Denmark

Denmark () is a Scandinavien kintra in Northren Europe. The kintras o Denmark an Greenland, forby the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kinrick o Denmark. It is the soothrenmaist o the Nordic kintras, soothwast o Swaden an sooth o Norawa, an bordered tae the sooth bi Germany. Denmark borders baith the Baltic an the North Sea. The kintra consists o a muckle peninsulae, Jutland (Jylland) an mony islands, maist notably Zealand (Sjælland), Funen (Fyn), Vendsyssel-Thy (aften considered a pairt o Jutland), Lolland, Falster an Bornholm, forby as hunders o minor islands aften referred tae as the Dens Airchipelago. Denmark haes lang controlled the approach tae the Baltic Sea (dominium maris baltici); afore the diggin o the Kiel Canal, watter passage tae the Baltic Sea wis possible anerlie throu the three channels kent as the "Dens straits".

Denmark is a constitutional monarchy wi a Pairlamentary system o govrenment. It haes a state-level govrenment an local govrenments in 98 municipalities. Denmark haes been a member o the European Union syne 1973, awtho it haesnae jyned the Eurozone. A foondin member o NATO an the OECD, it is a member o the Organisation for Security an Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) an aw.

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Category:Nordic kintras
Category:Constitutional monarchies
Category:States an territories established in 1814
Category:Member states o NATO
Category:Member states o the Unitit Naitions