- Location
- Municipal Commune of Bourne
- Pronouns
- He/Him
This is vaguely based on Daphne du Maurier's Rule Britannia - really, just on part of it.
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1945-1953: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1945 (Majority) def. Winston Churchill (National - Conservatives, Liberal Nationals), Sir Archibald Sinclair, 5th Baronet (Liberal)
1950 (Majority) def. Winston Churchill (Conservative - National Liberal), Clement Davies (Liberal)
1951 (Majority) def. Winston Churchill (Conservative - National Liberal), Clement Davies (Liberal)
1953-1955: Winston Churchill (Conservative)
1953 (Minority w. National Liberals; coalition w. Liberals) def. Clement Attlee (Labour), Clement Davies (Liberal)
1955-1959: Nye Bevan (Labour)
1955 (Majority) def. Winston Churchill (Conservative)
1959-1960: George Brown (Labour)
1960 (Minority) def. Rab Butler (Conservative), Mark Bonham Carter (Liberal)
1960-1968: Michael Foot (Labour)
1963 (Majority) def. Quintin Hogg (Conservative), Mark Bonham Carter (Liberal)
1967 (Majority) def. Enoch Powell (Conservative), Emlyn Hooson (Liberal)
Lord-Governors of the Commonwealth of Britannia
1968-1970: William Westmoreland, Lord Westmoreland (officially Nonpartisan, Military Administration - National Union)
1970-1977: Henry Cabot Lodge, Lord Lodge (officially Nonpartisan, Republican - National Union)
1977-1979: Airey Neave, Lord Neave (Conservative - British Union)
1976 def. Christopher Mayhew (Progressive - British Union)
1979-1982: David Stirling, Lord Stirling (officially Nonpartisan, Military Administration - British Union)
1982-1983: Sir Paddy Ashdown (officially Nonpartisan, Military Administration - Knights Errant Movement)
1983-1987: Albert Booth, Lord Booth (Labour)
1982 def. Sir Mike Rose (Knights Errant Movement), Sir Edward du Cann (Conservative), Andrew Fountaine (Excalibur), Sir Christopher Mayhew (Progressive)
1987-1989: Eric Heffer,Lord Heffer (Labour)
1986 def. Sir Anthony Meyer (Conservative), Dick Taverne (Democratic Labour), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur), Alan Beith (Progressive)
1989-1991: Ken Coates,Lord Coates (Labour)
1991-1999: Paddy Ashdown, Lord Ashdown (Progressive)
1990 def. Ken Coates,Lord Coates (Labour), Norman Tebbit (Conservative), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
1994 def. John Smith (Labour), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur), Chris Patten (Country), Norman Tebbit (Conservative)
1999-2003: Tiberius Blair,Lord Blair (New Times)
1998 def. Simon Hughes (Progressive), Gordon Brown (Labour), Chris Patten (Country), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
2003-2007: Paddy Ashdown, Lord Ashdown (Progressive)
2002 def. Edward Leigh (Country), Tiberius Blair,Lord Blair (New Times), Frank Dobson (Labour), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur), collective (Diggers)
2007-2015: Laura Sandys, Lady Sandys (Country)
2006 def. Mark Oaten (Progressive), Alan Milburn (New Times), collective (Diggers), John Reid (Labour), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
2010 def. John Leech (Progressive), Derek Wall (Toiler's Association - Diggers, Labour), Tristram Hunt (New Times), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
2015-2019: David Laws, Lord Laws (Progressive)
2014 def. Michael Gove (Country), Peter Tatchell (Toiler's Association - Labour, Diggers, Liberties), Tristram Hunt (New Times), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
2019-2023: Zac Goldsmith, Lord Goldsmith (Country)
2018 def. David Laws, Lord Laws (Progressive), Alan Moore (Toiler's Association - Labour, Liberties, Diggers), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur), Tiberius Blair, Lord Blair (New Times)
2023-0000: Jon Cruddas, Lord Cruddas (Labour - Toiler's Association)
2022 def. Zac Goldsmith, Lord Goldsmith (Country), David Cameron (Progressive), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
People often laugh at Britain - Britannia, sorry. 'Real country' they often mutter between chuckles. And it's not hard to see why - Britannia has struggled and to a large extent failed to shrug off the legacy of American occupation. The title of Lord-Governor alone demonstrates that alone, though that is dwarfed by the enormous deindustrialisation, the radical restructuring of land ownership, the cultivation of 'Ren Faire' culture on a colossal scale. They even still use the florin currency, though these days it's pegged to the ecu rather than the dollar.
