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{{Country Infobox
|title = United Kingdom
|flag = UKFlag.png
|caption = <div align="center">''The [[Union Jack|Union Flag]]''</div><!--the official flag of the United Kingdom. The symbol of the union between England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, and a powerful [[Spiritual {{TrackTagX5|Item}}|magic artifact]].-->
|kanji = イギリス
|romaji = Igirisu
|fullname = The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|commonname = *UK
*Great Britain
*Britain
|capital = [[London]]
|language = English
|religion = [[Church of England]], others<ref name=IndexV10Ep>{{Qvl|Index|L|10}} Epilogue</ref><ref name="IndexSS1Ch3Pt4">{{TrackTag17}}[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS]] Chapter 3 Part 4</ref>
|side = [[Magic]]
|demonym = British
|government = Constitutional monarchy
|leadertitle = Queen
|leadername = [[Elizard]]
|formation = 
|area = 
|population = 90,000,000<ref name=IndexV10Ep /><ref name=IndexV18Ch8Pt4>{{Qvl|Index|L|18}} Chapter 8 Part 4</ref><ref group=Notes name=Population>In-universe, the United Kingdom has a population of ninety million people, as opposed to its more than sixty million population in the real world.</ref>
|currency = Pound sterling (£)}}
The {{Nihongo|'''United Kingdom'''|イギリス|Igirisu|alt. 英国}}, commonly known as the '''UK''' or {{Nihongo|'''Britain'''|ブリテン|Briten}} and officially '''The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''', is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.

Most Magic side characters reside in England as part of the [[Anglican Church]], most specifically, the home of [[Index]]. It is ruled by Queen [[Elizard]] as its monarch.

==Background==
{{TempSetup|Potential Principles/Background reorganization}}
In the real world, the Kingdom of Great Britain, described occasionally as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, which existed from 1707 to 1801. On 1 January 1801, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland united to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Most of Ireland left the union as the Irish Free State in 1922, leading to the remaining state being renamed as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927.{{RLRef}}

In the world of ''Toaru Majutsu no Index'', the creation of the United Kingdom is closely tied with the history of the [[Curtana Original]]. King Henry VIII wanting freedom from the influence of other countries and the Pope of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in the governance of his own country created the Anglican Church. In order to get rid of all external influence, he proclaimed that the country would never be violated by foreign influences and made the king (monarch) the Head of the Anglican Church. He established that the king of the Anglican Church is the leader of the angels as it was a position higher than the Pope, and that the [[Knights of England|Knights]] as an army of angels. To do this, Henry VIII made use of the nations of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales for his "All-English Land", four representing the [[Four elements|element]] of earth, in order to construct that magical meaning.<ref name=IndexV17Ch3Pt4>{{Qvl|Index|L|17}} Chapter 3 Part 4</ref>

Curtana Original represents the position the monarchs have using this magical symbolism, empowering them with the same type of power that [[Archangel Michael]], the leader of angels, possesses, and partly empowering the knights as well. The Curtana Original, originally the sword that decided who the King of England would be thereon became the sword that determined who England's leader of the angel was.<ref name=IndexV17Ch3Pt4 />

In consequence, however, the symbolism of the monarchs being the leader of the angels and the knights their army of angels, and the blessings that the Curtana Original can give, could only apply within the boundaries of the country, using a United Kingdom [[Mobile Fortress|mobile fortress]] as a loophole notwithstanding, and the fact that the "All-English Land" requires all four nations as part of one country.<ref name=IndexV17Ch3Pt4 /> Indeed, the constant conquests of the other nations likely stem from the fact to maintain this magical symbolism. Henry VIII himself had trouble with the independent Scotland as he waged war with the nation. Later, Ireland would later declare independence, leaving only Northern Ireland part of the "All-English Land", allowing for the symbolism to keep working.<ref name=IndexV17Ch3Pt4 />

The state would later use the [[Union Jack]] as its flag, combining the elements of the Flags of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The Union Jack spiritual item has the Flag of Wales on the other side.

