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[–] -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No one here is on Trump's side, so I'm not defending Google, but it is common parlance to refer to the government of a nation as "the state" even when the nation has no states.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Except we had terms prior for google and openmaps to consider actual state vs province because provinces are a different type of designation in a country. I.e. Canada has provinces and territories, and are not fully autonomous like a state. This is google purposely changing a system to suit US use, while other map systems maintain the preestablish parlance.

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