★http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/glossary/economic_terms.asp★The name of the sovereign nation is "the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". (Before Ireland's independence in 1922, it was the UK of Great Britain and Ireland.) "Great Britain" is the name of the large island with England, Scotland (to the north), and Wales (a peninsula in the west). The "British Isles" include Great Britain, Ireland, and some smaller surrounding islands. ...http://www.axtellfamily.org/axgenea/PuritanVillageGlossary.html★http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
