Historines: Danish Empire [Commission]

The Danes made their true mark on history during their invasion of Britain, which in turn lead to the establishment of a vassal kingdom under Denmark in what is today North East England. When the Danes realised that they could simply charge money for not pillaging cities, the Danes established the concept of Danegeld in England. However, the rise of the Anglo-Saxons on Britain eventually lead to the de-establishment of the vassal.

Denmark's true origins remains unknown, but today it remains the oldest uninterrupted monarchy in the world, which dates back to around the 9th century. In addition to their British vassal, Denmark established its mark around the Baltic, Scandinavia and the Far North such as Iceland and Greenland. In the 13th century, Denmark participated in the Northern Crusade of Estonia. The Battle of Lyndanisse (Tallinn) famously includes the mythological origin of the Danish flag, where it fell from the sky; though it is more likely the symbol used by the Danes as part of the crusade. But despite this, Denmark has used this flag since then and thus it remains the oldest state flag still in use. Even Tallinn today uses the Danish flag in its small Coat of Arms as well as the Danish Coat of Arms in its Coat of Arms.

Denmark's main rival was Sweden, who was bothered by Denmark's possession of Scania, which meant Denmark had total control of the entrance to the Baltic Sea. In fact, it would not only be Sweden which was bothered by this fact. But it is a common misconception that Scania used to be Swedish before it was Danish, but only has since Sweden's annexation of Scania in the 16th century, where Sweden performed ethnic cleansing of the area to ensure it to be 'Swedish', even if the territory today remains more Danish than Swedish.

Denmark lead the Kalmar Union from the 14th century to the 16th century, which meant Norway and Sweden were under the Danish monarch. Following the Stockholm Bloodbath, Sweden seceded from the Union and in turn the Union of Denmark-Norway was established, which gave Denmark direct control over Norway.

But Denmark's path from glory was marked with blunders of all kinds; from the 14th century to the First World War, Denmark would find itself making mistake after mistake, slowly losing its former size and glory to smarter war efforts. Siding with the First French Empire did not do Denmark any good. Its war effort in 1864 against Prussia and Austria would demonstate a new level of idiocy, when all the cards were face up on the table and yet Denmark always picked wrong. But despite this, if we ignore the German occupation in the 1940s, Denmark has never been the subject of a foreign country. At least not directly.