ooc -- history & contact
Collection of Denmark facts. Canon information forthcoming? AKA, if there's any out there, please direct! As for now--an abbreviated history lesson!
"Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke."
"The Help of God, the Love of the People, the Strength of Denmark"
- highly free market, capitalist economy.
- 2006-2008 surveys ranked Denmark as "the happiest place in the world," based on standards of health, welfare, and education.
- 2008 Global Peace Index ranks Denmark as second most peaceful country, after Iceland.
- 2008, capital Copenhagen ranked the most liveable city in the world by Monocle magazine.
8th-11th century, the Danish Vikings were most active in the British Isles and Western Europe, and they raided, conquered and settled parts of England. Earliest settlements: sites in the Danelaw, Ireland, and Normandy.
Denmark survived the UK's torment in the Napoleonic war with Norway, having joined the League of Armed Neutrality, but was rejected from the restored Scandinavian union thereafter.
- Keeps the colonies of Iceland, Faroe Islands and Greenland.
- Ruled over:
---- Danish India (Tranquebar in India) 1620 to 1869.
---- Danish Gold Coast (Ghana) 1658 to 1850.
---- Danish West Indies (the U.S. Virgin Islands) 1671 to 1917.
After the European Revolutions of 1848, Denmark peacefully became a constitutional monarchy on 5 June 1849.
After the Second War of Schleswig in 1864, Denmark was forced to cede Schleswig and Holstein to Prussia, in a defeat that left deep marks on the Danish national identity. (Lost 40% of land.)
Returned to neutrality policy through WWI. But through WWII, Denmark was invaded by Germany. (Invasion: 9 April 1940, Operation Weserübung.) Economic co-operation between Germany and Denmark continued until 1943, wherein the Danish government refused further co-operation. Germany sunk the Danish navy, so Denmark has to send their officers to escape in Sweden. There on, Denmark led many "inside operations" of sabotage against the German facilities.
Denmark became one of the founding members of the United Nations and NATO and in 1973, along with Britain and Ireland, then joined the European Economic Community (now the European Union). It has been participating in major military and humanitary operations since, most notably the UN and NATO led operations on Cyprus and in Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Ethiopia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Socially progressive culture
- 1969, Denmark was the first country to legalize pornography.
- 1989, Denmark enacted a registered partnership law, being the first country in the world to grant same-sex couples nearly all of the rights and responsibilities of marriage.
Contacting Denmark-player and organizing logs can also go here??
"Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke."
"The Help of God, the Love of the People, the Strength of Denmark"
- highly free market, capitalist economy.
- 2006-2008 surveys ranked Denmark as "the happiest place in the world," based on standards of health, welfare, and education.
- 2008 Global Peace Index ranks Denmark as second most peaceful country, after Iceland.
- 2008, capital Copenhagen ranked the most liveable city in the world by Monocle magazine.
8th-11th century, the Danish Vikings were most active in the British Isles and Western Europe, and they raided, conquered and settled parts of England. Earliest settlements: sites in the Danelaw, Ireland, and Normandy.
Denmark survived the UK's torment in the Napoleonic war with Norway, having joined the League of Armed Neutrality, but was rejected from the restored Scandinavian union thereafter.
- Keeps the colonies of Iceland, Faroe Islands and Greenland.
- Ruled over:
---- Danish India (Tranquebar in India) 1620 to 1869.
---- Danish Gold Coast (Ghana) 1658 to 1850.
---- Danish West Indies (the U.S. Virgin Islands) 1671 to 1917.
After the European Revolutions of 1848, Denmark peacefully became a constitutional monarchy on 5 June 1849.
After the Second War of Schleswig in 1864, Denmark was forced to cede Schleswig and Holstein to Prussia, in a defeat that left deep marks on the Danish national identity. (Lost 40% of land.)
Returned to neutrality policy through WWI. But through WWII, Denmark was invaded by Germany. (Invasion: 9 April 1940, Operation Weserübung.) Economic co-operation between Germany and Denmark continued until 1943, wherein the Danish government refused further co-operation. Germany sunk the Danish navy, so Denmark has to send their officers to escape in Sweden. There on, Denmark led many "inside operations" of sabotage against the German facilities.
Denmark became one of the founding members of the United Nations and NATO and in 1973, along with Britain and Ireland, then joined the European Economic Community (now the European Union). It has been participating in major military and humanitary operations since, most notably the UN and NATO led operations on Cyprus and in Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Ethiopia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Socially progressive culture
- 1969, Denmark was the first country to legalize pornography.
- 1989, Denmark enacted a registered partnership law, being the first country in the world to grant same-sex couples nearly all of the rights and responsibilities of marriage.
Contacting Denmark-player and organizing logs can also go here??