# british (national)

of the nation and its people that are in the place britain

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: nation.political  ·  Arena: british

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [nation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-nation.political), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [britain](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-britain.political)

**Through:** the nation and its people be in the place britain and have a shared state as british

**Novel properties:**
- shared national identity
- geopolitical belonging
- cultural cohesion

## Examples
- The British Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1922 as a state-backed radio service for the UK public. *(institutions)*
- British Rail operated the UK's national railway system from 1948 until its privatization in the 1990s. *(engineering)*
- The British Antarctic Survey maintains research stations like Rothera on the Antarctic Peninsula. *(science)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-british.national.json*  
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