Scotland (1983: Doomsday)

History
Doomsday

Scotland was spared the nuclear ravages of it's neighbour to the south England. Only two major nuclear strikes occur, one 200 KT device in Glasgow, which hit to the west of the city and spared the majority of the populace and one 200KT device to the capital city of Edinburgh this impacted in the general area of Leith Docks and caused a massive firestorm that swept the city over the next two days renedering it totally unihabitable.

The majority of UK military bases in Scotland got hit with tactical nuclear weapons with a yeild of 5-15 KT

Navel bases
 * HMNB Clyde (HMS Neptune), Argyll and Bute
 * Rosyth Dockyard (HMS Caledonia), Fife
 * DM Beith, Beith, North Ayrshire
 * HMS Gannet, Prestwick, South Ayrshire
 * RM Condor formerly HMS Condor, Arbroath, Angus
 * Loch Ewe

Royal Air Force bases
 * RAF Kinloss, Moray Firth
 * RAF Lossiemouth, Moray Firth
 * RAF Leuchars, Fife
 * RAF Buchan, Petershead, Aberdeen
 * RAF Benbecula, Benbecula, Western Isles
 * RAF Prestwick, Ayrshire

Due to the destruction of all governmental, military and police organisation the country quickly fell in chaos, to the west and south the former Republic of Ireland began developing the Celtic Alliance taking in the former north of Scotland and the Western Isles, however to the south of Glasgow the land remained chaotic.

Scottish Municipal Alliance
After the devastation of Doomsday, a few Scottish towns banded together to provide for one another. As the alliance developed Peebles became increasingly powerful and grew to dominate the surrounding towns. They built an armed forces and set about expanding. When they discovered the town of Lockerbie in 1986, it was absorbed. This was the alliances downfall. Lockerbie, though it had a large population, had descended into anarchy. Eventually a government was set up that only kept the city united by preaching against the Communist terror. After annexation this hatred spread through the Alliance causing conflict and death. Lynchings of those with Communist sympathies became widespread and these were only put down with military force. Eventually the Alliance fell, torn apart by violence in late 1989.

Scottish Republic
The Republic was born in Peebles out of anti-Communist sympathisers. They crushed the former Alliance and bought it to heel. It then became extremely isolationist and when a Celtic ship caught in a storm docked in one of their ports the Celts were turfed out. Anti-Celtishness spread through the population. Communists and Celt sympathisers were chucked out of the country or put into camps. The country was however still democratic and tended to have coalition governments. In the fevered political climate the New Party was born. Vehemently Anti-Celt and Anti-Communist, they struck a chord with the population. In a general election they got a majority and set about purging Celtic influence from their culture. So much money was put into this that the economy collapsed. The Scottish Republic suffered a civil war between two factions which began in 1995.

Scots Republic and Kingdom of Scotland
A Royalist-Republican Civil War broke out, the New Party swiftly forgotten. The Scots Republic was a democratic nation that still pandered to the ideology of the past. The Kingdom of Scotland was an interim state for when the monarchy was restored and as well as the old ideology was anti-republican as well. These two nation duked it out well into the late 1990's and the war only came to an end with the assent of a third country.

Scottish New State
The Scottish New State is anti-democracy, anti-republican, anti-monarchy, anti-Celt and anti-Communist. The nation was born out of a neutral zone to the North of the two battling sides. The neutral zone was home to vast prison camps where prisoners of war were stored. The remnants of the New Party had a stronghold here and began drawing escaped prisoners to them, using small aircraft to bombard prison camps with propaganda. In 2003, the Great Rebellion began. The prison camps revolted and the Scottish New State was established in the Neutral Zone in 2005. They now had access to a hardy, tough, experienced and large army. In two years the two other states were brought to heel and the age of Scottish fascism had begun. The leader at the time of the rebellion was Donald James Abbot who took power with the title of Chairman, however he died of a suspected heart attack at the base of operations in Pebbles in 2008 (rumours soon spread among the population that he had been assasinated) he was succeded by his deputy Stuart Michael Macintire.

