Favorite Global "Age of Exploration" European Empire

Beginning in the 1400's when the Portuguese finally sailed past Port Cape Bojador and ending with post WW2 decolonization, the world was pretty much controlled by the great european empires. This list only had room for 10, but i know there are other less significant ones like Belgium's empire, and there were also non-euro ones like Japan, but this is a list for just the european powers. Which was your favorite global european power?