What's your favorite UK constituent country?

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Well, the Isle of Man isn't part of the UK but the currency (although they have their own issue), television (the island's too small to have a TV region of its own so it gets included in a UK one), traffic, telephone codes, postal codes, street names and so on are patterned on the UK. They have their own postal service, tax department, government, parliament, border controls (though they, again, have free movement of people within the EU as an associate member).

So the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey share institutions with the UK but not governance, although often Manx law is simply taken from UK law.

Bernicia.

The Manx don't have corporal punishment and haven't for a long time. Nor are they exempt from the smoking ban - they introduced their own smoking ban in 2006, very similar to the one introduced in England. Their island houses Europe's first smoke-free prison.

The only British territory in Europe that doesn't have a smoking ban is Gibraltar. They have very good reasons for not introducing a ban.

England.

Wales.
Wales.
Cymru.
Wales.

Ie=yes
Dwyf yn cytuno=I agree
Nad ydw iyn cytuno=I disagree
Dim=no

I voted for England. I've never felt British and I never identify as British. Nor do I ever use the term UK, if I can avoid it. I'd like to see full independence for all four countries, or at least a federal system where we go our own ways most of the time on most of the issues (especially on social matters and the economy), but decide on common defence and foreign policies. A federal system, where all four countries compete, might at least bring an end to Westminister's usual handling of social issues and the economy in favour of brighter, bolder, ideas and not ones based on outdated patrician attitudes which still hold firm in far too many areas of Westminster government.

A federal system would also mean a Parliament for England and that's what I'd most like. I'd base it in either Manchester or Leeds and end London's monopoly on all things to do with matters of state.

I think I've just stepped into PPR territory - though I've only posted there by mistake, when a thread was moved.

I have never been to any of them, although I am sure I would like them all. I chose Scotland, however, simply because it looks gorgeous and I have some family from there.

England!
I have always had a thing for that country, always been drawn to it and wanted to go there.