Newolland (1983: Doomsday)

Newolland is a country in the east of the Isle of Great Britain. It replaced the former Kingdom of East Britain in 2011.

History
For up to 2011, see East Britain's history

East Britain was reorganized into Newolland, as a final reform that turned East Britain from a provisional successor state into a true independent nation. The name is derived from the fact that the area where Bourne, the Newollander capital, resides was called New South Holland pre-Doomsday. Due to corruption of the English language, and claims further north, the state was named Newolland.

Government


There are three tiers of government. The lower tier is the Peoples Assembly. The Assembly is made up politicians elected from constituencies. There are 100 Members of Assembly (MA) and they are elected in a general election held every five years. The Assembly suggests laws and acts which are put to a vote then passed to the higher tier. The leader of the Assembly is the Chancellor who is elected by the people and their party holds a majority in the Assembly.

The Chancellor leads a major political party, generally commands a majority in the Assembly, and is the leader of the Council. As such, the incumbent wields both legislative and executive powers.

The higher tier is the National Council. The Council is made up of a clique of politicians selected by the Assembly. There are 20 Councillors. Most have some kind of military decoration and most come from Bourne. They serve for life. They can block laws from the Assembly and amend laws from the Assembly before passing them onto the third tier. Their leader is the Chancellor

The final tier is the monarch who can block any and all laws at any stage of development they can also amend laws though this requires a majority vote from both the Council and the Assembly. The monarch can also create laws and these go down to the Assembly for approval.

Parties


There are five major parties in the National Council. They are the Agricultural Party, the Expansionist Party, the Industrialist Party, the Municipal Party and the British Party. The Agricultural Party favours expansion into the countryside and the maintenance of large collective farms. The Expansionists favour expanding into the countryside, building settlements and encouraging small-scale sustainable farming. The Industrialist favour concentrating on industry and only expanding if it is really necessary. The Municipal Party favours concentrating on building cities and encouraging population growth before any expansion is even considered. The British Party is in favour of the preservation of the British national identity and co-operation between the British survivor states.

There is one other party in the Peoples Assembly, the Immigration Party. The Immigration Party encourages immigration to Newolland to increase the population and make them an economic powerhouse. The Imperial Party was wiped out at the last election.

Line of Succession
The rule of primogeniture does not count in the Newollander monarchy. Instead the heir to the throne would be the eldest child regardless of gender. So the first twelve in the line of succession would be:


 * 1) Crown Princess Linda (Daughter of King William)
 * 2) Prince Robert (Son of Princess Linda)
 * 3) Prince Edward (Son of Princess Linda)
 * 4) Princess Julie (Daughter of King William)
 * 5) Prince Stuart (Son of Princess Julie)
 * 6) Prince Daniel (Son of Princess Julie)
 * 7) Princess Rachel (Daughter of Princess Julie)
 * 8) Prince Mark (Son of King William)
 * 9) Princess Keziah (Daughter of Prince Mark)
 * 10) Princess Marianne (Daughter of Prince Mark)
 * 11) Princess Leah (Daughter of Prince Mark)

In the case of Prince Daniel and Princess Rachel who are twins, the National Council would select who they think would be most suitable for the job.

Law and Order
Life is a very precious thing in the sparsely populated Fens. For this reason, and because of the former UK's humanitarian past, there is no death penalty. There are too few people as it is so the preservation of what populace they have is paramount and a big political issue. There is an independent judiciary and there is trial by jury. The highest level of Judiciary is the National Court. The Court is composed of the finest legal minds in Newolland. There is however, corporal punishment which consist of flogging and the stocks.

International Relations
Newolland has very good relations with Woodbridge from whom it relies to provide them with more up to date fire arms than aged shotguns and their crude melee weapons. They have a reasonable relationship with Ur Alba due to arms agreements and trade plans. They show little interest in the Celtic Alliance or New Britain, seeing the closer countries of Cleveland, and Woodbridge as more viable allies.

Great Anglia War
During the 2010 Invasion of the Isle of Eels, East Britain (later Newolland) secured territory in Cambridgeshire as far south as Ely and then later Invasion of Norfolk secured territory with the help of the nation of Woodbridge. The ultimate product of the Norfolk war for Newolland was the creation of the Condominium of Norfolk.

Condominium of West Norfolk
It was decided that the territories in West Norfolk taken from the TBA by Newolland and Woodbridge would be governed by both governments who gave financial bonuses to whichever of their citizens would move into the territory. Athough nominally limited to a small area east of the River Great Ouse, extends across the entire western third of the county.

