british empire had great lands which have different countries from south america to asia.British imperial policies have created extraordinary results.Divided countries,divided families,ethnic hate,finished economics,finished natural life,it goes to many results...........
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Do you need a real number or are you just venting?
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Those territories were parts of other sovereign countries prior to that war.  It wasn't empty space on the far side of Neptune.
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Personally, I would welcome a more multi-cultural Britain. It might shake some people out of their island mentality.\nI also think that seeing as we have a less than perfect record when it comes to the commonwealth and the empire, the least we can do is accept some responsibility and share some of our wealth and good fortune.
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I believe that some of those formerly colonized countries are better off now than they would be if they had not been influenced by British rule for a period of time.  India comes to mind.  So does North America, which would have inevitably come under some more modernized nation's colonial rule for a time.\n\nHowever, during the colonial period, the people of those places suffered great injustices including outright robbery of resources and taxation that I would firmly oppose.
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From space you cannot see arbitrary divisions into states, countries.  You cannot see buildings, roads or any of man's other so-called "accomplishments."  I have heard that the only thing on the planet visible from space is The Great Barrier Reef in Australia.  That seems perfectly fitting to me!!\n\nI think I would pay more attention to the qualities we share with other occupants of our Earth and ignore cultural and political divisions.  It would give me a sense of unity of all people, no matter what country we come from, no matter our culture, creed, or customs.  And I would feel that it would be worth any sacrifice to preserve such a beautiful thing as the Earth is!  And it is a magnificent sight from space according to the pictures!!
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The Britis are far from perfect, but they are quite civilize compared with the many nation-states who have achieved such dominance that they have invaded and took over other countries.\n\nOne, therefore, is tempted to say that the United Kingdom would be a first-rate country to dominate the United States.  Certainly, one can expect that England would have eased its exploitative policies toward the colonies.\n\nBut the one thing that would be missing is that the capital of the colonies would be thousands of miles away.  That is not conducive to good government.  On the other hand, we have the example of Hawaii -- one of the 50 states -- but 5,000 miles away from Washington D.C.  As time goes on, distance bceomes less of an obstacle.  Still, there are independence movements in Hawaii.
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In my observation, most of the countries colonized by Spain are like the Philippines, not as good and advanced. Unlike countries colonized by UK like Hong Kong and Malaysia, they are way better.
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The British Empire is said to be an empire where sun never set. They had colonies all over the world. It was natural for these colonies to follow english. This is how the language spread.\n\nPhase 2 of the spread began with the american capitalism.
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Other countries tend to enter into territories not their own.  Perhaps this is because they want to contain any "bad" factors that could affect the entire globe.
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asia is multi racial. singapore for example is home to malay, chinese and indi. i doubt if asia will be "globally-multi racial" in the future.
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It was COUNTROS - Lord of imaginary borders!!!   Actually, countries arose naturally out of the territorial nature of mankind. Individual caves belonged to individual cavemen, separate hills and plains belonged to separate groups of men and women, separate kingdoms controlled separate regions, and so on... Nothing was ever established to begin it all, it was simply accepted because everyone throughout our history divided the lands more and more.   I think that countries should exist, to break governing responsibilities down further than one man to rule all, but countries should never rival each other. Additionally, different countries have generated different civilizations, and with them different values, lifestyles, artforms, and countless different ways to view life itself.
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B-definitely\nBy the end of th 19th century almost all of Africa and Asia were control ed by both Britain and French hands, and the Caribbean has been a European possession for hundreds of years.  The control of Asia and Africa by the French and British was one of the main causes of the first world war, as Germany was forced to take possession of the most undesirable locations.  This was a root cause of the rivalry that lead to WWI.
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see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empires\n\nGood Luck!!!
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Just wanted to point out in response to Milo . . . there's big difference between the ideas of the UK countries, which do have a formal political relationship and unity, sharing a football team, and the idea of African nations which have no such relationship sharing one.\n\nI don't know the answer to the question (aside from what I'm sure is intense rivalry among the UK countries) but I think Africa is a bad comparison.
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that is because United kingdom is a developed country. so high standard of living. Indonesia is a developing country. moreover the currency value of united kingdom is also high as compared to indonesia. so people earn in UK and take it back to their country where the value of currency will be more
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Depends on where you are giving this speech of yours:-\nIf it is in India,then you have yourself a whole lot:-\nIndian has not been able to implement many of its policies in relation to Agrifculture, business, border disputes, Regional participation in South East Asia. etc.\nYou need to make your pick\nThere are many websites on India you can just browze and make you pick\nThen again, India is always going thu diverse cnages from one government to the other.\nCan't really blame India. It is doing its very best. Better than most countries.
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Bad distribution of wealth from the beginning.  Too much corporate, colonial, and land-baron greed.\nThe United States was built by pioneers who owned what they built.\nNot so in South America.