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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom , the UK and Britain ) is a country [ ]Countries within a country , Number 10. Accessed May 29 2006 [ ] Member States: United Kingdom , UK Presidency of the EU 2005. Accessed May 29 2006 . [ "]United Kingdom ", Encyclopædia Britannica Accessed May 29 2006 and sovereign state UK or GB? , Directgov (UK government website); accessed May 29 2006 occupying Great Britain and the northeast of Ireland off the northwest coast of mainland Europe . Its territory and population are primarily situated on the island of Great Britain , but it also shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland on the island of Ireland . The United Kingdom is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and its ancillary bodies of water- the North Sea , the English Channel , the Celtic Sea , and the Irish Sea .
The United Kingdom is a political union made up of four constituent countries: England , Scotland , and Wales on the island of Great Britain , and Northern Ireland . The United Kingdom also has several overseas territories , including Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands . The Crown has a relationship with the dependencies of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands ; they are part of the British Islands but not part of the United Kingdom. A constitutional monarchy , the United Kingdom has close relationships with fifteen other Commonwealth Realm s that share the same monarch — Queen Elizabeth II — as head of state .
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