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minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s bigger than many countries and more populous than many countries. And it’s in WHO. Unnecessarily pedantic to exclude it.
minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoPuerto Rico isn’t a country, yet it is green on this map. Greenland isn’t a country, yet it is shaded a color. The purpose of a map is to convey geographic information. What you seem to be looking for is a dictionary.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoGreenland is a country. It’s a country that’s part of Denmark. Countries can in fact be part of other countries. It’s allowed.
minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s not a country. Its government is the government of Denmark.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoFirstly no it isn’t, they have an independent prime minister, and secondly that isn’t the definition of a country anyway. It’s an independent self-governing region which Denmark provides for. It’s like 4 seconds to Google this.
minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThen why isn’t it listed in the official list of participating countries?
It’s bigger than many countries and more populous than many countries. And it’s in WHO.
Unnecessarily pedantic to exclude it.
Yet it isn’t a country. lol
Puerto Rico isn’t a country, yet it is green on this map.
Greenland isn’t a country, yet it is shaded a color.
The purpose of a map is to convey geographic information. What you seem to be looking for is a dictionary.
Greenland is a country. It’s a country that’s part of Denmark.
Countries can in fact be part of other countries. It’s allowed.
It’s not a country. Its government is the government of Denmark.
Firstly no it isn’t, they have an independent prime minister, and secondly that isn’t the definition of a country anyway.
It’s an independent self-governing region which Denmark provides for. It’s like 4 seconds to Google this.
Then why isn’t it listed in the official list of participating countries?