[center][img=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/320px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png][/center]
My fellow brothers and sister of the British Empire, your government has certainly not been kind to you in recent years. Insanity and inconsistency have paralyzed our Nation both internally and externally. Today I say to you that this administration will no longer tolerate that stifling curse of incompetence. Our nation will be a beacon of stability in the coming years, but I will need each and every British Citizen to assist in this endeavor. We may have lost our royalty, but Britain will never lose her dignity. I promise my brethren that we will continue to grow the strength of the British Empire and will do such in our relations internally and externally. It is my strongest desire that our hands gripping the French Alliance will only hold on tighter. It is my strongest desire that we might extend our hands to other nations in the motivation of friendship.

To the nations of Europe, I express firstly my admiration for the French Empire. Where once stood enemies, now stand solid friendships. The French Empire have entrusted us with their Navy and we have entrusted them with our land. We will not falter in our responsibility to defend the French at sea just as they will not falter in their responsibility to take care of the citizens in our former colonies in North American. Secondly, I wish to heartily approve the French-Prussian Defensive pact. Long has the British Empire, save for recent tensions made by incompetent leaders, been friendly towards the Prussian Empire. We desire a united Germany under the banner of the Prussian Empire. It is our hope, that together our Three Great Nations might develop a bond that no circumstance shall break. In the spirit of this, we shall freely send a gift of Ten Ships of the Line to the Prussian Empire. Both as an apology for past relations and as a gesture of goodwill for the future. To the other nations of Europe, we freely offer our hand in friendship though not at the expense of our current alliances.

I turn my attention to our policies in the East. It is the Policy of the British Empire to take a stance of non-interference save for where it interests our colonies. We strongly wish to consolidate India and hope that other nations will back us in such an endeavors. To the nations of China and Japan, I humbly ask for you to seek peace with the Prussian and Russian Empires. To the Russian Empire, I call upon you to be willing to make some sacrifices in order that peace might be maintained. It is true that your military might alongside those of Prussia is enough to squash the Chinese and Japanese, but we hope that you recognize the loss of life that will occur. Therefore we ask that both sides might come to a compromise in order to provide peace to the Orient.

And now my attentions turn to the West. We commend the United States for their victory in the war and the desire of Mr. Lincoln to restore that which was destroyed in the South. We hope that your nation will solidify and work towards a brighter future. It is our hope that the Non-aggression pact we share shall grow into genuine friendship despite our hostiles relations previously.

To the nations of Argentine Confederation and the Grenada Confederation, we applaud your wisdom in seeking peaceful methods of communication. We respect you at legitimate governments not just over your own nations, but over your desires to solidify your control over South America. However we cannot respect the Nation of Brazil. Despite numerous attempts to extend the hand of reconciliation to their nation, Brazil has threatened our ambassadors and been entirely belligerent to our nation. Even going so far as to accuse our friends in the Argentine and Grenadine governments of betrayal for a simple peaceful treaty. Emperor Pedro truly is paranoid beyond all measure if he believes our government had even the slightest inkling in antagonizing Brazil prior to his own spiteful statements. The war in Europe was of no concern to the people of Brazil, yet Emperor Pedro still saw fit to ridicule and vilify our government. Such a stance is truly insanity when we wanted nothing more than friendship and the betterment of Brazil. As such, we declare the Nation of Brazil persona non grata. Their ambassadors shall have no place on British soil. If they wish to communicate with us, they should humble themselves and give such messages to the Argentine of Grenadine Confederations to pass on. This is the British stance on Brazil.

That said, we encourage all nations in America to be allowed to attend the conference in Panama. It is our hope that the New World might have a more peaceful future than the Old World's past.

This is the policy of the Gladstone Administration. We shall not falter from it.

-William Gladstone, State of the Republic 1867.