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The official name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.　　The Commonwealth is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain. Member nations are joined together economically and have certain trading arrangements. The Commonwealth has no special powers. The decision to become a member of the Commonwealth is left to each nation.　　 Heptarchy—seven principal kingdoms set up by the Anglo-Saxons: Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, East Anglia, Marcia and Northumbria. Anglo-Saxons laid the foundations of the English state: divide