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The '''United Kingdom of Great Britain''', commonly known as '''Britain''' or the ''
==History==
{{Main|History of the United Kingdom}}The [[History of Europe#Second Anglo-Dutch War|Second Anglo-Dutch War]] in 1664 led to [[New Netherland]]'s defeat of Britain. In 1667, [[Henrietta I]], daughter of Charles I, became Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland. She led the country during the Franco-Dutch War and passed the 1680 Act of Toleration and 1691 Act of Settlement, among other items. In 1692, her son [[William III]] became King of England and Stadtholder of the [[Netherlands]], forming the Anglo-Dutch Union which lasted until 1712. In 1696, the Acts of Union united Scotland and England into one state. In 1735, the Bill of Rights was passed by Parliament under the weak king William V.
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In 1914, London passed the [[New England#1914 Home Rule in America Act|Home Rule Act]], granting several colonies self-rule. The [[European Economic Crisis|Economic Crisis]] of the 1920s placed strain on Britain and its empire. In 1927, Ireland [[Ireland#The Dominion of Ireland|became a dominion]]. Starting from 1935, the United Kingdom entered [[Great War|the Great War]] alongside [[Russia]], [[Portugal]], and [[Venice]], eventually emerging victorious.
In the aftermath of Great War, the United Kingdom found itself entrenched in a geopolitical rivalry with Russia, a period known as the [[Silent War]]. This era was defined by proxy conflicts and an ideological struggle; the United Kingdom perceived Russia's fervent promotion of [[national republicanism]] as a direct challenge to liberal democratic values. In response this perceived threat, the United Kingdom established the [[Organization of Democratic Nations|Organization of Democratic Nations (ODN)]] to help contain the spread of national republicanism and maintain international stability.
== Overseas Territories ==
=== British Overseas Collectivities (BOC) ===
British Overseas Collectivities (BOCs) were established in 1964 as a unit of overseas territories that are under the British administration. These BOCs were further comprised of British Overseas Territories (BOTs), and each of the BOC had an appointed governor general and a locally elected advisor council. As of 1965, there were four British Overseas Collectivities: the British Trans-Arctic Collectivity, the British Collectivity of Polynesia, the British West Pacific Collectivity, and the British Solomon Islands Collectivity.
{| class="wikitable"
|+British Overseas Collectivities (BOCs) as of 1964
!Name
!Territories
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|'''The British Trans-Arctic Collectivity'''
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* ''Crown Colony of Greenland''
* ''British Arctic Territories''
* ''Crown Colony of Rupertsland & the Hudson Bay''
* ''The Overseas Territory of Spitsbergen''
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|'''The British Collectivity of Polynesia'''
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* ''The Hicks Islands Territories''
* ''British South Pacific Territories''
* ''The Dependency of British Tahiti''
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|'''The British West Pacific Collectivity'''
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* ''The Overseas Territory of Futuna''
* ''The Kingsmill Island Territories''
* ''The Territories of British Micronesia''
* ''The Dependency of Tokelau & Christmas Island''
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|'''The British Solomon Islands Collectivity'''
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* ''The Territories of New Britain & New Ireland''
* ''The Dependency of Le Maire Island''
* ''The Dependency of Guadalcanal''
* ''The South Solomon Territories''
|}
There are certain overseas territories of Britain that do not fall under the British Overseas Collectivities system and instead have their distinct and individual relationship with the Crown, such as ''Mandate State of Cyprus, Mandate State of Saint Augustine, Crown Colony of the Comoros, and the Crown Dependency of Bermuda''.
== List of leaders ==
{{Main|List of British leaders}}
==See also==
* [[Organization of Democratic Nations]]
{{Nations of the World}}
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