Lincolnshire Assimilation Project
Following the success of the Great Anglia War, East Britain (and later Newolland) began setting about taking control of the Lincolnshire coast, going north from Bourne, a lot of effort was put into reaching the Nottinghamshire coal fields which, as an untapped resource, are being opened up to investment and settlement.

Although the coal fields were reached and trade agreements signed between Newolland and the miners, and new trade routes set up, the area was never fully pacified and never joined Newolland as a part of the nation.

After an agreement with other OBN nation a new assimliaton project was launched in mid 2011.

2011 Lincolnshire Assimliation Project
On the 7th of July 2011 the town of Scunthorpe voted in a referendum to become part of Newolland at the earliest opportunity. The nearby town of Gainsborough, and the former North Nottinghamshire towns of Worksop and Retford have also asked to become part of Newolland at the same time as Scunthorpe.

On the 22nd of July the towns of Grantham, Sleaford, Boston and Melton Mowbray voted in a referendum to become part of Newolland.


 * The Newolland Government announced on the 23rd July that the towns of Grantham, Boston, Sleaford and Melton Mowbray will become part of Newolland on the 18th August 2011.


 * They also announced Scunthorpe, Gainsborough, Worksop and Retford will become part of Newolland on the 29th September 2011.

The towns of Skegness, Mablethorpe, and Grimsby have all also shown interest in joining Newolland, particularly after the Lincolnshire Coastal Railway is completed in late 2011.

Democratic Republic of Lindsey


Democratic Republic of Lindsey is located in central Lincolnshire, the government has agreed to hold referendum on becoming part of Newolland on the 26th August 2011, diplomats believe that they will vote No however it is possible that the town of Newark-Upon-Trent may vote Yes as the locals are unhappy with their current situation.

Military
The military has been extremely weak in Newolland for some time. With no ready access to weapons in Britain, except in the hands of farmers and their farmhands, the military under the name the Royal Guardsmen had to diversify.

Royal Guardsmen
Despite having a standard uniform which is a simplistic green cap and tunic, there is no standard equipment. Bags and weapons have to be provided by Guardsmen and often they do not carry projectile weapons at all. Many armed with nothing more than crude and improvised melee weapons like swords, spears, axes and staffs. Spring-guns are now the most common projectile weapon alongside shotguns. Fortunately for East Britain, most people in the area see the sense in submitting to law and order so the Guardsmen have only been used in large scale battles twice. Due to numbers and greater resources when faced with warlords they have been able to subdue their opponents. Weaponry and armor is now flowing in from Woodbridge and Ur Alba which points to a new age for the Guardsmen.

While new firearms are used throughout the higher up ranks of the officers the most common projectile weapon for the soldiers is the spring-gun. Though an improvised weapon they are easy to make and tend to be similar in design. However the true forte of the Guardsmen is combat in a melee. Equipped with two standardized combat blades each which can double up as throwing knives, the Guardsmen excel in hand-to-hand combat as proved in the Spaldingas War. Now as the Royal Guardsmen prepare for the first protracted large-scale conflict in their long history, we can only hope that strength with a blade will be enough.

Royal Coastguard
The Coastguard is especially weak. Having acquired a coastal border only very recently, the Royal Coastguard consists of a few small boats with ballistas and occasionally swiveling guns mounted. They are crewed by men who wear blue versions of the the Royal Guardsmen uniforms. Due to the additional equipment from Woodbridge, these ships are becoming more heavily armed and a few more are being constructed.

Economy
Newolland has very few natural resources like steel or coal. It does however have access to some of the richest farmland in the country and for this reason it is a farming powerhouse. It has some of the best quality dairy herds in the British Isles. They are a major purchaser of agricultural equipment from Essex and they purchase a lot of raw material from Cleveland and Lancaster. In recent times, an expansion to the Nottinghamshire coal fields has opened up an avenue for industry in Newolland

Health
The health of most Newollanders is quite good. The population is low enough for each person to get a good health service. There were small cases of radiation poisoning due to the countries placement in Lincolnshire, but this has calmed down, 30 years after Doomsday. There are problems during the winter as the industry is pushed to the limits keeping people warm. But overall the national health is very good.

Media
There is no television in Newolland as the expertise didn't exist and it really wasn't necessary. Broadcasts on televisions in the other British states is not unknown. Radio however is thriving as the competition with TV was removed. Various channels based on those of the old BBC and others exist. A local broadcasting corporation has been set up. The Peoples Broadcasting Subsidiary. There is a variety of magazines and newspapers.
 * PBS Home Service-The largest channel, based on Radio 4. Provides news, comedy, plays and book readings.
 * PBS Music Service-A channel providing music from a diverse variety of genres.
 * PBS Historic Service-A channel specifically for the broadcast of programs from before Doomsday.