[alexchamberlain]

You've also got the Channel Islands, and the Isles of Mann and Wight to contend with. Then there's the fact that one is a political union and one a union under the monarch... something like that anyway.

[lucaspiller]

This video explains all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10

[arethuza]

I was unaware that the Isle of Wight had any unusual political status....

[alexchamberlain]

You are indeed correct; it's just a county of England.

[arethuza]

That's a shame, I was hoping for some amusement along the lines of Berwick upon Tweed still fighting the Crimean War with the Russian Empire:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed#Relations_wi...