United Kingdom

This article is about the current British kingdom, for the previous kingdoms, see Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

The United Kingdom, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and also commonly referred to as the UK, is a country in Western Europe.

History
The United Kingdom was created in 1707 after England and Scotland united into one nation. It manage to gain colonies in North America and beat France in a war. However it was in massive debt, so it taxed the Thirteen Colonies. The colonies decided to rebel against Britain and defeated it in 1783. The United Kingdom joined an European Coalition against France due to multiple reasons. It would fight in the Napoleonic Wars against Napoleon and win it. It expanded it's empire for a bit during peacetime. At the start of WW1, the United Kingdom was neutral. However after Belgium was invaded by Germany, the kingdom declared war on Germany. It won the war and got some land as a result. Britain and France entered WW2 after Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939. France fell and the United States sent some supplies to Britain. In 1940 and 1941, the Soviet Union and United States entered the war due to incidents by Germany and Japan. During the Cold War, Britain was part of NATO to counter the spread of Communism. Also, its empire started to fall apart after WW2. The current Prime Minister is Boris Johnson and the current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II.

Constituent Countries

 * England
 * Northern Ireland
 * Scotland
 * Wales

Crown Dependencies

 * Guernsey
 * Jersey
 * Isle of Man

Overseas Territories

 * Akrotiri and Dhekalia
 * Anguilla
 * Bermuda
 * British Antarctic Territory
 * British Indian Ocean Territory
 * British Virgin Islands
 * Cayman Islands
 * Falkland Islands
 * Gibraltar
 * Montserrat
 * Pitcairn Islands
 * Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
 * Saint Helena
 * Ascension Island
 * Tristan da Cunha
 * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
 * Turks and Caicos Islands