The '''United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''' ('''UK''') is a sovereign [[state]] north-west of mainland [[Europe]]. It comprises [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]], which occupy the island of [[Great Britain]], and [[Northern Ireland]] on the island of [[Ireland]]. It attained its current identity in 1922 after most of Ireland was granted independence. The UK, at least in part, has a separate identity from mainland Europe.<ref>Hanson, Victor Davis (September 12, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/victor-davis-hanson-britain-free-market-democratic-world Victor Davis Hanson: Britain's got one last chance to reembrace free-market democratic world it helped create]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 13, 2019.</ref> | The '''United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''' ('''UK''') is a sovereign [[state]] north-west of mainland [[Europe]]. It comprises [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]], which occupy the island of [[Great Britain]], and [[Northern Ireland]] on the island of [[Ireland]]. It attained its current identity in 1922 after most of Ireland was granted independence. The UK, at least in part, has a separate identity from mainland Europe.<ref>Hanson, Victor Davis (September 12, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/victor-davis-hanson-britain-free-market-democratic-world Victor Davis Hanson: Britain's got one last chance to reembrace free-market democratic world it helped create]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 13, 2019.</ref> |