States of Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England

Hi

does my head in when Americans call Scotland a 'state of..'

Dumb dumb dumb.

I CAN vouch for the feeling in Scotland towards our 'Traditional States' but as far as other countries go.. I am Scottish so.. there's that.

Scotland:

Scotland's 12 states:

North to South:

Shetland

Orkney

Na h-Eileanan Siar/Iar (Eileanan Hebrides, Western Isles)

Highland

Grampian

Tayside and Angus

Strathclyde

Central

Fife

Lothian

Borders

Dumfries and Galloway

Wales:

Wales' 8 states:

Gwynedd

Clwyd

Powys

Dyfed

Gwent

Mid Glamorgan

West Glamorgan

South Glamorgan 

Ireland:

Ireland's 4 states:

Ulster

 Connaught

 Leinster

 Munster

England

England's 7 states + Capital + 1 Principality:

North to South:

Northumbria

Lancashire & Cumbria

Yorkshire

East Mercia

West Mercia

Anglia

Wessex

London

Sussex

+ Kernow (Principality)