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[b]Name(s) of Nation:[/b] 
[color=ed1c24]The Kingdom of England; England[/color]

[b]Territory:[/b]
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[color=ed1c24]Dark Green: Kingdom of England
Light Green: Vassal states (Principality of Wales; Dependency of Mann; Pale of Calais)

Gibraltar is also a possession of the English Crown, a dependency of the King himself.[/color]
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[b]Government Type:[/b] 
[color=ed1c24]Broadly similar to the old Holy Roman Empire in its characteristics.

A 'confederate parliamentary constitutional monarchy', with a central parliamentary government in New Westminster. 

Each province of the Kingdom sends a number of representatives to the central Parliament based roughly on population size. These delegates are selected through various means depending upon the method used in each province - some are democratically elected, some are appointed by the ruler of a province, still others buy their way to power. The Monarch retains their position as Head of State from the pre-war days, and has in some ways increased the power of the Crown by being the only individual capable of resolving gridlock in the central government, and also reserving the power to depose at will the ruler of any province. In many provinces in which a monarchical system of government is retained, the Monarch is the ceremonial ruler of both the province and the nation at large.

The character of government is largely democratic, and in many provinces civil liberties and individual freedoms are highly valued. Other provinces of the Kingdom, however, have different characteristics.[/color]

[b]Military:[/b]
[color=ed1c24]The English army is relatively small, but highly skilled, trained and armed. This is primarily due to the various independent militaries under the control of the provinces of the Kingdom - they fight for Kent or for Yorkshire, not for England as a whole unless ordered to by the government of their province. By necessity the confederate army is kept small. 

English armoured divisions are primarily made up of old Challenger 2 and Leopard tanks, as well as a number of Challenger 3s developed in the 2020s. The L85A2 rifle is the primary weapon used by English infantry, retained for three decades after they first entered service.

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is a sufficient size both to protect the English motherland and to project power elsewhere. The principle English fighter is the F35 Lighting II. The principle English bombers are all drawn from the Tornado series.

The Royal Navy remains the 'senior service' and consists of three battleships, twenty destroyers, fourteen patrol boats, seventeen submarines, twenty-four transports, twenty-seven frigates and two aircraft carriers maintained from the 2020s (kept safe by the United Republics of Hampshire and Wight at Portsmouth after the collapse of the UK). This makes it the most powerful navy in western Europe.[/color]

[b]Head of State:[/b] 
[color=ed1c24]King William V of England[/color]

[b]Head of Government:[/b]
[color=ed1c24]Prime Minister Reginald Craven[/color]

[b]Economy:[/b] 
[color=ed1c24]The financial hub of the City of London was utterly destroyed in the Third and Fourth World Wars. This caused the remaining financial corporations to disperse across the nation, and also encouraged a revival of the old industries (chiefly coal mining and the steel industry, required once more to fuel a growing demand from shipbuilding, a sector that makes up a large part of the English economy).[/color]

[b]Foreign Policy:[/b] 
[color=ed1c24]England bases its foreign policy on [i]realpolitik[/i] rather than ideological principles, primarily due to the diverse types of society present in the different provinces of the Kingdom. As in the past, England seeks to maintain a balance of power in Europe to prevent the continent uniting and threatening its interests. It does not seek excessive continental holdings, but does wish to expand its influence overseas and reestablish dominance of the sea.[/color]

[b]History:[/b] 

[color=ed1c24]Summary: [i]The UK collapsed into competing splinter states after the ravages of the Third and Fourth World Wars and the trauma of a nuclear attack. However, over time, the various independent English states came together to form a new confederate Kingdom of England. In recent years, Wales, Mann, Calais and Gibraltar have become vassal states of England as its influence continues to grow.[/i][/color]

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[color=ed1c24]The United Kingdom successfully weathered the process of Brexit in the late 2010s and the early 2020s, emerging as a somewhat economically weakened but more globally-oriented country at the conclusion of negotiations (extended for two years to 2021). The UK was in the process of negotiating a closer multilateral relationship with Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZUK) when the Third World War broke out in 2025.

