Magna Britannia (Superpowers)

Magna Britannia (Great Britain), or Albion to the locals, is the primary administrative province of the Insula Britannia, one of the major geographic areas of the Roman Empire. With the highest population of the Britannic provinces, Magna Britannia has the greatest economic influence in the area and its representatives hold more weight in the Imperial courts than those of nearly any other province.

This influence is only surpassed by the three provinces containing one of the Empire's three capitals (Constantinople, Rome and Carthage), though Britain's provincial capital of Londinium is considered the sixth most influential city in Europe. Even more, by population Londinium ranks third on the continent, exceeded only by the two aforementioned European capitals.

With nearly a third of the population concentrated on the provincial capital, and most of the rest in less than a handful of regional capitals, Great Britain is largely dominated by open plains and marshes. This makes it the largest producer of grain and other agricultural products in the isles, making it easily one of the more self-sustainable of the provinces.

Prior to the reunification of the Empire, and rearrangement of the provinces, Magna Britannia was divided into three separate administrative areas by the formation of the Free Republic of Britannia under the rule of a rebel faction. Though the idea of separating Londinium from the rest of the province remained a nice prospective even after reunification, there was never any action made to put this in effect and the Empire still retains only two Municipal provinces.

Etymology
Britannia derives from the writings of the Ancient Greek explorer Pytheas and his descriptions of several islands north of Europe, one of which he called Βρεττανίαι (Brettaniai), which itself derives from the Pretani people of the islands. This became Brittania under Roman influence and soon it evolved into how it is known today, Britannia, a "t" having been dropped and a single "n" added through the passing of time.

Demographics
Although the province has a substantial population of farmers, the majority of its citizens reside in a more urban setting, the rate of which is estimated at 85%. Two-thirds of the remainder is made up of the largest provincial slave population of the Empire. When adding the slave populations of the cities, the total comes up to 18% of the province's population. This makes Great Britain not only the greatest proponent of slavery in the Empire, but also the slave capital of the world.

With a population of nearly 47 million inhabitants, Magna Britannia ranks as the sixth most populated Roman province and the fourth most populated in Europe. As previously mentioned, the capital of Londinium ranks 3rd in population on the continent, and on a worldwide level it ranks as the 13th largest city.