Civilisation Britannique

Britain is today a crowded island and has a population of almost 60 millions. Because of its geographical status, Britain has always been a multi-ethnic nation. Immigrant arrived for diverse reasons such as religion, persecution or economic reasons. More recently, immigration has become a hot political issue.
To start with, we are going to deal with a series of definitions:
What is Great Britain? Which countries are in Great Britain? What is the United Kingdom? Where does the name “United kingdom” come from? What is the difference between England, Great Britain and the UK? What do we mean by “the British isles”, “the Commonwealth”, and “the British Empire”?

I – The British Isles

The British Isles is the name of a collection of about 4 000 islands including Great Britain and Ireland. The name “the British isles” is usually only seen on maps. Great Britain, known as Britain or GB, is the name of the largest of the islands. It includes England, Scotland and Wales, but it does not include Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.

The United Kingdom, or the UK, is a political term which includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. All of these countries are represented in Parliament in London. Today, Scotland and Wales have their own local parliaments with power to make decisions about their countries.
Everybody from the UK is British, but only people from England are English. People thinks ok themselves as Welsh, people from Scotland as Scottish, people from Northern Ireland as either British or Irish.
England is part of an island called Great Britain, the largest island in Europe. Great Britain is the official name given to the two kingdom of England and Scotland and the principality of Wales.
Great Britain is made up of England with London as a capital, Scotland with Edinburgh and Wales with Cardiff.

“The British Isles” is a geographical term that refers to Great Britain, the whole of