Kim Phelan wrote:

>You have stumbled on a "strange but true" thing with ISO codes.
>The code is GB but the description is United Kingdom.
>
>http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/codlstp1/en_listp1.html

GB & the UK are actually different.

GB is Great Britain, which comprises mainly of England, Wales & Scotland; it
includes the adjacent islands but not the Channel Islands or the Isle of
Man.

The UK is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

Oh, we're "slightly smaller than Oregon";
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uk.html

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