What's up with the UK?

[homer]

llewdebkram said:

GB (Great Britain) = England, Scotland, Wales

UK (United Kingdom) = England, Scotland, wales, Northern ireland

British Overseas terretories = Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, St Helena and St Helena Dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha), South Georgia and South Sandwich Island, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, The Turks & Caicos Islands

Commonwealth (approx 30% of world population)= Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Zambia

Obviously I did not know all these off by heart and Ihad no idea there were so many countries involved in making up our old 'empire'

 

As for all your other questions...you are asking for a LOT of info as the UKs history is vast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations

India is still part of commonwealth? Pakistan too? Dang??? 30 % of world population? British Empire still kicking. I thought their time was over in the mid 20th century but apparently their fall was vastly exaggerated.