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In terms of GDP, the United Kingdom is still the 6th or 7th richest in the world. That's still pretty rich. There are also a lot of wealthy European countries
by weavejester 15y ago
In terms of GDP, the United Kingdom is still the 6th or 7th richest in the world. That's still pretty rich.
There are also a lot of wealthy European countries that had a minimal presence abroad in the 19th century. There doesn't appear to any correlation between the modern wealth of western countries and their past colonialist ambitions.
- hythloday 15y agoThe UK is ~20th on GDP per capita, which is probably a better proxy for "standard of living" than GDP per nation.
- weavejester 15y agoAgreed, but the original poster didn't mention standard of living, only how "rich" the country was. That sounded more like overall GDP than GDP per capita to me (saying "Luxembourg is richer than the USA" sounds a little wrong, right?), though it admittedly it was just a guess as to what he or she meant.