countries its own country ranking.

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Justify
35 posts
Joined October 2013
Topic Starter
Justify
As some of you may know, scotland may (or may not) be going to be independent from the UK, judged by a country-wide vote in september this year. With this change occuring(or not) I think it would be a good thing to give Scotland (and maybe england/ireland/wales) a UK rank AND a country specific rank. This would encourage more competition amongst the countries and all the more fun for all of us. I don't see any disadvantages of having both a UK rank and a country dependent rank. The UK isnt a country, but a number of countries brought together, it would only make sense.
[ Pingu ]
743 posts
Joined October 2013
[ Pingu ]
I agree, o3o/
TheNekoNextDoor
446 posts
Joined March 2014
TheNekoNextDoor
That's a nice idea! ~
Vuelo Eluko
5,484 posts
Joined October 2013
Vuelo Eluko
USA state rankings when
Avena
2,158 posts
Joined December 2012
Avena
This could be an issue in tournaments and such, Maybe keep the UK rankings but also have country specific ones at the same time?
Justify
35 posts
Joined October 2013
Topic Starter
Justify

Priti wrote:

This could be an issue in tournaments and such, Maybe keep the UK rankings but also have country specific ones at the same time?
That's what I suggested, have a UK (colony) specific ranking, but then apart from that have a separate (country) ranking aka scotland/northern ireland/ireland/england/wales, that way it can't conflict with tournaments but only create country specific ones.
Keiti
104 posts
Joined July 2012
Keiti
Agreed. That'd be nice.
Loctav
Popcorn Fairy
4,496 posts
Joined February 2009
Loctav
Better don't hope for it. UK is still one country for now. And as long as this doesn't change, better don't retry
Invalid.
Justify
35 posts
Joined October 2013
Topic Starter
Justify
I see it as perfectly valid as the UK is not a country. By definition the UK is a sovereign state, each UK country has its own capital city and its own parliament. each UK state is BY DEFINITION a country, such as scotland, england, ireland, wales, and northern ireland. the UK is in no way a country therefor osu! should include each state (country) in the UK as a separate country. It only makes sense.
Loctav
Popcorn Fairy
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Joined February 2009
Loctav
So does the German, Austrian, US, Australian, basically every federal state in this world
And yet they are all one country.
Justify
35 posts
Joined October 2013
Topic Starter
Justify
Tell me though, do those "federal states" have individual capitals and/or parliaments in their (by definition) countries?
XPJ38
osu! Alumni
3,570 posts
Joined February 2010
XPJ38
Yes. That's basically the definition of a federal state. They have their own authorities yet they are not countries because they are part of a federal government that rules the entire country. For example, each province in Canada has its own National Assembly, justice courts, laws, capital, etc. but must respect the laws voted by the government of Canada and its parliament.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... ted_States
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provi ... _of_Canada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A ... tal_cities
-Vulcan-
10 posts
Joined June 2013
-Vulcan-
yeah but UK is different, England is a country not a state -_-
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Justify
35 posts
Joined October 2013
Topic Starter
Justify

XPJ38 wrote:

Yes. That's basically the definition of a federal state. They have their own authorities yet they are not countries because they are part of a federal government that rules the entire country. For example, each province in Canada has its own National Assembly, justice courts, laws, capital, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... ted_States
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provi ... _of_Canada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A ... tal_cities


Thing is, not one of these states/provences/territorial capitals (of states) are (by definition) their stand-alone country. This is what I am talking about. Scotland, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales are (by definition) their own countries, not states, provinces or districts. They (mostly) have their own police force, health service (albeit it is different in most of the UK countries) army, navy, fire brigade services, and technically their own currency (as scottish bank notes are not accepted in england, not sure about northern ireland or wales. The UK is not a country, but is instead a country of countries.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
Loctav
Popcorn Fairy
4,496 posts
Joined February 2009
Loctav
As I said, UK is a unified country. You must misunderstand the definition of "country" then. Wales and Scotland are not independant from the Great Britain. They are basically federal states, like in the US. There is nothing special about Wales and England compared to Texas or Georgia or Thuringia and Bavaria. They all have own courts, own laws, own gouvernments.
That you country fails to have a widely accepted currency across the entire place is actually no reason. They are all still under the gouvernment of London, therefore not independent from Great Britain.

Solely the statement that "Scotland wants to be independent finally" in your OP already indicates that Scotland is NOT independent, therefore no own country.
At some point in history, Thuringia or Saxonia has been an own realm ruled by some odd king, too. Your country is unified under the UK (united kingdom), as Germany is unified under the Bundesrepublik (united republic). The only difference here is: you have a queen, we don't.

End of discussion. Invalid. Locked.
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