The Kingdom of Denmark is one of the few
regions that looks like it may grow in size, as the shifts around it occur.
Most of the large centralised states look set to radically decrease in
territorial size, as the devolve their power structures away from heavily
federalised cores. However Denmark is already a tiny state that has numerous
land claims on neighbouring states.
As the larger nations that currently hold
these territories disintegrate, it seems the sensible thing to do will be to
cede these territories back to Denmark. The Danes will of course be
relinquishing their claims to far flung territories, which exist in places far
from its capital Copenhagen. Nothing in this projected model, for future
Geopolitical organisation of the world, would indicate these old style imperial
or quasi imperial states, with far flung colonies that remain hard to care for
far from the centre of power, will continue to exist. However contiguous
territories for the Danes are most certainly to seek a restoration of union
with this state.
Most of these regions historically spoke
Danish or indeed still speak Danish today. These claims are based on the states
of nearby Sweden and Germany. In Germany the traditional border between these
nations was the Eider River, so a restoration of Danish lands to here is
expected. The long debate between Denmark and Sweden for the final returning of
the Skaneland, on the Scandinavian peninsula, is likely to be finally resolved
in Denmark’s favour in the future world order.
As with many of the Monarchies in the
region it is likely that, for now, a new bout of Republicanism in all corners
of Europe is likely to be tempered by many readjusting to the idea of returning
to ideas of National Sovereignty, as a first start point. These remnant
Monarchies will thus continue to survive.
The
changes in the region will therefore leave an expanded Danish nation made up of
the Nordjylland, Midtjylland, Syddanmark, Sjaelland and Hovedstaden Regions,
currently a part of Denmark. Added to this will be the Schleswig-Flensburg
District and the Flensburg Urban District, currently part of the
Schleswig-Holstein State in Germany. Everything
north of the Eider River, in the Rendsburg-Eckernforde District and the Kiel
Urban District, of the Schleswig-Holstein State in Germany, would also join
this nation. Finally the Skaneland territory of Halland, Skane
and Blekinge Provinces, currently in Sweden, will be returned to this nation.
The
flag of Denmark is one of the Nordic Cross family of flags. Indeed it is the
original such flag, on which all the
others base themselves. It is one of the oldest national flags currently still
in use. Before the modern concept of nation states it was primarily used as a
maritime and war banner. It is possibly based on the war banner of the Holy
Roman Empire.
The
cross was shifted towards the hoist in 1748. It is possible this was done to
help differentiate Danish ships from Knights of Malta ships, which flew a
similar flag. All the other Nordic Flags have since copied this model. The flag
was officially adopted as the flag for the modern nation state in 1854.
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