Greenland and the Faroe Islands
The Kingdom of Denmark is a unitary state that comprises, in addition to Denmark proper, two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: Greenland and the Faroe Islands. They have been integrated parts of the Danish Realm since the 18th century; however, due to their separate historical and cultural identities, these parts of the Realm have extensive political powers and have assumed legislative and administrative responsibility in a substantial number of fields.[73] The Faroe Islands gained home rule in 1948 and Greenland in 1979, having previously had the status of counties.[74]

The two territories have their own home governments and parliaments and are effectively self-governing in regards to domestic affairs.[74] High Commissioners (Rigsombudsmand) act as representatives of the Danish government in the Faroese Løgting and in the Greenlandic Parliament, but they cannot vote.[74] The Faroese home government is defined to be an equal partner with the Danish national government,[75] while the Greenlandic people are defined as a separate people with the right to self-determination