England is one of the constituent nations of the UK. Historically dominant, occupies the southern half of the island of Great Britain, except for an area to the west, corresponding to Wales. It limits the north with Scotland, the East with the North Sea, south to the Channel and west by the Atlantic Ocean, Wales and the Irish Sea. Its capital is London. It has an area of ​​130,439 km square and a population of 49 million habitants.

The area is now called England was occupied by people of various cultures for about 35,000 years, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled there between the fifth and sixth centuries. England became a unified state in 927 AD, and since the Age of Discovery, which began in the fifteenth century, had a significant impact on cultural and legal worldwide. The English language, the Anglican Church and the parliamentary system has been adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution originated in England in the eighteenth century, becoming the first industrialized country, and the Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.

The Kingdom of England, which after 1284 included Wales, was a sovereign state until 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union have implemented the conditions laid down in the Treaty on the previous year, resulting in a political union with the United Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1800, Britain joined with Ireland through another law of the Union to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State was established as a separate domain, and later, Northern Ireland was incorporated in the UK, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Curiosities:

• The British Royal Family (in English: British Royal Family) or the Royal Family is simply the set of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
• The currency used in England is the pound sterling, with the symbol £. But nowadays the most used currency is Euro, the Union European’s currency.