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As the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars and the Irish republic withdraw from the union. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999, but the latter is suspended due to wrangling over the peace process.

Borders:

Ireland 360 km

Population:

60,226,500

GDP per capita:

$36,555.19 per capita

Capital with population:

London - 7,500,000

Largest city with population:

London - 7,500,000

Alternative names:

United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom,

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United Kingdom	Localities in England connected with American History	North Sea and English Channel: The Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th Century	England and Wales, January 1, 1643
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Jess 30th March 2005	I am a student and I'm doing an assignment about the war in Iraq. Does anybody have any ideas to why our armed forces are in Iraq? Is it a peace-keeping effort or armed conflict?
Manx Man 2nd April 2005	The Isle of Man may be part of the U.K. but is also a nation in its own right! And has one of the oldest governments in the world!
paul kerriage 29th April 2005	The single most important factor in the UK is the "nice cup of tea" - a fact agreed on by all right-thinking Brits and observed by envious visitors since the 1700s!
Charlie Duthie 25th May 2005	The United Kingdom was not created in 1707. The Act of Union of 1801 saw the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland unite to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The 1707 Act created the Kingdom of Great Britain. Please correct this error in your summary.
Matt-England 21st June 2005	You know it is nice to be known as English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh, instead of just from the "UK".
Errol Manuel 22nd July 2005	Do you have any information on R.P and its progression over the years. Even a good website will do?
Jolleen 22nd July 2005	Hello - Great site! I am a student from the US and am doing a research paper on the UK, more specifically hybrid cars in the UK. Does anybody have any info that might be useful? What are gasoline prices like? Is there currently a presence of hybrid cars in the UK? Or anything else that might be helpful!! Thanks to all!
Nick Cheetham - Leeds- England 30th July 2005	Does anyone know whether or not wales and northern ireland are truly seperate nations to england, i suspect that they aren't but i'm not sure... but if britain split up it would only split into two nations, England and Scotland, wouldn't it? Wales has its own assembly but that isn't a government exactly because it doesn't have the legislative powers of one, and so in effect wales is still run almost completely from westminister. Wales was a part of England before the forming of Britain, and since they only have a welsh assembly and not a government then it is still english. Northern Ireland on th other hand doesn't have a assembly, so it is surely english...
Oskar (Sweden) 4th March 2007	Hi, I am searching for a site where you can find labor statistics concerning economic activity for UK. Anyone who knows where to find that?

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