If Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are all independent, will Britain decline completely?

Reason: Northern Ireland is relatively Protestant (about 2/3), while Ireland is a Catholic country. Most northern Irish people are close to the British island in culture and religious belief, so they are not independent.

In the general election of 19 18, Sinn Fein, which advocates Irish independence, won 73% of the votes. However, Sinn Fein lost the election in six counties in Ulster where Protestants were the majority. 1920, the British government promulgated the Irish Arbitration Act, which merged six counties in Ulster with Protestants as the leading group to form Northern Ireland, and the remaining three counties in Ulster merged with three other provinces to form Southern Ireland.

192 1 year, after the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Free State was established according to the Anglo-Irish Treaty, and six counties in Northern Ireland became Northern Ireland, and decided whether to stay in the Irish Free State within one month after the signing of the Treaty, while the Northern Ireland Parliament chose to leave the Irish Free State and stay in the UK.

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Northern Ireland, known as the Green Kingdom, is under the jurisdiction of the British government, and its capital is Belfast. Here, the natural scenery is beautiful, the air is fresh, and the vast green grasslands and countless green mountains and green waters outline the unique natural landscape of Northern Ireland with "green" as the main line.

Along the coastline of Northern Ireland to the north, busy seaports and castles with centuries-old history intersect and shine, where modern vitality and historical details coexist harmoniously. It borders Ireland in the west and south, the Atlantic Ocean in the north and the Irish Sea in the southeast.

Area 1.4 million square kilometers. Divided into 26 districts. Population 65,438+0,685,000 (2006,5438+0), mainly Irish. Belfast, the capital. The terrain is low in the middle and mountainous around. The main river is the Bain River. The inner lake in the upper reaches, with an area of 396 square kilometers, is the largest lake in Britain and belongs to glacial lake. It has a mild maritime climate.

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