United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The Union Jack
Founded:	1707
Government:	Crowned Republic Constitutional Monarchy
Military:	MACO
Homeworld:	Earth
Capital:	London
Species:	Human
Central Leaders:	Prime Minister
Commanding Officers:	John McDaniel
Divisions:	England United Ireland Scotland Wales Hong Kong
Currency:	British Pound

Great Britain and Ireland from orbit.

For mirror universe counterpart, see United Empire.

"We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

— Winston Churchill

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (aka UK and briefly United Kingdom of Great Britain, when Ireland was reunified) was a Crowned Republic that was made up of a group of nation states that where England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In 2024 Northern Ireland left the UK and reunified with Ireland as the nation of United Ireland. The UK is sometimes unofficially refered to as the name of it’s largest island Great Britain.

History[]

18th century[]

The United Kingdom was a nation-state located amidst the British Isles in the north of the European continent on Earth. It was first established in 1707 as the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801, it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with the fusion of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

National flag of Old Britain, the Union Jack — The Union Jack, flag of the United Kingdom

Citizens of the United Kingdom were known as Britons. The United Kingdom was a constitutional monarchy. The monarch, in the person of either a King or Queen, served as a ceremonial head of state. The actual power of the government rested with the Prime Minister and a parliament.

Originally, England, Scotland, and Wales were the constituent countries that united to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. Ireland was added in 1801 and continued as a part of the United Kingdom until the 1920s, when most of it won independence; upon that point, the state became known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, due to the continued presence of six northern Irish counties within the UK.

19th century[]

Throughout the 19th century, the United Kingdom was the dominant political power on Earth, operating a vast empire that was the largest in the planet's history. It was often said that the sun never set on the British Empire. This colonial period later proved untenable, and, as with the colonial habits of many other European states, contributed to human rights abuses and to extreme global instability in subsequent generations. Nonetheless, the United Kingdom was also a center of world culture, learning, and scientific and political advancement.

20th century[]

The rise of Irish nationalism, and disputes within Ireland over the terms of Irish Home Rule, led eventually to the Partition of Ireland in 1921. The Irish Free State became independent, initially with Dominion status in 1922, and unambiguously independent in 1931. Northern Ireland remained part of the United Kingdom. The Representation of the People Act 1928 widened suffrage by giving women electoral equality with men. A wave of strikes in the mid-1920s culminated in the General Strike of 1926. Britain had still not recovered from the effects of the war when the Great Depression occurred. This led to considerable unemployment and hardship in the old industrial areas, as well as political and social unrest in the 1930s, with rising membership in communist and socialist parties. A coalition government was formed in 1931.

Britain entered the Second World War by declaring war on Nazi Germany in 1939 after Germany had invaded Poland. Winston Churchill became prime minister and head of a coalition government in 1940. Despite the defeat of its European allies in the first year of the war, Britain and its Empire continued the fight alone against Germany. In 1940, the Royal Air Force defeated the German Luftwaffe in a struggle for control of the skies in the Battle of Britain. Urban areas suffered heavy bombing during the Blitz. There were also eventual hard-fought victories in the Battle of the Atlantic, the North Africa campaign and the Burma campaign. British forces played an important role in the Normandy landings of 1944, achieved with its United States ally.

In the 1990s the Labour Party gave devolved governments to Scotland, Wales and Northen Ireland, though many English complained as they had no voice of their own, despite making up 85% of the population, this lead to increased tension within the union.

21st century[]

Sometime in the early 2020s England was finally given it's own devolved parliament, turnig the UK into a federation. In 2036, Northern Ireland was reunified as part of a more federal Britain. (TNG: "The High Ground", NHZ: "Origin Story")

Britain entered the Third World War by declaring war on Russia after they allied with China and North Korea, the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, South Korea and their respective allies formed the Western Alliance to combat threats from both the Eastern Coalition and Islamic Caliphate.

By the time of Charles III reign, Republicanism had increased due to the actions of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle,though eventually Charles restored faith in the monarchy to the surprise of some that were unsure of whether he would make a good King.

The United Kingdom, like most of it's allies, eventually became a founding member of the United Earth. London later became the site of Alpha Centauri's Embassy on Earth, lasting into the 2370s.

22nd century[]

Throughout its history, the United Kingdom operated a Royal Navy. The Reed family served in the Royal Navy for generations; the United Kingdom continued to operate the Royal Navy as late as the 2150s. Britain was known for having the most powerful navy on Earth.

