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Message: [QUOTE="Liquid, post: 13538280, member: 167130"] The United Kingdom has [I]possessions[/I] in all seven continents (which is a cool fact) but the difference with the fact about France is that France counts almost all of its overseas possessions as [I]integral[/I] French territory in a way that the United Kingdom does not: French Polynesia, Saint Martin, Reunion etc. are all a part of [I][B]France[/B][/I] (as well as the European Union) and are represented as such in France's two governmental chambers. Jersey, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar etc. belong to the United Kingdom but are not [I][B]in[/B][/I] the United Kingdom, not having representation in the UK's bicameral chambers. I've probably mentioned it myself earlier in the thread but France's integral territory governance gives it the most timezones of any country. [B]Edit:[/B] Akrotiri and Dhekelia are the only "parts" of the United Kingdom to use the Euro. [/QUOTE]