Þæt Bryttisce Rīce (Nīwe Englisc: British Empire) wæs ærest woruldlic mægen and rīcost hēafodrīce in stǣre þǣre worulde. Þæt wæs wæstm of þǣre Europiscan Āspyrungtīde, þe þæt ongann mid þǣm sǣhierdum Portugales and Spēonlandes in fīftēoðan ielde. In 1921 rīcsode þæt Britisce Rīce ofer 458 millionena lēoda (fēorðandǣl þæs folcesrīmes þǣre worulde) and hæfþ ofer 14.3 millionena ecgmīlena gebrǣded.