The title says Britain, not Great Britain. I was making a pithy remark based on that. But seeing as everyone's in the mood for educating me, here's the logic b

The title says Britain, not Great Britain. I was making a pithy remark based on that. But seeing as everyone's in the mood for educating me, here's the logic behind it: Britain was an invention of a King that wanted rule of the whole. Great Britain is the island (which didn't exist when you could walk to it). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island is the political entity. The Romans called it Brittania. After the Romans left, it stopped being called Britain (as it was separate countries and principalities) until the act of Union in 1707 removed Scottish parliament and the King proclaimed that it came under a single rule for the first time.