The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is generally called as United Kingdom or UK or simply Britain. It is a monarch state, which is situated off the north western coast, from the European continent. The country comprises of great Brittan, the north eastern portion of the Ireland Island, and various tiny islands. Northern Ireland is the only portion of the UK, which distributes and borders with another monarch state, the Republic of Ireland. Other then the land borders, sea like the North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Irish Sea and the English Channel.

A constitutional monarchy and a parliament government administer the United Kingdom. The captail city of the United Kingdom, London holds the seat of administration. The kingdom comprises of the four contries like England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. There were three delegated national administration, each with changeable powers, located, Belfast, Cardiff, and Edinburgh, which were capitals of Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland correspondingly.

IN the year 1922, the British Empire was at its peak; it covered almost all a quarter of the glob’s land surface. In history, it is indeed the biggest empire. The influence of the British can be seen in many of its previous territories, in culture, language, and legal systems.

It is developed country. According to nominal GDP and purchasing power parity, UK holds the credit o f being the glob’s sixth biggest economy and the seventh biggest economy respectively. UK was the globe's primary industrialized country. During ht 19th centuries and the early part of the 20 th centuries, it was the globe’s foremost super power .

UK is still a great power in terms of cultural, economic, scientific military and political influence. It is regarded as a nuclear weapon state. It occupies the third or the fourth position in the world in terms of military expenditure.
Since the first session of 1946, the United Kingdom occupies a permanent seat in the United Nations council. It is also a member of the council of Europe, the, European Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, the G7, G8, the G20, NATO, the World Trade Organization and the OECD.

Capital: London

Language: English (official)

Recognized regional languages: Ulster Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Cornish, Welsh, etc.

Currency: Pound sterling (GBP)

Religion: Christians (71.6%), Islam (2.8%), Hinduism (1.0%), Sikhism (0.6%), Judaism (0.5%), Buddhism (0.3%), and other regions (0.3%).

Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)

History

About 30,000 years ago, human settlement occurred anatomically in waves. At the end of the prehistoric period of the region, the population is believed to belong to a culture known as Insular Celtic which includes Gaelic Ireland and Brythonic Britain. In the 43 AD, the Roman conquest commenced, the rule of southern Brittan which lasted for a period of 4 centuries was pursued by Germanic Anglo-Saxon settlers’ invasions, minimizing the Brythonic region mostly, to what was to turn out to be Wales. The Anglo Saxons settled in the region in the 10th century what was known as unified Kingdom of Britain.

The early modern period witnessed religious clash ah resulted from Reformation and the opening of Protestant state churches in every state. Wales was completely integrated into the England kingdom. Ireland was comprised as a personal union kingdom with the British crown.

In the year 1603, the England, Scotland and Ireland kingdoms were merged into a personal union. Once king of Scots James IV, inherited the throne of England and Ireland, he shifted his court form Edinburg to London.

Ever since the acts of union of 1707

In agreement with the Treaty of Union, the kingdoms of Britain and Scotland were politically united to form a new kingdom called as the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Later the kingdom of Great Brittan and Ireland was formed in the on January 1, 1801.

In the 19th century, UK surfaced as a major naval and economical power, Subsequent to the France’s defeat in the Napoleonic and revolutionary wars (1792 to 1815). London was the biggest city in the earth during the period from 1830 to 1930. Up to the middle of the 20th century, UK remained a paramount power.

The United Kingdom was one among the three major allies World War II. Even subsequent to the defeat of its European associates, Britain still waged war against Germany in the Battle of Britain and Battle of Atlantic. Subsequent to the victory, UK emerged as one of the Big B powers to decide the plan for post world war.