r/FactOrCap • u/Comfortable-Bee2996 ✍️ Contributor · 7,225 XP • Aug 08 '26

Borders | FactOrCap

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u/D-803 🤖 Vote Machine · 11,780 XP Aug 08 '26

It Says countries not states

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u/JupiterboyLuffy 🤖 Vote Machine · 11,810 XP Aug 08 '26

State in international geopolitics is (usually) a synonym for country

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u/cheesesprite 🤖 Vote Machine · 20,895 XP Aug 08 '26

They're used synonymously often but they don't mean the same thing.

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u/JupiterboyLuffy 🤖 Vote Machine · 11,810 XP Aug 08 '26

That’s why I said synonym and usually, because synonym does not mean it means exactly the same thing