| British Empire Impireacht na Breataine (Irish) Ìmpireachd Bhreatainn (Scots Gaelic) ब्रिटिश साम्राज्य (Hindi) Empire Britannique (French) OTL equivalent: British Empire | |||||
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| Motto: Dieu et mon droit (French) God and my right |
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| Anthem: God Save the Queen |
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 Map of the British Empire in 1861
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| Status | Empire | ||||
| Capital | London | ||||
| Official languages | English • Hindustani (in India) • | ||||
| Religion | Anglicanism (official) • Catholicism • Islam • Buddhism • Hinduism • Judaism | ||||
| Demonym | British | ||||
| Government | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||
| - | Monarch | Victoria | |||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||
| - | Upper house | House of Lords | |||
| - | Lower house | House of Commons | |||
| Establishment | |||||
| - | Acts of Union | 1 January 1801 | |||
| - | Treaty of Edō | 4 March 1861 | |||
| - | Imperial Reform Act | 3 July 1862 | |||
| Area | |||||
| - | 1861 | 11,448,886 km2 4,420,600 sq mi |
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| Population | |||||
| - | 1861 census | 174,389,308 | |||
| - | Density | 15.23/km2 39.45/sq mi |
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The British Empire is a colonial empire founded in the 17th century, comprising the territories administered by the United Kingdom.
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