TheUnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as theUnitedKingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off...
theKingdom of Great Britain and theKingdom of Ireland merged, creating first theUnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and later theUnited Kingdom...
Since 1922, theUnitedKingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland...
Postal codes used intheUnitedKingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies are known as postcodes (originally, postal codes). They are...
The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of theUnitedKingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies...
The House of Windsor is a British royal house, and currently the reigning house of theUnitedKingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house's...
The monarchy of theUnitedKingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by theUnitedKingdom by which a hereditary...
nobility inthe peerages of theUnitedKingdom. IntheUnitedKingdom, and the former kingdoms of England, Ireland, and Great Britain, the monarch is the only...
punishment intheUnitedKingdom predates the formation of the UK, having been used within the British Isles from ancient times until the second half of the 20th...
The list of postcode areas intheUnitedKingdom is a tabulation of the postcode areas used by Royal Mail for the purposes of directing mail within the...
intheUnitedKingdom form a legal system comprising both hereditary and lifetime titles, composed of various ranks, and within the framework of the Constitution...
list of acts of the Parliament of theUnitedKingdom for the year 1917. Note that the first parliament of theUnitedKingdom was held in 1801; parliaments...
IntheUnitedKingdom, taxation may involve payments to at least three different levels of government: central government (HM Revenue & Customs), devolved...
Law enforcement intheUnitedKingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of theUnitedKingdom: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern...
becomes extinct, it may subsequently be recreated by the reigning monarch at any time. IntheUnitedKingdom, there is nothing intrinsic to any dukedom that...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to theUnitedKingdom: UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – sovereign...
TheUnitedKingdom straddles the higher mid-latitudes between 49° and 61°N on the western seaboard of Europe. Since the UK is always in or close to the...
is the capital and largest city of both England and theUnitedKingdom, with a population of around 8.8 million, and its metropolitan area is the largest...