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What makes a country real/not real? (lemmy.world)
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I see a lot of people saying that countries like Israel, Latvia, Belgium and Dubai are not real countries, but how are they not? They seem to meet the threshold. How are they any less real then any other country?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The emirate of Dubai a state (not a country)inside the UAE similar to how California is a state inside the USA.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I swear there is a page on Wikipedia about the country of Dubai.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dubai was an independent country before 1971. (Although sort of under the British since 1833, the exact details varied over time.)

Either that or you're thinking about Djibouti.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, it's a bit complicated. They retain some level of sovereignty within the UAE as I understand it, unlike Califonia, which since the civil war has basically been just a subnational division.

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