Yorkshire

With a population as big as Scotland's and an area half the size of Belgium, Yorkshire is almost a country in itself. It has its own flag, its own dialect and its own celebration, Yorkshire Day (1 August).
Ruins are seen on a grassy moorland under a stormy sky in West Yorkshire, England

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