Great Britain

It is one of the largest among the two islands of British Isles in Europe. The Great Britain is the 8th biggest island in world. This island is also the 3rd most populated island on the earth. The island is surrounded by more than 1,000 smaller islets and islands.

Etymology:

Earlier the island was known as the Albion. The name of the island Britain was taken from the Latin word Britannia. It is the name which was used by Romans at the time from 1st century BC. The word is derived from travel writings of Pytheas of the ancient Greek.

History:

About 7, 00,000 years ago, the early human beings traces were found on the island and the modern humans were found near about 30,000 years ago. About the 9,000 years ago, the island was joined with the Ireland and as currently it has been combined to continent.

Demographics:

The island, the maritime power and the dominant industrial of 19th century has played the leading and the vital role in the development of the parliamentary democracy in the advancing science and literature. The Great Britain is among one of the 5 permanent members of UN Security Council, is also the founding member of the Commonwealth and the NATO, currently it is weighing as the degree of the integration with the continental Europe.

Government and Policies:

It is the eastern island of the UK of the Northern Ireland and the UK. Politically the island is defined as the combination of the Wales, England and Scotland and is thus includes many of the outlying islands as the Anglesey, Hebrides, Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly and group of the island of the Shetland and Orkney. In the year 1801, an act of the union among the Ireland and the Great Britain created the biggest United Kingdom of the Ireland and Great Britain.

Culture:

The culture of the nation is influenced by the history of the nation as the monarchy, developed island country, imperial power and the political union of the 4 countries, in which each has their own distinctive and preserved heritage, symbolism and customs. As due to its result of British Empire, the influence of the British can be seen in the culture, legal system and language of number of former colonies as the:

Australia
United States
India
Canada

Economy:

It is one of the leading industrialized nations in the world. The nation has gained this place in despite the lack of the most raw materials which is required for the purpose of industry. The nation also imports approximately 40% of the food supplies. Therefore the prosperity of the nation depends on the exports of the manufactured products in exchange for the foodstuffs and the raw material. Within the sector of the manufacturing the biggest industries includes the:

Electric power
Railroad equipments and the automation
Ships
Communication and the electronic equipments
Machines tools
Petroleum
Food processing
Textiles
Clothing
Paper and Printing
Aircraft
chemicals

Education:

Every country in the United Kingdom has their separate system of the education, with having the power over the education that matters in the Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland being devolved.

Neighboring Countries:

The neighboring countries to Great Britain are:

England
Scotland
Wales

Geographical Settings:

It is the largest island of British Isles. The island lies in the northwest of the Continental Europe and in the west with Ireland. The nation also forms the biggest part of territory of UK. The nation covers the total area of 209,331 sq km.

Capital City:

The capital of Great Britain is London which is the largest city in southeast and is also located on both sides of Thames River. The London has total area of 1,580 sq km.