Scotland (1983: Doomsday)

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, 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.

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.

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
There are many Guilds in Scotland these include:


 * Merchants Guild.
 * Farmers Guild.
 * Carpenters Guild.
 * Stonemasons 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 in changes to the the New State. First of all the Chairman must stand for election every five years by the Chamber who can veto the Chairmans decisions. 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. The Chamber elects a Chairman every five years who rules as a virtual dictator. The Chamber is made up of representatives elected from each Province of the New State. The people who have the right to vote and stand to be a Chamberman are men and women over the age of twenty and be a member of a recognised Guild of Merchants. These are recent changes in the system, that do not turn Scotland into a democracy but instead place power in the hands of the merchants, especially the Guild of Armories.

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.

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 like a police state. The police are often accused of arbitrary violence but are mostly acquitted. However the tyranny is not the worst it could be. There are no stories of people disappearing during the night. There are however powerful deterrent punishments like flogging, partial hanging and death. The death penalty is rarely used since the population is low enough that the government doesn't want to kill their populace.