<P> The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 refers to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as "parts" of the United Kingdom in the following clause: "Each constituency shall be wholly in one of the four parts of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)." </P> <P> The Royal Fine Art Commission's 1847 report on decorating the Palace of Westminster referred to "the nationality of the component parts of the United Kingdom" being represented by their four respective patron saints . </P> <P> "Regions": For purposes of NUTS 1 collection of statistical data in a format that is compatible with similar data that is collected elsewhere in the European Union, the United Kingdom has been divided into twelve regions of approximately equal size . Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are regions in their own right while England has been divided into nine regions . </P> <P> The official term rest of the UK (RUK or rUK) is used in Scotland, for example in export statistics and in legislating for student funding . This term is also used in the context of potential Scottish independence to mean the UK without Scotland . </P>

All countries throughout the nation are the same size