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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Many of the Countries Participating in this Olympics Were Once Under British Rule?
USA
Canada
Australia
India
Kenya
Hong Kong
Egypt
Israel
And a buttload more.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Yavin4
(35,354 posts)That's all. Geesh.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)It would be close.
2ndAmForComputers
(3,527 posts)quinnox
(20,600 posts)they controlled a huge chunk of the world back in the day. Looks like the US didn't learn from their mistakes.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)the treasure home. The US empire has always SPENT national treasure (tax$$$$) on maintaining its empire.
A major difference.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Much of Africa, several Carribean Islands, several island groups in the S Pacific, and SE Asia.
liberal N proud
(60,298 posts)fishwax
(29,146 posts)Almost all of which (I think 52) were once under British rule. Then there are several other countries (like the USA, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, etc.) that were once under British rule and are not part of the Commonwealth, so that would put the number at least in the 60s ...
elleng
(130,126 posts)that 'the sun never sets on the British empire.'
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,271 posts)Well, it probably won't help but it's pretty fuckin' cool
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