But Britons don't have one of the highest rates of happiness and life satisfaction in the world for no reason. The deindustrialisation inflicted by a Washington fearing that England was to become a Second Cuba, coupled with the neo-medievalist policies (however anachronist they might be), ironically prepared the country for a wider deindustrialisation of the West. Britannia is an incredibly popular tourist destination - often compared to Japan.
The very anachronisms that the United States introduced in order to turn Britain into a compliant client state, a holiday destination where Americans could enjoy an England where Robin Hood overthrew King John in a 1776 transposed five centuries into the past, proved to be a deep well of political radicalism. The reversal of enclosure to remove a 'Norman Yoke' saw the wholesale disassemblage of centuries of aristocratic land accumulation. Deindustrialisation was coupled with the restoration of cottage industries that provided sustainable employment - and a wealth of green industry which has made Britain an ecological leader. And what began as attempts to make shlocky 'ren faire' mainstream, has morphed from a reboot of the English Array into a weird mish mash of fantasy and medieval, which has proved to be fertile ground for alternative expression of all kinds.
Political Parties
Toiler's Association
- Labour: Been through some weird times. From being the party of post-war plenty, to being banned under the American occupation, they won a majority based on a mixture of nostalgia and sympathy in 1982. But it was hard to inherit a country which had been so irrecevobaly changed. The traditional trade unions had been banned and their industrial cores torn out. They never quite reckoned with the 'half-republic' that the Commonwealth was. A lack of a traditional voter core, and their seeming focus on constitutional reform at the same time as trying to turn the clock back to the 1960s led to their disintegration. Labour remained in this mire until finally setting aside their hang ups and making common cause with the emergent social movements of the 'Commons and Liberties'.
- Diggers: The rural half of the new parties that form the TA with Labour. The Diggers represent the 'Commons', the collectivised land and villages that have adapted to the new normal established by neo-medievalism and have embraced it to make a kind of agrarian eco-socialism for the 21st century.
- Liberties: A kind of urban equivalent, most notable in 'studenty' areas, they are the cutting edge of social libertarianism, establishing both physical Liberties in the midst of cities, and furthering the extension of people's social liberties especially self-expression. Heavily associated with modern 'ren faire'.
Country: The modern iteration of Toryism, if modern isn't a bit of a contradiction. They are the Tories who made their peace with both American occupation, and the Knights Errant Movement which did away with the British Union. They are pro-European, pro-farmer, somewhat socially liberal, though a little hidebound in 2023, and a firm defender of the rituals of neo-medievalism. Some of them want to bring back the King, but they have a more natural home elsewhere.
Progressive: Once upon a time, the token opposition party of the British Union, composed of compliant Liberals and a number of Labourites. Eviscerated by the Knights Errant Movement's overthrow of the Stirling Tyranny, their withered husk was repurposed for Lord Ashdown's gubernatorial run, and soon became home to much of the KEM, parts of Labour which rankled against Heffer's primary against Booth, etc. Until recently were the main party of the left which accepted the neo-medieval status quo - their main distinguishing feature was a strong defence of liberalism, especially economic neoliberalism, which they have attempted to haltingly brink to British shores in an effort to diversify the economy away from the tourist and service sectors, with little success.
Excalibur: If you were wondering to the Tories who couldn't cope with the KEM, look no further. Neil Hamilton has reigned as tyrant of the party (as is right and correct) since Andrew Fountaine gave up, and the party is essentially for those who wish the neo-medievalism was more historically accurate, whilst simultaneously being a bit of a joke party.
New Times: Now only have three seats in Parliament, they were the most committed to doing away with neo-medievalism and making Britain fit for modernity. Ironically, they have become very trapped in a particular idea of modernity - their website looks very 1990s. The fact Blair actually uses his Lord title when in office he aggressively refused to use it, tells you a lot.
