United Kingdom of Great Britain, Hanover, and Northern Ireland
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United Kingdom of Great Britain, Hanover, and Northern Ireland | |
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| Motto: "By God and By the People" | |
| Anthem: "Onwards, Britannia!" | |
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| Capital and largest city | London |
| Official language and national language | English (de facto) |
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| Constituent countries | |
| Government | Unitary[1] parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Alexandra |
| Keir Starmer | |
| Jacqueline Carter | |
| Lindsay Hoyle | |
| The Lord Reed of Allermuir | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| House of Lords | |
| House of Commons | |
| Formation | |
| 1535 and 1542 | |
| 24 March 1603 | |
| 1 May 1707 | |
| 1 January 1801 | |
| 5 December 1922 | |
| 20 November 1924 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 290,109 km2 (112,012 sq mi) (73rd) |
• Water (%) | 1.60 |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 75,974,724 (21st) |
• Density | 261/km2 (676.0/sq mi) (54th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $4.012 trillion (8th) |
• Per capita | $52,807 (30th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $3.612 trillion (5th) |
• Per capita | $47,542 (23rd) |
| Gini (2021) |  32.4medium |
| HDI (2021) |  0.934very high (17th) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (GBP) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +44 |
| Internet TLD | .uk |
- ↑ Although the United Kingdom has traditionally been seen as a unitary state, an alternative description of the UK as a "union state", put forward by, among others, Vernon Bogdanor, has become increasingly influential since the adoption of devolution in the 1990s. A union state is considered to differ from a unitary state in that while it maintains a central authority it also recognises the authority of historic rights and infrastructures of its component parts.