United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: All Data

This page is about the data available for this polity; the chronology of its events is available here.

Is an insular country in Europe that includes the island of Great Britain and the north-eastern portion of the island of Ireland. It emerged from the Personal Union of England and Scotland in 1603, its two predecessors having formed during the Middle Ages. The actual state form was established in 1927 after most of Ireland detached from the United Kingdom (only Northern Ireland remained under its control). Great Britain was able to built up a global thalassocracy that included territories like India, Canada, a large portion of Africa from Cape Town to Cairo, Australia and many other. It was the most powerful country of the world in the XIX and early XX centuries, as well as the first industrialised country. After World War II its Colonial Empire ended with the independence of its major territories. Today, the United Kingdom still controls small territories scattered around the world, like Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.