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1945-1953: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1945 (Majority) def. Winston Churchill (National - Conservatives, Liberal Nationals), Sir Archibald Sinclair, 5th Baronet (Liberal)
1950 (Majority) def. Winston Churchill (Conservative - National Liberal), Clement Davies (Liberal)
1951 (Majority) def. Winston Churchill (Conservative - National Liberal), Clement Davies (Liberal)
1953-1955: Winston Churchill (Conservative)
1953 (Minority w. National Liberals; coalition w. Liberals) def. Clement Attlee (Labour), Clement Davies (Liberal)
1955-1959: Nye Bevan (Labour)
1955 (Majority) def. Winston Churchill (Conservative)
1959-1960: George Brown (Labour)
1960 (Minority) def. Rab Butler (Conservative), Mark Bonham Carter (Liberal)
1960-1968: Michael Foot (Labour)
1963 (Majority) def. Quintin Hogg (Conservative), Mark Bonham Carter (Liberal)
1967 (Majority) def. Enoch Powell (Conservative), Emlyn Hooson (Liberal)
Lord-Governors of the Commonwealth of Britannia
1968-1970: William Westmoreland, Lord Westmoreland (officially Nonpartisan, Military Administration - National Union)
1970-1977: Henry Cabot Lodge, Lord Lodge (officially Nonpartisan, Republican - National Union)
1977-1979: Airey Neave, Lord Neave (Conservative - British Union)
1976 def. Christopher Mayhew (Progressive - British Union)
1979-1982: David Stirling, Lord Stirling (officially Nonpartisan, Military Administration - British Union)
1982-1983: Sir Paddy Ashdown (officially Nonpartisan, Military Administration - Knights Errant Movement)
1983-1987: Albert Booth, Lord Booth (Labour)
1982 def. Sir Mike Rose (Knights Errant Movement), Sir Edward du Cann (Conservative), Andrew Fountaine (Excalibur), Sir Christopher Mayhew (Progressive)
1987-1989: Eric Heffer,
1986 def. Sir Anthony Meyer (Conservative), Dick Taverne (Democratic Labour), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur), Alan Beith (Progressive)
1989-1991: Ken Coates,
1991-1999: Paddy Ashdown, Lord Ashdown (Progressive)
1990 def. Ken Coates,
1994 def. John Smith (Labour), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur), Chris Patten (Country), Norman Tebbit (Conservative)
1999-2003: Tiberius Blair,
1998 def. Simon Hughes (Progressive), Gordon Brown (Labour), Chris Patten (Country), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
2003-2007: Paddy Ashdown, Lord Ashdown (Progressive)
2002 def. Edward Leigh (Country), Tiberius Blair,
2007-2015: Laura Sandys, Lady Sandys (Country)
2006 def. Mark Oaten (Progressive), Alan Milburn (New Times), collective (Diggers), John Reid (Labour), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
2010 def. John Leech (Progressive), Derek Wall (Toiler's Association - Diggers, Labour), Tristram Hunt (New Times), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
2015-2019: David Laws, Lord Laws (Progressive)
2014 def. Michael Gove (Country), Peter Tatchell (Toiler's Association - Labour, Diggers, Liberties), Tristram Hunt (New Times), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
2019-2023: Zac Goldsmith, Lord Goldsmith (Country)
2018 def. David Laws, Lord Laws (Progressive), Alan Moore (Toiler's Association - Labour, Liberties, Diggers), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur), Tiberius Blair, Lord Blair (New Times)
2023-0000: Jon Cruddas, Lord Cruddas (Labour - Toiler's Association)
2022 def. Zac Goldsmith, Lord Goldsmith (Country), David Cameron (Progressive), Neil Hamilton (Excalibur)
People often laugh at Britain - Britannia, sorry. 'Real country' they often mutter between chuckles. And it's not hard to see why - Britannia has struggled and to a large extent failed to shrug off the legacy of American occupation. The title of Lord-Governor alone demonstrates that alone, though that is dwarfed by the enormous deindustrialisation, the radical restructuring of land ownership, the cultivation of 'Ren Faire' culture on a colossal scale. They even still use the florin currency, though these days it's pegged to the ecu rather than the dollar.
But Britons don't have one of the highest rates of happiness and life satisfaction in the world for no reason. The deindustrialisation inflicted by a Washington fearing that England was to become a Second Cuba, coupled with the neo-medievalist policies (however anachronist they might be), ironically prepared the country for a wider deindustrialisation of the West. Britannia is an incredibly popular tourist destination - often compared to Japan.
