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'''Great Britain''' is a [[Europe]]an island consisting of [[England]], [[Scotland]], and [[Wales]], all of which send representatives to the Parliament of the [[United Kingdom]].  The "United Kingdom" consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "Great Britain" also has a purely geographic meaning, as the largest [[island]] of the [[British Isles]].

'''Great Britain''' is a [[Europe]]an island consisting of [[England]], [[Scotland]], and [[Wales]], all of which send representatives to the Parliament of the [[United Kingdom]].  The "United Kingdom" consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "Great Britain" also has a purely geographic meaning, as the largest [[island]] of the [[British Isles]].

Great Britain rose as a predominantly [[Christian]] nation to spectacular success as the [[British Empire]], peaking between 1815 and 1915, but then declined under [[atheism]] as propagated by its [[secular]] higher education. Today most [[Brit]]s say they have "no religion," and the country is merely a shell of its former preeminence, ranking as merely the fifth largest economy in the world by GDP while the [[U.S.]] subsidizes the real costs of its national defense. While the costs of fighting two world wars and giving up its Empire have been cited as signicantly weakening the British economy during the 20th Century, the moral decay wrought by adherence to [[Charles Darwin]] and other atheistic theories has harmed it more.  

Great Britain rose as a predominantly [[Christian]] nation to spectacular success as the [[British Empire]], peaking between 1815 and 1915, but then declined under [[atheism]] as propagated by its [[secular]] higher education. Today most [[Brit]]s say they have "no religion," and the country is merely a shell of its former preeminence, ranking as merely the fifth largest economy in the world by GDP while the [[U.S.]] subsidizes the real costs of its national defense. Although the costs of fighting two world wars and giving up its Empire have been cited as signicantly weakening the British economy during the 20th Century, the moral decay wrought by adherence to [[Charles Darwin]] and other atheistic icons and theories has harmed it more.  

Great Britain is a founding member of NATO, the Commonwealth, the UN security council and various other international bodies.  According to the United Nations, the UK rates very highly for "human development", democracy and business opportunity. Socially Great Britain has changed dramatically over the last 100 years as the population has become more liberal, socialist and secular (according to the last UK census in 2011 approx 26% of the population describe themselves as atheist, 60% as Christian, 4.5% Muslim and the balance as other religions - actual religious observance of any type is low within all the religious groups).

Great Britain is a founding member of [[NATO]], the Commonwealth, the UN security council and various other international bodies.  According to the United Nations, the UK rates very highly for "human development", democracy and business opportunity. Socially Great Britain has changed dramatically over the last 100 years as the population has become more liberal, socialist and secular. According to the UK census in 2011 approximately 26% of the population describe themselves as atheist, 60% as Christian (which has fallen to less than 50% as of 2023), 4.5% Muslim and the balance as other religions - actual religious observance of any type is relatively low in [[Great Britain]] among all the religious groups.

The subsidies from the United States to pay for its national defense through NATO allows the majority of the British people to be more concerned with the [[welfare state]], health care provision and funding (The NHS is a free at the point of delivery health care system funded by taxation), education, immigration, climate change and environmental protection, the negative economic impacts of BREXIT and the government's mixed response to COVID 19.

The subsidies from the United States to pay for its national defense aaaathrough NATO allows the majority of the British people to be more concerned with the [[welfare state]], health care provision and funding (The NHS is a free at the point of delivery health care system funded by taxation), education, immigration, climate change and environmental protection, the negative economic impacts of BREXIT and the government's mixed response to COVID 19.

The [[Population]] of the island of Great Britain is estimated at 60.5 million in 2010, which is 97% of the population of the UK.<ref>This includes surrounding small islands and islets that also comprise England, Scotland, and Wales. From the UK Office for National Statistics. "National Population Projections 2010-based Statistical Bulletin." October 26, 2011. http://ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_235886.pdf</ref> The island has an area of approximately 88,745 square miles<ref>Taylor, Nick. "The British Isles and all that..." Accessed April 2012. School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/britishisles/</ref> - about the size of [[Minnesota]] - making it the 9th largest island in the world. The topography of the island is characterized by rolling countryside and scattered forests of low elevation in the South and East, with larger hills and mountains in the North and West.

The [[Population]] of the island of Great Britain is estimated at 60.5 million in 2010, which is 97% of the population of the UK.<ref>This includes surrounding small islands and islets that also comprise England, Scotland, and Wales. From the UK Office for National Statistics. "National Population Projections 2010-based Statistical Bulletin." October 26, 2011. http://ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_235886.pdf</ref> The island has an area of approximately 88,745 square miles<ref>Taylor, Nick. "The British Isles and all that..." Accessed April 2012. School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/britishisles/</ref> - about the size of [[Minnesota]] - making it the 9th largest island in the world. The topography of the island is characterized by rolling countryside and scattered forests of low elevation in the South and East, with larger hills and mountains in the North and West.