USA is a collection of 50 states and a couple of small countries.
But if you really want to break it down like that the UK alone is 4 countries
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Ramuh.Dasva said:
Titan.Ellid said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_State_of_the_European_Union only takes 27 of them to pass one of us.
Unless you want me to start counting ever single territory or region in every single country. As some people in your country already want to be considered seperate
They all contribute to the overall economic status though, just like our states.
Also, irrelevant fact is irrelevant.
Pandemonium.Kajidourden said:
Titan.Ellid said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_State_of_the_European_Union
only takes 27 of them to pass 52 of us.
only takes 27 of them to pass 52 of us.
fixed that for you
Way to be ignorant Tidus.... lmao
Very nice contribution. Your reward is you get to push Alt + F4
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Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
Titan.Ellid said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_State_of_the_European_Union
only takes 27 of them to pass 52 of us.
only takes 27 of them to pass 52 of us.
fixed that for you
so splitting our country into zones makes us count more? does england have seperate area codes in different areas? maybe we should count cities too....
oh and I think you mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is 4 different states.
now I am being argumentative :p
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Titan.Ellid said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_State_of_the_European_Union only takes 27 of them to pass 52 of us.
Apparently, the economy of the state of California is the eighth largest in the world by itself...so screw all you other states and territories! :p
Oh wait...then China is still second largest. Oh nevermind. -_-;;
Pandemonium.Kajidourden said:
Ramuh.Dasva said:
Titan.Ellid said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_State_of_the_European_Union only takes 27 of them to pass one of us.
Titan.Ellid said:
I think the key-word is countries or states.
I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
Your arguing semantics. All of our states make up our country. If we bombed you, you wouldnt say "we just got bombed by florida"(or wherever the plane was from). You would say the US attacked you. On the other hand, if england bombed us, we would say england bombed us, not the european union.
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
Titan.Ellid said:
I think the key-word is countries or states.
I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
Your arguing semantics. All of our states make up our country. If we bombed you, you wouldnt say "we just got bomber by florida"(or wherever the plane was from). You would say the US attacked you. On the other hand, if england bombed us, we would say england bombed us, not the european union.
Respectfully I disagree.
If England bombed you, the UK (4 states) would have attacked you.
If... Poland attacked you, it would force all other members of the EU to attack you too.
So, yes it is semantics but it's very very important and totally alters the meaning.
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Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
Titan.Ellid said:
I think the key-word is countries or states.
I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
Your arguing semantics. All of our states make up our country. If we bombed you, you wouldnt say "we just got bomber by florida"(or wherever the plane was from). You would say the US attacked you. On the other hand, if england bombed us, we would say england bombed us, not the european union.
The topic is about economics, and comparatively saying that our 52 states are akin to the EU though, not what you call the people who bomb you....
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so your point is that you see an individual state within the US as being equal to an entire EU country?
The point is all our states act as one, yours do not. Yours would be like counting everything in the united nations as one because we kind of confer on some things some times.
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My point is that it is fair to compare the economy of the USA to the economy of the EU.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Nothing more, nothing less.
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I thought we were all part of the G20, NATO and other lame international organizations.
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Titan.Ellid said:
My point is that it is fair to compare the economy of the USA to the ECONOMY of the EU.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Nothing more, nothing less.
I bolded it in case you didn't read it that time, as you have failed to every other time.
And my point was that it takes 27 EU countries to be able to compare to our 1 country. (states are not countries, gtfo with that crap.)
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The EU does have its own flag and headquarters/capital in Brussels, and minted currency, after all. It is more than just a solely military (like NATO) or trade-agreement (NAFTA) treaty group.
Pandemonium.Kajidourden said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
Titan.Ellid said:
I think the key-word is countries or states. I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
Ramuh.Dasva said:
Pandemonium.Kajidourden said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
Titan.Ellid said:
I think the key-word is countries or states. I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
i think hes counting cuba...but thats like a negative. we should get -1 for that not +1.
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
And my point was that it takes 27 EU countries to be able to compare to our 1 country. (states are not countries, gtfo with that crap.)
A group of 52 states that make up the United States of America is being compared to a group of 27 states that form the European Union. Each with individual state laws, federal laws that apply to all states and a president of all countries.
It really is not much different. Just because each state has a different language or was at one time not part of that union doesn't make the first sentence not true.
Ramuh.Dasva said:
Pandemonium.Kajidourden said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
Titan.Ellid said:
I think the key-word is countries or states. I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
Fair enough. I just copied what was written prior without thinking about it lol.
Maybe they mean held territories like Guam and Puerto Rico, but then also would mean those territories in Micronesia that use the US dollar as their currency also, perhaps.
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Ramuh.Dasva said:
Pandemonium.Kajidourden said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
Titan.Ellid said:
I think the key-word is countries or states. I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
Ok, 46 or whatever and 8 principalities. It's your country not mine.
Titan.Ellid said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
And my point was that it takes 27 EU countries to be able to compare to our 1 country. (states are not countries, gtfo with that crap.)
A group of 52 states that make up the United States of America is being compared to a group of 27 states that form the European Union. Each with individual state laws, federal laws that apply to all states and a president of all countries.
It really is not much different. Just because each state has a different language or was at one time not part of that union doesn't make the first sentence not true.
Thats the point, they arent states in EU. They are individual countries.
Titan.Ellid said:
Ok, 46 or whatever and 8 principalities. It's your country not mine.
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Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
Titan.Ellid said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
And my point was that it takes 27 EU countries to be able to compare to our 1 country. (states are not countries, gtfo with that crap.)
A group of 52 states that make up the United States of America is being compared to a group of 27 states that form the European Union. Each with individual state laws, federal laws that apply to all states and a president of all countries.
It really is not much different. Just because each state has a different language or was at one time not part of that union doesn't make the first sentence not true.
Thats the point, they arent states in EU. They are individual countries.
Now you're arguing semantics, the two words are interchangable.
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No, they arent lol. A state has nowhere near as much power as a country.
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Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
No, they arent lol. A state has nowhere near as much power as a country.
Respectfully, I disagree.
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Titan.Ellid said:
Ramuh.Dasva said:
Pandemonium.Kajidourden said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
Titan.Ellid said:
I think the key-word is countries or states. I'm not being argumentative, the USA is a collective of countries, so is the EU, so it is fair to make a comparison between them.
Not sure how many territories are ours now and who would consider what since they are under various lvls of control of us. But only 4 real organized ones. They have much more autonomy than a state. I can't speak for all of them but I know 1 is actually a drain on our economy and money only flows into and not out of it lol
Pandemonium.Kajidourden said:
Titan.Ellid said:
My point is that it is fair to compare the ECONOMY of the USA to the ECONOMY of the EU.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Last time I'll bother with this thread.
Titan.Ellid said:
Alexander.Tidusblitz said:
No, they arent lol. A state has nowhere near as much power as a country.
Respectfully, I disagree.
respectfully, i disagree about your disagree..ment? of...disagreeing?
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