Aurora:United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, is a nation located in Northwestern Europe. It comprises of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, while also holding several overseas possessions that scan the map. It includes the island of Great Britain, a small northern portion of Ireland, and many of the surrounding islands, along with overseas territories that are ruled by the UK.
The capital and largest city of England and the Greater British Empire is London, with a population of over 100. The cities of Edinburgh, Wales, and Belfast are the national capitals of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland respectively.
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The UK has 4 distinct jurisdictions: Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland all have been given small devolved powers over their own regions.
History
Prior to the Treaty of Union
The United Kingdom originated as a small nation located on the British Isles headed by RandovMan, in June of 2022. It was eventually sold to the North Sea Republic, where the nation was disbanded.
The idea of a British state separate from the NSR, the nation that controlled the majority of the isles, had existed as a conspiracy prior to the NSR's eventual dissolution in September of 2024. The United Kingdom originated as a small nation located on the British Isles headed by RandovMan, in June of 2022. It was eventually sold to the North Sea Republic where the nation was disbanded.
The idea of a British state separate from the NSR, the nation that controlled the majority of the isles, had existed as a conspiracy prior to the NSR's eventual dissolution in September of 2024. It was originally proposed as an idea by maplesen when first joining the server in September 2023, before being informed of the NSR's existence and governance of the isles, which she joined.
The idea came up again after the merging of two British Towns, "Britain" (Later London) and "Auresco". The two mayors of the towns, Joigrama and maplesen, brought up the idea as a form of joke during a periodical time of inactivity in the NSR.
The first true plot to separate came in the form of a groupchat between Joigrama, maplesen, and Blitey in May of 2024. The three planned to secede from the NSR as England, utilising Blitey's nation at the time under the same name. A groupchat was subsequently formed to discuss a plan going forward; however, the group eventually fell apart due to an unrelated issue that put all three of them on non-speaking terms, hence ending the possibility of an independent England or UK as a whole for the time being.
The second plot formed as a result of the England plan failing and another periodical time of inactivity in the NSR. Several members of the NSR, including Joigrama, maplesen, _wishful, Owry, and Carrot_Cake2022 made a groupchat named "Plan Freaky", discussing the future of the NSR and their grievances with the decreasing quality of governments/nation as a whole. The group originally intended to completely separate from the NSR (which involved a plot to steal all the NSR's gold, with the help of the Hoyenah at the time, EchoOcelot, who felt pressured by increasing criticism about her inactivity as Hoyenah), but eventually the idea of separating morphed into a plan to slowly coup the NSR and modify it into a nation more in their vision. Due to a gradual fall out between all the members (similar to the England plan) this idea also fizzled out around the middle of June 2024, leaving the UK idea once again in the air.
The final plot was a group project by maplesen, Joigrama, bubisen, and fabinostalgia to finally create an independent United Kingdom in late June 2024. The plan, dubbed "Project UK", was mainly organised in a secret channel within the Scotland discord server disguised as a place soley meant for bubisen and fabinostalgia to talk. The plan was to secede from the Republic with towns that were purchased or heavily invested into by one or more Project UK members, and still maintain a friendly relationship with the North Sea Republic. For months careful steps were taken to ensure that the UK could transition smoothly from the NSR, despite several external events complicating things (namely The Troubles and the NSR - Edesse war). Eventually, growing unrelated tensions within the NSR caused it to completely collapse, and leaving the state of the isles in limbo. For a short period, England and Scotland existed as independent states.
Treaty of Union
On September 3rd, 2024, English Prime Minister Joigrama and King bubisen of Scotland came together to sign the Treaty of Union, uniting the two nations and forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. maplesen would become the first occupant of the unified throne of Great Britain, and designating the English Parliament as a unified one that would continue its duties over the entirety of the new nation.