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[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

what about canada and australia?

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

show the entire commonwealth, and every place the UK has ever colonized?

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

well sorry idk the difference between commomweath and the map, isn't that the point?

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

pretty much! The commonwealth is what the British empire became, most former British colonies are members, and King Charles is its head, though most member states are republics now, and don't have him as their king. It's a mostly-cerrmonial political group that occasionally does things like promote trade or diplomacy

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is India part of the commonwealth?

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yup, every British colony as of 1945 joined the commonwealth except Myanmar, and one called Aden that is now part of Yemen

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

TIL! Thank you dear sir!

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I did not wake up this morning expecting to read someone claiming that Canada is an island.

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

But Hans Island is an island, and it's ours! 🇩🇰

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

For a moment, I thought, this comment was in response to the Europe map someone else posted. There the answer would have been easy, of course: Eurovision. 🙃