Canada

I agree but when the bully that gets away with everything makes a demand they should not be appeased. Personally I'd never want to do what they asked even just out of spite, but if taking a country into consideration then I see why concessions are made. It can only last so long though.

I mean, sanctions and blockaids are an important method of diplomacy (as an alternative to war). It worked for ending South African Apartheid.

But the UN has overwhelmingly voted to end the blockaid on Cuba.

In conclusion: sovereignty doesn't make you higher than the UN. But it does make you higher than one country's deranged fascist leader.

Unfortunately aircraft still run on fossil fuels, which is a big part of getting goods into the country.

Also ships, but I’m not sure if the blockade is effectively stopping everything, or just oil tankers.

In a somewhat sick kind of way, would be kinda cool if they start using sailing yachts for local trade since they don’t have any fuel.

Oh I get it, it's a bit like how it's super annoying that America is used to refer to the US and American is commonly used to mean Estadounidense. Yea that's frustrating.

People from the US who didn’t know Washington state existed, or elsewhere? It only actually matters if Washington state suddenly goes off the rails, which would be weird. We say “Ottawa” in Canada to refer to the federal government and we all understand what that means because of very obvious context clues.

In general I don’t disagree that being more accurate is a good thing, and “DC” is easier to write, too, but if people need the clarity here then they’re dumb as hell.