Some body give a a breif description of the UK for me please?

YES a country made up of countries although Northern Ireland is TECHNICALLY a PROVINCE of THE UK..We tend to call all FOUR HOME NATIONS.....I am a bit different since have TIES to all four....Am Welsh but live now in England & have lived in Scotland..Do have close family by in NI....The REPUBLIC is another nation state.....Read up about IRELAND so as NOT to offend maybe??? Would be hard for a REPUBLIC as in Republic of Ireland, to be a part of a KINGDOM....We are neighbours with a shared history, from centuries even BEFORE the creation of the FIRST UK, in 1800, when was GB & IRELAND..Became & NI in the 1920's when The Irish Free State was formed..becoming a REPUBLIC in 1949....

Countries within a country is right, because previously having been independent there isn't another sensible name for them. Or to put it another more precise way, they are non-sovereign countries within a sovereign country. A sovereign country rules itself, a non-sovereign country may have some measure of self-rule but ultimately it doesn't.

Your list should therefore include the UK and the Republic of Ireland as two countries, and that's the British Isles dealt with.

Countries within a Country - The United Kingdom and not Ireland, but Northern Itreland, ireland is another totally separate country and not part of the UK

This will give you all you need http://projectbritain.com/britain.html

The UK is a set of 4 "home countries" within one kingdom ruled by a royal family headed by Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen asks the Prime Minister to serve if his party wins the most seats in the House of Commons.

Ireland is not part of the UK. LOOK AT A MAP!!!

Thank you so much!