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<BR>With regard to "parts" of a nation being permitted to participate as individual entities in the World Cup, the only nation where such a practice is allowed is Great Britain. The four "parts" are England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. I gather from reading about the history of soccer that allowing such an unusual arrangement to continue was part of the "price" paid by FIFA to bring Britain into the international soccer community. As for Duckburg's even <B>more</B> unusual status as a city that can send its "own" team to the Olympics or World Cup (not to mention having its own consulates in foreign lands)... perhaps, on Disney Earth, Duckburg has succeeded where Washington DC and New York City have (thus far) failed and attained unique status as a semi-indepedent, Vatican-like "city-state" of some sort. For sure, given that Scrooge lives in Duckburg, the city must have a state-sized reserve of cash.
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<BR>Chris Barat
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