> UK has this trait also and it is well illustrated in "Great Britain". This is a common misconception. The "Great" part it not meant in the sense of it being

> UK has this trait also and it is well illustrated in "Great Britain". This is a common misconception. The "Great" part it not meant in the sense of it being important or excellent. Rather, it refers to the size of the island. The name "Great Britain" has been around since the UK was a wet and rainy corner of the Roman Empire - in a sense, it is a relic of an empirical past... just not the British Empire.