The UK
The United Kingdom is a major member of the Commonwealth of Nations, a free association of the United Kingdom and its former dominions and colonies. Its 53 Member States include Australia, Bangladesh, India, Jamaica, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Singapore. A total of 15 Commonwealth Member States, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, share a head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, with the United Kingdom.
Cities with the largest population in the UK : London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Cardiff.

Although the United Kingdom was the world's most powerful power in the 18th and 19th centuries, developments in the 20th century - both world wars and, above all, the collapse of the colonial empire - greatly weakened its influence. Nevertheless, he is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, a nuclear power and also a member of the G8. The United Kingdom is one of the world's largest economies with significant defense spending. The team remains an important political, economic and military force on a global scale. The United Kingdom is one of the founding members of NATO and a member of the Council of Europe. It was also a member of the EU until 2020, but in a referendum on 23 June 2016, a narrow majority of voters voted to end the UK's membership of the European Union in early  2020.