UK is United Kingdom = England, North Ireland, Wales, Scotland etc...
Btw: In Holland i was Able to get the game on Wednesday the 14th too... (16th was releaseday)...
But hey: It has only been (officially) 3 days... So 70k is rather good for UK... And France is Nintendo crazy a.t.m... So that'd be another 70k i guess... Add the other regions to that and u have a 200-230k debute week for SMG... in the EU...
THE NETHERLANDS