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Once ruled the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire largest empire in world history]] but by the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, its ability to rule those colonies was challenged. Two protracted, expensive, and somewhat humilating wars in [[UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar South Africa]] - which seriously strained British ability to cope, even though Britain won in the end - gave other subject peoples lots of pause for thought about what could be acheived. Independence movements were born in places like Ireland, Egypt, Israel and India. Ireland, or most of it, was the first to successfully break away and assert independence in 1922. Public opinion was no longer as buoyed by the optimism of empire world-building as it was in the Victorian era; the young generation of Tommies killed in the Great War put a damper on that. The vast mobilization and defense of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as well as UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt's insistence that the Empire not survive the war made it next to impossible for the UK to maintain its holdings and several former colonies gained its independence between 1945 to 1954.[[note]]Most of the rest gained independence in the next couple decades, Brunei being the last one in 1984. The British still hold a few colonies (or dependencies as their known these days) mostly located on overseas islands, either because they're too small to function as an independent nation (Tristan Da Cunha has less than 300 people, Pitcairn Island has around 50) or for economic reasons are better off under the Crown[[/note]] A permanent member of the UN Security Council, and with [[UsefulNotes/UltimateDefenceOfTheRealm its own nuclear weapons]] and one of the few remaining blue-water navies, Britain's status as a [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships credible military power]] on its own is well cemented, mostly because of [[UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar the war in the Falkland Islands]]: waging war with an [[UsefulNotes/ArgentinesWithArmoredVehicles advanced military force]] sited ''next door'' to the contested scrap of land in open conflict 8000 miles away ''and then winning'' is no mean feat. Once an industrial powerhouse, Britain now has a mainly service-based economy but is still [[http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15772127 the world's sixth largest]] manufacturer.
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Once ruled the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire largest empire in world history]] but by the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, its ability to rule those colonies was challenged. Two protracted, expensive, and somewhat humilating wars in [[UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar South Africa]] - which seriously strained British ability to cope, even though Britain won in the end - gave other subject peoples lots of pause for thought about what could be acheived. Independence movements were born in places like Ireland, Egypt, Israel and India. Ireland, or most of it, was the first to successfully break away and assert independence in 1922. Public opinion was no longer as buoyed by the optimism of empire world-building as it was in the Victorian era; the young generation of Tommies killed in the Great War put a damper on that. The vast mobilization and defense of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as well as UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt's insistence that the Empire not survive the war made it next to impossible for the UK to maintain its holdings and several former colonies gained its independence between 1945 to 1954.[[note]]Most of the rest gained independence in the next couple decades, Brunei being the last one in 1984. The British still hold a few colonies (or dependencies as their known these days) mostly located on overseas islands, either because they're too small to function as an independent nation (Tristan Da Cunha has less than 300 people, Pitcairn Island has around 50) or for economic reasons are better off under the Crown[[/note]] Crown. Many of these dependencies have their own pages and are listed below.[[/note]] A permanent member of the UN Security Council, and with [[UsefulNotes/UltimateDefenceOfTheRealm its own nuclear weapons]] and one of the few remaining blue-water navies, Britain's status as a [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships credible military power]] on its own is well cemented, mostly because of [[UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar the war in the Falkland Islands]]: waging war with an [[UsefulNotes/ArgentinesWithArmoredVehicles advanced military force]] sited ''next door'' to the contested scrap of land in open conflict 8000 miles away ''and then winning'' is no mean feat. Once an industrial powerhouse, Britain now has a mainly service-based economy but is still [[http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15772127 the world's sixth largest]] manufacturer.
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Once ruled the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire largest empire in world history]] but by the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, its ability to rule those colonies was challenged. Two protracted, expensive, and somewhat humilating wars in [[UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar South Africa]] - which seriously strained British ability to cope, even though Britain won in the end - gave other subject peoples lots of pause for thought about what could be acheived. Independence movements were born in places like Ireland, Egypt, Israel and India. Ireland, or most of it, was the first to successfully break away and assert independence in 1922. Public opinion was no longer as buoyed by the optimism of empire world-building as it was in the Victorian era; the young generation of Tommies killed in the Great War put a damper on that. The vast mobilization and defense of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as well as UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt's insistence that the Empire not survive the war made it next to impossible for the UK to maintain its holdings and several former colonies gained its independence between 1945 to 1954.[[note]]Most of the rest gained independence in the next couple decades, Brunei being the last one in 1984. The British still hold a few colonies (or dependencies as their known these days) mostly located on overseas islands, either because they're too small to function as an independent nation (Tristan Da Cunha has less than 300 people, Pitcairn Island has around 50) or for economic reasons are better off under the Crown[[/note]], A permanent member of the UN Security Council, and with [[UsefulNotes/UltimateDefenceOfTheRealm its own nuclear weapons]] and one of the few remaining blue-water navies, Britain's status as a [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships credible military power]] on its own is well cemented, mostly because of [[UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar the war in the Falkland Islands]]: waging war with an [[UsefulNotes/ArgentinesWithArmoredVehicles advanced military force]] sited ''next door'' to the contested scrap of land in open conflict 8000 miles away ''and then winning'' is no mean feat. Once an industrial powerhouse, Britain now has a mainly service-based economy but is still [[http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15772127 the world's sixth largest]] manufacturer.
