Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: US counties, unincorprated territories<br/>
Date: Nov 07, 2001 @ 20:38<br/>
Author: Manfred Haertel (Manfred Haertel &lt;Manfred.Haertel@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-459980463">Peter Smaardijk wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &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. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>There is a third one: Thuringia (Thüringen).<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; I don&#39;t know whether this has any<br/>
&gt; implications. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>No. &quot;Freistaat&quot; is just another word for republic.<br/>
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