United Republics of the Commonwealth

The "United Republics of the Commonwealth" (formerly known as The United Commonwealth Kingdoms) is a transcontinental sovereign country comprised of England and Wales, Australia, Malta, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. The capital and largest city is London, a global city and financial centre with a metropolitan area population of over 14 million. Other major cities include Adelaide, Auckland, Belfast, Canberra, Cardiff, Birmingham, Brisbane, Edinburgh, Manchester, Melbourne, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Perth, Sydney and Wellington.

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 England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707 formed the Kingdom of Great Britain. Its union in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Most of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922, leaving the present United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, formally adopting that name in 1927.