Britain

Political and Security Environment

Formation of National Structure. England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century. The Successive Acts of Union incorporated Wales, Scotland, and Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 incorporated Wales; Great Britain was formed by the Act of Union of 1707, under which England and Scotland agreed to a permanent union; and the legislative Union of 1801 formed the United...