United Kingdom

The United Kingdom, also known as Britain, is an Island nation in Europe.

Anglo-American Competition
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Great War & Anglo-American War
In the early months of 1911 clashing interests in Mexico led to a declaration of war against Britain by the United States. Followed quickly by a declaration of war by Guatemala and Venezuela. On August 4th 1914, King George V, on behalf of Britain, declared war on the Central Powers on the advice of Liberal Prime Minister Henry H. Asquith, Britain's declaration of war was followed by declarations of war by the other Dominions of the Empire, except Canada. Many in the British government supported the war against Germany as to protect their interests in France and Belgium, as well as preserving the general order of Europe established after the Napoleonic Wars. Eventually, notions held by the British public that the European War would be quick vanished as fighting in France and Belgium stagnated and devolved into trench warfare.

The Easter Rising in April of 1916 proved to be a low point in British wartime morale and saw the popularity of Henry H. Asquith decline dramatically. As a result of the Easter Rising’s outbreak, the British government sued for peace with the United States and Canada, signing the Treaty of Ottawa as a result. Shortly thereafter, Henry H. Asquith was replaced with David Lloyd George by the end of the year. Eventually a general trend emerged with the Americans pushing back against the British royal navy. In the Caribbean the situation was rapidly deteriorating, American troops had captured various islands in quick succession, first the Bahamas - using Cuba and Florida as staging grounds - then moving to Jamaica and its dependencies, then from Puerto Rico they moved east and south by capturing the British Virgin Islands. While less notably the British faced mild success in Guyana against the poorly armed and poorly funded Venezuela. By 1917, Britain had been pushed out of their Caribbean colonies by American forces.

By 1918, the situation in Ireland had deteriorated to the point of collapse. Irish revolutionaries, having failed in 1916, began a War of Independence which proved more successful due to British war weariness and the American victories against Britain, all of which boosted morale for the Irish, who had also gained the vocal support of the United States. Eventually, in 1919, with victory in the Great War being but a distant fantasy and unrest rising all over Britain, David Lloyd George finally decided that Britain needed to end the war and signed the Treaty of Versailles with the victorious Central Powers. Defeat in the Great War left the British Empire in shambles as the whole system had been upended by the war. In Asia, Britain was forced to concede and granted Dominion status to India. While in the Americas, the Dominion of Newfoundland, lost Labrador to Canada, and became an American aligned republic. While in Europe, Germany’s control was solidified with the creation of Mitteleuropa in 1920, effectively cutting off Britain from most European markets.

Law Government
Eventually David Lloyd George was replaced in the following months by Bonar Law, leading to a Conservative government in Parliament. With the new administration, pro-Labour movements began to stir, with the Labour Party even rumored to have been cooperating with various leftist intellectuals and politicians like Albert Inkpin, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Tom Mann to try and bring more effective reform to the United Kingdom. On the other hand, various rightist agitators, furious at the defeat of Britain at the hands of the United States and Germany, grew increasingly violent and zealous.

MacDonald Government
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British Civil War
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General Strike
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National Fascisti Coup
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Labour Party ban
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End of Resistance
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Ramsay Government
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