The Fascist State
The New State government was not interested in the overtures of the Celts. They once again kicked out Celtic traders and Celt sympathisers. They then went on to 'encourage' minority ethnic groups to leave. Many went south to Cleveland or Northumbria. The police and military were officially merged and a culture of observation grew. To increase revenues, the Guilds were set up and each was to control a certain aspect of the economy. Over time these Guilds came to dominate Scottish politics.

The Guilds of Scotland
The Guilds of Scotland were set up in 2007 by the former Chairman Donald Abbot, these guilds regester every craftsman into a specific guild, if they are not registered they cannot legally work in the Scottish New State.

To become a member you must be born in the area covered by the former country of Scotland and must be of Scottish decent (have three previous generations born in Scotland)

Originally founded as a version of the trade union movement they have now turned into a more cartel (some say almost mafia type business) based system.

There are many Guilds in Scotland these include:


 * Merchants Guild.
 * United Farmers Guilds (including the Wheat Guild, Barley Guild and Oat Guild).
 * Carpenters Guild.
 * Stonemason and Brickmakers Guild.
 * Armourers Guild.

Discovery
The Scottish New State had been known to the Celtic Alliance for years. They had kicked out all Celtic traders in one of their many revolutions. Contact with the South only came after the Celtic Alliance opened relations with Cleveland. After that, more and more nations were discovered. They swiftly realised they could not survive isolated. They were not interested in the overtures of the Celtic Alliance, fearing their ultimate annexation. However, to the south was a variety of smaller states, equally disinterested in the influence of the Celts. In recent years, the New State has toned down some of their more vehement policies which they had pursued such as 'elimination' of immigrants and those of impure heritage. They have done this in an attempt to win favour with their Southern cousins.

Transition to Democracy
Under pressure from its neighbours to the South, Chairman Stuart Macintire announced a series of changes to the the New State. First of all the Chairman must stand for election every five years by the Chamber who can veto any of the Chairmans decisions by a simple majority. A democratic vote for members of the Chamber is to be introduced, but the vote has certain privileges attached and recognises the Guilds as the power in Scotland.

Government
The Scottish New State is run by the Chamber. With the leader of the Chamber being the Chairman.. The Chamber is made up of representatives elected from each Province of the Scottish New State.

The Chamber
There are 8 representatives in the Chamber (known as members of the Chamber or MC), each is elected from his or her province every three years by a simple majority vote. In practice many provinces are more corrupt than others, many only having one person to vote for. To become a member of the Chamber the people must be twenty years old, a member of a Guild of Scotland and be of Scottish decent.

The eight provinces and the names of their current representatives are:


 * Lockerbie - Mary Johnstone
 * Dumfries - James MacDonald - Deceased, 5th November 2010.
 * Tweeddale and Peebles - Martin Cameron - Deceased, 5th November 2010.
 * Clydesdale - Michael Mawson - Deceased, 5th November 2010.
 * Roxburgh - Stuart Macintire (Also the current Chairman)
 * Midlothian - Sean Galvin - Deputy Chairman - Deceased, 5th November 2010.
 * Carrick - Alexander Jones - Deceased, 5th November 2010.
 * Livingston - James Stewart

Although the names of the Scottish New State are the roughly the same as the former constituancies of Scotland they do not cover the same area. Many such as Livingston and Midlothian only cover a tiny part of their former range.

The Chamber meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the Chamberhouse in central Peebles.

Since the September 2010 offensive there have been calls in the Chamber to increase the number of representatives to include representatives of the newly conquered lands to the west.

The Chairman
The Chairman is voted in every five years by the 8 members of the Chamber, from the 8 members of the Chamber, he rules a virtual dictator however in recent years the ultimate power of the chairman have been reduced. These recent changes to the system do not turn Scotland into a democracy but instead place power in the hands of the Guilds, especially the Armorers and Merchents Guilds.