Members[]

Countries of the United Kingdom
Country	Capital	Joined
England	London	1707
Northern Ireland	Belfast	1922
Scotland	Edinburgh	1707
Wales	Cardiff	1707

Geography[]

↑ ↓ British Counties and Crown Dependencies ↑ ↓
England: Bedfordshire • Berkshire • Bristol • Buckinghamshire • Cambridgeshire • Cheshire • City of London • Cornwall • Cumbria • Derbyshire • Devon • Dorset • Durham • East Riding • East Sussex • Essex • Gloucestershire • Greater London • Greater Manchester • Hampshire • Herefordshire • Hertfordshire • Isle of Wight • Kent • Lancashire • Leicestershire • Lincolnshire • Merseyside • Norfolk • North Yorkshire • Northamptonshire • Northumberland • Nottinghamshire • Oxfordshire • Rutland • Shropshire • Somerset • South Yorkshire • Staffordshire • Suffolk • Surrey • Tyne and Wear • Warwickshire • West Midlands • West Sussex • West Yorkshire • Wiltshire • Worcestershire
Northern Ireland: Antrim • Armagh • Derry • Down • Fermanagh • Tyrone
Scotland: Aberdeenshire • Angus • Argyllshire • Ayrshire • Banffshire • Berwickshire • Buteshire • Caithness • Clackmannanshire • Dumbarton • Dumfriesshire • East Lothian • Fife • Inverness-shire • Kincardineshire • Kinross-shire • Kirkcudbrightshire • Lanarkshire • Midlothian • Morayshire • Nairnshire • Orkney • Peeblesshire • Perthshire • Renfrewshire • Ross and Cromarty • Roxburghshire • Selkirkshire • Shetland • Stirlingshire • Sutherland • West Lothian • Wigtownshire
Wales: Gwent • South Glamorgan • Mid Glamorgan • West Glamorgan • Dyfed • Powys • Gwynedd • Clwyd
Crown Dependencies: Guernsey • Isle of Man • Jersey

↑ ↓ British Cities ↑ ↓
England: Aylesbury • Barnsley • Barnstaple • Barrow • Basingstoke • Bath • Bedford • Birkenhead • Birmingham • Blackburn • Blackpool • Bolton • Boston • Bournemouth • Bradford • Brighton • Bristol • Burton • Bury • Cambridge • Canterbury • Carlisle • Chelmsford • Cheltenham • Chester • Chesterfield • Chichester • Colchester • Coventry • Crawley • Crewe • Darlington • Derby • Dorchester • Dover • Durham • Eastbourne • Ely • Exeter • Falmouth • Folkestone • Gillingham • Gloucester • Grantham • Great Grimsby • Great Yarmouth • Guildford • Halifax • Harrogate • Hartlepool • Hastings • Hereford • Hull • Ipswich • Kettering • King's Lynn • Lancaster • Leeds • Leicester • Lichfield • Lincoln • Liverpool • London • Loughborough • Lowestoft • Luton • Macclesfield • Maidstone • Manchester • Mansfield • Margate • Middlesborough • Morecambe • Newbury • Newcastle • Northampton • Norwich • Nottingham • Oxford • Penzance • Peterborough • Plymouth • Portsmouth • Preston • Ramsgate • Reading • Ripon • Rotherham • Rugby • Salford • Salisbury • Scarborough • Scunthorpe • Sheffield • Shrewsbury • South Shields • Southampton • St. Albans • Stafford • Stockport • Stockton • Stoke • Sunderland • Swindon • Telford • Torquay • Trowbridge • Truro • Tynemouth • Wakefield • Walsall • Warrington • Warwick • Wells • Weston • Weymouth • Whitehaven • Wigan • Winchester • Wolverhampton • Worcester • Workington • Worthing • Yeoville • York
Northern Ireland: Armagh • Ballymena • Belfast • Coleraine • Derry • Enniskillen • Larne • Lisburn • Newry • Omagh
Scotland: Aberdeen • Arbroath • Ayr • Dalkeith • Dumfries • Dundee • Edinburgh • Elgin • Forfar • Glasgow • Greenock • Haddington • Hawick • Inverness • Irvine • Kilmarnock • Kirkcaldy • Kirkwall • Lochgilphead • Motherwell • Oban • Perth • Stirling • Stornaway
Wales: Aberystwyth • Bangor • Caernarfon • Cardiff • Carmarthen • Colwyn • Haverfordwest • Llandrindod Wells • Newport • St. Asaph • St. Davids • Swansea • Wrexham
Crown Dependencies: Douglas • Saint Helier • Saint Peter Port

By the 2050s, the United Kingdom consists of 95 counties and 3 crown dependencies, not including their overseas territories

England[]

Bath
Cambridge University
Coventry
Dover
Liverpool
London
Nottingham
Cornwall

Scotland[]

Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Glamis
- Glamis Castle
Glasgow

Wales[]

Cardiff

Other Geographical Locations[]

Highlands
Loch Ness
Sherwood Forest
Stonehenge

Dependencies and Territories[]

Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories
Territory/Dependency	Capital	Established
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Episkopi	1960
Anguilla	The Valley	1969
Bermuda	Hamilton	1612
British Antarctic Territory	Rothera	1908
British Indian Ocean Territory	Diego Garcia	1965
British Martian Territory	Ares City	2103
British Virgin Islands	Road Town	1960
Cayman Islands	George Town	1962
Falkland Islands	Stanley	1833
Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1704
Guernsey	Saint Peter Port	1204
Isle of Man	Douglas	1765
Jersey	Saint Helier	1204
Montserrat	Brades	1962
Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown	1838
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	1657
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	King Edward Point	1985
Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	1962