But, Ireland, right? In the Commonweath. Is this a stark reminder for you?
Ah, right....it says Eire for your location. So why bust my chops with all the petty side insults when you are in fact, ruled by the Queen? And in fact, there is no Constitution for England and the Constitution for Australia is such a joke, they just came and lifted the guns from everyone.
I'm pretty sure Ireland and Scotland, etc are still in the home rule category.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_rule
Home rule is not, however, comparable with
federalism. Whereas states in a
federal system of
government (e.g.,
Canada,
Federal Republic of Germany,
Switzerland,
Brazil and the United States of America) have a
guaranteed constitutional existence, a devolved home rule system of government is created by ordinary legislation and can be reformed, or even abolished, by
repeal or amendment of that ordinary
legislation.