Since for a federal union of states

The states need to be party to that

They need a form of government that is compatible

It's close orion

But again it's in this wierd place

Where it look ls and feels sorta like a state

But it's just not

YET

I think it's not that far off to say it is a state. Or really really close to. Around 85% of a state

However it isn't a state

That's the point

That's what I've been saying this whole time

https://twitter.com/qikipedia/status/1176499420281606145?s=20

However this is why the country voted out

teh Tshirt Im wearing right now has a T right in the centre 😛

Since it is obviously traveling down that path

And will end up as one

I think those distinctions are more of a technicality imo. It acts so closely to a state that it's almost indistinguishable from one.

However it can be distinguished legally and technically. Which means it isn't.

Sometimes when something walks and talks like a duck

It's a malnourished goose

I think the definition of state is vague. So saying it is or it isn't are both kind of true.

Remember like 15 mins ago

When it said it was in a weird limbo

Gérard Lyons did an interesting interview

Where this question came up

Economically for example they can't properly manage themselves like a state could

They can almost

Mhm. I remember.
But personally 85% is close enough even more so since it's tucking upwards.
Either way it's really close.

~~Either way is parliament suspension take two going to happen?~~

What you're looking for it

"De facto state"

Which it is.

So not a state then

Good we are on that same page

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/de-facto

~~true dilema. Is the Vatican a state? 🇻🇦~~

"existing in fact, although perhaps not intended, legal, or accepted"

Not even that then thinking about it.

Once again, it doesn't have all the powers of a state

The government is structed to be one eventually