It doesn’t really function as its own state since it has no separate courts (it owns and partially runs the Old Bailey, but that’s for all of England, not just the City), no defense or foreign-policy capacity, and none of the other functions of a state. It’s a Liberty (an area with enhanced or different rights) rather than a state.

It’s the same for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Or for 50 states inside the US.

You should learn a thing or two about the City Of London.

The City of London (which is not London) is probably the most relevant example here, it’s enjoying its own representation in the government, its own laws, its own police force, and functions almost as a separate state in the Kingdom. Only corporations registered in the city can vote for its government, private residents cannot.

Then there are loads of towns and villages owned by the aristocracy, places like Clovelly, Heydon, Aldbury, etc. Or Poundbury, which was built by King Charles III (the work started while he was still a prince in 1999) because he just wanted to experiment with architecture.

The City of London (which is not London) is probably the most relevant example here, it’s enjoying its own representation in the government, its own laws, its own police force, and functions almost as a separate state in the Kingdom.

It’s funny how Americans here are so against the idea, yet there are plenty of private towns and villages here in the UK and it’s just normal.

Was it done poorly though? I mean the end result is that the US has become a vassal state of Russia without a nuclear fallout. Seems like an epic win to me.

HDDs from the factory should come in a parked state, that means they don’t require any additional packaging apart from what they come in.