Relevant xkcd: Sunset on the British Empire https://what-if.xkcd.com/48/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/48/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have

Relevant xkcd: Sunset on the British Empire https://what-if.xkcd.com/48/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/48/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have_gained_independence_from_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have_ga... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_British_Empire.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_British_Empire.p... --- Tangentially tangent trivia - the largest park in the EU is located about 3° north of the equator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiana_Amazonian_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiana_Amazonian_Park If it's not Britain, it was France or Spain.