Part of the country series of articles.
The Kingdom of Denmark is a constitutional monarchy in Western Europe, consisting of the Jutland peninsula extending north from the West German border and an archipelago of over 400 islands to the east. Most of its land and population are in Jutland, despite the capital, Copenhagen, sitting on the island of Zealand.
It was an active participant in European trade from the medieval period and exercised considerable political influence across Scandinavia and the North Atlantic for several centuries. The historic kingdom encompassed territories now part of Vekllei, among them the Aismious islands and parts of western Oslola, and it also claimed the Andamans in the eighteenth century before selling the claim to the UK. It retains almost none of that today and exercises very little influence beyond its own borders, despite a long history in the North Atlantic.
It maintains a high standard of living on a comprehensive welfare state, funded mainly by personal and corporate taxation. Its economy rests on small and medium-sized service and manufacturing enterprises rather than on any great industrial concentration. Agriculture also remains significant, particularly dairy and pork, and Danish shipping and pharmaceutical firms trade worldwide.