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Once ruled the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire largest empire in world history]] but by the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, its ability to rule those colonies was challenged. Two protracted, expensive, and somewhat humilating wars in [[UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar South Africa]] - which seriously strained British ability to cope, even though Britain won in the end - gave other subject peoples lots of pause for thought about what could be acheived. Independence movements were born in places like Ireland, Egypt, Israel and India. Ireland, or most of it, was the first to successfully break away and assert independence in 1922. Public opinion was no longer as buoyed by the optimism of empire world-building as it was in the Victorian era; the young generation of Tommies killed in the Great War put a damper on that. The vast mobilization and defense of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as well as UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt's insistence that the Empire not survive the war made it next to impossible for the UK to maintain its holdings and several former colonies gained its independence between 1945 to 1954.[[note]]Most of the rest gained independence in the next couple decades, Brunei being the last one in 1984. The British still hold a few colonies (or dependencies as their known these days) mostly located on overseas islands, either because they're too small to function as an independent nation (Tristan Da Cunha has less than 300 people, Pitcairn Island has around 50) or for economic reasons are better off under the Crown[[/note]], Crown[[/note]] A permanent member of the UN Security Council, and with [[UsefulNotes/UltimateDefenceOfTheRealm its own nuclear weapons]] and one of the few remaining blue-water navies, Britain's status as a [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships credible military power]] on its own is well cemented, mostly because of [[UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar the war in the Falkland Islands]]: waging war with an [[UsefulNotes/ArgentinesWithArmoredVehicles advanced military force]] sited ''next door'' to the contested scrap of land in open conflict 8000 miles away ''and then winning'' is no mean feat. Once an industrial powerhouse, Britain now has a mainly service-based economy but is still [[http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15772127 the world's sixth largest]] manufacturer.
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Once ruled the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire largest empire in world history]] but by the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, its ability to rule those colonies was challenged. Two protracted, expensive, and somewhat humilating wars in [[UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar South Africa]] - which seriously strained British ability to cope, even though Britain won in the end - gave other subject peoples lots of pause for thought about what could be acheived. Independence movements were born in places like Ireland, Egypt, Israel and India. Ireland, or most of it, was the first to successfully break away and assert independence in 1922. Public opinion was no longer as buoyed by the optimism of empire world-building as it was in the Victorian era; the young generation of Tommies killed in the Great War put a damper on that. The vast mobilization and defense of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as well as UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt's insistence that the Empire not survive the war made it next to impossible for the UK to maintain its holdings and several former colonies gained its independence between 1945 to 1954. [[note]]Most of the rest gained independence in the next couple decades, Brunei being the last one in 1984. The British still hold a few colonies (or dependencies as their known these days) mostly located on overseas islands, either because they're too small to function as an independent nation (Tristan Da Cunha has less than 300 people, Pitcairn Island has around 50) or for economic reasons are better off under the Crown[[/note]], A permanent member of the UN Security Council, and with [[UsefulNotes/UltimateDefenceOfTheRealm its own nuclear weapons]] and one of the few remaining blue-water navies, Britain's status as a [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships credible military power]] on its own is well cemented, mostly because of [[UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar the war in the Falkland Islands]]: waging war with an [[UsefulNotes/ArgentinesWithArmoredVehicles advanced military force]] sited ''next door'' to the contested scrap of land in open conflict 8000 miles away ''and then winning'' is no mean feat. Once an industrial powerhouse, Britain now has a mainly service-based economy but is still [[http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15772127 the world's sixth largest]] manufacturer.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- [[IHaveManyNames commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, the UK, Britain, the Union, or the British Isles]] -- is a Western European country and constitutional democratic monarchy which sits on a collection of islands in ([[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOfIt or "near"]]) the north-west of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, most particularly Great Britain and the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as smaller islands like the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. "Great Britain" is not the name of the country, at least not since 1801. The country is the fifth most populated in Europe.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- [[IHaveManyNames commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, the UK, Britain, the Union, or the British Isles]] -- is a Western European country and constitutional democratic monarchy which sits on a collection of islands in ([[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOfIt or "near"]]) the north-west of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, most particularly covering Great Britain and Britain, the northeastern north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as smaller significant islands like such as the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland.Shetland, and countless smaller islands. "Great Britain" is not the name of the country, at least not since 1801. The country is the fifth most populated in Europe.
