The UK isn’t a warm family but it has its ways of organising things around standard forms and practices. The key example is the Royal Family so-called, called so by its members.
It’s a monarchy proper but it’s more familiar with the public than others may be. They visit, they coordinate, and they deliberate with public figures and our heads of state.
There are other figures and representatives including MP’s who give us shape, and direct us in our national way of life. These are people we elect to make laws for us.
In a way we’re the sum of our parts too, but it takes a long time to get anywhere. It’s because we disagree. We have disputes with each other but it’s the way of our democracy.