United Kingdom
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Area of 244,100 square meters. Population -56.6 million people
This country is located in the British Isles in the Atlantic Ocean - the largest archipelago in Europe. On behalf of its largest island called Great Britain, and the name of its main historical part - sometimes England. Officially, the country is referred to as follows: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The composition of the country consists of 4 historical regions: England occupies the central and south-eastern parts of the island of Great Britain, Scotland is located in the north of the island of Great Britain; Wales - in the west of the island and Northern Ireland (Ulster) - on the island of Ireland. The inhabitants of this country call themselves British, to show that the British Isles are not only British but also the Scots, Welsh (Welsh), Irish. All of them are proud of their language and ancient culture.
In large cities, lives are also a lot of immigrants from Asia, Africa and the West Indies. United Kingdom - a small area a highly developed capitalist country, one of the first industrial countries. The British were the first to build large factories to produce machines. English inventor D. Watt created a steam engine, and a talented worker D. Stephenson built the locomotive. And now the famous British cars and appliances, ships and fabrics.