The United Kingdom is also linked to over forty smaller nations around the world which it once ruled, referred to as the [[Pound Economy|"pound economy"]].<ref name=NecessariusSSCh6Pt5/>

At least one [[Academy City]] [[Academy City cooperative institution|cooperative institution]] is present in Britain.<ref name="RailgunSS2Ch8Pt8">[[Toaru Kagaku no Railgun SS2: Ability Demonstration Trip]] Chapter 8 Part 8</ref>

===Nations of the United Kingdom appearing in the series===
====England====
[[File:EnglandFlag.png|thumb|200px|A red cross on a white field, representing [[St. George]], the patron [[saint]] of England and an enduring symbol of the Crusades.]]
{{Nihongo|'''England'''|イングランド|Ingurando}} is one of the four nations making up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The capital city of England, and the United Kingdom, is [[London]].

Considered a highly magical nation, much of the story that focuses on the United Kingdom focuses primarily focuses in England.

====Scotland====
[[File:ScotlandFlag.png|thumb|200px|A white cross on a blue field, representing [[St. Andrew]], the patron saint of Scotland.]]
{{Nihongo|'''Scotland'''|スコットランド|Sukottorando}} is a nation in the United Kingdom. It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west. The capital city of Scotland is [[Edinburgh]].

Special focus is given to Edinburgh, as it contained not only the resting place of the Curtana Original after being lost in the {{W|English Civil War}},<ref name=IndexV17Ch3Pt6>{{Qvl|Index|L|17}} Chapter 3 Part 6</ref> but also the tomb of Carissa where she intends to be interred along with the Curtana Original after establishing herself as a tyrant in the United Kingdom to protect it from its enemies.<ref name=IndexV18Ch7Pt6>{{Qvl|Index|L|18}} Chapter 7 Part 6</ref> [[New Light]] also have bases in Edinburgh.

Scotland has historically been divided in the regions of the {{W|Scottish Lowlands|Lowlands}} and the {{W|Scottish Highlands|Highlands}}, denizens of the latter being referred to as {{Nihongo|'''Highlanders'''|ハイランダー|Hairandā}}.<ref name=ShinyakuV18>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}}</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV21>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}}</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV22>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|22}}</ref>{{CiteCP}}

===Government and Politics===
The country has an established power balance between the three factions of the British Royal Family, the Anglican Church, and the Knights. A balance is maintained through the system where the Royal Family leads the country, the knights maintain the order, and the church deals with foreign affairs that cannot be concluded normally due to cultural differences.<ref name=IndexV17Ch3Pt2>{{Qvl|Index|L|17}} Chapter 3 Part 2</ref> Despite the massive influence the three factions have, there is a Parliament and the country still has a parliamentary government,<ref name=IndexV17Ch3Pt2 /> though the British Royal Family has control over it, as well as the police and number of other related agencies and they are taking the needed effort to keep them running.<ref name=IndexV17Ch2Pt17>{{Qvl|Index|L|17}} Chapter 2 Part 17</ref>

====Heads====
*[[Elizard|Queen Elizard]] - Leads the British Royal Family, and is the Queen of the United Kingdom and its Commonwealth.
*[[Dion Fortune]] - Archbishop of [[Anglican Church]] and head of [[Necessarius]].
*[[Knight Leader]] - Head of the English Knights.

