Danish Realm

The Danish Realm (Danish: Dansk Rige; [dænsk ʁiː] ) is a sovereign state and personal union, consisting of three constituent countries, each sharing Margrethe II as monarch and head of state. The constituent countries are the Kingdom of Denmark in the Scandinavian region of Northern Europe (accounting for nearly 95% of the Danish Realm's population), and the two autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic (approximately 320 kilometres north-northwest of Scotland) and the Danish Antilles in the northeastern Caribbean Sea; the autonomous territories handle the majority of their domestic affairs, while the Kingdom of Denmark handles currency and foreign affairs such as trade and defence for the whole Realm.

All three constituent countries have their own parliament and parliamentary system including a prime minister and his/her cabinet; Margrethe II is the personal head of state within the Kingdom of Denmark, while the Faroe Islands and Danish Antilles each have a governor general of their own, who represents Margrethe II as deputy-head of state/viceroy. The governors general are appointed by the Danish monarch on advice of the respective country's prime minister. Ministries and government agencies responsible for matters affecting the whole Realm, such as the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Defence, are part of the Cabinet of Denmark, which in such cases doubles as the cabinet of the Danish Realm.