United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (most commonly known as the United Kingdom or the UK for short) is a sovereign country made of four countries: England,  Scotland,  Northern Ireland and  Wales. It is surrounded by the North Sea, the Celtic Sea, the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean, the only country it shares borderlands with is Ireland.

The United Kingdom is not the most popular Countryhumans character. However, his popularity grows by the minute, mostly for being known as the USA and  Canada's father, two very popular/successful countries in the fandom.

The majority of the fandom recognises him as the USA and Canada's "bad but influential" father. He also has a female version, which is depicted as a mother to America and Canada. He is most typically seen as a male, however, the female version of him is rising in popularity.

Many people confuse him with England. England is a country in the United Kingdom and does not represent the whole United Kingdom.

Appearance
He's is almost always seen wearing the stereotypical English three-piece suit composed of a white shirt with a red tie/bow tie and a black jacket. He also wears a monocle too. His choice of dressing is meant to represent the stereotype of English being posh and overdressed.

Personality
Posh, very fancy, obsessed with tea.

Interests

 * In most comics, he has shown a fascination, or sometimes an obsession, for tea.


 * He also loves Bulldogs.

Flag meaning
The Union Jack is the national flag of the United Kingdom, it is used as an official flag in some of United Kingdom overseas territories. The Union Jack appears in the canton of the flags of several former nations and territories of the British Empire.

This flag has a blue background with a thick red cross that goes horizontal and vertical (St George's Cross) along with thin white lines around the cross. With the addition of a thin red saltire (St Patrick's Cross) with thin white lines around it (St Andrew's Cross).

In fact, the Union Jack is made of the combined flags of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Unfortunately, the flag of Wales is not represented because when the first Union Jack was created in 1606, Wales was already united with England from the 13th century. This meant that Wales was a principality at that period. On April 1606, a new flag was created to represent the royal union between England and Scotland, which the flag of England and the flag of Scotland are combined together. The present design of the Union Jack dates back from a royal announcement following the union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. The flag combines the aspects of the three flags: the red cross of St George to represent the Kingdom of England, the white saltire of St Andrew to represent Scotland and the red saltire of St Patrick to represent Ireland. (Later to represent Northern Ireland after the Republic of Ireland gained there independence.)

The Union Jack's colours feature white, red and blue. White represents peace and honesty, whilst red represents hardiness, strength, bravery and valour; and blue represents vigilance, loyalty, perseverance and justice.

Origin of languages
English is a West Germanic language brought around the 5th century CE to the east coast of what is now England by Germanic-speaking immigrants from around present-day northern Germany, who came to be known as the Anglo-Saxons.

Nicknames

 * Tea Addict
 * Old fart
 * L'amour

Etymology
"Britain" comes from Latin: Britannia~Brittania, via Old French Bretaigne and Middle English Breteyne, possibly influenced by Old English Bryten(lond), probably also from Latin Brittania, ultimately an adaptation of the Common Brittonic name for the island, *Pritanī.

Geography
The total area of the United Kingdom is approximately 244,820 square kilometres. It lies between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea with the south-east coast coming within 35 km of the coast of northern France, from which it is separated by the English Channel. In 1993, 10% of the UK was forested, 46% used for pastures and 25% cultivated for agriculture.

The coastline of Great Britain is 17,820 km long, it is connected to Europe by the Channel Tunnel.

England takes over 53% of the total area of the UK, covering 130,395 square kilometres, most of the country consists of low land terrain, with mountainous terrain in the north-west. The main rivers and estuaries are the Thames, Severn and the Humber, England's highest mountain is Scafell Pike in the Lake District.

Scotland takes over 32% of the total area of the UK, covering 78,772 square kilometres and including nearly eight hundred islands, mostly west and north of the mainland. Scotland is the most mountainous country in the UK and its distinguished by the Highland Boundary Fault, which traverses Scotland from Arran in the west to Stonehaven in the east.

Wales takes over 9% of the total area of the UK, covering 20,779 square kilometres. Wales is mostly mountainous, though South Wales is less mountainous than North and mid-Wales. The main population and industrial areas are in South Wales, consisting of the coastal cities of Cardiff, Swansea and Newport, and the South Wales Valleys to their north. Wales has over 2,704 kilometres of coastline, several islands lie off the Welsh mainland.

Northern Ireland, separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea and North Channel, has an area of 14,160 square kilometres. It includes Lough Neagh at 388 square kilometres, is the largest lake in the British Isles by area. The highest peak in Northern Ireland is Slieve Donard in the Mourne Mountains at 852 meters.

