Anglo-Irish Commonwealth

The United Kingdom of England and Ireland, commonly known as the Anglo-Irish Commonwealth (AIC) or the United Kingdom (UK), is a sovereign state in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the Anglo-Irish Commonwealth includes the southern parts of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. The Commonwealth only shares borders with two states: the North Sea Empire and the Free State of Ireland. Apart from these land borders, the Anglo-Irish Commonwealth is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-south-west, giving it one of the longest coastlines in the world. The Irish Sea lies between the island of Great Britain and the island of Ireland. With an area of ???,??? square kilometres (??,??? sq mi), the Anglo-Irish Commonwealth is the ??th-largest sovereign state in the world and the ??th largest in Europe. It is also the ??th-most populous country, with an estimated 57.5 million inhabitants. Together, this makes it the third-most densely populated country in Europe.