'''British''' is the adjective that refers to Britain—historically to [[Great Britain]] and today to the [[United Kingdom]]. Once a spiritual people, today the British are overwhelmingly [[atheist]]ic and even disrespectful of religion, unless it is a religion hostile to [[Christianity]]. Their provincial reverence for [[Charles Darwin]] contributed to their spiritual decline.
The "British people" (usually '''Britons''' or, informally, '''Brits''') are the subjects<ref>The term "citizen" is increasingly used for the more technically correct "subject."</ref> of the [[United Kingdom]]. They usually call themselves ''[[English]]'', ''[[Scottish]]'', ''[[Welsh]]'' or ''Northern Irish''/''[[Irish]]'' referring to which constituent country of the UK they self-identify with. In [[Northern Ireland]] "British" is usually associated with the Unionist community, with [[nationalists]] and republicans generally regarding themselves as exclusively ''Irish''.