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Is Isle of Man independent??

Isle of Man has 430 square mile, it lies between North Ireland and Scotland.

Isle of Man is member of the crown but is not part of United Kingdom. It has own government, in this way they make their laws and oversees for example internal administration, economic and social policies. Their parliament called "Tynwald", it has two cameras one is House of Keys and the other one is Legislative Council, one of the interested things there is it, because is the oldest around the world.

The legal system there is like England, they use the principal thing of Common Law but the difference is the lawyers because they have two roles one lawyers and barristers.

The relation between UK and Isle of Man consists of international relations like Island's defence and good governance. But UK does not take part in the internal decisions or public politics. In the same way with Protocol 3 to the United Kingdom’s Treaty of Accession, Isle of Man has a commercial relation with the European Union and takes part of the OECD's (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).