There have been two Chairmen of the Scottish New State

Donald Abbot was originally the leader of the New Party at the time of the civil war between the Scottish Republic and the Kingdom of Scotland he was also the leader at the time of the Great Rebellion in 2003, extremly hardline against anyone not of Scottish decent. Many people thought he was a borderline fascist, although very few voiced these fears, and those who did 'vanished' shortly after. Donald Abbot died in Peebles of a suspected heart attack in 2008, rumors began almost immediatly that he had been assasinated.
 * Donald Abbot - 2005 to 2008

Stuart Macintire had been the Deputy Chairman when Donald Abbot died, he was at home on the outskirts of Peebles when he died so any suspision of involvement in the death of the Chairman was not voiced.
 * Stuart Macintire - 2008 to present.

Since coming to power in 2008 Chairman Macintire has introduced many new laws and has begun to make the Scottish New State a more democratic country. He is known for his more libral attitude to non-Scots. Many citizens in the Scottish New State believe him to be the best leader for the times.

Military
The military of the New State is disproportionately large. A political refugee who made her way to the Celtic Alliance called it 'the Prussia of the 21st century, an army with a country'. Though primitive, armed mostly with crude firearms built in workshops, their numbers are enough to present a real threat.

2010 Offensive
In late May and early June 2010 reports being filtering through to the authorities in the town of Stranraer in the Celtic Alliance of a large number of military units gathering in the western part of the New Scottish State.

On the 22nd August 2010, under the flag of the New Scottish State approximatly 3000 men cross the border of the former A74 heading into the sparcely occupied unclaimed land west of the New Scottish State, they took the small southern town of Dumfries within 3 days due to their massive numerical advantage.

With a small occuping force holding the town, the main battleforce moved westwards reaching Dalbeattie by the 1st of September, although the town held out for over two days it too was taken by the 4th of September. Due to the town holding out many major building in the town were burned by the occuping forces. Here the forces held for over a week before moving again west and north, during this week the Celtic Alliance moved 1500 troups from the Isle of Man to the Stranraer area expecting the New Scottish State to try and take the town from the Celts.

However instead of heading further west and confronting the Celts, the battleforce turned north and began travelling up the former A713 heading for the coastal town of Ayr. The leaders of the town of Ayr, after being warned by the Celts of the oncoming battleforce, surrendered without a shot being fired on the 20th of September.

By late September the military of the New Scottish State had set up a fronter along the former A713 and A762. This involved setting up watchtowers every mile on the west side of the roadway and clearing one lane of the road to assist transportation of materials.

By the 7th of October a pallisade had begun to be built along the old roadway, made of split trees from the Galloway forest. The pallisade is 8-10 foot tall with a ditch 6 foot deep and 4 foot wide in front of the pallisade. Gateways have been set up every 10 miles for access to the celtic side of the new frontier. Celtic observers expect the pallisade to be finished by mid November.

It has been nicknamed by the Celts The Macintire Wall.

On the 28th September 2010 Chainman Macintire declares to the Chamber that the unclaimed lands to the west of the New Scottish State are under Scottish control.

Information from the newly occupied Scottish lands are sketchy as best, however it is known that many non-Scots and opposition forces members are being rounded up and put into camps around the small town of Glenlee.

It is estimated that the 2010 offensive nearly doubled the land area of the New Scottish State, however due to the extreamly sparce population of the area the numbers of people now under Scottish control in the occupied land is only about 1700 people.

On the 1st of October, in a major move, the Chainman of the New Scottish State contacts the Celtic Alliance government via the leaders of the town of Stranraer. Over longwave radio he discusses the camps set up near Glenlee, and he asks that a ship is sent by the Celtic Alliance to Kirkcudbright Bay and that the New Scottish State will transport all non-Scots to the ship for removal from the area as he claims Scotland is for the Scots only.

Knowing the history of Scotlands treatment of non-Scots the Celts agree and the ship is due to arrive on the 3rd of October.

Early on the Morning of October 3rd 2010 the Celtic Alliance ship Hibernia enters Kirkcudbright Bay, two small fishing boat aproach the ship, once alongside a contingent of New Scottish State army personnel board the ship and search it, making sure that there are no military personnel aboard.

