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> The sun absolutely does set on what little is left of the "British Empire" in the 21st century.

I suggest you look at the locations of the British Overseas Territories

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The famous phrase was as much about the relative geo-political strength of the empire in the 18th and 19th centuries as much as it has to do with actually being able to see a sunset... but feel free to take it literally if you like.

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this subthread is literally about geography

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Its literally about the quote widely used to generally describe the nature of 19th century British power, but ok!

> The sun never sets...

> https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-empire-on-which-the-...