United Kingdom of England, Wales and Cornwall Timeline: Double Collapse: The Entire Collapse of Communism OTL equivalent: United Kingdom excluding Scotland and Northern Ireland | ||||||
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Anthem: Land of Hope and Glory Royal anthem: God Save the King |
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Location of the United Kingdom (green)
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Capital | London | |||||
Official languages | English | |||||
Regional languages | Welsh, Cornish, British Sign Language | |||||
Demonym | British | |||||
Constituent countries | England Wales Cornwall |
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Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |||||
- | Monarch | Henry IX | ||||
- | Prime Minister | Greg Clark | ||||
Legislature | Parliament | |||||
- | Upper house | House of Lords | ||||
- | Lower house | House of Commons | ||||
Formation | ||||||
- | Laws in Wales Acts | 1535 and 1542 | ||||
- | Union of the Crowns | 24 March 1603 | ||||
- | Acts of Union of England and Scotland | 1 May 1707 | ||||
- | Acts of Union of Great Britain and Ireland | 1 January 1801 | ||||
- | Irish Free State Constitution Act | 5 December 1922 | ||||
- | Scotland Act | 1 May 2016 | ||||
- | Transfer of Northern Ireland to Ireland | 15 September 2021 | ||||
Population | ||||||
- | 2021 estimate | 59,740,148 | ||||
Currency | CANZUKUS dollar (CZD ) |
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Drives on the | Left |
The United Kingdom of England, Wales and Cornwall, commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, is a sovereign state located on the British isles in Western Europe. The nation borders Scotland, and shares overseas borders with France, Flanders and the Netherlands to the southeast; and Ireland to the west. The United Kingdom is the WIP-largest country in Europe, and has a population of around 60 million.
The United Kingdom emerged from a series of annexations and unifications, beginning with the unification of England (including Wales, which had been annexed in 1542) and Scotland in 1707, forming the Kingdom of Great Britain. Its union in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Throughout the 19th century, Great Britain expanded its colonial empire, becoming the biggest empire in history by 1921 in the aftermath of World War I. In 1922, Ireland gained independence, while the United Kingdom reconstituted itself as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 2016, Scotland left the union and five years later, the United Kingdom ceded Northern Ireland to Ireland, forming the modern British state.