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Denmark
Kongeriget Danmark Kingdom of Denmark Motto: none (Royal motto: Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke "The Help of God, the Love of the People, the Strength of Denmark") Anthem: Der er et yndigt land (national) . Royal anthem Kong Christian (royal) Location of Denmark Location of Denmark  (orange)

– on the European continent (camel & white) – in the European Union (camel)                  [Legend] Capital (and largest city) 	Copenhagen 55°43′N, 12°34′E Official languages 	Danish1 Demonym 	Danish Government 	Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy - 	Monarch 	Margrethe II -  	Prime Minister 	Anders Fogh Rasmussen Consolidation 	(prehistoric) EU accession 	1 January 1973 Area - 	Total 	43,094 km² (134th²) 16,639² sq mi -  	Water (%) 	1.6² Population - 	2007 estimate 	5,470,919 (108th) - 	Density 	129.04/km² (78th²) 334.23/sq mi GDP (PPP) 	2006 estimate - 	Total 	$198.5 billion (45th) - 	Per capita 	$37,000 (6th) GDP (nominal) 	2006 estimate - 	Total 	$256.3 billion (27th) - 	Per capita 	$46,600 (6th) Gini (1997) 	24.7 (low) (1st) HDI (2004) 	0.943 (high) (15th) Currency 	Danish krone (DKK) Time zone 	CET² (UTC+1) - 	Summer (DST) 	CEST² (UTC+2) Internet TLD 	.dk2,3 Calling code 	+454 1 Co-official with Greenlandic in Greenland, and Faroese in the Faroe Islands. German is recognised as a protected minority language in the South Jutland (Sønderjylland) area of Denmark. Danish is recognized as a protected minority language in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany. ² For Denmark excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland. ³ The TLD .eu is shared with other European Union countries. 4 The Faroe Islands use +298 and Greenland uses +299.

Denmark, officially (translated to English) the Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark (help·info), IPA: [ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊], (archaic:) IPA: [ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊]) is a nation situated in Scandinavia in northern Europe. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries. The mainland is bordered to the south by Germany; Denmark is located to the southwest of Sweden and the south of Norway. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea.

The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland (Jylland) and a large number of islands, most notably Zealand (Sjælland), Funen (Fyn), Vendsyssel-Thy, Lolland, Falster and Bornholm as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago. Denmark has long controlled the approach to the Baltic Sea, and these waters are also known as the Danish straits. The Faroe Islands and Greenland are autonomous provinces of Denmark with home rule.

Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. It is a member of NATO and the European Union, having joined the European Economic Community in 1973. The national capital and the largest city is Copenhagen. Originally a seafaring nation relying on fishing, farming and trade, Denmark experienced steady industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries and developed the Scandinavian model welfare state. In 2006 a survey found Denmark to be the happiest place in the world, based on standards of health, welfare, and education. In 2007 the country's capital was ranked the third most liveable city in the world by Monocle magazine[1] and ranked as the happiest nation in the world.[2]

Gazette Editorial Starters
When I work on this, I have to try to decide how to interpret different standards to fit in the mix. I don't see why we need to have to coordinate books with standards that may or may not be actually good. I can testify, for instance, how standards lead to very poor academics in school. They do not interest most students, and those that do get interested is because the teacher/s lead them into further exploration. So I say, why not arrange books by interest levels, not by standards? Seems most sensible. (got this one from a leading discussion over at Textbook Standards that I began. This is the opening comment.)
 * (Response by Chazz)I'm sorry, Laleena, but I can't really agree, much as I wish I could. What the standards provide is a minimum, a level of factuality and verifiability, so that an educator using our texts (or any text) will have a basic level of trust in the materials he or she is using to teach. We must write to that minimum standard to be accepted. Without that minimum, we cannot be used for teaching and the whole thing becomes a pointless exercise. However: Nothing says that we can't exceed that minimum, and it is there that we hopefully can do better than the main stream. All the same, a text, even as flexible and fluid a text as WB, cannot inspire the way a teacher can. WB can, under the hands of a suitable teacher, inspire a class to new heights as it researches outside the classroom to find material to add to the text, to make a palpable contribution to the next class and to the future. There is no text that can make a mediocre teacher any good. What we have to do is meet the standards, exceed them where possible, and we have no choice but to trust the teachers to make the magic from what we can provide.