UNITED KINGDOM

The UK consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, called the United Kingdom, GB or UK, is a sovereign state in Northern Europe. It unites England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as one Kingdom.Around 65 million people live in the UK.[4] Most people in the UK speak English. There are five native languages other than English. They are Welsh in Wales, Gaelic and Scots in Scotland and Northern Ireland, Irish in Northern Ireland, and Cornish in Cornwall.The name Britain is sometimes used to refer to the United Kingdom as a whole.