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Longest river: Severn 290 km (180 miles)
Population: (2006 est.) 60,609,153
Form of government: Multiparty constitutional monarchy with two legislative houses
Armed Forces: Army 117,300, Navy 40,700, Air Force 48,585
Official Language: English
Ethnic Composition: White (English 83.6%; Scottish 8.6%; Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%; Black 2%; Indian 1.8%; Pakistani 1.3%; Mixed 1.2%; other 1.6% Religious affiliations: Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%; Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1.0 %; other 1.1 %; unspecified or none 23.6%
Currency: 1 pound sterling (GBP) = 100 pence
Gross domestic product (2006) U.S. $1.903 trillion
Gross domestic product per capita (2006) U.S. $31,400
Life expectancy at birth male 76.09 years; female 81.13 years
Major resources are coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, barley, fruit, vegetables, fish, potatoes, sugar beet, wheat, tourism
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