Commentary:UK

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain is an island country located off the north-western coast of mainland Europe.

The United Kingdom is a political union of four "home nations" vuni:England, vuni:Northern Ireland, vuni:Scotland and vuni:Wales. The various education systems in the four home nations of the UK are significantly different and getting more so. Even the authoritative OECD finds it impossible to provide unified reports on some aspects of the UK educational system.

The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the northeast part of the island of Ireland and many small islands. vuni:Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland.

Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The largest island, Great Britain, is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel.

The Crown Dependencies of the Channel Islands (vuni:Guernsey and vuni:Jersey) and the vuni:Isle of Man, formally possessions of the Crown, are not part of the UK but form a federacy with it. As with Re.ViCa, these are not to be included in the scope of the coumtry report for the UK.

The UK has fourteen British overseas territories, all remnants of the British Empire. Again, as with Re.ViCa, these are not to be included in the scope of the coumtry report for the UK.

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