England (Napoleon's World)

The Republic of England is a European country located on the island of Great Britain, across the English Channel from France. It's capital is London, and other major cities include Birmingham, Liverpool, Plymouth, Manchester and York. The country has a turbulent history since its humiliating defeat in the Imperial War, but since the mid-1960's has experienced peace, partially thanks to support from the United States of America. The country's primary language is English, and the dominant religion is the Anglican Church, although Roman Catholicism has always been strong, and recently Islam and Hindu are growing faiths in the public sphere.

Collapse of British Empire
Following Napoleon's successful Forty Days Campaign and the Surrender at York, the British Empire was immediately disbanded of all territories. The Treaty of Strasbourg partitioned the British Isles into three kingdoms; England, Scotland and Ireland, with Napoleon making sure the Irish knew that his support was fully thrown behind their fledgling state against English aggression. With the collapse of their once-mighty Empire and the devastation of their homeland, England became embroiled in years of internal conflict. The 1820's were a time of struggle and strife for the British, who found themselves with no allies following the Trans-Atlantic Alliance of France and the United States refusing to assist the dying nation.

Victorian Era and Position as Counterweight
The ascension of Queen Victoria to the throne in 1834 allowed for the English regain hope towards the reaffirmation of their power as a country. The Industrial Revolution radically changed the English economy and for a time, England was a competitor against the powerful Rhine-based Imperial economy.

Prime Minister
The current Prime Minister is David Cameron, who inherited the position from Tony Blair with the Whig Party's massive victory in the 2006 election, ending nine years of Labour control. Cameron has, since that time, begun to develop England's economy to become competitive globally in the coming decade, building off of Blair's inability to end the decade-long slump that began with the 1995 London Stock Exchange collapse. The Whig Party's vision of England's future is as a European economic power to counter France's domination of the global economy.

Parliament
The Parliament elected in the 2006 election is overwhelmingly Whig, and despite minor losses in the 2009 election in northern counties, the Whigs still have comfortable control in Parliament. Like the Prime Minister (party leader), the Parliament goes into general election every three years, the entire body serving three year terms at once.