Kingdom of Denmark Danish: Kongeriget
Danmark) is the smallest and southernmost of the Nordic
countries. Located north of Germany (its
only land neighbour), southwest of Sweden,
and south of Norway,
it is in Scandinavia in
northern Europe,
but not on the Scandinavian
Peninsula.
Denmark borders the Baltic
Sea and the North
Sea, and consists of a peninsula named Jutland (Jylland)
attached to Northern Germany,
the islands of Funen (Fyn), Zealand (Sjælland), Bornholm (Bornholm)
and many smaller islands, often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.
This thoroughly modern market
economy features high-tech agriculture, up-to-date small-scale and
corporate industry, extensive government welfare measures, comfortable
living standards, a stable currency, and high dependence on foreign trade.
Denmark is a net exporter of food and energy and has a comfortable balance
of payments surplus and zero net foreign
debt. Also of importance is the sea territory of more than 105,000
km² (40,000+ sq m).
For the past two years Denmark has ranked first on the Economist
Intelligence Unit's "e-readiness" list. "A
country's "e-readiness" is a measure of its e-business environment,
a collection of factors that indicate how amenable a market is to Internet-based
opportunities."
However, regarding premium rate numbers, Denmark is far from open. The regulation
is rather strict, forbidding mass calling to TV-Shows by limiting the calls
possible to one call a day. All higher pay-per-call tariffs are available
only to licensed public utility fund rising collections.