Wales is a country found in the United Kingdom. In the peninsula of central western division of Great Britain, Wales is located. Its area is about 20,779 km². The head of state in Wales is an essential part of the United Kingdom, is the British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, (since 1952). Copper, coal, silver, iron, gold, and lead have been broadly mined in Wales, and slate has been quarried. Industries that dominated the Welsh economy in 19th century included metallurgy and mining sectors.

Wales, a part of the United Kingdom, has retained its characteristic traditions and has enjoyed a level of autonomy since 1999. The principal religious conviction of the natives of Wales is Christianity. The country remained a comparative remote place in Britain until the 19th century, when the south and north-east were greatly industrialised and coal and steel exports provided the basis for a substantial manufacturing industry. At the same time Wales experienced a major Methodist revitalization, which entrenched the Welsh language through a voluntary religious schools system.