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Country UK Ireland Australia New Zealand American Canada Language English Irish English English Maori English English French English Original people Celtics The Aborigines Maori Indians Aboriginal Capital London ... Dublin Canberra Wellington Washington D. C. Ottawa Largest country 6th 2th Government parliamentary democracy constitutional monarchy Washminster 3 Parliament 3 Constitution Federal system Washminster The united Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Contain 50 or more countries Commonwealth of Nations (50) → European Union (28) England London capital cultural, business, financial center Celtics original people Roman Empire combine the small kingdoms into a united one called England Anglo-Saxon Viking and Danish Norman Charles the First’s attempt to overrule parliament civil war Scotland Edinburgh capital Glassgow largest Gaelic Wales Cardiff capital Welsh Northern Ireland “The Six Counties” Belfast capital Conflict ethnically distinct from the majority of British people Geographically North and South of Ireland Religiously Protestant and Catholics Most Irish people remained Catholics, while most British people had become Protestant 1921 the southern 26 counties formed an independent “free state”, while the 6 north- eastern counties remained a part of the UK Jurisdiction : the Republic of Ireland Great Britain its own elected executive government of ten ministers Government The process of stated-building has been one of evolution rather than revolution Both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy Queen is the official head of state Governor- General fulfill the role of monarch in Australia, Canada, New Zealand Israel and Britain are the only two counties without written constitutions of t