United Kingdom is a country correct?

Question

United Kingdom is a country correct? I always thought England was it's own country and so was Scotland and Wales. Is it kind of like United States and then we have all the different states (ie Florida, California, etc)? So if I am from Scotland I am considered British or ? Sorry I am kind of lost and the most websites I check out the more I get stumped. Seems like different sites say different things.

Answer 1

the UK is made up of England, Scotland, wales and northern Ireland.
Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland are constituent country's.
Hope this helps Regards Bob
I forgot the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are also part of the UK

Answer 2

No - The United Kingdom is not a country in it's own right but made up from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
I was born in England, my friends were born in Scotland, Ireland and Wales, making me English, them Scottish, Irish and Welsh, but ALL British.
The United Kingdom has Islands under it's auspice and the spectrum widens into the British Isles, also all part of the United Kingdom.
In times past one could have been born in any part of the British Empire, ie; India, be Indian, AND a citizen of the de - funked British Empire. Parts of the Empire are still deemed British protectorates, ie The Falklands and still not be part of the United Kingdom.
Political, religious and border complications arise regarding Northern and Southern Ireland, which is well on the way to being resolved - thank God - and stands at present that Southern Ireland is an export country, (Eire) - Irish passport required - with some parts of Northern Ireland deemed British - British passport required.
Political moves in recent years brought about devolution, which gave each country within the United Kingdom, (England, N.Ireland, Scotland and Wales) and the British Isles, (Jersey,Guernsey,The Hebrides, the Isle of Wight, The Isle of Mann and so on), local self government, overseen by Whitehall, (London) which separated each county,(Hampshire, Surrey ect), within each country politically, thus giving the local populace the right to vote for differing party candidates per county, which de-centralized main stream government, giving a broader voice to our democratically elected members of British Parliament, PHEW!! (I only got up to do my VAT return).
Please don't ask a Scot, Irish or Welsh person if they consider themselves British, politically they are, but not passionately, emotionally nor personally.
To sum up - my Drivers licence is English, my Passport British, I am English born of British descent, an American is an American.
Hope this helps.

Answer 3

England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland are all countries but part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Nothing like US which consists of states not countries.

Answer 4

England, Scotland and Wales all used to be countries in there own right. But they signed an alliance a few centuries ago to merge. Northern Ireland has never been a country in it's own right, (as far as i know) It has either belonged to Britain or Ireland. And is also the reason why the I.R.A exist. But as traditions have passed down through the years. The people from England regard themselves as English. And the same for the other 3. On official documents, we are the country of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But to the man in the street we are either English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish.

Answer 5

The IK is actually a collection of nations, 3 kingdoms being England , Ireland and Scotland and 1 principality Wales.
Britain is another name for what is called England.
The present head of monarchy is incorrectly know as Queen Elizabeth the Second as far as Scotland is concerned as Scotland never has had like the rest of the UK a Queen Elizabeth the First, that was reason for blowing up the Post Boxes in 1953 when they started to put her crest on them

Answer 6

By various means, fair and foul, the royal monarchs of the nation of England became the royal monarchs of many lands and Emperors of even more. After the conquest of Scotland, Wales and Ireland it was known as Great Britain. Then it was also known as the United Kingdom, 4 nations in one union. At one time anyone from Great Britain was called British. As a Scot you can also be called British if you want.

The situation is more like when the Republic of Texas joined the US by treaty.. They retained the right to divide into 5 states and kept their 12 mile territorial waters. A ship 8 miles off the Texas coast is safe from being stopped by the US Coast Guard, because federal jurisdiction only extends 3 miles, but the Texas Rangers can arrest them. And they are both Texans and Americans.

So you can be both a Scot and a Brit.

Answer 7

The United Kingdom is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. People from any of these four can be British, as well as being English, Welsh, Scottish or Irish.

They used to be separate but are now united (although some legislative differences)

Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

Answer 8

United Kingdom is made up of Scotland, England Ireland & Wales. Scotland & Ireland have different laws and education system to England and Wales The deloved goverments of each country have limited powers and important one econmy defence social security etc are still controlled from Westminister but if you ask which country they are from 90% won't say British as their is immense pride in our nationality

Answer 9

WRONG!
UK is made up of England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland. All of which are different countires with their own capital cities.
If you call someone from Scotland British he will correct you & say he is Scottish. especially now that there is a chance of becoming independent of England.
Judging from some of the answers here I would say the majority of answerers are non UK natives. If people do not know the answer surely it is better to say nothing than get it wrong & confuse the questioner worse.

Answer 10

Its none: the UK is a Union of geographically located countries (I won't state which since everyone did already)

At one time it was a Kingdom but now all thats left over from that Kingdom is the name and a common respect in borders.

Its just like people still say Great Britain to describe England, its just a misconception. So if you are considered British, nope Britain no longer exist but when talking about the British then yes technically you are describing any person living in those countries stated above (even though most people will assume England)