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The United Kingdom possesses a comprehensive nuclear arsenal, one of the small number of countries to do so, utilizing the submarine-based Trident II ballistic missile system with nuclear warheads.

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The United Kingdom fields one of the most powerful and comprehensive armed forces in the world.

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The United Kingdom is reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Notable visual artists from the United Kingdom include John Constable, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, William Blake and J.M.W.

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Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland each possess a legislature and government alongside that of the United Kingdom.

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Based on market exchange rates, the United Kingdom is the fifth largest economy in the world; the second largest in Europe after Germany, and the sixth-largest overall by purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates.

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World War II, however, left the United Kingdom financially and physically damaged.

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The Entente Powers, led by France, Russia, the United Kingdom and later Italy (from 1915) and the United States (from 1917), defeated the Central Powers, led by the Austro-Hungarian, German, and Ottoman Empires.

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A number of major sports originated in the United Kingdom, including football (known as soccer in North America and Australia), rugby football (rugger), hockey, squash, golf, cricket, tennis and boxing.

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London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom.

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The United Kingdom is an interesting model for people concerned with promoting peace and cooperation.

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Scotland is free to leave the United Kingdom if the people vote for independence in a referendum.

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In 1826, Australia was formally claimed for the United Kingdom with the establishment of a military base, soon followed by a colony in 1829 which became a profitable exporter of wool and gold.

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The United Kingdom also has close relations with the United States, the Special Relationship.

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The United Kingdom has an extensive system of canals, mostly built in the early years of the Industrial Revolution, before railways were built.

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The oldest art in the United Kingdom can be dated to the Neolithic period, and is found in a funerary context.

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England, while ceasing to exist as an independent political entity, has remained dominant in what is now the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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The government's Department for Transport oversees transport system in the United Kingdom.

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In 1875 the two most important European holdings in Africa were French controlled Algeria and the United Kingdom's Cape Colony.

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The United Kingdom has one of the highest population densities in Europe.

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The United Kingdom has three distinct systems of law.

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The United Kingdom has been influential in the technological, commercial, and artistic development of cinema and probably second only to the USA in producing the greatest quantity of world-wide film stars.

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Located primarily on the island of Great Britain and in Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea.

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The United Kingdom joined the European Union in 1973.

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The empire created an overseas market for British products, allowing the United Kingdom to dominate international trade in the nineteenth century.

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The history of the formation of the United Kingdom is long and complex.

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The earliest remnants of architecture in the United Kingdom are mainly Neolithic monuments such as Stonehenge and Avebury, and Roman ruins such as the spa in Bath.

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The set of all possible tristimulus values determines the human color space.

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a state located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe.

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The United Kingdom is one of the few countries in the world today that does not have a codified constitution, relying instead on traditional customs and separate pieces of constitutional law.

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The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, commonly referred to as the constituent countries.

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The United Kingdom's agriculture sector is small by European standards, accounting for only 0.9 percent of GDP.

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The United Kingdom is a liberal democracy and a constitutional monarchy.

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Recent constitutional changes will see the judicial powers of the House of Lords transfer to a new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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The United Kingdom's Celtic languages are also spoken by small groups around the globe, mainly Gaelic in Nova Scotia, Canada, and Welsh in Patagonia, Argentina.

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In 1801 the Irish and British Parliaments were combined to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Civil and defense aircraft production is led by the United Kingdom's largest aerospace firm, BAE Systems, and the pan-European consortium known as Airbus.

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The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy comprising four constituent countries—England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.

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The United Kingdom has the largest number of Hindi and Punjabi speakers outside Asia.

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Historically most people in the United Kingdom lived in nuclear families.

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The United Kingdom's population increased to 63.1 million in 2011.

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In 2016, the United Kingdom held a referendum and the majority voted to leave the European Union.

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The United Kingdom also has affiliated to it several islands - such as the Channel Islands and Isle of Man which have their own parliaments, laws, currencies, stamps, passports, and rules of residence.

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The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire.

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The 40 days before Christmas became the "forty days of Saint Martin," now Advent.

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The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

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The United Kingdom is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

ENGLAND is famous for many things - David Beckham, Fish and Chips, Big Ben, Red Buses, black cabs, Oasis, Blur, the Beatles, London and tea. Windsor Castle is the oldest royal residence still in use. England is famous for its educational institutes.