Britain's (or the UK's) complete name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The official motto of Britain is “Dieu et mon droit”, which is French for “God and my right”

The capital of Britain is London, which is also the capital of England

The flag of Britain is properly called the Union Flag, and colloquially called Union Jack

Britain's national anthem is “God Save the King”

The government of Britain is a combination of Parliamentary Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy; its current Prime Minister is Gordon Brown and its current ruling monarch is Queen Elizabeth II

Britain's Army, Navy and Air Force is collectively called the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces

The de facto language of Britain is English, although it is not the official language; recognized regional languages of Britain include Welsh, Irish, Ulster Scots, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish and Manx

The main religion of Britain is Christianity, although Islam and Indian religions have also established themselves in the country; atheists and agnostics are also growing in number

The official currency of Britain is the pound sterling

Britain has a land area of 243,000 square kilometers or 93,000 square miles

Britain's population as of mid-2006 is 60,600,000; about eighty-seven percent of the population was White British

Britain has a number of overseas territories and Crown Dependencies in Europe, the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Caribbean; these include the Government of Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, the Pitcairn Henderson Ducie and Oeno Islands, and the Cayman Islands Government