United Kingdom

The Brief:The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state to the northwest of mainland Europe. It includes the island of Great Britain and the north-east part of the island of Ireland, together with many small local islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. The United Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and its ancillary bodies of water, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, St George's Channel and the Irish Sea. It is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarch..