Fionn:

Indeed, it is curious the way that some geographic regions of the Great Britain can compete as sovereigns, although this is not without analogue.

In last year's Francophone Games (for ostensibly French-speaking nations)held in Canada, the Canadians were represented by separate teams from Canada (as a whole) and from Quebec (understandably) and New Brunswick.

While this was a major source of amusement for a visiting Yank like me, I got an even bigger kick out of watching the progress of the French-speaking team from Poland.