Denmark: we are the oldest still existing monarchy in the world and our Queen/King have to be a member of a specific version of Christianity.
Our royals even still signs all the laws through as they always do so they don't have any real power anymore.
On an unrelated note we once conquered England a fact which can still be seen in certain english words and the names of certain places.
Wait I wanna do this for my 2nd country and don't look at my profile thas cheating
We have a reputation for thinking our country is unique and better than other peoples countries.
And we also get the highest number of tourists out of any country in the world every year.
If it's anything like the UK it's a 'tv tax' that you pay to use a tv to watch live shows. It pays for the BBC so that's why it a) doesn't have commercials and b)makes the best documentaries on tv.
The Netherlands:
We have arguably been in the longest war ever, 335 years at war with the Isles of Scilly. During this war not a single shot was fired and no-one got hurt. (We kind of just forgot about it...)
We can't tell the difference between heroes and villains!
It's been on the news all day about some guy who got fired for reporting a crooked cop, So then when he shoots the crooked cop to death he's suddenly the bad guy.
We invented the train and then seemingly forgot how to run a proper train network and now ours is a pile of shit on chips that costs half your leg to get anywhere on.
Hello fellow ex-yugoslav, glad to see more of us on the Escapist!
OT:
Country: Croatia
Pointless information: The best thing I can say about my country is (sadly) that almost every army that has rampaged through Europe in the last 500 years has at some point gone over our territory (raping, pillaging, stealing,... you name it - we had it) -.-
We can't tell the difference between heroes and villains!
It's been on the news all day about some guy who got fired for reporting a crooked cop, So then when he shoots the crooked cop to death he's suddenly the bad guy.
Interesting to see the Swedes represented fairly here...
Country of origin: England
Country of residence: Sweden
Pointless fact: As an englishman living in sweden you will have the same conversation at least 4-8 times a month depending on frequency of socialisation.
I often happily point out the repetition to some people and look to others who have met me previously as they all begin to recognise the conversation they first had with me.
Below was intended to be a simple example but I began to ramble... Maybe I'll make bingo cards and next time I'm out with an english friend we'll play with shots.
Person: Where are you from?
Me: England
Person: Where in England?
Me: (Insert you relative town/region of origin but I will use Cornwall) Cornwall
Person: How far is that from London?
Me: About 300 miles
Person: How far is that in Km?
Me: About 500
Person: So it's near scotland
Me: No, it's in the south west
Person: So near Wales then
I have learnt that I can bail out here by just agreeing with them then waiting for the uncomfortable to pass so they can have a real conversation or realise that the only reason they are talking to me is that they think England is cool.
London looks great and they love the countryside because of that british series about the farm (Yes, fucking Emmerdale)
If I don't bail out then I am committed to the conversation until I have to go for a piss or step outside for a smoke.
The conversation then goes onto
i. Where in england they went for their school trip
ii. Where they would like to visit
iii. Why I came to Sweden
vi. What football team I support
v. Astonishment that an Englishman doesn't support Arsenal or Man U or Liverpool (Because they are the only football teams non-English people know/care about unless they saw Green Street in which case add Milwall and be prepared for them sincerely asking "Are you a hooligan then?" "I bet you are and you're just keeping it quiet"
negative thing:
Canada's internet is awful, the rates are ridiculous and the speed is staggeringly bad.
(this is of course in comparison to U.S. or UK or pretty much anywhere in the world, the CEO (i think was his title) of netflix called Canada's internet on par with third world countries.)
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