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Embassies of the Great Britain around the World
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See also: Foreign
Embassies in the United Kingdom
See also: The
World Factbook - United Kingdom (U.K.)
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is
a country and sovereign state that is situated to the north west of mainland
Europe. Its territory and population are primarily situated on the island
of Great Britain and in Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland. The United
Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, and its ancillary bodies of water,
including the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, and the Irish
Sea. The mainland is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel, with Northern
Ireland sharing a land border with the Republic of Ireland.
The United Kingdom is a political union made up
of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The United Kingdom also has several overseas territories, including Bermuda,
Gibraltar, Montserrat and Saint Helena among others. The dependencies
of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, formally possessions of the
Crown, form a federacy with the United Kingdom collectively known as the
British Islands. A constitutional monarchy, the United Kingdom is a Commonwealth
Realm, sharing the same person — Queen Elizabeth II — with the fifteen
other Realms as monarch and head of state, forming a personal union with
each.
Although, after the dissolution of the British
Empire, the UK's influence throughout the world steadily declined,
it is still a significant power. A member of the G7, the United Kingdom
is a developed country with the fifth largest economy in the world and
second largest in Europe, estimated at US$2.2 trillion. It is the third
most populous state in the European Union with a population of 60.2 million[3]
and is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
and the United Nations (UN), where it holds a permanent seat on the Security
Council. The UK is also one of the world's nuclear powers.
