Nessie as she is known is now a popular tourist attraction, but her existence has never been proved. The UK has plentiful resources of coal, oil, and natural gas but only limited supplies of other minerals. It is one of the world's great trading powers and financial centres. Its capitalist economy ranks among the four largest in Western Europe. Agriculture is intensive and highly mechanised, and produces about 60 per cent of food needs using only about one per cent of the labour force.
Crops grown include wheat, barley, rape, and potatoes.