>>13072125>Industrial revolution although even before then UK was a powerhouse. It helps that the UK is an island that had some good resources which is hard to invade although nobody can really explain why bongland birthed some of the greatest thinkers and scientific discoveries in historyRivers and canals are the lifeblood of any flourishing economy, they supply water and transport heavy goods which are extremely important (which is why you always find the biggest civilizations around them). Great Britain being an island off an ocean, it's climate being wet and England being largely meadows meaning it was one of the best locations on the planet to start an industrial revolution.
