The UK is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy [o] with three distinct jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Scotland, Wales and …

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Great Britain, therefore, is a geographic term referring to the island also known simply as Britain. It’s also a political term for the part of the United Kingdom made up of England, Scotland, and …

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It is a constitutional monarchy of four countries which were once separate: England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The British Islands borders the Republic of Ireland. It is part of the …