The United Kingdom, also called the U.K., consists of a group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe.
It is a unique country made up of four nations:
England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Sports and literature are among the United Kingdom's cultural claims to fame. Soccer, rugby, cricket, boxing, and golf were all invented in Britain. And the U.K. has produced many great writers, including William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and Robert Burns. J.K. Rowling, the writer of the Harry Potter books, is British.
Britain's system of government has developed over many centuries. Kings once ruled with advice from a council of religious leaders and nobles.
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| Elizabeth II has been Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand since 6 February 1952. |
This council eventually expanded into the Parliament, which now passes all the country's laws. Today, the monarch (which can be a king or queen) has no real power but is the ceremonial head of state.
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