As a leading member state of NATO, the UK played a key role in the war until atomic weapons saw their first use since 1945. The damage was catastrophic. Parliament was in session when a nuclear missile struck central London in 2028, killing all present, including the government. Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II, was also killed along with her husband Prince Philip and her son Charles Prince of Wales. Fortunately for much of the country, the UK's new and secretive anti-ballistic missile program saved much of the country from the nuclear bombardment, though Birmingham and Leeds were also destroyed.

Without a government nor opportunity for elections, the remaining members of the major political parties hastily appointed new leaders and formed a Grand Coalition, to steer the country through war and recovery. At Winchester, the historic English and Wessex capital, His Majesty King William V, son of Charles, was crowned King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The city of Winchester was declared the provisional capital.

Officially, the UK remained a belligerent in WWIII until its end in 2031. However, the new government was forced to withdraw its overseas troops to the Home Islands to stabilise the country. Scottish and Welsh nationalists turned to violence, forcing a huge clamp down on civil liberties. In Northern Ireland, a new sectarian conflict raged, prompting a British withdrawal in 2030 and the 'Declaration of the Independence of Ulster' during the same year.

After the war, the UK continued its membership of NATO - the country remained strong despite the loss of key population centres, and military spending received a large increase in the war's aftermath. However, the nation was caught completely unprepared for the outbreak of the Fourth World War in 2034.

The instant the conflict became public knowledge, the country collapsed. The Scottish and Welsh devolved governments issued unilateral declarations of independence, and the military scattered to the four winds as loyalties diverged. All England, Scotland and Wales fell into immediate civil war, splintering into a number of different states.

Kingdoms, Republics and Plutocracies rose from the ashes of the British Isles. Former regionalist political parties came into the fore and established new states, including the Kingdom of New Wessex and a United Yorkshire that developed from the local county councils. London, already largely a radioactive crater, was completely abandoned. Wars between English and Welsh splinter states were waged fiercely - in one, Monmouthshire was annexed from a Welsh lordship into the Kingdom of New Mercia.

The balkanised England slowly stabilised throughout the course of the Fourth World War, as it raged elsewhere in the world. However, as the years drew by, most of the states recognised that a larger, pan-English nation was required if any were to regain the former status of the country. In 2038, the Treaty of Winchester was signed. All the major English states were invited, and a new English constitution was agreed upon. 

The city of Winchester was split off from Wessex, and the former city of Westminster was separated from the Kingdoms of Kent and of Essex, which had vied against one another to annex the territory. These two splinters of land were enshrined as 'joint capitals' of the new English confederation and placed under the direct administration of the new Parliament. William V, who had reigned as King over Wessex and had been accepted by many of the other monarchic states as their ruler, was crowned as Head of State of the new confederate Kingdom of England. However, the individual states' government structures were also protected, and many small republics and Free Cities became members. Some territories governed by local aristocracy were also included, most notably Cornwall. Regarding the north of England, now an anarchic mess, it was agreed that a military campaign to subdue the region and establish a Margraviate to defend the Scottish border would be launched. Additionally, the radioactive ruins of Birmingham and Leeds were isolated and put directly under the power of the central government.

In the last few years, before 2041, the Kingdom has continued to stabilise and has gained the Dependency of Mann, the Pale of Calais, the Principality of Wales (forcefully unified by the combined English armies) and the Territory of Gibraltar as vassal states.[/color]
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[b]Provinces of England:[/b]
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[b]Foes:[/b] 
[color=ed1c24]The French and Scots, obviously! At present, however, Aldoran is considered the largest threat to the balance of power due to its huge population size and military might.[/color]

[b]Demographics:[/b] 
[color=ed1c24]~52'000'000 (the wars cost England many millions of lives).
Predominantly white English, with significant minority groups from the Indian subcontinent, China and Eastern Europe.[/color]

[b]Other:[/b] 
[color=ed1c24]England regards itself as the legitimate successor state to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but officially has no ambition to restore the Union in light of Scottish resistance to the idea. England claims all of the UK's former Overseas Territories, and, indeed, continues to control Gibraltar.[/color]