===Foreign Relations===
====Europe====
With the rest of mainland Europe under the influence of the Roman Catholic Church, the United Kingdom has a difficult relationship with is European neighbors. During the [[Princess Villian hostage crisis]] perpetrated by the [[Spanish Astrological Sect]], [[France]] made a declaration that they would resolve the battle near the Strait of Dover telling England not to worry. The meaning behind is that the Knights of England or England itself cannot act or intervene if the battle itself does not reach England. The narration references a "deal" regarding Villian stuck in the Strait of Dover near France, which likely implies that France made a deal with England regarding the handling of the crisis. France would later do battle against the sect, and its aftermath can be seen from the British side by the time [[William Orwell]] decided to act.<ref name=IndexV16BTL3>{{Qvl|Index|L|16}} Between the Lines 3</ref>

Several [[Years Ago|years prior]] to the British Halloween, with the influence of the Roman Catholic Church, the [[European Union]] adopts a treaty that specifically banned the weapons the country has been developing. The country's nuclear weapons were banned, while France, not only being able to keep their nuclear weapons intact but had received all of the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons under the treaty. The official reason given was because as France would be the sole possessor of nuclear weapons within the EU they would therefore have the technology needed to safely disassemble them. Moreover, this also includes the Bunker Cluster warheads, though that didn't stop the country from continuing its development.<ref name=IndexV18BTL5>{{Qvl|Index|L|15}} Between the Lines 5</ref> This severely weakens the military prowess of the country and as a show by the EU being capable of provoking the country with impunity. This treaty was taken in stride by Elizard, though people like Carissa had a problem with this.<ref name=IndexV18BTL5 />

Tensions between the United Kingdom and the European Union, especially France, would come to the boiling point in the preceding weeks before [[World War III]] due to the country's good relationship with Academy City, during the British Halloween, where under Carissa's coup, she not only provokes France but actually attacked it. After [[World War III]], their previous hostility towards each other would later cool down as a new enemy that could threaten the entire world appears, [[Gremlin (Norse)|{{DCp|Gremlin}}]].

====Pound Economy nations====
{{Main|Pound Economy}}
The nations of the "pound economy" are countries which used to be ruled by England and are still affiliated with them. Despite their independence, people like [[Aili Hexenphobia]] and [[Emilie Fordia]] chafed under the United Kingdom's influence and usage of their [[ley line]]{{TrackTag51}}s.<ref name=NecessariusSSCh6Pt5>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Necessarius Special Admission Test]] Chapter 6 Part 5</ref> Despite their failed attempt at destroying London's magical foundations in the September of the [[Main Story Year 1|story's first year]], Elizard was willing to assist the nations in rebuilding their magical foundations after they were accidentally destroyed in place of London's.<ref name=NecessariusSSCh7>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Necessarius Special Admission Test]] Chapter 7</ref>{{TrackTag106}}

====Academy City====
The United Kingdom receives the good nature of [[Academy City]] by proxy of their alliance with the Anglican Church. The United Kingdom in turn is allied with the Academy City, and before the end of [[World War III]], shared a common enemy, the Roman Catholic Church. The United Kingdom makes use of technology borrowed from Academy City for one of their Royal Air Force transport planes,<ref name=IndexV17Ch2Pt21>{{Qvl|Index|L|17}} Chapter 2 Part 21</ref> as well as it being one of the two countries, the other being the [[United States of America]], that were asked by the country for aid during the economic trouble that occurred after the [[Eurotunnel bombing]].<ref name=IndexV17BTL3>{{Qvl|Index|L|17}} Between the Lines 3</ref>

==Chronology==
===Toaru Majutsu no Index===
In the early volumes, England only has the relevance of being the Necessarius' base. The first time it is shown in the setting is during Orsola's rescue when Stiyl and Laura Stuart are talking of the implications of Orsola being able to [[decode]] the Book of Law.<ref name=IndexV7Pr>{{Qvl|Index|L|7}} Prologue</ref>

====Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2====
{{TrackTag123}}{{TrackTag117}}{{Main|Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2}}
On the Second Friday of October, [[Misaka 17000]] was one of the Sisters sent to [[Gemstone Mining]] research organizations around the world. She was sent to Galashiels, UK, at the Higher Contact Society, to destroy the facilities and rescue the [[gemstone]] there. During her periodic progress report, she reported that she had suppressed the fourth, eighth, and thirteenth domes of the facility.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch20>{{TrackTag79}}[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2]] Chapter 20</ref>{{TrackTag107}}

====Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Necessarius Special Admission Test====
{{TrackTag123}}{{TrackTag117}}{{Main|Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Necessarius Special Admission Test}}
England is the setting for the events concerning the [[Amakusa]]{{TrackTag53|s}}s admission test to [[Necessarius]] and several overlapping schemes by several different factions, including a plot by the magic cabal [[Dusk Waiting to Awaken]] to steal the [[Necronomicon]] and raise [[R'lyeh]] in the [[Strait of Dover]] to obtain data to construct a spell at [[Stonehenge]],<ref name = NecessariusSSCh4>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Necessarius Special Admission Test]] Chapter 4</ref>{{TrackTag106}} a plot by the [[Pound Economy|"pound economy"]] to destroy London's magical foundation and free themselves from England, and a plot by a third party using both of these for their own ends.<ref name = NecessariusSSCh6>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Necessarius Special Admission Test]] Chapter 6</ref>{{TrackTag106}}

====British Royal Family Arc====
{{Main/British Royal Family Arc}}
The United Kingdom, primarily England, is the setting for Carissa and the Knights' coup, known as the [[British Halloween]], where the whole country goes under the heel of the knights, taking over government institutions as well as magical ones owned by the Anglican Church. In a matter of a few hours however the coup is crushed in the [[Battle of Buckingham Palace]].

====World War III Arc====
{{Main/World War III Arc}}
The United States of America, allied with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and part of the science-side, takes part in the War, but their contributions are largely overshadowed during the event, due to to Academy City's overwhelming technological superiority.

===Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index===
====Magic God Othinus Arc====
{{Main/Magic God Othinus Arc}}
The United Kingdom, represented by [[Elizard]], joins its fellow former enemy nations in an [[Anti-{{DCp|Gremlin}} Alliance]] that hoped to stop [[Gremlin (Norse)|{{DCp|Gremlin}}]] and [[Othinus]]. Later, the country would join in the [[manhunt for Othinus and Kamijou Touma]]. Elizard would later give a speech to her people regarding their choice in letting Touma and Othinus go after the events of the arc.

====Aleister Crowley Arc====
{{Main/Aleister Crowley Arc}}
On [[Unified Story Timeline#December 11|December 11th]], the United Kingdom and the members of the British Commonwealth came under attack from [[Aleister Crowley]]'s manifested alternate selves.<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ep>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Epilogue</ref>

====Coronzon Arc====
{{Main/Coronzon Arc}}
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===Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index===
====Christmas Day Arc====
{{Main/Christmas Day Arc}}
On Christmas Day, the United Kingdom was experiencing the effects of [[R&C Occultics]], with at least one incident in London - a failed attack on the London Stock Exchange by [[George Close]], one of [[Anna Sprengel]]'s collaborators who ended up destroying himself with his own learned magic, as she had planned.<ref name=SouyakuV2BTL1>{{Qvl|Souyaku|L|2}} Between the Lines 1</ref>

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=={{TrackTagX6|Locations}}==
{{TSP}}The locations listed below are locations which have been featured or referenced in some form within the series.<!--Placeholder-->