Captain Adams of Hibernia meets with the leader of boarding party and discuss how many persons he will be expecting, Captain Adams is surprised to find out there are 572 people ashore and the Scots are expecting them to board in one day. Through the rain and mist, and across the bay, he see's several fishing boats making their way to the ship. People begin boarding shortly after 9am and continue loading until all 572 people are aboard. New Scottish State troops leave the ship at 6pm. Hibernia leaves Kirkcudbright Bay just after sunset on the 3rd of October.

Proclamations of the Chairman
16th October 2010

Chairman Macintire announces in the Chamber that from 1st January 2011 the Scottish New State will be renamed ùr Alba meaning New Scotland in Gaelic.

From 1st January 2011 the nations first language will change from English to Scottish Gaelic. All schools will begin teaching Scottish Gaelic as their first language after the 2010 Christmas holidays.

Chairman Macintire adds that the change is to show that they no longer have links with the former rulers of Scotland, the English, and are moving towards a more civil relation with the Scottish lands and Islands currently being domineered over by the Celtic Alliance. He adds that he is in negotiations with the leaders of the Celtic Alliance in Stranraer to set up a 10 mile demilitarized zone between the land claimed by Scotland and the Celtic Alliance in the west of Scotland.

He also adds that it is the Scottish right to rule over all lands currently not claimed by any other nation. He formally claims all land formally of Scotland that has not been claimed by the Celtic Alliance.

Many Celtic reporters note that the Scots have no real control over most of the area they have claimed in this proclamation it does seem like they may try and occupy the area as they did during the 2010 offensive in the west of Scotland.

6th November 2010

After the events of the 5th November the Chairman has decided to move the Chamber meetings from central Peebles to Venlaw Castle on the outskirts of the town for safety.

He proclaims three days of official mourning for the ten people killed in the terrorist attacks, he also sets the dates for the election for the seats of the five representatives killed in the terrorost attacks at 1st December 2010.

2.30PM, 5th November 2010
At shortly after 2pm local time a massive explosion was reported in central Peebles, the explosion was heard as far away as 5 miles and damage to buildings has been reported up to one mile from central Peebles.

First reports are that a building close to the main Chamberhouse building has been compleately demolished and that the chamberhouse building has been seriously damaged by the blast, the chamber itself was in session at the time of the attack, the conditions of the members of the house and the Chairman is, at this time, unknown.

3.30PM, 5th November 2010
Further reports from central Peebles has confirmed that the public house immediatly next door to the Chamberhouse known locally as The Thistle has been effectivly removed from the centre of the town. The building has been removed to below foundation level, initial reports are that the explosion my have been man made and intential.

Damage to the Chamberhouse is catastophic approximately three quarters of the building has collapsed and part of it is on fire.

Reports are also surfacing about the condition of the members of the Chamber, it is understood that so far four members of the house have been pulled alive from the ruins and are currently on the way to local hospitals, among the known survivors is Chairman Macintire.

4PM, 5th November 2010
An announcement of deaths in the Chamberhouse.

Phillip MacEnroe, an assistant to the Dumfries representative James Macdonald announces that both James Macdonald and the representative for Midlothian, Sean Galvin have both been killed in the explosion. Their bodies have been recovered.

He also reports that Chairman Macintire has a broken arm and some smoke inhalation, Lockerbie representative Mary Johnstone has a broken leg and arm, Livington representative James Stuart has bad burns to both his arms and smoke inhalation, and Clydesdale representative Michael Mawson has internal injuries, burns to both his legs and smoke inhalation.

Martin Cameron, the representative of Peebles and Tweeddale and Alexander Jones, the representative of Carrick are both still missing.

Terrorism?

