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In the 1500s, France was still the most populous country in Europe, [10] and would remain so until the mid-19th to late 19th century. [11] During the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, from 1643 to 1715, France was the leading European power as Europe's richest and most powerful country. The dominance of France over world affairs extended to ...
Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institutions, which are calculated at market or government official exchange rates. Nominal GDP does not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the ...
The European balance of power is a tenet in international relations that no single power should be allowed to achieve hegemony over a substantial part of Europe. During much of the Modern Age, the balance was achieved by having a small number of ever-changing alliances contending for power, [1] which culminated in the World Wars of the early 20th century.
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. ' the North ') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
It ranks all of the world’s 199 passports based on the number of destinations they can access without a prior visa. Singapore passport holders can travel to 195 destinations. In second place is ...
Now in its 20th year, the index, created by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners, tracks global freedoms in 227 countries and territories around the world ...
24. Anders — The Scandinavian form of Andrew, which means “manly.” 25. Andor — "Thor's eagle." 26. Anton — The Scandinavian form of Anthony, or Antonius, a Roman family name. 27. Ari ...
This is a list of European nations sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year.The GDP dollar estimates presented here are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations for the latest years recorded in The World Factbook.