The very anachronisms that the United States introduced in order to turn Britain into a compliant client state, a holiday destination where Americans could enjoy an England where Robin Hood overthrew King John in a 1776 transposed five centuries into the past, proved to be a deep well of political radicalism. The reversal of enclosure to remove a 'Norman Yoke' saw the wholesale disassemblage of centuries of aristocratic land accumulation. Deindustrialisation was coupled with the restoration of cottage industries that provided sustainable employment - and a wealth of green industry which has made Britain an ecological leader. And what began as attempts to make shlocky 'ren faire' mainstream, has morphed from a reboot of the English Array into a weird mish mash of fantasy and medieval, which has proved to be fertile ground for alternative expression of all kinds.
Political Parties
Toiler's Association
- Labour: Been through some weird times. From being the party of post-war plenty, to being banned under the American occupation, they won a majority based on a mixture of nostalgia and sympathy in 1982. But it was hard to inherit a country which had been so irrecevobaly changed. The traditional trade unions had been banned and their industrial cores torn out. They never quite reckoned with the 'half-republic' that the Commonwealth was. A lack of a traditional voter core, and their seeming focus on constitutional reform at the same time as trying to turn the clock back to the 1960s led to their disintegration. Labour remained in this mire until finally setting aside their hang ups and making common cause with the emergent social movements of the 'Commons and Liberties'.
- Diggers: The rural half of the new parties that form the TA with Labour. The Diggers represent the 'Commons', the collectivised land and villages that have adapted to the new normal established by neo-medievalism and have embraced it to make a kind of agrarian eco-socialism for the 21st century.
- Liberties: A kind of urban equivalent, most notable in 'studenty' areas, they are the cutting edge of social libertarianism, establishing both physical Liberties in the midst of cities, and furthering the extension of people's social liberties especially self-expression. Heavily associated with modern 'ren faire'.
Country: The modern iteration of Toryism, if modern isn't a bit of a contradiction. They are the Tories who made their peace with both American occupation, and the Knights Errant Movement which did away with the British Union. They are pro-European, pro-farmer, somewhat socially liberal, though a little hidebound in 2023, and a firm defender of the rituals of neo-medievalism. Some of them want to bring back the King, but they have a more natural home elsewhere.
Progressive: Once upon a time, the token opposition party of the British Union, composed of compliant Liberals and a number of Labourites. Eviscerated by the Knights Errant Movement's overthrow of the Stirling Tyranny, their withered husk was repurposed for Lord Ashdown's gubernatorial run, and soon became home to much of the KEM, parts of Labour which rankled against Heffer's primary against Booth, etc. Until recently were the main party of the left which accepted the neo-medieval status quo - their main distinguishing feature was a strong defence of liberalism, especially economic neoliberalism, which they have attempted to haltingly brink to British shores in an effort to diversify the economy away from the tourist and service sectors, with little success.
Excalibur: If you were wondering to the Tories who couldn't cope with the KEM, look no further. Neil Hamilton has reigned as tyrant of the party (as is right and correct) since Andrew Fountaine gave up, and the party is essentially for those who wish the neo-medievalism was more historically accurate, whilst simultaneously being a bit of a joke party.
New Times: Now only have three seats in Parliament, they were the most committed to doing away with neo-medievalism and making Britain fit for modernity. Ironically, they have become very trapped in a particular idea of modernity - their website looks very 1990s. The fact Blair actually uses his Lord title when in office he aggressively refused to use it, tells you a lot.
1965-1973: Edwin Walker (Democratic - National Union)
1964 (w. J. Edgar Hoover) def. effectively unopposed
1968 (w. J. Edgar Hoover) def. effectively unopposed
1973-1979: John Wayne (Republican - National Union)
1972 (w. Lester Maddox) def. George Wallace (Independent Democratic)
1976 (w. Lester Maddox) def. effectively unopposed
1979-1981: Lester Maddox (Democratic - National Union)
1981-1985: George Wallace (Independent Democratic - Opposition Ticket)
1980 (w. Elliot Richardson) def. Lester Maddox (Democratic - National Union)
1964 (w. J. Edgar Hoover) def. effectively unopposed
1968 (w. J. Edgar Hoover) def. effectively unopposed
1973-1979: John Wayne (Republican - National Union)
1972 (w. Lester Maddox) def. George Wallace (Independent Democratic)
1976 (w. Lester Maddox) def. effectively unopposed
1979-1981: Lester Maddox (Democratic - National Union)
1981-1985: George Wallace (Independent Democratic - Opposition Ticket)
1980 (w. Elliot Richardson) def. Lester Maddox (Democratic - National Union)
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