What is Britain? Where is Britain? There is no such place. There never was a nation of Britain; there never was a King of Britain; unless perhaps Vortigern or Uther Pendragon had a taste for the title. G K Chesterton in 'All Things Considered' 

 ...this is, for us, a love of England, Wales, Scotland, or Ulster. Only foreigners and politicians talk about "Britain". C S Lewis in 'The Four Loves'.