1926, Year of Revolution (Russian Commonwealth)

In 1926, the General Strike Paralyses Britain after the coal industry freezes to a standstill over pay disputes, although civil unrest has been building since the end of the Great War. As various professions called strikes, socialist agitators took to the streets of London and a huge crowd gathered on the streets of the city, after two days of protests the army and police were ordered to disperse the crowd, they refused and joined the rioters.

Crowds of soldiers and protesters occupied The Houses of Parliament, major intersections, the BBC and other strategic points around the city, the government and the Royal Family were arrested and the Democratic Republic of Britain, with Harry Pollitt as President of the republic was proclaimed. The new ruling Socialist Party promised independance to all Britain's colonies within 20 years. This caused declarations of independance by anti-communist colonial authorities in Rhodesia, Burma, Belize and Kenya, these countries maintained loyalty to deposed George V.

In Britain the aristocracy had begun a mass exodus to the colonies and to Europe, while the Royal Family were imprisoned on the Isle of Wight. The sucessful revolution in Britain inspired Socialists in the rest of Europe, later that year The Second French Revolution took place, when French Communists took over Paris and other French cities, while in Ireland a similar uprising happened.

Later that year, the Socialist Republics of Britain, Ireland and France united into the USSSWA - United Soviet Socialist States of Western Europe, Harry Pollitt became president of the new state. To counter the threat, Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg united into the temporary Benelux Confrederation, which was promptly invaded by Soviet forces and quickly overrun, becoming the Benelux SSR, part of the Union. The same fate awaited Andorra & Monaco.

In 1927, former King George and his wife Queen Mary and their children were shot in Carrisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, while the deposed ruling families of Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg were wiped out while imprissoned on the Dutch island of Texel.

In 1932 Iceland was invaded and made into the Iceland SSR during a war with Denmark and in 1934 Switzerland was absorbed. Finally, in 1948 Germany and Denmark were conquered but the Russians intervened to defend Sweden and Norway and the Soviets backed down.

From 1948 onwards a Cold War ensued between the Russian Empire and the USSSWA.