I really do like the British Royal family, and the UK does have a fascinating history, with some of the greatest writers of all time (Tolkien, the Huxleys, etc..). The British have a very incredible history, an amalgamation of many different Germanic peoples, from central Germany, to Western Germanic, Northern Germanic, and finally the Normans - but all of this began on a canvas of Celtic peoples and hundreds of years of Romans.
Although my view of contemporary UK is very different:
Run down, poor, full of pukey alcoholics with bad hygiene and diseases, pretentious fanatical neo-conservative/neo-atheists who irritate and annoy everybody, and among the most uncivilized people in the western world who would trash their own civilization based on a drunken whim.
I really don't want to leave out that they have the most overrated music in all of the world; all they have done since the 70's is rip off American pop music styles, make it sound hideous, and think they're both original and awesome.
One thing Americans don't give themselves nearly enough credit for is how much better their pop music is than mostly everyone else. Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, and Hendrix invent Metal, the British took the credit. Blondie and the Cars invent New Wave, the Brits take the credit. The Ramones invent punk Rock, and the Brits again take the credit.... They even tried to take the credit for Grunge originally. Not only did the US do it first, but they did it all way better. Even the music that the British did actually come up with, like hard rock, Americans did a lot better.
Although, I am being overly harsh on the UK. I do think the Brits have actually done astounding things in the genres of Synth Pop and New Romanticism: Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Ladytron, etc... Although, again, while there were examples of proto-Synth pop, the trend of Synth Pop in the 80's began with New Wave - which is American.
For non-pop music, I think Germany's classical music history demolishes everyone elses though =P
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