5. England is a part of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain, it’s an island situated off the North West
coast of Europe.
Bordered by Scotland in the north, the North Sea
in the east, the English Channel in the south and
Wales in the west.
Most of England is rolling hills.
Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England
with an elevation of 978 meters.
6. Major Cities: London- Lords- Liverpool- Manchester.
Capital: London with a population of 7,556,900.
Population: 51,446,000 inhabitants.
Geographic size: 130,395 km2
National Anthem: God Save the Queen, Land of Hope
and Glory.
Currency: Pound sterling (GBP).
Sex Distribution:
› Males: 48.7%.
› Females: 51.3%.
7. Parliamentary democracy with a
constitutional monarchy.
Queen Elizabeth II as a head of the state.
The continuity of the monarchy has been
interrupted only once (the republic of 1649-
60) in over a thousand years.
Parliaments are made up of the House of
common, the House of lords and the
Queen in her constitutional role.
8. The Economy of England is the largest of the four economies of the United Kingdom.
England is the most highly industrialized country.
It is an important producer of textiles and chemical products.
Since the 1990s the financial services sector has played an increasingly greater role in the
English economy and the City of London, which is the world's largest financial centre.
The United Kingdom is the sixth largest economy in the world by nominal GDP
The sixth largest by purchasing power parity
The United Kingdom is the second largest financial economy in the World
14. Exports: $813.2 billion
Main export partners: Germany 11.3%,
United States 10.5%,
Netherlands 8.8%,
France 7.4%,
Ireland 6.2%,
Belgium 5.1% (2012)
Imports: $782.5 billion
Main import partners: Germany 12.6%,
China 8%,
Netherlands 7.5%,
United States 6.7%,
France 5.4%,
Belgium 4.4% (2012)
15. The England has a small coal reserve along with
continuously declining natural gas and oil reserves. Over
400 million tones of proven coal reserves have been
identified in the UK.
In 2004, total UK coal consumption (including imports) was
61 million tones Allowing the UK to be self sufficient in coal
for just over 6.5 years.
North Sea oil and gas have supplied much of the UK's
energy needs in recent decades However the country
now increasingly depends on imported fossil fuels.
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17. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. This is a major problem. The top
10 per cent of earners have suffered the biggest drop in real terms – their
income has crashed nine per cent since the recession – while those in the
lowest tenth are down 2.4 per cent, helped by the fact that benefits went up
faster than wages.
The cost of borrowing is going up, the returns to saving are still going down.
This is primarily the result of the interaction of all of the new capital and
liquidity rules affecting the financial system. The average new time deposit
paid just 1.58 per cent last month, down from around two per cent a year
earlier and three per cent in late 2011. Savers are still being hammered
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reveal
that the UK’s financial services exports have fallen a disastrous 20 per cent
since their pre-crisis peak – by contrast, America’s have risen steadily, as noted
by Anthony Browne of the British Bankers’Association. They need to export
more invisibles to pay for imports of goods.
18. The UK economy starts 2013 after one of the longest
periods of economic stagnation on record. GDP has
been flat for the past two years, and real GDP is still
way below the 2008 peak.
The Bank of England predict very modest growth for
2013, with the potential for a fall in output before the
economy recovers towards the end of 2013.
Investment both public and private have been hard
hit by the recession. Falling bank lending costs may
be insufficient to boost investment in 2013.