Because it's Friday: A venn diagram of imperialism

As an Australian who lived in the UK for a long time and now lives in the US, it do find it funny when Americans talk about England (when referring to the entire UK), or who are surprised when they learn that the Queen is still my official Head of State. But let's face it, the whole British Empire thing is pretty confusing, especially when it comes to naming. I confess I learned a few things in the video below -- and the Venn diagram at the end is the best explanation of the whole shebang I've ever seen. (If you're in a rush, there's a screencap of the diagram after the jump.)

 

YouTube (CGPGrey): Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained 

 

Comments

[Barry R]

Neat. Next, they need to do Europe, the EU, the EEA, the Eurozone, and the Schengen Area...

[Anna Filina]

This is very well explained. If only you could slow down a bit I could understand better.

[Ellie K]

I agreed with @Anna Filina's comment, until I listened with the CloseCaption feature enabled. The YouTube voice-to-text translation was (nearly) perfect! "Ad hoc" CloseCaption transcription has a high error rate. How DID you do it? Is there an option to submit a voice transcript when uploading a video to YouTube...?

This was very nicely done. Your Venn Diagram is excellent!

[Robert MacLean]

Your diagram is missing South Africa from the commonwealth

[Steve B]

I believe South Africa is a member of the commonwealth, but not a commonwealth realm, i.e. they don't recognise the Queen as monarch and head of state. The commonwealth could probably be added as another layer to the Venn diagram fairly easily.

[Vole]

"The first of these is England" alphabetically but not geographically.

[Greg]

[Comment deleted: Offensive.]

[Aaron Priven]

Very nice. One minor correction -- Anglicanism is only the state religion in England, not in the rest of the UK or in any of the other realms/territories.