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26. Englishspeaking countries
General information, personal experience
UK:
The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland. The
capital of the: UK and England is London; Wales is Cardiff; Scotland is Edinburgh; Northern Ireland is
Belfast. Its population is about sixty million. The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy withhereditary monarchy, meaning that there is a monarch but the effective power belongs to the government,
which is part of parliament and responsible to it but also normally dominates it. The most important posts
are those of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, President of the Privy Council, Leader of the
House of Commons, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Minister of
Defence and Lord Chancellor. The present monarch is Elizabeth II who belongs to the House of Windsor
and has been the monarch for... years. The main religions are The Anglican Church, Roman Catholicism,
and the number of Muslims is increasing due to immigrants.
USA:
The United States of America consist of fifty-two states, and its capital is Washington DC. It is a federal
territory which was established in 1790. The major cities are New York, which is the most popular one,
Los Angeles, where you can find Hollywood (the centre of US television and film industry), and Chicago
an important industrial city. Another really famous city is Las Vegas, which is famous for its casinos,
bars, quick marriages, cheap prices and its neon-lighted resort hotels. The population of the USA is about
two hundred and ninety million. The United States is a federal presidential republic. The executive power
lies in the hands of the president and the cabinet. Legislative power is allocated to the House of
Representatives, usually called the Congress, and the Senate. Judicial power belongs to the Supreme
Court and other federal courts. The president is elected every four years, and Obama has recently won the
elections for the second time. The largest religions in the USA are Protestants, followed by Roman
Catholic and Jews.