I can deduce what you understand by the way in which you are writing. It seems to me that you view history through a very narrow and not very accurate lens. First, to conceive of either the US or the ROI as "former British areas" is problematic. For instance, I live in a state, Florida, that was under British rule for only 10 short years, but was Spanish for several hundred prior to that. Much of the US was never British legally or culturally. Lots of it was Mexico! The relationship between the ROI and the British state is much easier to discuss than the relationship between that territory and its culture, as I'm sure you know. Just because it was owned by the British doesn't make it British.
The fact is, things are NOT black and white. Maps are constructions, but they do not reflect reality. I don't think sovereign Native American territories should be left off our maps either. Cornwall was actually demarcated as a separate nation on British maps until the Tudor era and it even had its own native legal system until the 19th century.
And the history is not irrelevant in Cornwall, or anywhere else in Europe where nationalist/regionalist/separatist movements are happening. It is a response to long, long periods of social, political and economic marginalism, frequently rooted in cultural difference and territorial integrity (both of which Cornwall has). In my view, the reductions you make for your convenience do very little to educate people about the nature of modern Europe, and that is a problem.
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The fact is, things are NOT black and white. Maps are constructions, but they do not reflect reality. I don't think sovereign Native American territories should be left off our maps either. Cornwall was actually demarcated as a separate nation on British maps until the Tudor era and it even had its own native legal system until the 19th century.
And the history is not irrelevant in Cornwall, or anywhere else in Europe where nationalist/regionalist/separatist movements are happening. It is a response to long, long periods of social, political and economic marginalism, frequently rooted in cultural difference and territorial integrity (both of which Cornwall has). In my view, the reductions you make for your convenience do very little to educate people about the nature of modern Europe, and that is a problem.