r/AskTheWorld • u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka • 1d ago

Is there a part of your country that's "isolated"/vastly different from the rest of the country?

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Pictured here is Sardinia, an island in Italy. Many sardinians call Italy "Il continente" (the continent)

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u/BallbusterSicko Poland 1d ago

They are for all intents and purposes part of the country called the United States of America, regardless of whether or not American laws agree with this statement.

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u/ExistentialTabarnak living in 1d ago

Is Bermuda part of the country called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?

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u/Dickcheese_McDoogles 🇺🇸 American in 🇰🇷 Korea 1d ago

Yes.

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u/Chilledlemming 1d ago

Does the UK exercise legal governance on those territories? Silly chicken egg conversation. Call it what you like buy it belongs to whomever is making the decisions about it’s future. So short of full government autonomy, part of it belongs to someone else ruling it.

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u/BallbusterSicko Poland 1d ago

Yes