United Kingdom of Europe

Napoleon was stopped at the Battle of Waterloo and was exiled away, but what if he hadn't been. What if an elaborate plan by the leading monarchies of Europe to make sure Republicanism didn't spread and to make sure Europe was to maintain it's wealth and dominance over the world was created? In this alternate history a new nation was formed called the United Kingdom of Europe. Most European nations who were not powerful rejected it but were suppressed with force. Though no matter how much the major European Monarchies oppressed other nations they still couldn't handle their own. The most angry people were the British. In fact the British were so angry that the UKE planned to send massive amounts of British people into a colony. There was many debate over which colony they would be sent to but it was finally chosen to be British Guyana. Over 700,000 British were sent over to the colony. They were given independence and created the Republic of British Guyana. Although they solved the problem of the many angry British they still had major turmoil. One of the biggest problem for the UKE was in fighting between the ruling Monarchies of the Napoleonic dynasty and the British dynasty. Some of the other dynasties were the ones of Austria, and Prussia. Because of this they decided to reform the government in 1833. This new government worked as an elective council of the Monarchies and wealthiest families. They based it heavily off the Holy Roman Empire. While this was all happening Russia was very quickly recovering from the war with Napoleon and started to even have a larger economy then before. This did not go down to well with the leaders of the UKE, mostly because they were scared of Russian potential. Because of this they spent almost an entire year debating over a war with Russia. Russia got word of this and was preparing for a war with the UKE. Although many UKE leaders did not want to risk war with Russia they eventually did go to war. Now to a lot of people surprise Russia was still not even close to being on par with the UKE and the war was swift lasting only 8 months. The most important battle was the Battle of Kaluga. The battle of Kaluga consisted of 53,000 UKE troops and 72,000 Russian troops. The UKE won the battle by a landslide due to Napoleon himself leading the troops and using heavy tactics. Another reason why the UKE had an advantage is because the soldiers they brought were more elite than the the conscripts that consists most of the Russian army. The battle was so important because it was the last heavy fort between Europe and Moscow. once the 42,000 UKE troops that were left over from the major battle reached Moscow the Tsar surrendered but he was shot on sight. Now with no clear rivals the UKE went through what they called the European Unity Era. This era lasted from 1835 to 1860. Although this was not that long of a time the beginning of a unified European culture started to merge and the deep hatred between the French and British started to heal. The languages even started to grow extremely more similar. For example Austrian and German unified into a single Germanic language. Italian and French were also pretty much one language. This cultural unity happened because the UKE central government heavily promoted mercantilism and travel between all the former countries of Europe. Over in the United States turmoil was stirring between the South and the North and resulted in the civil war. The civil war was over rather quickly because of UKE involvement. The UKE heavily opposed slavery and shunned the United States for not abolishing it sooner, the UKE abolished slavery in 1822. The UKE sent over 25,000 soldiers to help the United States suppress the rebels. After the war ended in 1862 the UKE and the USA talked about an alliance but the talks eventually failed as Lincoln thought it would be best to continue isolationism to help cure American division. The UKE politely accepted. Australia which has now grown to be almost self sufficient became increasingly unhappy about UKE rule. Nationalism quickly spread around Australia, with many Australians being very angry with Europeans. An illegal militia in Australia known as the Australian Independence Front became very powerful. With the more power they had the more concerned the UKE government became so they sent 12,000 soldiers over to Australia to scare the Australians. The UKE did not expect what would happen next. Once the army was nearing shore over 800 cannons fired at the ships transporting the soldiers. Nearly all the soldiers died in the fire or drowned, but 200 men survived and one of them being a member of a very important general in the UKE. The generals name was Sven Ammann. Ammann came from a important and very wealthy family from the UKE Kingdom of Prussia. The cannons that fired were from the Australian Independence Front. They imprisoned Sven and his men and sent a letter to the UKE stating that if they want Sven Ammann back they would have to give up all colonial assets in Australia. The UKE responded by sending over 42,000 conscripts to Australia. The Australian Independence Front had around 92,000 soldiers. Many Australians felt as if the UKE was impeding on their homeland, so in 1868 Australia declared independence many Australian officials signed the document. The most important man who signed the paper was Sherman Brownhill. Sherman Brownhill was a descendant of one of the convicts sent to Australia went it was first being colonized. Because the