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England is one of the four "home nations" that make up the United Kingdom. It is NOT the "same thing" as Britain or the UK. It is the largest of them, both in terms of surface area and population (about 50 million inhabitants out of about 60 million). On the island of Great Britain, Scotland sits to the north of England and Wales is to the west. Northern Ireland (also part of the UK) and the Republic of Ireland lie across the Irish Sea to west of England (and Wales). France and the Channel Islands are across the English Channel to the south, and to the east is The North Sea.
It is important not to confuse "England" with the the larger "Britain" or "United Kingdom"; see United Kingdom for clarification on this. England is the only part of the UK without an element of home rule, and is directly governed by the UK government sitting in Westminster (in London); that is something the English are beginning to mutter about amongst themselves, but it is best not to talk politics with the natives until you know the country very well - preferably after having lived there for some years. |
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