Fair *political* point, michaelr. But I don't think it contradicts the *semantic* point with which we are concerned in this instance. England will not be, in any sense, the 'totality' of what are traditionally known as The British Isles. Whether this term is cognate with Britain/GreatBritain/GB, and whether it includes the whole of Ireland, are matters for further debate for those who find such matters of interest. But I still maintain that "Holland" instead of "The Netherlands" is merely one of two equally acceptable alternative usages; whereas "England" for whatever one wishes to call the totality I suggest above, is an error which some citizens of the other national and regional entities concerned might feel disposed to resent; although arguments in favour of such a locution might be made in terms of traditional idiomatic usage.

~M~