Scandinavia Nordic countries what's the difference well Scandinavia is made up
of three country Denmark Norway and Sweden while the Nordic countries are
described as being these three plus Finland Iceland the territories of
Greenland and the Faroe Islands title is a bit misleading but it's what people
are searching for so here's ash with the video in the late
14th century to the early 16th century the three kingdoms of Denmark Norway and
Sweden were united under a single monarch in what was known as the cowl my
Union Union also included what is now Finland which was under Swedish control
at the time Norway also controlled the overseas territories of Iceland
Greenland and the Faroe Islands the union was not always continuous as there
were several short interruptions but legally the countries remained separate
sovereign states with their domestic and foreign policies being directed by a
common monarch so what could happen if this union reunited today with all the
Nordic countries and territories becoming one country in this video we'll
be looking at how powerful this country would be and how it would compare to
other nations of today if all the nations combined into one country today
it would have the land size of 3.4 million square kilometers it would be
the second biggest country in Europe just behind Russia it would be bigger
than India and just smaller than Australia making it the seventh biggest
country in the world by land size with such a large amount of land you would
think the population would be large as well however the country would only
inhabit 26.9 million people this newly formed nation would just make the top 50
in terms of population above Angola but below Yemen the country's language would
be quite diverse with the main languages being Danish Swedish Finnish Icelandic
and Norwegian there would be a number of minor languages but how powerful would
this country be what if it were to go up against Italy in terms of its military
the country would possess an active front line person now of 98 thousand we
355,000 working to preserve Italy's active personnel would be much higher at
247,000 but it's reserved person now rests at only 20,000 it would also
achieve a defense budget 21 billion compared to Italy's 34 billion the
military would have access to 389 tanks 5,197 armored fighting vehicles 156
self-propelled artillery 1021 towed artillery and 58 rocket projectors in
comparison Italy has 200 tanks 6970 2 armored fighting vehicles 164
self-propelled artillery 92 towed artillery and 21 rocket projectors
within its Air Force there would be 205 fighters 209 attack aircraft and no
attack helicopters while Italy has 79 fighters 185 attack aircraft and 59
attack helicopters the country wouldn't have access to any aircraft carriers
that would have 14 frigates 11 submarines 9 Corvettes 46 patrol ships
are 41 mine warfare ships Italy has two aircraft carriers 14 frigates for
destroyers for Corvettes 7 submarines 10 patrol ships and 10 mind off airships
if we combined the country's GDP the country would be the 13th richest nation
in the world with 1.4 trillion above the countries of Spain and
Australia the country would also have a large amount of natural resources Norway
has a large access to petroleum and in 2011 Greenland which sparked Danish
kingdom earned 392 million in taxes from oil exploration the biggest cities would
be housed Enki Oslo Copenhagen and Stockholm and of course with the new
country there needs to be a capital it's likely Copenhagen would take the seat as
it was originally the capital jur in the card union the country would also need
to decide whether to have a monarchy or become Republic
three out of the five nations have monarchs today so it's likely this new
nation would still install a king or queen the country would be able to
attract many tourists given its natural beauties with sites like the Norwegian
fjords the Northern Lights Iceland's amazing geysers some
spectacular glaciers and Viking history it would probably be named the happiest
nation in the world as Norway Finland and Denmark have all been named as the
happiest nations in the world in recent years in the ideal world this union is
very unlikely to happen but leave your comments below and share your thoughts
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