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! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Type
! scope="col"|Location
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Details
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|[[A Certain Church]]
|Church
|Scotland
|
|-
|Beasumaris Castle
|Castle
|Wales
|<ref name=IndexV17Ch4Pt1>{{Qvl|Index|L|17}} Chapter 4 Part 1</ref><!---->
|-
|Belfast
|City
|Northern Ireland
|<ref name=IndexV17Ch4Pt1/>
|-
|[[Brick Wharf]]
|
|Scotland
|
|-
|Caernarfon Castle
|Castle
|Wales
|<ref name=IndexV17Ch4Pt1/>
|-
|{{W|Cambridge}}
|City
|England
|<ref name=AgneseSSCh6Pt4>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Agnese's Magic Side Work Experience]] Chapter 6 Part 4</ref><ref name=AgneseSSCh6Pt5>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Agnese's Magic Side Work Experience]] Chapter 6 Part 5</ref>
|-
|[[Canterbury Cathedral]]
|Church
|England
|The public headquarters of the [[Church of England]].<ref name=IndexV7Pr/>
|-
|Cardiff Castle
|Castle
|Wales
|<ref name=IndexV17Ch4Pt1/>
|-
|{{UncertainPositioning}}{{W|Cayman Islands}}
|Overseas Territory
|Caribbean Sea
|Along with [[Switzerland]], Cayman Islands is famous for their secret banks.<ref name=ShinyakuV12Ch3Pt9>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|12}} Chapter 3 Part 9</ref><!--GT4-->
|-
|Conwy Castle
|Castle
|Wales
|<ref name=IndexV17Ch4Pt1/>
|-
|{{W|Dumfries}}
|Town
|Scotland
|
|-
|[[Edinburgh]]
|City
|Scotland
|
Capital of Scotland.

For locations in Edinburgh, see [[Edinburgh]].<!--placeholder-->
|-
|Enniskillen
|City
|Northern Ireland
|<ref name=IndexV17Ch4Pt1/>
|-
|[[Folkestone]]
|Town
|England
|
|-
|[[Higher Contact Society]]
|Research Facility{{TrackTag55|T}}
|Galashiels, Scotland
|One of the [[Gemstone Mining]] research organizations.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch20/>
|-
|{{W|Islay}}
|Island
|Scotland
|
|-
|[[London]]
|City
|England
|
Capital of England and the United Kingdom as a whole.

For locations in London, see [[London]].<!--placeholder-->
|-
|Londonderry
|City
|Northern Ireland
|<ref name=IndexV17Ch4Pt1/>
|-
|Oystermouth Castle
|Castle
|Wales
|<ref name=IndexV17Ch4Pt1/>
|-
|Penrhyn Castle
|Castle
|Wales
|<ref name=IndexV17Ch4Pt1/>
|-
|[[Stonehenge]]
|Prehistoric Monument
|England
|
|-
|[[Strait of Dover]]
|Strait
|
|
|-
|Swansea Castle
|Castle
|Wales
|<ref name=IndexV17Ch4Pt1/>
|-
|[[Windsor]]
|Town
|England
|
|}
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==Known Characters from the United Kingdom==
''List does not include naturalized citizens''
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*[[Acqua of the Back]]
*[[Aleister Crowley]]
*[[Bayloupe]]
*[[Carissa]]
*[[Charles Conder]]
*[[Elizard]] (''Queen Regnant'')
*[[Ellasone]]
*[[Floris]]
*[[Index]]
*[[Jack Prometeria]]
*[[Jane Elves]]
*[[Jeans Shop Owner]]
|style ="vertical-align:text-top;"|
*[[Knight Leader]]
*[[Lancis]]
*[[Laura Stuart]]
*[[Leivinia Birdway]]
*[[Lessar]]
*Lord Chamberlain<ref name=IndexV16BTL4>{{Qvl|Index|L|16}} Between the Lines 4</ref>
*[[Mallybath Blackball]]
*[[Mark Space]]
*[[Marie Spearhead]]
*[[Tour Guide Girl]]
*[[Oriana Thomson]]
*[[Patricia Birdway]]
|style ="vertical-align:text-top;"|
*[[Richard Brave]]
*[[Riméa]]
*[[Seachel]]
*[[Sherry Cromwell]]
*[[Silvia]]
*[[Stiyl Magnus]]
*[[Theodosia Electra]]
*[[Villian]]
*[[Wyss Winered]]
|}

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==Trivia==
*While in real life the UK possesses nuclear weapons, as one of the nations allowed to have them under the {{W|Non-Proliferation Treaty}}, one of the points of divergence the ''Toaru Majutsu no Index'' universe has with our own is that it does not there.

==External Links==
*{{W|United Kingdom|United Kingdom (Wikipedia article)}}
==Notes==
{{RefNotes}}

==References==
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