Yeah it was a good run. Britain only became a thing after union in 1707. They had a good ~200 years, what with a great empire and industrialization and then a

Yeah it was a good run. Britain only became a thing after union in 1707. They had a good ~200 years, what with a great empire and industrialization and then an added bonus with America speaking English and britain being less damaged by WW2 than the rest of europe.