Great Britain (Concert of Europe)

The Commonwealth of Great Britain, informally called just Great Britain, is a sovereign insular nation in the. It consists of a large island off the northwestern coast of continental Europe, separated from by the, and a number of other islands and archipelagos surrounding it, including the , the Hebrides, and the Orkneys. It is separated from by the Irish Sea.

The current Commonwealth was estabilished towards the end of the, when German, French and Scandinavian forces begun to land on the British mainland after defeating its armies and navies in several war theatres across the war. In, a city devastated by bombings and scarcity of resources, a popular insurrection led by Oswald Mosley and his took the Parliament by storm and set up a new government just as the British authorities formally demanded a peace treaty to the Germans.

Great Britain has historically been one of the most important European superpowers, and its colonial empire was, at its height, the largest empire of history by area. While Great Britain can no longer lay such a claim, as many of its former colonies and territories were annexed by other nations or turned independent during the War, it still remains one of the powers of the Concert; also, it has always been one of the world's most important centres of science, art, culture, philosophy and literature.

Recent History
The Great War began as what was substantially a skirmish between and Austria-Hungary, before becoming the most destructive conflict in history. The United Kingdom fought against Germany and her allies since the start of the conflict, sending troops to mainland Europe and all over the world. The real turning point of the war was the, which started in 1917. The belligerent nations, all exhausted by the war and fearing the rise of a communist nation at their doorstepts, agreed to a truce in order to pacify, each of them secretly hoping to regain their strenght and catching their enemies off guard.

During this period, the war still went on in several theatres across the world, as proxy conflicts and wars, while German, French, British and Scandinavian troops were engaged against revolutionary forces in Russia. Less than ten years later, the truce was broken when German troops reacted to the dissolution of Austria-Hungary by occupying without the knowledge or the consent of other European nations. The conflict was reignited, and German troops stormed through the French border.

The most important factor in deciding the war, however, was probably the fact that the British empire was perceived now as weak and vulnerable. Many other rising powers in Europe and elsewhere sought to take a slice of the vast British territories. Scandinavia, the, and  both entered the war against Britain when hostilities reignited: the Royal Navy, the most important British military asset, was badly defeated by the Japanese Imperial Navy and by a joint German-Scandinavian fleet in the Java Sea and in the North Sea respectively: soon afterwards, enemy forces made landfall on Great Britain after Luftwaffe forces gained air superiority. As German troops were approaching, the royal family remained trapped in the bunkers beneath the city, together with much of the government.

When the bombings stopped, an attempt was made to escort the royal family and the government with the food supplies that remained in the city to a safer location. When this was discovered, a small riot ensued as the starved population attempted to seize the supplies: this escalated into a full coup d'état when the British Union of Fascists paramilitary intervened on the side of the population. In the ensuing chaos, most of the royal family, including king George VI, were killed or taken prisoner. The BUF took control of the centre of London, and set up a new republican government drafting a new Instrument of Government, seeking the support of invading German forces to destroy loyalist resistance in other parts of the country. In a few weeks, all of Great Britain was under Mosley's control. Afterwards, as the peace treaties were signed and the world maps were redrawn, the country was rebuilt, slowly recovering from the tragedies that the war caused: the was also created, defining the political relationships between Britain and her former colonies and dominions.

Constitution and Laws
Great Britain is a fascist commonwealth or republic: the head of state is also the head of the British Union of Fascists, the Lord Protector Oswald Mosley, who is also the head of the Council of State, the Lord Protector's cabinet of ministers and main executive body. Legislative power is the hands of a bicameral, triennial Parliament, divided into a House of Commons (consisting of deputies from the three constituent countries of the Commonwealth, its dependencies and its colonies) and a House of Corporations (consisting of representatives of branches of British trades and industries, called national councilors).

Great Britain is made up of three constituent countries, which have a certain degree of autonomy from the central government: these are, and. In addition, there are two dependencies, which are also autonomous but are less representend in the House of Commons, and several colonies: these are subdivided into Home Rule Colonies, which are self-governing territories and send representatives into the House of Commons, and Commonwealth Colonies, which are not self-governing, do not send representatives in the Parliament, and whose administration is directly in the hands of the Council of States and Minister of the Colonies. Finally, is administered as a self-ruling country within the Commonwealth, despite not being a constituent coutntry.

Subdivisions
In Great Britain, there are a total of 3 consitutent country, 2 dependencies, 18 colonies, and one "Raj", comparable to other countries' colonial federations.