United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom, or the UK) is one of two sovereign states occupying the has geographical location::British Isles in northwestern Europe, the other being the Republic of Ireland. The UK, with most of its territory and population on the island of has island::Great Britain, shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland on the island of Ireland and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean.