UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND
The United Kingdom is a sovereign state comprising four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, situated off the northwestern coast of continental Europe across the English Channel and the North Sea. It was the world’s dominant imperial power during the 18th and 19th centuries, administering an empire that at its peak covered roughly a quarter of the world’s land surface, and the political, legal, linguistic, and cultural influence of that empire continues to shape countries and institutions across nearly every continent.
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