North-west coast England, there are two large islands, one of the islands known as Great Britain and the other large one is called Ireland (the British Isles). In British Isles there are two states. One of these called The Republic of Ireland and they speak Irish language. The other state has authority over the rest of the British Isles its official name is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland it is usually known as 'The United Kingdom'. In everyday speech this is often shortened to 'The UK'.
British Isles has four different nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland). Their political unification was a gradual process that took several hundred years. It was completed in 1800 when the Irish Parliament was joined with the Pariment for England, Scotland and Wales in Westminster, so that the whole of the Britain an Ireland. However, in 1922, most of Ireland became a separate state.
The four nations flags:
Wales
England
Scotland
Ireland
