The Baltic Sea is located in northern Europe and is surrounded by nine countries, which are Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Denmark (" State of the Baltic Sea"). These countries are currently and previously closely connected because of their proximity to the sea, and are forced to work together to try and counteract the impacts humans have had on it ((" State of the Baltic Sea"). In the poem "Eighteen Hundred and Eleven" Barbauld mentions the sea when she is discussing the areas that have been impacted by Britain's imperialism. She says, "And death sits brooding o'er Campania's plain; / O'er Baltic shores and through Hercynian groves". 

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“State of the Baltic Sea – Second Helcom Holistic Assessment 2011–2016.” State of the Baltic Sea - Second HELCOM Holistic Assessment, http://stateofthebalticsea.helcom.fi/in-brief/our-baltic-sea/#:~:text=Th....