Denmark
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This article discusses Denmark as part of the Nonoparthian Federation
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| Motto: Denmark fides intrepida Musical Anthem: Denmark our holy land | |
| Type of entity: | Federalist State |
| Location: | Northern Europe |
| Area: | 192,856 km² |
| Population | 15,328,212 |
| Date of statehood | August 9th, 2046 |
| Incumbent: | Vacant |
| Language: | Spanish, Danish |
| Date in novenary: | April 5th |
| Patron: | Saint Barachiel |
Denmark is a state in northeastern Scandinavian Nonopartia. With an area of 361,127 km²is ranked as the sixth and also sixth in population. It has the warmest weather of all the eight european states but still being cold compared with Mexico.
Denmark population is predominatly white, it is dedicated to the manufacturers and the industries, it also has special services of heraldry, philately and other collections, it has the nickname of the cultural state because of it's many libraries and museums.
The capital city of Denmark is Cophenaguen that has been it's capital for more than one thousand year since the state was an independent kingdom, and during the Weimar Union it was also the capital of all Scandinavia, during it's union with United Europe it was also the capital of the Principality of Denmark who in 2046 turned to State of Denmark.
History
From the 8th to the 10th century, the Danes were known as Vikings. Together with Norwegians and Swedes, they colonised, raided and traded in all parts of Europe. Viking explorers first discovered Iceland by accident in the 9th century, on the way towards the Faroe Islands and eventually came across "Vinland" (Land of wine) also known today as Newfoundland, in Canada. The Danish Vikings were most active in England and France where they temporarily conquered parts of England, known as the Danelaw, Ireland and France, giving name to the French region of Normandy. More Anglo-Saxon coins from the Viking age have been found in Denmark than in England.[citation needed] As attested by the Jelling stones, the Danes were united and Christianised about 965 by Harald Bluetooth, the second recognised king of Denmark. In the early 11th century, Canute the Great won and united Denmark, England and Norway for almost 30 years.[8]
Up through the High and Late Middle Ages, Denmark also included Skåneland (Skåne, Halland and Blekinge) and Danish kings ruled Danish Estonia, as well as the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Most of the latter two now form part of northern Germany. In 1397, Denmark entered the Kalmar Union with Norway and Sweden. The union was a personal union with the individual states maintaining their nominal independence. Scandinavia remained unified under this arrangement until Sweden broke out in 1523. The Protestant Reformation came to Scandinavia in 1530s, and following the Count's Feud civil war, Denmark converted to Lutheranism in 1536. Later that year, Denmark entered a union with Norway.
Two and a half centuries of wars with Sweden followed. Skåneland was lost to Sweden in the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 and the Denmark-Norway union was dissolved by the Treaty of Kiel in 1814, when Norway entered a new union with Sweden, which lasted until 1905. Denmark kept the colonies of Iceland, Faroe Islands and Greenland. Apart from the Nordic colonies, Denmark ruled over Danish India (Tranquebar in India) from 1620 to 1869, the Danish Gold Coast (Ghana) from 1658 to 1850, and the Danish West Indies (the United States Virgin Islands) from 1671 to 1917.
The Danish liberal and national movement gained momentum in the 1830s, and after the European Revolutions of 1848 Denmark became a constitutional monarchy on June 5, 1849.
After the Second War of Schleswig (Danish: Slesvig) in 1864, Denmark was forced to cede Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia, in a defeat that left deep marks on the Danish national identity. After this point Denmark adopted a policy of neutrality, as a result of which Denmark stayed neutral in World War I. After the defeat of Germany, the Versailles powers offered to return the then-German region of Schleswig-Holstein to Denmark. Fearing German irredentism, Denmark refused to consider the return of the area and insisted on a plebiscite concerning the return of Schleswig. The two Schleswig Plebiscites took place on February 10 and March 14, respectively. On July 10, 1920, after the plebiscite and the King's signature July 9 on the reunion document, Northern Schleswig (Sønderjylland) was recovered by Denmark, thereby adding 163,600 inhabitants and 3,984 km². The reunion day (Genforeningsdag) is celebrated every year June 15 on Valdemarsdag.
Despite its continued neutrality, Denmark was invaded by Germany (Operation Weserübung), on April 9, 1940. Though accorded self-rule (which ended in August 23, 1943 because of a mounting resistance movement, which was upsetting the German military leadership), Denmark remained militarily occupied throughout World War II. The Danish sympathy for the Allied cause was in general strong, but in spite of this fact the economical cooperation between Germany and Denmark continued throughout the war. In 1944, 1,900 Danish police officers were arrested by the Gestapo and sent to the concentration camp Buchenwald, from which many never returned alive. During the war, Iceland claimed independence and in 1948 the Faroe Islands gained home rule. After the war, Denmark became one of the founding members of the United Nations and NATO and, in 1973, joined the European Economic Community (later, the European Union). In 1979, Greenland gained home rule.
In 2004 Margerhete II queen of Denmark was crowned also as queen of Estonia and protectoress of the Scandinavian Culture, after that she was also crowned as queen of Finland, in 2006 Carl XVI Gustave of Sweeden (And soon after that also of Norway) declared war to her, but the war soon was won by Sweeden and in june 17th Margarethe II surrendered it's kingdom and the Scandinavian Empire was built.
In 2019 after Fernando I and Victoria I abdicated to their thrones, Denmark separed itself from the Scandinavian Empire and the son of Margarete II, and his son Frederick was crowned as His Majesty Frederick X of Denmark, but soon Denmark incorporated itself with the European Empire and was declared a Principality with Frederick as the first prince.
In 2046 via referendum the people of Denmark voted in favor to return to the titular Scandinavian Empire, thus incorporating itself with Nonopartia as it's eight state.
Geography
Denmark is the southernmost state of the European part of Nonopartia, and thus has the warmest wheather in the european part of the nation, Denmark has many islands including Sjaelland, Rone y Falsten, it also occupies the Jutland peninsula.
Denmark it's the closest state of Nonopartia to the United Europe, and it has many highways and tunnels that goes to this important nation, it is considered as a bridge to the European Empire, where the Haubsburg dinasty rules and Alaide II the first and only daughter of the king is empress consort.
The population is concentrated in the capital city Cophenaguen, and also in Odense City, other important populated zones are those of Schleswig, it also has some islands of the Frisian Archipelago, the other part belonging to United Europe.
In polithical geography matters, Denmark is divided into six dukedoms, as follows:
| Dukedom | Capital City | Duke |
| Copenhague, Regio De | Copenhague | David I loya |
| Dinamarca, Terrenal de | Alburg | Norma I Ponce |
| Polonia | Varsovia | Jessica I Hernandez |
| Schleswig | Orense | Gabriela I Carrasco |
| Schleswig Occidental | Lowerbay | Mariely I Anaya |
| Schleswig Oriental | Wonderland | Perla I Grijalva |
