While America's war-making budget continues to grow - even as signs appears of its empire-building-efforts being slowed; it is perhaps worth reflecting on the last empire...Britain - which has been far from a stranger to conflict and colonization over the years...

Astoundingly, as the chart above shows, there are only 22 countries which have never been invaded by the Brits.

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According to the book "All the Countries We’ve Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To", there are only 22 countries Britain never invaded throughout the course of history.

There aren't many gaps on the map, but some of the more notable include Sweden, Belarus and Vatican City.