Britain never regained its naval and economic dominance over the world, and it remains notoriously conflicted {"Brexit"} about its role in Europe. But Britain is still among the world's six richest nations, is still a parliamentary democracy under a figurehead monarch, is still a world leader in science and technology, and still maintains as its currency the pound sterling rather than the euro
( Jared Diamond )
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