In the Celtic Alliance, the main newspaper in Dublin receieves a message at 3pm from a man calling himself Guido Fawkes, taking responsibility for the explosion in Peebles. The party responsible calls itself Freedom for Scotland. (5th November 2010 is the 405 year anniversary of a failed plot by Guido Fawkes to kill King James and Parliment of Great Britain in 1605)

4.30PM, 5th November 2010
Military officials announce that the explosion was likely caused by a large amount of ANFO (Ammonia Nitrate/Fuel Oil) expolsives packed into the basement of 'The Thistle' Public House. From the amount of destruction they estimate that the bomb weighed between 1000 and 1500 lbs.

Phillip MacEnroe announces that the bodies of the two missing representatives, Martin Cameron and Alexander Jones have been recovered along with the bodies of three representatives assistants. Five people remain unaccounted for they are mainly admin staff as well as the head caretaker for the building.

At 4.30pm two men and a woman approach the Celtic Alliance border near Stranraer, they claim asylum and are brought to the office of the mayor of Stranraer. Once there they identify themselves as members of Freedom for Scotland and claim responsiblity for the bombing, they also say that they are three of the five people still listed as missing the the Chamberhouse building, they are the assitants to Martin Cameron, Mary Johnstone and the head caretaker for the Chamberhouse building.

5PM, 5th November 2010
Chairman Macintire returns to the ruins of the Chamberhouse, in a wheelchair with his left arm in a cast and sling he denounces the act of terrorism that has occured today and vows to hunt down the terrorists.

He also announces that the death toll for the attack has risen to nine, all the missing people have been identified and either their bodies have been recovered or their whereabouts located (he did not mention the three people who have given themselves up in Stranraer)

6.30PM, 5th November 2010
Chairman Macintire appears in front of the still burning Chamber building, he announces that Michael Mawson, the Clydedale representative has died of internal injuries sustained in the bombing.

Capture of terrorists
At 8am on the 7th Novemebr 2010 John Macquade, Police Chief for the New Scottish State announces the capture of eight members of the 'Freedom for Scotland' movement, among them are the publican who had the lease to 'The Thistle' Public House and a former military explosives expert.

They are expected to be placed on trial within the next two weeks, if found guilty they are expected to be publically executed.

Freedom for Scotland movement
Although details of the 'Freedom for Scotland' movement are sketchy some are becoming clearer.

The Celtic Alliance has questioned the three members of the 'Freedom for Scotland' movement that claimed asylum in the Alliance shortly after the terroist explosions in central Peebles on the 5th of November 2010.

From the three members currently in Celtic Alliance custody several details have come to light

There are approximatly 50 members of the movement currently in the New Scottish State, the movement is calling for:


 * Free and fair elections for all the positions in the Chamber.
 * A general election for the position of Chairman every three years.
 * A reduction of the powers of all the Guilds of Scotland.
 * Removal of the death penalty.
 * Removal of rules against non-Scots working, trading and living in the territory of the New Scottish State.

They state that they will continue to attack military and governmental organisations and instillations until their demands are met.

Economy
The economy is quite weak as are most economies in the former UK. Like most small states, the economy is mostly agricultural, though a thriving arms trade keeps the industrial side afloat. After the discovery of countries like East Britain, which have a very weak and ill-armed military, the New State had found a whole new market for their armaments. The economy is mostly nationalised, but in the hands of the Guilds, each of which controls an aspect of the economy e.g the Guild of Wheat who controls wheat production.

Law and Order
Scotland is run very like a police state. The police are often accused of arbitrary and often unneccesary violence but are mostly acquitted as they are tried by a jury of police officers.

However the tyranny is not the worst it could be. In recent history there have been no stories of people disappearing during the night as was common in the early years of the Scottish New State.

There are however powerful deterrents, punishments like public flogging, hanging by the wrists, the stocks, and the death penalty. The death penalty is rarely used since the population is low enough that the government doesn't want to kill their populace.

Since the death of the former Chairman Donald Abbot, the more barbaric punishments such as public flogging and hanging by the wrists have reduced drastically, however the use of the stocks have begun to become more used as they have been found to be a more useful deterent as they do not actually harm the prisoner so they can work immediatly after their punishment.