Europe. Its north-western location leads to national and international inconsistencies in categorisation; those guided by the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations classify the UK as being part of "Northern Europe", while those guided by [[UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion the European Union]] classify the UK as being part of "Western Europe".
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- [[IHaveManyNames commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, the UK, Britain, the Union, or the British Isles]] -- is a Northern European country and constitutional democratic monarchy which sits on a collection of islands in ([[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOfIt or "near"]]) the north-west of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, most particularly Great Britain and the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as smaller islands like the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. "Great Britain" is not the name of the country, at least not since 1801. The country is the fifth most populated in Europe.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- [[IHaveManyNames commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, the UK, Britain, the Union, or the British Isles]] -- is a Northern Western European country and constitutional democratic monarchy which sits on a collection of islands in ([[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOfIt or "near"]]) the north-west of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, most particularly Great Britain and the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as smaller islands like the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. "Great Britain" is not the name of the country, at least not since 1801. The country is the fifth most populated in Europe.
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If you search on Google, there are plenty of definitions of Northern Europe that include the UK, and they participate in many pan-Northern European organizations and events like the ROADEX Network, OTSEM, the Northern Future Forum, the Northern European Gymnastics Championships, and the UK Joint Expeditionary Force, so there is merit to including them in the region. At the very least, they are geographically part of Northern Europe, and it can be explained that they (moreso England, Wales and Northern Ireland than Scotland, which has closer connections to the Nordic countries) associate more with Western Europe culturally, and so are often grouped with them. Ethnically, they are a mix of both regions, too.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- [[IHaveManyNames commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, the UK, Britain, the Union, or the British Isles]] -- is a Western European country and constitutional democratic monarchy which sits on a collection of islands in ([[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOfIt or "near"]]) the north-west of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, most particularly Great Britain and the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as smaller islands like the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. "Great Britain" is not the name of the country, at least not since 1801. The country is the fifth most populated in Europe.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- [[IHaveManyNames commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, the UK, Britain, the Union, or the British Isles]] -- is a Western Northern European country and constitutional democratic monarchy which sits on a collection of islands in ([[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOfIt or "near"]]) the north-west of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, most particularly Great Britain and the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as smaller islands like the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. "Great Britain" is not the name of the country, at least not since 1801. The country is the fifth most populated in Europe.
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There's no compelling basis for this change, other than the personal opinion of one editor, therefore it should not be changed unilaterally. Consulting The Other Wiki, the classifications of Euro Voc, the CIA World Factbook, and several publications of the United Nations, the UK is in Western Europe.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- [[IHaveManyNames commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, the UK, Britain, the Union, or the British Isles]] -- is a Northern European country and constitutional democratic monarchy which sits on a collection of islands in ([[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOfIt or "near"]]) the north-west of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, most particularly Great Britain and the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as smaller islands like the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. "Great Britain" is not the name of the country, at least not since 1801. The country is the fifth most populated in Europe.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- [[IHaveManyNames commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, the UK, Britain, the Union, or the British Isles]] -- is a Northern Western European country and constitutional democratic monarchy which sits on a collection of islands in ([[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOfIt or "near"]]) the north-west of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, most particularly Great Britain and the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as smaller islands like the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. "Great Britain" is not the name of the country, at least not since 1801. The country is the fifth most populated in Europe.
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It's better off to include the UK in Northern Europe, to go with most definitions of the region.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- [[IHaveManyNames commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, the UK, Britain, the Union, or the British Isles]] -- is a Western European country and constitutional democratic monarchy which sits on a collection of islands in ([[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOfIt or "near"]]) the north-west of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, most particularly Great Britain and the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as smaller islands like the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. "Great Britain" is not the name of the country, at least not since 1801. The country is the fifth most populated in Europe.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- [[IHaveManyNames commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, the UK, Britain, the Union, or the British Isles]] -- is a Western Northern European country and constitutional democratic monarchy which sits on a collection of islands in ([[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOfIt or "near"]]) the north-west of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, most particularly Great Britain and the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as smaller islands like the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. "Great Britain" is not the name of the country, at least not since 1801. The country is the fifth most populated in Europe.
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