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Originally Posted by Marulus
The main question is of how one sees the concept of Britain, whether it is a purely geographic reality, an island on which three nations - England, Scotland and Wales - coexist, and maybe tomorrow three independent states, or maybe something more, an ideology, or I don't know what.
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It can hardly be argued to be "purely" and exclusively a geopolitical/geographic reality. One can call them 3 unrelated nations as much as one pleases - but they are neighbors, and if anything, we can be certain that with geographical proximity comes cultural, and anyone from the outside would be kidding himself if he saw no cultural parallels, as in the extent seen typically with neighboring nations. This does not justify a complete cultural and geopolitical union, far from - but the fact that they are 3 nations does not justify complete isolationism either. It probably comes down to the will of the people, but as long as they are neighbors they will remain related to whatever extent, and will ultimately have to deal with each other.