If Scotland achieves independence then Great Britain has to change its name to Fair-to-Middling Britain. It says so in the Mediocra Carta.
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Replying to @AlexandraErin
I mean, the country isn't named Great Britain, the island is
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Replying to @arthur_affect @AlexandraErin
Great Britain includes Northern Ireland, so that does not compute.
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Replying to @B0rdertourista @AlexandraErin
No, it doesn't, Great Britain is specifically the name of the island Using "Great Britain" as a synonym for "the United Kingdom" is common, but incorrect
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There was a period of time, from 1707 to 1801, when there was a "Kingdom of Great Britain" that was coterminous with the island of Great Britain (although, as is often the case, the Kingdom also included several smaller islands around the big one)
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However, this name for the kingdom became obsolete when the Acts of Union of 1801 were passed uniting the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into one state, the "United Kingdom" or UK
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