ENGLAND

• English Government: Non-devolved state within a constitutional monarchy
• Capital: London, England
• Recognized Languages: English, Cornish

SCOTLAND

• Scottish Government: Devolved government in a constitutional monarchy
• Capital: Edinburgh, Scotland
• Recognized Languages: Scots, Gaelic, English

WALES

• Welsh Government: Devolved government in a constitutional monarchy
• Capital: Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales
• Recognized Languages: English, Welsh

NORTHERN IRELAND

• Northern Irish Government: Constitutional monarchy; Consociationalism
• Capital: Belfast, Ireland
• Recognized Languages: Irish, Ulster Scots, English

BRITAIN

BRITAIN = England + Wales

Type of Region = Geographic

GREAT BRITAIN

GREAT BRITAIN = England + Wales + Scotland

Type of Region = Geographic

When referring to “Britain” or “Great Britain,” think of the large island on the right side, separate from Ireland.

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

THE UNITED KINGDOM = England + Wales + Scotland + Northern Ireland

Type of Region = Political

• Capital: London, England, United Kingdom
• Official Language: English

BRITISH TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS

THE BRITISH ISLANDS

The British Islands is a legal jurisdiction of the law of the United Kingdom which refers collectively to the following four polities:

• the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• the Bailiwick of Guernsey (including the jurisdictions of Alderney, Guernsey and Sark)
• the Bailiwick of Jersey
• the Isle of Man

THE BRITISH ISLES / THE ATLANTIC ARCHIPELAGO / THE ENGLISH-CELTIC ISLES

Type of Region = Geographic

The archipelago is situated off the Northwest coast of continental Europe. The Isles are composed of the two large islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. The major sovereign states and United Kingdom Crown Dependencies of the British Isles include:

• Ireland
• The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• the Isle of Man
• the Bailiwick of Jersey
• the Bailiwick of Guernsey
• 188 permanently inhabited islands (such as the Aran Islands, Cork Islands, English Channel Islands. Outer Hebrides, Inner Hebrides, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Small Isles. etc.)