Government: Costitutional Parliamentary Monarchy

Countries of the U.K.: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Capital cities: London 7.172.000 inha., (8.600.000 inha. with the suburbs - United Kingdom and England), Edinburgh 430.000 inha.(Scotland), Cardiff 292.000 inha.(Wales), Belfast 276.000 inha.(Northern Ireland)
Other cities: Birmingham 970.900 inha., Liverpool 469.000 inha., Leeds 443.000 inha., Sheffield 440.000 inha., Bristol 420.000 inha., Manchester 394.000 inha.,  Nottingham 249.000 inha.
Ethnic groups: British 85,7%, Irish 1,2%, Indians 1,8%, Pakistans 1,3%,

others 5,4%
Borders: the North Sea on the EAST, the English Channel on the SOUTH, the North Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea on the WEST; on the SOUTH-WEST Northern Ireland shares its border with the Republic of Ireland

Main Mountains: Ben Nevis 1344 m (Scotland), Snowdon 1085 m(Wales)
Main rivers: Severn 354 Km (Wals-England), Thames 323 Km (England), Tay 188 Km (Scotland), Bann 122 Km (Northern Ireland)
Main lakes: Lough Neagh 381,74 Km² (Northern Ireland), Loch Lomond 71,12 Km² (Scotland), Windermere 14,74 Km² (England)
Climate: Temperate
Languages: British English, (official) , Welsh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic
Religion: Anglican 45%, Roman Catholic 26,8%, Islam 2,8%, Induism 1%, others 15%
Currency: Pound

Traditional dishes

-Sunday roast: roast beef/lamb/pork/chicken and roast potatoes with vegetables and yorkshire pudding
-Fish and chips: deep-fried fish with deep-fried chipped potatoes
-Pork pie: roughly chopped pork sealed in a pastry
-Bangers and mash: sausages and mashed potatoes
-Haggis (Scotland): a kind of sausages containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt,
mixed with stock
-Steak and Kidney pie: a pastry filled of diced beef steak and beef or lamb'S or pig's kidneys in a thick sauce made with beef broth, pepper, parsley, onions and flour or cornstarch,
-Roast lamb with mint sauce: roast lamb served with mint sauce
-Cumberland sausage: pork sausage, chopped and not minced, it's very spiced and it's served with fried egg, peas and potatoes
-Scotch pie (Scotland): a small, double-crust meat pie filled with minced mutton or other meat inside a shell of hot water crust pastry
-Yorkshire pudding: a batter made from flour, eggs, butter, milk. It's baked and served with every kind of roast meat
-Cawl (Wales): is a stew with lamb and leeks with vegetables in broth
-Roast beef, horseradish and mustard: baked roast beef with radish and mustard
-Faggots (Wales): meatballs made from lamb or pig's liver, onions and a cereal binder.
-Welsh rarebit (Wales): a savoury sauce made from melted cheese ale, mustard, ground cayenne pepper or ground paprika and Worcestershire sauce, served hot over toasted bread

Desserts

-Christmas pudding: a pudding of dried fruit, nuts, dark sugars, black treacle, juice of citrus, brandy

-Apple pie: usually served with whipped cream on top

-Trifle: a cake made from thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, gelatin and whipped cream

-Scones: small cakes served with butter, jam or honey at tea time

-Dundee cake (Scotland): a traditional fruit cake with a rich flavour

-Mince pie: a sweet pastry filled with apple, dried fruit, nuts, spices

-Crempags (Wales): pancakes made with flour, salt, eggs, milk, butter

-Welsh cake (Wales): small cakes are made from flour, butter or lard, eggs, sugar,  currants and/or raisins; they are often served with tea

Drinks

Tea (there is a wide variety), ale, beer, whisky (mostly in Scotland and Wales) wine, ginger wine, cider. Typical liqueurs are Elderflower and Elderberry Cordial

Sports :
Football, rugby, boxing, badminton, cricket, tennis, golf, polo