UNIT 9. Across State Systems » Стр.101 (3)

Fill in the missing words. There are five extra words which you do not need to use. THE UNITED KINGDOM The United Kingdom (1) consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The history of this political entity is complex. It is really a (2) set of relationships between nations that have evolved over hundreds of years. Over the centuries Britain has developed into a constitutional monarchy; that is, a monarchy that rules only by the (3) order of Parliament. Now the UK government has been able to give the member countries of the United Kingdom more individual (4) freedom than they had before in a process known as devolution. Each country has its own national assembly with powers to raise (5) taxes and decide, to a certain extent, on their internal affairs. The general framework of taxation and (6) price, policy is still run from Westminster, though.