The United Kingdom of Great Britain was a nation-state located in the northern Europe continent on Earth. The UK was first established in 1707; in 1801, it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Citizens of the United Kingdom were known as Britons. The United Kingdom was a Constitutional Monarchy, the monarch, in the person of either a King or Queen served as the head of state. The actual power of the government rested with the Prime Minister and a Parliament.
Originally, England, Scotland, and Wales were the constituent countries that united to form the UK. Ireland was added in 1801 and continued as a part of the UK until the 1920s, when most of it won independence; upon that point, the UK became known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, due to the continued presence of six northern Irish counties in the UK. However, in 2025, Northern Ireland was reunited with the rest of Ireland, and the UK reverted to its original form. (TNG episode: "The High Ground").
London was the capital city of the United Kingdom. Throughout the 1800s, the United Kingdom was the dominant political power on Earth, operating a vast empire that was the largest in the planet's history. It was often said that the sun never set on the British Empire. This colonial period later proved untenable, and, as with the colonial habits of many other European states, contributed to human rights abuses and to extreme global instability in subsequent generations. Nonetheless, the United Kingdom was also a center of world culture, learning, and scientific and political advancement.
The United Kingdom, like the rest of Earth's old polities, eventually joined United Earth some time between UE's founding in 2130 and 2150, the year the last hold-outs became a part of the world state. ("Attached" [TNG], Articles of the Federation.) London later became the site of Alpha Centauri's embassy on Earth. (Hollow Men.)
Throughout its history, the United Kingdom operated a Royal Navy. The Reed family served in the Royal Navy for generations; the UK continued to operate the Royal Navy as late as the 2150s. ("Silent Enemy" [ENT].)
In real life, the Flag of the United Kingdom is a composite of the flags of the former Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Whether or not the Flag continued to make use of St. Patrick's Cross, the former Kingdom of Ireland's contribution to the united British flag, after the Irish reunification of the 2020s is unknown, though this article makes use of the modern Union Flag.
Geography
England
Scotland
Other Geographical Locations
Famous Britons
Connections
- United Kingdom article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- United Kingdom article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.