Saturday, February 20, 2010

UK countries

This table provides seven categories of information for three UK countries: Scotland, England, and Wales. Overall these nations have few similar characteristics.
Starting with population, Scotland has 5.2 million people while England is not far behind with 47 million; Wales has less than tenths of either. England is the leader in terms of land area: it encompasses over 130,000 sq. miles almost double that of Scotland & 5 times larger than Wales. Turning to economy they are not have any similarity between them, Scotland used oil production, engineering & tourism. And England has manufacturing chemicals & commercial services, but Wales has agriculture with manufacturing & mining. In like manner all countries share a cool & wet climate concerning terrain Scotland & Wales are mountainous, but England is mainly flat. All three countries have the same language. Finally for export Scotland has oil, heavy engineering products & fish. England has industrial products, pharmaceuticals & banking service. Wales has wool, dairy products & coal.
To sum up, none of the countries have much in common. Nevertheless England & Wales share more similarities than either does with Scotland.

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