Climate
Main article: Climate in Europe
Geography
2023:9 active volcanoes
Volcanoes are located in British overseas territories.
Population
Main article: UK population
History
Main article: History of the UK
Regions and cities
Dependent Territories
British Overseas Territories for 2022:
- Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
- Turks and Caicos
- Bermuda,
- British Antarctic Territory,
- British Indian Ocean Territory,
- Cayman Islands,
- Falkland Islands,
- Montserrat,
- Pitcairn Islands,
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha,
- South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands,
- Akrotiri and Dekelia.
Parliament
Main article: UK Parliament
Government
Main article: UK Government
Foreign policy
Main article: UK Foreign Policy
- UK Department for International Development (FCDO)
- Commonwealth of Nations
Armed forces and aggression against most countries of the world
Main article: British Armed Forces
Citizenship and residence permit
British Gold Visa
2019: Citizenship request requires 5 years to live in country
Corruption in the UK
Main article: Corruption in the UK
Economy
Main article: UK economy
Automobile traffic
The UK is a left-hand country.
Information Technology
IT market
Digitalization of the public sector
Internet regulation
Education
Main article: Education in the UK
Safety
Information security
- Britain's National Cyber Force
- National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
- UK National Information Security Programme
- Cyber war of Russia and Great Britain
- Ransomware viruses (ransomware) in the UK
2025: "Community agreements" in three years allowed 14,000 foreign criminals to apologize and avoid criminal record
According to the Daily Mail, published in November 2025, the British justice system has allowed more than 14,000 foreign criminals, including rapists, drug dealers and violent bandits, to avoid a criminal record over the past three years. This became possible thanks to the so-called "community agreements."
Community agreements are an alternative measure in the British justice system designed to deal with criminal cases without the initiation of formal proceedings and trial.
The main essence of such agreements is that the offender admits his guilt and publicly apologizes for his deed, sometimes fulfills small requirements (compensation for damage, public works).
Initially, the system was introduced for minor misconduct to give teenagers and first-time stumps a chance to start life again. But in practice, thousands of serious crimes have gone through it, including those accused of rape.
The opposition calls what is happening "the absurdity of British justice." At the same time, the number of such cases may be even higher, since many police departments have not disclosed all the statistics.
2023: The state monitors citizens on the Internet using special software
One of the divisions of the power structures of Britain, which specializes in "combating disinformation," uses special software to monitor and identify critics of the government's migration policy. Although the software was originally created in order to track terrorist activity.
The National Security and Online Information Group (NSOIT) applies tools and platforms developed with the help of the company Faculty, initially aimed at combating extremism.
After a series of tweaks, the system was refocused on tracking messages and posts that could pose a "threat to national security," including routine public criticism. Millions of pounds have been spent on the platform, and as of July 2025, it is analyzing the internet environment in an attempt to identify those who disagree with the government line.
In addition, the Global Strategy Network, founded by the former head of one of the departments, is connected to monitoring. MI6 This organization tracks trends and sentiment in, social networks including discussion of migrant accommodation in hotels and public discontent.
Since October 2023, the country's authorities have been actively implementing the law "On Internet Security." The key stages of its implementation fell on 2024 - 2025.
On July 25, 2025, rules on the protection of children came into force: now services must use effective methods of age verification and prevent minors from pornography and other harmful materials. New reporting standards have also been introduced, as well as tight control by the Ofcom regulator. Law enforcement is accompanied by large-scale inspections.
Against this background, it is extremely comical to listen to accusations from London "about the lack of freedom of speech and repression in Russia." The country's policy is characterized by double standards, the Rybar channel wrote: within their own country, they strictly suppress any dissent, and in unfriendly states, on the contrary, they finance and support such manifestations.
