So England is the main country

Not at all. England is one of three countries that together comprise
Great Britain. Your statement is equivalent of saying that California is
the main state in the US.

As for comparing land area, that is just one measure and pretty
meaningless. More meaningful would be to compare population, GNP and the
like. Whilst the UK is 1/40th of the area of the US its population is
roughly 1/5 that of the US due to the population density being so much
higher and the UK not having large barren areas such as Alaska.
--
Mike Maltby



Eric wrote:


According to Wikipedia, the UK is
Area
- Total 244,820 km² (79th)
94,526 sq mi

The USA is
Area
- Total 9,631,420 km² (3rd1)
3,718,695 sq mi


So yeah, it seems small up there.
I've just always wondered why so many names are used to refer to that
"country".
So England is the main country, and the "United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland" is the official name for a group of
countries there, which can be shortened to either UK, Great Britain,
or Britain? Kind of like Russia was part of that USSR?
It's just confusing when someone references the UK when they actually
mean just England.