My country is England, my nation is Britain, I am British, I am also English, is the UK a country or a nation or both or none?
I had the same problem with Singapore, I was helping someone considered British deal with the passport office, they considered themselves British but they needed to “prove” it to the passport office, their Mother was British, their Father was British, they were born in Singapore in the British Military Hospital because the whole family was there because the father was a serving British Soldier, at the time they were all told they were British in every respect but coming to deal with the passport office years later they insisted it was not an automatic conclusion.
I did ask the person at the passport office if they considered Singapore as a city or a country or as a state? They admitted they did not know the answer.
Anyway, eventually, that British passport was granted and has been renewed a few times since without all that additional hassle.
I suppose that the old analogy of the two fleas living on a dog arguing about which one of them owns the dog comes to mind
