East Indies In Colonial times the Clipper Ship Tea Route from China to England was the longest trade route in the world.

Furthermore, it continued to work with the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the Clipper Zenith piloted space shuttle, using the Baikonur infrastructure.

The recently deceased economist Steven Klepper argued that industries tend to cluster in particular cities simply because new firms are formed mainly by workers who leave other successful firms, taking the relevant tacit knowledge with them.