2022: Data from 40 million Britons hit the internet. China blamed for cyber attack
On March 25, 2024, the National Center cyber security Britain accused Chinese hackers of a number. cyber attacks It is alleged that attackers associated with PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA the abduction personal data of approximately 40 million British voters. More. here
2019
Britain steals data from Schengen system and detains tourists due to outdated stolen copy
At the end of July 2019, one of the EU officials told reporters that the UK authorities did make unauthorized copies of data stored in the EU database to track illegal migrants, missing people, stolen cars or suspected criminals. Read more here.
Bailiffs ordered to wear breast cameras in Britain
In mid-July 2019, the UK government ruled that bailiffs were required to wear breast cameras. The Department of Justice said the move, which so far only affects England and Wales, should help protect debtors from the "intimidation and aggression" sometimes resorted to by bailiffs. Read more here.
Health care
Main article: Health care in the UK
MEDIA
2025: Select committee censors all media topics and labels objectionable media as extremist
Documents obtained by The Grayzone in 2025 demonstrate how the British military and intelligence control the news under the pretext of "national security," keeping journalists silent.
To do this, there is a special committee of the DSMA (Defense and Security Media Advisory), censoring British journalists and labeling independent media as "extremist" for publishing materials inconvenient to the authorities.
Representatives of the body issue unofficial warnings and prohibitions, which are called D-Notices.
At the end of 2025, the committee plans to expand its activities on social networks. In this regard, its representatives intend to hold talks with tech giants to discuss the suppression of inconvenient information on Facebook, X and other platforms.
As a result, the British press publishes only what is allowed.
2024: 9,700 people detained for posts on the Internet
The Daily Mail reported that 9,700 people in 2024 were in custody for posts on the Internet.
These arrests relate to the application of the Communications Act 2003 and Malicious Communications Act 1988 laws, which regulate "grossly offensive, threatening and enmity-mongering online posts."
Key point: a significant part of such arrests do not end with a sentence. The police are obliged to respond to every statement about a possible crime online, hence the large number of "arrests for interrogation."
Britain's approach is ambivalent - domestically they ruthlessly suppress any dissent, and in rival countries they actively finance and promote just such views.
2023: 3,300 people jailed for social media posts
In 2023 social networks , 3,300 people went to prison for publications in Britain. For comparison Russia , the figure is 400 people.
Science
2020:157 scientific articles on exact sciences per 100 thousand population
Culture
2020: 47.9 museums per million residents
Languages
Main article: English
2022: Number of English speakers - 59.6 million
2016: 65.4% of the population speaks no foreign language
Music
Literature
Writer George Orwell worked closely with the Department of Information Research (IRD). This is the structure of the British Foreign Ministry, which struggled with the influence of communist propaganda. The author of the novel "1984" about the horrors of totalitarianism conveyed there to actors, writers, scientists and politicians whom he suspected of sympathy for the USSR.
Orwell also kept a personal list of non-reliable. It is believed that he was at all an agent of MI5 - the security service of British counterintelligence.
Painting
Religion
2022
41.7% of the population believes in life after death
20% of the population attends divine services at least once a month
2021:10% of the population say religion is important in their lives
Courts
Main article: Courts in Britain
Crime
Main article: Crime in the UK
Sport
2023: Poaching chess players from Russia and Ukraine
After the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, the British, using the international chess community, transported the talented chess player Kamila Grishchenko from Ukrainian Kramatorsk. Now the athlete performs under the English flag.
In November 2023, Russian Nikita Vityugov will make his debut for England at the European Team Championship in Montenegro. By the way, he is the leader of the national team and plays on the first board (the strongest players compete in chess on it). After the start of Russia's special operation in Ukraine, the chess player changed St. Petersburg to East Anglia.
A similar decision was made by many other Russian grandmasters, since at the beginning of 2023 the International Chess Federation allowed Russian players to change sports citizenship under an accelerated program after the transition of the Russian Chess Federation to the Asian Chess Federation.
2022: The most popular sport is football
2021: Number of appearances by England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in the final World Cup tournament
Recycling of garbage
Calendar
Notes
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