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The United Kingdom (UK) has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world land surface and was the largest empire in history as its mentioned in the United Kingdom (UK) on world map. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.

The United Kingdom (UK) has a partially regulated market economy. Based on market exchange rates the UK is today the sixth-largest economy in the world and the third-largest in Europe after Germany and France, having fallen behind France for the first time in over a decade in 2008. Pound sterling as you can see in the United Kingdom (UK) on world map is the world third-largest reserve currency (after the U.S. Dollar and the Euro).

The United Kingdom (UK) is a recognised nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fourth in the world. According to various sources, including the Ministry of Defence, the United Kingdom (UK) has the third- or fourth-highest military expenditure in the world as its shown in the United Kingdom (UK) on world map. Total defence spending currently accounts for around 2.3% – 2.5% of total national GDP.

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The United Kingdom (UK) country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom (UK) that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the United Kingdom (UK) is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea as its shown in the map of United Kingdom (UK) and surrounding countries.

The United Kingdom (UK) is an island nation, but shares an open land border with Ireland. It has only one land border, and that is on the island of Ireland as its mentioned in the map of United Kingdom (UK) and surrounding countries. Since 1994 the Channel Tunnel beneath the English Channel links the United Kingdom (UK) with France. The United Kingdom (UK) shares maritime borders with Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and the Faroe Islands (Denmark).

Despite a long history of conflict from English Tudor plantation in Ireland to the Irish War of independence, the United Kingdom (UK) presently works closely with the government of the Republic of Ireland in areas concerning the peace process in Northern Ireland as well as on many security issues. Belgium as one of the United Kingdom (UK) surrounding countries, have trading links going back to the 10th century, especially wool trade from England to the County of Flanders. Denmark and United Kingdom (UK) are full members of NATO and of the European Union. HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark paid state visits to the United Kingdom in April/May 1974, and in February 2000 as you can see in the map of United Kingdom (UK) and surrounding countries.

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The United Kingdom (UK) of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe as its shown in the United Kingdom (UK) map Europe. The United Kingdom (UK) comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland.

The United Kingdom (UK) service sector makes up around 73% of GDP as its mentioned in the United Kingdom (UK) map Europe. London is one of the three "command centres" of the global economy (alongside New York City and Tokyo), is the world largest financial centre alongside New York, and has the largest city GDP in Europe. The United Kingdom (UK) has a partially regulated market economy. Based on market exchange rates the United Kingdom (UK) is today the third-largest in Europe after Germany and France, having fallen behind France for the first time in over a decade in 2008.

Healthcare in the United Kingdom (UK) is a devolved matter and each country has its own system of private and publicly funded health care, together with alternative, holistic and complementary treatments. Public healthcare is provided to all United Kingdom (UK) permanent residents and is free at the point of need, being paid for from general taxation. The World Health Organization, in 2000, ranked the provision of healthcare in the United Kingdom (UK) as fifteenth best in Europe and eighteenth in the world (see in the United Kingdom (UK) map Europe).