convicts were granted freedom and large plots of land there families became very wealthy this allowed Sherman Brownhill the Great Grandson of a convict to become the governor of Colonial Australia. Although he was publicly the governor he also secretly funded the Australian Independence Front. This was mainly how the militia grew from being a small militant gang to being an organized official army. Once the document from the Australians declaring independence got to the UKE. The UKE realized the fight was not worth it and as an UKE official famously said "Those poor beggars want war, well I'm not about to let a bunch of fools kill our good and honorable soldiers for a worthless desert a thousand miles away!" With the Australians gaining independence they formed a government that was very unique for the time because it lacked a powerful central government and followed a lot of Libertarian principles. They named the country the "Australian Democratic Freelands". The country is often referred to as Australia or Freelands. With the Australian problem solved peacefully the UKE realized that they lost some prestige from the ordeal.. The UKE responded with conquest. With Russia subdued the UKE officials looked south to Africa. Ever Since the UKE was formed they discussed invading Africa but never actually did it because there was more to lose than gain but with technology rapidly progressing it was no doubt North Africa could be easily took from the extremely weak ottomans. The UKE sent 74,000 soldiers over and invaded the ottomans and it's allies. The war began in 1871 and ended in 1874. The war was mostly a guerilla warfare against the natives of the North African plains. Eventually through disease and warfare the native were reduced to scattered groups of a couple thousand warriors. With all of North Africa in the UKE's hands the UKE Sent over 65,000 colonists to the underpopulated areas in North Africa. North Africa was separated into 3 provinces, Egypt, Morocco, and North Africa. North Africa was the largest of these territories but had a small population of 75,000. With Africa subdued and the Ottomans nearly dead the Europeans decided to practice isolationism. The UKE decided to pass the Peace Act of 1878. This act stated that the entire country of UKE is not to engage in any wars of conquest for 25 years. During this time many moral shifts occurred, for example racism was nearly stomped out of existence and the idea of conquest became very hated in society. So many citizens in the UKE were also angry with the central government for excluding citizens from the government. Because of this they implemented a figure in the government who will be elected by all citizens aged 15 and over. This elected official will hold twice the power than the Monarchs. From 1905 to 1929 a the UKE was completely stable and made huge advancements in medicine and technology. But in late October of 1929 the stock market crashed and millions of UKE died of starvation. The UKE population went from around 810,000,000 million people to 800,000,000. Because of this huge amount of deaths it deeply effected European culture. European culture grew to be a dark cultural center because of this suicide rates went up and the economy suffered horribly. But with time the European people healed and were a very united people. By 1950 all Europeans spoke a language called European and a strong and united Europe emerged from what many people called the "Dark Days". By the 1950s the US economy was doing great and was a very powerful country. Although the UKE and US citizens were both Europeans their culture was alien to each other due to isolationism. The US and UKE disagreed on many things but one of those things being a revolt in the British Republic of Guyana. The people in Guyana revolted against their government because the government was introducing a form of democratic dictatorship. The UKE believes that no people should be forced to live under a government they don't want to live under while the US thinks the dictator is passing many modern reforms and the only reason the people are revolting is because they are scared of modern day ideals. Secretly the UKE sent in troops to help the rebels. But while they were doing this the US was economically supporting the Guyana regime. Because of this a full fledged war between the UKE and the US almost happened but because they both knew how damaging a war like that would be settled it diplomatically but even to this day they still distrust each other. In the 1960s there was a major obsession with space and astrology in UKE. It became so relevant in pop-culture that an organization in the government began in 1968 called The National Association for European Exploration and Colonization of Space (NAEECS). In 1978 the first man landed on the moon. The mission was a co-operative mission between the US and the UKE. By 1983 They landed the first man on mars and made a temporary shelter for 90 days so they could build a foundation of a colony. By 1994 40 people are sent to permanently live on mars. By 1996 because of the huge impact space has on culture the UKE sends 2,000 more people to Mars. By 2005 9,056 people live on Mars. The Colony is Called Nova Europa. Another colonial expedition is sent with 600 people on board a colonial ship to create the colony of Napoleovill (named in honor of the French Emperor). Because there is more than one colony they officially name the territory that makes up both colonies the European Unincorporated territory of Mars.