Not bad for a little’un. (12)
bodleing2: I noticed this on Quora, it made me laugh so I thought I'd share it. (Well really I just thought it would get Dino rattled.)
Why is England rarely acknoledged as a small country?
Because it punches so far above its weight that many do not like to admit this simple fact. England, with an area of 130,000 sq km (this for US readers would place it as the 32nd largest state in the USA), is in fact smaller than Bangladesh and Nepal, and almost exactly the same size as Greece; it would rank as the 95th smallest country. However as a major part of the UK it somehow manages to have the (or one of the) World’s greatest Capitals, have one of the World’s most powerful Armed Forces, host one of the World’s major currencies, and be one of the World’s richest countries. It was also partly responsible for developing the World’s largest Empire.
Not bad for a little’un.
Why is England rarely acknoledged as a small country?
Because it punches so far above its weight that many do not like to admit this simple fact. England, with an area of 130,000 sq km (this for US readers would place it as the 32nd largest state in the USA), is in fact smaller than Bangladesh and Nepal, and almost exactly the same size as Greece; it would rank as the 95th smallest country. However as a major part of the UK it somehow manages to have the (or one of the) World’s greatest Capitals, have one of the World’s most powerful Armed Forces, host one of the World’s major currencies, and be one of the World’s richest countries. It was also partly responsible for developing the World’s largest Empire.
Not bad for a little’un.
Where did it all go wrong? 
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bodleing2: I noticed this on Quora, it made me laugh so I thought I'd share it. (Well really I just thought it would get Dino rattled.)
Why is England rarely acknoledged as a small country?
Because it punches so far above its weight that many do not like to admit this simple fact. England, with an area of 130,000 sq km (this for US readers would place it as the 32nd largest state in the USA), is in fact smaller than Bangladesh and Nepal, and almost exactly the same size as Greece; it would rank as the 95th smallest country. However as a major part of the UK it somehow manages to have the (or one of the) World’s greatest Capitals, have one of the World’s most powerful Armed Forces, host one of the World’s major currencies, and be one of the World’s richest countries. It was also partly responsible for developing the World’s largest Empire.
Not bad for a little’un.
And we had factories the longest.Why is England rarely acknoledged as a small country?
Because it punches so far above its weight that many do not like to admit this simple fact. England, with an area of 130,000 sq km (this for US readers would place it as the 32nd largest state in the USA), is in fact smaller than Bangladesh and Nepal, and almost exactly the same size as Greece; it would rank as the 95th smallest country. However as a major part of the UK it somehow manages to have the (or one of the) World’s greatest Capitals, have one of the World’s most powerful Armed Forces, host one of the World’s major currencies, and be one of the World’s richest countries. It was also partly responsible for developing the World’s largest Empire.
Not bad for a little’un.
Yet none of this could have been possible without Wales and it's great contribution to a vision of Britain.
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Name_Taken_Too: Where did it all go wrong?
Gallipoli?
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bodleing2: Gallipoli?
That was a good movie.. I'm gonna run with Thatcher, but I know it was actually Enoch Powell 
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ChesneyChrist: And we had factories the longest.
Yet none of this could have been possible without Wales and it's great contribution to a vision of Britain.
Not so sure, I think Offa should have built a huge wall instead of that tiny ditch.Yet none of this could have been possible without Wales and it's great contribution to a vision of Britain.
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Name_Taken_Too: That was a good movie.. I'm gonna run with Thatcher, but I know it was actually Enoch Powell
For their coming or their going?
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bodleing2: For their coming or their going?
Their skulduggery, I was gonna say Cromwell, but thought I would go a bit more recent, there are so many to choose from. 
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That’s the spirit !
More blogs about the good old days & past glories of the British empire, just to encourage a newer/ younger generation to participate on the forums !
More blogs about the good old days & past glories of the British empire, just to encourage a newer/ younger generation to participate on the forums !
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bodleing2: I noticed this on Quora, it made me laugh so I thought I'd share it. (Well really I just thought it would get Dino rattled.)
Why is England rarely acknoledged as a small country?
Because it punches so far above its weight that many do not like to admit this simple fact. England, with an area of 130,000 sq km (this for US readers would place it as the 32nd largest state in the USA), is in fact smaller than Bangladesh and Nepal, and almost exactly the same size as Greece; it would rank as the 95th smallest country. However as a major part of the UK it somehow manages to have the (or one of the) World’s greatest Capitals, have one of the World’s most powerful Armed Forces, host one of the World’s major currencies, and be one of the World’s richest countries. It was also partly responsible for developing the World’s largest Empire.
Not bad for a little’un.
Why is England rarely acknoledged as a small country?
Because it punches so far above its weight that many do not like to admit this simple fact. England, with an area of 130,000 sq km (this for US readers would place it as the 32nd largest state in the USA), is in fact smaller than Bangladesh and Nepal, and almost exactly the same size as Greece; it would rank as the 95th smallest country. However as a major part of the UK it somehow manages to have the (or one of the) World’s greatest Capitals, have one of the World’s most powerful Armed Forces, host one of the World’s major currencies, and be one of the World’s richest countries. It was also partly responsible for developing the World’s largest Empire.
Not bad for a little’un.
That just proofs that size doesn't matter
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The Netherland is way smaller than England, still also very powerfull and rich
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PeKaatje: The Netherland is way smaller than England, still also very powerfull and rich
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Why is England rarely acknoledged as a small country?
Because it punches so far above its weight that many do not like to admit this simple fact. England, with an area of 130,000 sq km (this for US readers would place it as the 32nd largest state in the USA), is in fact smaller than Bangladesh and Nepal, and almost exactly the same size as Greece; it would rank as the 95th smallest country. However as a major part of the UK it somehow manages to have the (or one of the) World’s greatest Capitals, have one of the World’s most powerful Armed Forces, host one of the World’s major currencies, and be one of the World’s richest countries. It was also partly responsible for developing the World’s largest Empire.
Not bad for a little’un.