Title: Administrative geography of the United Kingdom
Content:  called the four countries of the United Kingdom. The four are sometimes collectively referred to as the Home Nations, particularly in sporting contexts. Although the four countries are important for legal and governmental purposes, they are not comparable to administrative subdivisions of most other countries. The United Kingdom also contains 17 dependent territories which aren't officially a part of the UK but are represented by it in places like the UN. Historically, the subnational divisions of the UK have been the county and the ecclesiastical parish, whilst following the emergence of a unified parliament of the United Kingdom, the ward and constituency have been pan-UK political subdivisions. More contemporary divisions include Lieutenancy areas and the statistical territories defined with the modern ITL (formerly NUTS) and ISO 3166-2:GB systems.
Title: Countries of the United Kingdom
Content:  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), since 1922, comprises four constituent countries: England, Scotland, and Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain), as well as Northern Ireland (variously described as a country, province or region). The UK Prime Minister's website has used the phrase "countries within a country" to describe the United Kingdom. Some statistical summaries, such as those for the twelve NUTS 1 regions of the United Kingdom, refer to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as "regions". With regard to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales particularly, the descriptive name one uses "can be controversial, with the choice often revealing one's political preferences". Although the United Kingdom is 
Title: Nation state
Content:  Similarly to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, The United Kingdom is an unusual example of a nation state due to its claimed "countries within a country" status. The United Kingdom, which is formed by the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is a unitary state formed initially by the merger of two independent kingdoms, the Kingdom of England (which already included Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland, but the Treaty of Union (1707) that set out the agreed terms has ensured the continuation of distinct features of each state, including separate legal systems and separate national churches. In 2003, the British Government described the United Kingdom as "countries within a country". While the Office for National Statistics and others describe the United Kingdom as a "nation state", others, including a then Prime Minister, describe it as a "multinational state",   
Title: List of companies of the United Kingdom A-J
Content:  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK or U.K.) or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the northwestern coast of the European mainland. It includes the island of Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. The United Kingdom consists of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom is a highly developed country with a market-orientated economy and is a member of the Group of 7 (formerly G8) leading industrialised countries. It is the sixth-largest national economy in the world measured by nominal gross domestic product (GDP), ninth-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP) and twenty first-largest by GDP per capita. In 2017, the UK was the eleventh-largest goods 
Title: United Kingdom
Content:  total area of the United Kingdom is 93,628 sqmi, with an estimated population in 2020 of 68 million. The United Kingdom is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. The monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 1952. The capital and largest city is London, a global city and financial centre with a metropolitan area population of 14 million. The United Kingdom consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Other than England, the constituent countries have their own devolved governments, each with varying powers. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of 
Title: Multinational state
Content:  While the Office for National Statistics describes the United Kingdom as a nation state, other people, including former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, describe it as a multinational state. The term "Home Nations" is used to describe the national teams that represent the four nations of the United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales in various sports. The Kingdom of Great Britain was created on 1 May 1707 by the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland. This unification was the result of the Treaty of Union, which was agreed on 22 July 1706 and then ratified by the parliaments of England and Scotland in the 1707 Acts of Union. 
Title: Ireland–United Kingdom relations
Content:   Today, the British Isles contain two sovereign states: Ireland (alternatively described as the Republic of Ireland) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom comprises four countries of the United Kingdom. All but Northern Ireland have been independent states at one point. There are also three Crown dependencies, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man, in the archipelago which are not part of the United Kingdom, although the United Kingdom maintains responsibility for certain affairs such as international affairs and ensuring good governance, on behalf of the British crown, and can legislate directly for them. These participate in the shared institutions created between Ireland and the United 
Title: Unitary state
Content: 🇦🇩 Andorra ; 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda ; 🇧🇭 Bahrain ; The Bahamas ; 🇧🇿 Belize ; 🇧🇹 Bhutan ; Brunei ; 🇰🇭 Cambodia ; 🇩🇰 Denmark ; Eswatini ; 🇬🇩 Grenada ; 🇯🇲 Jamaica ; 🇯🇵 Japan ; 🇯🇴 Jordan ; 🇰🇼 Kuwait ; 🇱🇸 Lesotho ; 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein ; 🇱🇺 Luxembourg ; 🇲🇨 Monaco ; 🇲🇦 Morocco ; 🇳🇱 Netherlands ; 🇳🇿 New Zealand ; 🇳🇴 Norway ; 🇴🇲 Oman ; 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea ; 🇶🇦 Qatar ; 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia ; 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ; 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia ; 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands ; 🇪🇸 Spain ; 🇸🇪 Sweden ; 🇹🇭 Thailand ; 🇹🇴 Tonga ; 🇹🇻 Tuvalu ; 🇬🇧 United Kingdom ; 🇻🇦 Vatican City The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is an example of a unitary state. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have a degree of autonomous devolved power, but such power is delegated by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which may enact laws unilaterally altering or abolishing devolution. Similarly in Spain, the devolved powers are delegated through the central government. 
Title: Terminology of the British Isles
Content:  for England can also be used. From 28 September 2021, UK will be the official country code on car registration plates. The internet code .gb, although allocated to the UK, is virtually unused and UK web domains use .uk. Though GB is the United Kingdom's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, UK is exceptionally reserved for the United Kingdom on the request of the country. The four constituent parts of the UK are also known, particularly in sporting contexts, as Home Nations or the "Four Nations". The BBC refers to its UK-wide broadcasting operation as Nations and Regions ("regions" referring to geographic regions of England. Thus 
Title: Outline of the United Kingdom
Content: The United Kingdom is... ; both a country and a country made up of countries ; both a nation state and a state made up of nations ; an island country ; a Commonwealth realm (1931–) ; Pronunciation: ; Abbreviations: UK ; Common English country names: The United Kingdom, The UK, or Britain ; Official English country name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ; Common endonyms: United Kingdom, UK, Britain ; Official endonyms: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ; Adjectivals: British, United Kingdom ; Demonyms: Briton, British, Brit ; Etymology: Name of Britain, Name of the United Kingdom ; Name of England ; Name of Northern Ireland ; Name of Scotland ; Name of Wales ; International rankings of the United Kingdom ; Terminology of the British Isles ; United Kingdom-related topics ; England-related topics ; Scotland-related topics ; Wales-related topics ; Northern Ireland-related topics ; ISO country codes: GB, GBR, 826 ; ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GB ; Internet country code top-level domain: .uk, .gb (not used) 

Question: what are the four nations of the united kingdom?
Answer: Wales.