The United Kingdom is a political union made up of four constituent countries:England,Scotland,Wales,Nothern Ireland and several overseas territories including Gibraltar and the Falkland islands
The UK is ahighly developed country,a member of the group of eight(GE),member of the European Union(EU),is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO),the United Nations(un),where holds a pernament seat in the Security Council.
The UK has close relations with such EU nations as France and Germany,and,of course,with major Commonwealth countries (former British colonies):Singapore,South Africa,Australia and New Zeland. The relations between the USA and member nations of the Commonwealth pf Nations are sometimes called “the specian relationship”,meaning the warm political,diplomatic,historic and cultural relationship.
Britain is a parlamentary democracy that can be seen throught free elections,freedom of speech and open and equal rights in the eyes of the law.
Britain still does not have a written constitution.And the law have never been brought into a single document.
Currently Queen Elizabeth II , is the head of state while the prime minister of the United Kingdom, currently Theresa May , is the head of government.
There are three powers in the UK: Executive power is exercised by the British government, on behalf of and by the consent of the monarch, as well as by the devolved governments of Scotland and Wales, and the Northern Ireland Executive. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, as well as in the Scottish parliament and Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The highest court is the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.