Anyone who has already visited Cadiz knows that nobody can hold Cadiz against the continent. Cadiz is not a rock like Gibraltar.
As for the original challenge - Britain was at war with Denmark during the Napoleonic war and could easily have acquired Iceland and the Faeroes if desired. Granted it's more likely they would get a similar status to the Isle of Man or channel Islands, but it's not impossible to include them directly in the UK.
The simplest solution is to have all the constitutional quirks like the Isle of Mann and the Channel Islands included in the UK which very quickly increases in size.
Then all the overseas dependances like the Falklands and Gibraltar. Malta could join without much imagination. Maybe the Caribbean islands which declared independence stay? Jamaica as a part of the United Kingdom would make an interesting place in my view.
Beyond other small islands in the Indian Ocean and Pacific it seems quite unlikely for a United Kingdom to hold anything else.
Oh, did I mention Ireland?
Rest assured my friend that I understand in some detail the reason for the Isle of Man and Channel Islands not been part of the United Kingdom. I also understand to some extent how they fit in the British Constitutional scheme. I call them constitutional quirks from the perspective that they are compared to how most of the rest of the world sees them.The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands aren't constitutional quirks. They have nothing to do with the way the British state is laid out. They are independent realms which happened to pass to the English monarch in the past. They remain independent realms which simply delegate some of their rights to the UK in exchange for financial and military security.
Not necessarily. See: Netherlands, The.
Here is my proposed A major United Kingdom Wank.
Covering:
- The British Isles.
- Whole of Ireland. (No Home Rule)
- Hanover. (No splitting of the title and land)
French land kept by English king.
- Brittany and Calais
- Gascony (Aquitaine)
Spanish land ceded to Britain "in perpetuity" under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
- OTL Cádiz and Málaga,
- Gibralta
In 1773, British give their American colonies more control over their ruling, however in 1813, some states got cocky and wanted full independence leading to a break up with more loyal states staying with their home nation:
- From the south Georgia and South Carolina
- From the north Maine and New Hampshire
Danish land ceded to Britain "in perpetuity" under the Treaty of Reykjavík, after the Napoleonic War.
- Iceland
- Greenland
During the "Peace" Decolonization, their colonies offer to give land, 1827 - Present:
From Canada
- New Foundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Prince Edwar Island
From India
- OTL Bangladesh
From Australia
- OTL Queensland
What about Guyana? Could we have British one next to French?
What about Guyana? Could we have British one next to French?
Or claim it back during the settlement after the Napoleonic wars.Don't lose Calais in the mid 1500s, because it's cool!
Or claim it back during the settlement after the Napoleonic wars.