Republic of the Trent and Derwent Valleys (1983: Doomsday)

The Republic of the Trent and Derwent Valleys is a British survivor nation in the former East Midlands

Doomsday
On doomsday, the Trent and Derwent valleys were in a precarious position, caught between the major nuclear targets of Birmingham and Manchester, and also near the nuclear targets of Sheffield, Nottingham, and the NATO airbases in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

Founding of the Republic
The leaders of several town councils in Derbyshire decided to band together and form a temporary government until word from the British government arrived. Over the year after doomsday, these town councils were also joined by others in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire. After the anniversary of the attacks, the councilors decided upon throwing a public vote to decide whether they should establish their own independant nation. The population voted in favour of the creation of the Republic of the Trent and Derwent Valleys. On December 18th, 1984, the constitution of the Republic of the Trent and Derwent Valleys was signed, and the new state was founded.

Contact
In 1999, the republic made first contact with another survivor nation, the Provisional State of East Britain after a team of explorers went far east of the remains of Nottingham. The Republic of the Trent and Derwent Valleys was able to establish diplomatic relations with East Britain, and with other British suvivor nations, such as Woodbridge, and also with the Celtic Alliance.

Politics
The republic has a general election once every three years. The major parties and the percentage of votes they got in the 2009 election are:

Labour - 44%

Communist - 26%

Liberal - 14%

Republican - 12%

Other - 4%

Geoff Hoon won the presidential election in 2009, over William Benfield of the Communists, Paul Holmes of the Liberals and Patrick McLoughlin of the Republicans.