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Nation: Great Britain
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Nation: Great Britain
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The turn of the 20th century saw the grand British Empire as the foremost empire in the world. They boasted an empire beyond human imagining, one upon which the sun would never set. With vast territories under its colonial rule, it forsaw a world of British hegemony. Vast resources and men heeded their beck and call, all guarded by the largest navy in the entire world. This fleet, the greatest that ever sailed the seven seas, the Royal Navy, safeguarded the trade routes that were the lifeblood of the Empire. But, despite all of this, their hubris failed them. When war first broke out in Europe, in 1914, they failed to see it as anything more than a quick subjugation of an upstart empire.
They thought their boys would be home by Christmas. But, history would decide otherwise. After several gruesome years of trench warfare, Britain began to deplete its population, and was forced to begin the conscription of its colonies. The Empire and the Commonwealth were dragged, unwillingly, into the Great War. As the war dragged on, economic collapse became inevitable. With the population teetering on total starvation, peace was desperately needed. Though they eventually did achieve this peace, it did not make up for the lines of coffins returning to the Home Isles, it did not return boys and men to their mothers and fathers.
Tensions were high in the Empire after the war. Humiliated and exhausted, the economy suffered a great panic that saw many of Britain's colonies leave her. With the abandonment of the British Raj and India as a whole, and the infamous Withdrawal from Africa in 1935, further compounded by the official independence of Australia, the Empire was weakened severely. It remained, but it remained as a shell of its former self. Locked out of China by the revolution, the crown's decline was furthered. The Victorian Golden Era had well and truly ended.
With the death of George V, the hated Monarch of the Great War, and the abdication crisis of 1936, George VI took the throne. In a terribly unpopular move, he began the suppression and ostricization of leftist elements from England. Many of them fleed to support various other socialist nations in their civil wars, remaining there until the initial crackdown finished. Then, in an event now known as the Exodus to Britain, many of these leftist elements returned, nursing a terrible grudge against the government.
Despite all of this, the rightist elements in the country continued to tenously support the Empire. With the death of George VI in 1952, the country was thrown into chaos in a succession crisis as Elizabeth II moved to control the crown. Another illegitimate Windsor opposed her, and ultimately, in 1953, Elizabeth II was arrested by her own government due to her leftist sympathies. Accepting the throne, the newly crowned George VII began a second crackdown on the leftists, and moved towards aligning the country with the Germans.
Despite being one of the last fellow monarchies in Europe, this was massively unpopular with the British commoners. The Great War had scarcely left their mind, and many still held a hate for Germany. Leftist elements have begun to take advantage of the calamity, and are arming themselves and agitating the commoners. On the other side, German sympathizers in the tory-controlled government continue their crackdown on the socialists and communists in their empire. The split between the two is a veritable powder keg, ready to blow from a single spark.
They thought their boys would be home by Christmas. But, history would decide otherwise. After several gruesome years of trench warfare, Britain began to deplete its population, and was forced to begin the conscription of its colonies. The Empire and the Commonwealth were dragged, unwillingly, into the Great War. As the war dragged on, economic collapse became inevitable. With the population teetering on total starvation, peace was desperately needed. Though they eventually did achieve this peace, it did not make up for the lines of coffins returning to the Home Isles, it did not return boys and men to their mothers and fathers.
Tensions were high in the Empire after the war. Humiliated and exhausted, the economy suffered a great panic that saw many of Britain's colonies leave her. With the abandonment of the British Raj and India as a whole, and the infamous Withdrawal from Africa in 1935, further compounded by the official independence of Australia, the Empire was weakened severely. It remained, but it remained as a shell of its former self. Locked out of China by the revolution, the crown's decline was furthered. The Victorian Golden Era had well and truly ended.
With the death of George V, the hated Monarch of the Great War, and the abdication crisis of 1936, George VI took the throne. In a terribly unpopular move, he began the suppression and ostricization of leftist elements from England. Many of them fleed to support various other socialist nations in their civil wars, remaining there until the initial crackdown finished. Then, in an event now known as the Exodus to Britain, many of these leftist elements returned, nursing a terrible grudge against the government.
Despite all of this, the rightist elements in the country continued to tenously support the Empire. With the death of George VI in 1952, the country was thrown into chaos in a succession crisis as Elizabeth II moved to control the crown. Another illegitimate Windsor opposed her, and ultimately, in 1953, Elizabeth II was arrested by her own government due to her leftist sympathies. Accepting the throne, the newly crowned George VII began a second crackdown on the leftists, and moved towards aligning the country with the Germans.
Despite being one of the last fellow monarchies in Europe, this was massively unpopular with the British commoners. The Great War had scarcely left their mind, and many still held a hate for Germany. Leftist elements have begun to take advantage of the calamity, and are arming themselves and agitating the commoners. On the other side, German sympathizers in the tory-controlled government continue their crackdown on the socialists and communists in their empire. The split between the two is a veritable powder keg, ready to blow from a single spark.
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Began in the early 1930s, the Withdrawal from Africa was a large-scale military redeployment from Africa to various islands and colonies elsewhere. The military void allowed many colonies to declare independence with little opposition, and by 1941 most African colonies excepting South Africa and the Suez Canal were no longer under British control. Within Britain it is known as a disasterous move, and extremely unpopular with the public.
This was a contentious election, marked by a historical amount of voter suppression. Leftist elements were locked out of votes almost entirely, resulting in an overwhelming victory for right-wing elements. In a short crisis, riots formed. The government cracked down on these riots violently, turning that much more of the country against them. Tensions run high as a result of this election, and leftist elements adopted the idea of revolution afterwards. Seeing their attempts at reform thwarted by a government hostile to them, it was decided that the only way to see the will of the people would be to destroy the existing government.
