Politics in the British Isles Politics in the British Isles The British Isles comprise two sovereign states, Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and three dependencies of the British Crown, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. Ireland is a unitary state and a republic. Since 1998, it shares certain common institutions with Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom, from which it was partitioned in 1921. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and also a unitary state comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Also since 1998, the United Kingdom has devolved significant domestic powers (though differing in extent) to administrations in Northern
Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles was coined as an ironic contrast to the designation "Munro", which is homophonous with "(Marilyn) Monroe". The Marilyns are one of the most popular lists for peak baggers. The Marilyns were expanded in 2007 by the HuMPs (Hundred and upwards Metre Prominence) which reduces the prominence requirement to . Therefore, all British Isles Marilyns are British Isles HuMPS (but not vice versa). The list was compiled by Mark Jackson from a number of sources and published online in 2010 in "More Relative Hills of Britain". There are 2,986 HuMPs in the British Isles: 2,168 in Scotland, 833 in Ireland, 444