Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: US counties, unincorprated territories<br/>
Date: Nov 07, 2001 @ 18:45<br/>
Author: m donner (&quot;m donner&quot; &lt;maxivan82@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1141757740">good queries anton<br/>
it is true that the republic of texas had to be chopped down to size in <br/>
order to become the state of texas<br/>
for as big as it is now<br/>
formerly it reached all the way to wyoming<br/>
but it never lost its 9nm of territorial waters<br/>
& i think that is the only remaining difference<br/>
anton<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;From: &quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:smaardijk@...">smaardijk@...</a>&gt;<br/>
&gt;Reply-To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a><br/>
&gt;To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a><br/>
&gt;Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: US counties, unincorprated territories<br/>
&gt;Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 18:24:19 -0000<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., PitHokie &lt;pithokie@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt; The difference is in name only.  Governmentally, there<br/>
&gt; &gt; is no difference between a state and a commonwealth.<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;I know that in Germany, two &quot;Laender&quot; have the official designation<br/>
&gt;of &quot;Freistaat&quot;: Bavaria and Saxony. I don&#39;t know whether this has any<br/>
&gt;implications. Does someone know?<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;And I remember vaguely that the position of Texas is fundamentally<br/>
&gt;different from all other states in the US (because it used to be an<br/>
&gt;independent republic). Can someone say something about that?<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;What about the difference between territories in countries like<br/>
&gt;Canada, Australia, and Russia (=krai) and the regular subdivisions?<br/>
&gt;Why is it like this and what are the practical implications?<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;Peter S.<br/>
&gt;<br/>
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