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 majority of the fandom recognises them as USA's and Canada's "bad but influential" parent.

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

Appearance
They are 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 the English being posh and overdressed.

Personality
Posh, very fancy, and obsessed with tea. Appreciates good manners and politeness. Enjoys a sports such as cricket, ruby, river racing. Also enjoys sarcasm and countryside walks.

Interests

 * Tea
 * Football
 * Cricket
 * Rugby
 * Gardening
 * Bulldogs
 * Nature, like most of their children and tries they best to be an amazing parent.

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.

Origin of languages
English is a West Germanic language that originated from Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain in the mid 5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands.

Early History
The first people to be called 'English' were the Anglo-Saxons, a group of closely related Germanic tribes that began migrating to eastern and southern Great Britain, from southern Denmark and northern Germany.

Birth of the Union
The Kingdom of Great Britain was created in 1707 May 1, with a political union of the Kingdom of England, Wales and Kingdom of Scotland under the Treaty of Union. It's the combined Kingdom and merged the two parliaments into a single parliament of Great Britain. Queen Anne was the first monarch to create the New Great Britain. However, Scotland and England remained separate such as Scottish and English law; and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the Anglican Church of England. England and Scotland each also continued to have their own system of education.

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British Empire
The war began in 1756 was the first war waged on a global scale, fought in Europe, India, North America, the Caribbean, the Philippines and coastal Africa which lasted seven years. Britain gained more land and more power than the rest of its European neighbours. Britain fought against the French in the North America and eventually lost it's colony and annexed by the British.

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Postwar
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Government
The Government of the United Kingdom, formally and commonly referred to as Her Majesty's Government, is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The government is led by the prime minister (currently Boris Johnson, since 24 July 2019), who selects all the other ministers. The prime minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as the Cabinet.

Diplomacy
Africa:

Asia:

North and South America:

Europe:

Oceania:

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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

 * Scotland — Parent
 * England — Parent
 * Ireland — Pibling
 * France — Half-Sibling
 * Spain — Half-Sibling
 * Austria — Half-Sibling
 * Germany — Half-Sibling
 * Canada — Child
 * United States — Child
 * Australia — Child
 * New Zealand — Child
 * Vermont Republic — Child
 * United Nations — Grand-Child
 * Malta — Step-Child
 * Netherlands — Step-Child

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 — Child
 * Bahama — Child
 * Barbados — Child
 * Belize — Child
 * Botswana — Child
 * Dominica — Child
 * Eswatini — Child
 * Fiji — Child
 * Gambia — Child
 * Ghana — Child
 * Grenada — Child
 * Guyana — Child
 * Israel — Step-Child
 * Jamaica — Child
 * Kenya — Child
 * Kiribati — Child
 * Lesotho — Child
 * Malaysia — Step-Child
 * Myanmar — Child
 * Nigeria — Adopted Child
 * Pakistan — Adopted Child
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis — Child
 * Saint Lucia — Child
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Child
 * Sierra Leone — Child
 * Singapore — Adopted Child
 * Brunei — Adopted Child
 * Solomon Islands — Child
 * South Africa — Child
 * Tonga — Child
 * Trinidad and Tobago — Child
 * Tuvalu — Child
 * Uganda — Child
 * United Arab Emirates — Adopted Child
 * Zambia — Child
 * Zimbabwe — Child

Friends

 * United States — My rebellious child, Good to hang out with occasionally, he does his own thing usually.
 * United Nations — Some may see him as useless but he really does help in important situations, although some problems are recent between us, my relationship with my innocent grandson is still good, I guess...
 * Portugal
 * Spain
 * Indonesia
 * Singapore
 * Malaysia
 * Mexico
 * Brazil
 * South Africa — We’re good friends and we do have some terrible arguments, but I enjoy his company and opinions.
 * Egypt
 * Belgium
 * Netherlands
 * Chile
 * Sweden
 * UAE
 * Ghana
 * Nigeria

Neutral

 * India - Despite our past, we can still agree that tea and cricket are the best-
 * France — My formal rival, we might have a complicated and rough past. You're still my friend.
 * Philippines — Sorry about my people of the harsh treatment towards yours. I really am. You and I agree that tea is amazing!
 * Belarus
 * Vietnam
 * Mongolia
 * Japan — I appreciate that you make anime based about my country's history but stop ruining Wales! We both love tea so I guess we're fine.
 * South Sudan
 * England
 * Armenia
 * Wales
 * Northern Ireland
 * Ireland
 * Russia

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 — Worst thing to exist!
 *  USSR — You, spreading communism and treating your people is unforgivable!
 *  European Union
 * Zimbabwe
 * Iran
 * Argentina
 * Guatemala
 * Syria
 * Romania
 * Bulgaria
 * Northern Cyprus
 * Liechtenstein
 * Chad
 * Venezuela
 * China
 * North Korea
 * Myanmar
 * ISIS

Past Versions

 * British Empire — My successful former self that has accomplished it's longing dream to finally conquer the world! Well, half of the world that is.

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 the USA.

Malaysia
Being both rebellious and loyal towards the UK, he's still a good son. UK support Malaysia during WW2 with the Malayan Emergency and Confrontation that is a Borneo Conflict with two nations against each other, Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Trivia

 * In the Coutryhumans fandom, they are portrayed as the "bad" parent because of the history war relations with United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (as their main children)
 * They are portrayed with the stereotypical gentleman suit and top hat that is obsessed with tea. This is probably due to the representation of the British back then.
 * In most fans in the fandom, Scotland and England is portrayed as the parents of the UK with the birth of union.
 * They are mostly shipped with France and are often represented as the married couples in Europe which gave the rise of popularity in the fandom.
 * They are sometimes shipped with Spain.

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)
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 * GDP: $2.9 Trillion
 * Unemployment: 4.4% (1.5 Million)
 * Currency: Pound (GBP)
 * Telephones: 115 Million
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 * Internet Users: 57.1 Million Users (87.2%)