Family

 * Denmark — actual wife (depends on the person, only with UK's male version)
 * Portugal — actual husband (depends on the person, only with UK's female version)
 * France — ex-wife and sister-in-law (depends on the point of view, some will consider her as UK's actual wife)
 * Spain — ex-wife and sister-in-law
 * Netherlands — stepdaughter/ex-wife (depends on the person)
 * Canada — son/daughter
 * Ireland — stepdaughter
 * Malta — stepdaughter
 * United States — son/daughter
 * United Nations — grandson/granddaughter
 * New Zealand — son/daughter
 * Australia — son/daughter
 * Faroe Islands — son/daughter
 * Vermont Republic — son/daughter
 * Austria — half-brother/sister
 * Germany — half-brother/sister
 * Finland — brother-in-law
 * Iceland — sister-in-law
 * Norway — brother-in-law
 * Sweden — brother-in-law

Optional
'WARNING: There is controversy about the type of relationship of countries that were former European colonies with the current Western countries. So the following countries are only optional:'
 * Antigua and Barbuda
 * Bahama
 * Barbados
 * Belize
 * Botswana
 * Dominica
 * Eswatini
 * Fiji
 * Gambia
 * Ghana
 * Grenada
 * Guyana
 * India
 * Israel
 * Jamaica
 * Kenya
 * Kiribati
 * Lesotho
 * Malaysia
 * Myanmar
 * Nigeria
 * Pakistan
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * Saint Lucia
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * Sierra Leone
 * Singapore
 * Solomon Islands
 * South Africa
 * Tonga
 * Trinidad and Tobago
 * Tuvalu
 * Uganda
 * United Arab Emirates
 * Zambia
 * Zimbabwe

Friends

 * United States - good to hang out with occasionally, he does his own thing usually.
 * United Nations - good to talk and hang out with him, some may see him useless but he really does help in important situations, although some problems are recent between us, my relationship with my innocent grandson still good, I guess...
 * Portugal

Neutral

 *  European Union

Enemies

 *  Scotland — It's complicated, we have sort of a strained relationship in recent times (mostly after they had an independence referendum) from the Union, but I guess we're sorting things out now, or well, trying to...
 *  Third Reich —
 *  USSR —

Past Versions

 * British Empire

France
France and the UK, despite breaking up, seem to be on more good terms nowadays. There was a long period of tension between them. They had a time in their lives where they would constantly fight and try to be superior to one and another. Nowadays, they think they made the right decision to break off. This hurt Canada quite a lot. France did regret leaving the UK to take care of Canada by himself. Nowadays, on the bright side, they still try to hold maintain an ex-family-like relationship.

Canada
Canada is the United Kingdom's eldest son. His parents are the United Kingdom and France. The UK loves his son, despite maybe not being the best parent to him when he was younger. He didn't have a mother figure around and it hurt the UK. Despite all of the countless arguing and scolding, Canada grew to become a vastly successful country.

United States
United States; or USA, is the other son of the UK and Spain. The UK personally had a lot more trouble with the USA as every time he turned his back, him and Canada would be arguing. In the USA's teenage years, he and the UK would fight a lot. USA was very rebellious and decided he did not like what the UK was telling him to do. In fact, the USA even threw some of the UK's tea in the ocean, which he was absolutely horrified about, but they try to forget that moment happened.

Spain
The UK and Spain have a complex relationship. They were married and can sometimes be seen together, but in all honesty, the UK does not feel the connection with Spain as he did with France. Although Spain has not been interested in being with UK. He doesn't usually think anything of it, however, they do have a child together, who is USA.

Malaysia
Being both rebel and loyal towards UK, he still a good son. UK support Malaysia during WW2, Malayan Emergency and Confrontation.

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Extra(s):

 * Religion: Protestantism (34%, 22.3 Million), Atheist (25.7%, 16.8 Million), Catholic (25.5% 16.7 Million), Islam (4.4%, 2.9 Million), Other (10.4%, 6.8 Million)
 * Urbanization: 83% (54.3 Million)
 * Social Progress Index: 13th in the World
 * Basic Human needs: 21st in the World
 * Social Opportunities: 12th in the World
 * Health & Wellness: 22nd in the World
 * Basic Medical Care: 27th in the World
 * Personal Safety: 24th in the World
 * Access to Education: 22nd in the World
 * Access to Information: 1st in the World
 * Advanced Education: 2nd in the World
 * Personal Freedom: 4th in the World
 * Personal Rights: 22nd in the World
 * Freedom of Speech: 14th in the World
 * Tolerance & Inclusion: 29th in the World
 * Women Equality: Medium
 * Tolerance for Minorities: 90th in the World
 * Tolerance for Homosexual: 17th in the World (75%)
 * GDP: $2.9 Trillion
 * Unemployment: 4.4% (1.5 Million)
 * Currency: Pound (GBP)
 * Telephones: 115 Million
 * Mobile Phones: 82.1 Million
 * Internet Users: 57.1 Million Users (87.2%)