United Kingdom of Great Britain

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland-the island state in the
northwest of Europe. Great Britain — one of
the largest states of Europe, the nuclear power,
the permanent member of the UN Security
Council
The capital — the city of London, one of
the largest cities of Europe and the major
world financial and economic center.
State language — English

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The area of Great Britain makes 243 809
km ², the land makes 240 579 km ²,
internal waters — 3 230 km ².
The state settles down on the British Isles
washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the North
Sea, and the southeast coast settles down in
only 35 km from the northern coast of France
which are divided by English Channel.

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Symbols of Great Britain
The rose was adopted as England's emblem
around the time of the War of the roses civil wars (1455 - 1485) between the royal
house of Lancaster King Richard II and the
Yorkists

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Great Britain has the parliamentary government based on Westminster system
which also use worldwide — heritage of former glory of the British Empire. The
parliament of Great Britain sitting at the Westminster palace, has two chambers: the
elective House of Commons and appointed Chamber of lords. Any accepted
document demands the Royal sanction to become the law. The parliament is the
main legislative institute of Great Britain as the delegated parliament of Scotland,
and also assemblies of Northern Ireland and Wales aren't sovereign bodies and,
theoretically, British parliament can abolish them.

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Unusual places in Great Britain
To hunt on ghosts where still, if not
in Scotland? Ancient castles,
prisons, at home, cemeteries...
To visit the real farm
with shepherd's dogs.
Bordersky collies,
shaggy spotty clever
men, for days on end
work at a farm, but
wishing and to address
to tourists. In the same
place, by the way, at
desire it is possible even
to feed from a bottle of
newborn lambs.
Unforgettable impressions - flight over suburbs
of Edinburgh, hills of Pentlands or picturesque
lakes in Pertshira. In a basket only six places so
to armor better in advance!

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There are
many places
of interest in
London:
Big Ben,
Westminster
Abbey,
Buckingham
Palace, Parks,
Trafalgar
Square.