How Powerful is the UK?
The United Kingdom once ruled a fourth of the entire world's population, but where does it stand on the power scale today? Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1BbWEvB The British Empire was once the...
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The United Kingdom is just smaller than Oregon, and yet at one time, it ruled a fourth of the world’s population and nearly a quarter of the world’s land mass. But that was then and this is now. So how powerful is the UK today? The answer is....still pretty powerful. Today, the UK is the world’s 6th largest economy, just behind France. A lot of that is due to its island location, which makes it an important maritime trade route and connecting point between North America, mainland Europe, and Asia. 95% of Britain’s economic activity depends on these maritime trade routes. So to protect them, the UK maintains an active military personnel of nearly 205,000 people, and has the world’s 5th highest defense budget. Their air force currently possesses o...
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The United Kingdom is just smaller than Oregon, and yet at one time, it ruled a fourth of the world’s population and nearly a quarter of the world’s land mass. But that was then and this is now. So how powerful is the UK today? The answer is....still pretty powerful. Today, the UK is the world’s 6th largest economy, just behind France. A lot of that is due to its island location, which makes it an important maritime trade route and connecting point between North America, mainland Europe, and Asia. 95% of Britain’s economic activity depends on these maritime trade routes. So to protect them, the UK maintains an active military personnel of nearly 205,000 people, and has the world’s 5th highest defense budget. Their air force currently possesses o...
