Republic of Leicester (1983: Doomsday)

Leicester, or the Republic of Leicester is a small landlocked microstate on the island of Great Britain. It gained its independence from Newolland and Cleveland in 2018 through violence, after an armed militia known as the Sons of De Montfort occupied East Leicestershire and ventured out into the uncontrolled north and North West Leicestershire and claimed them as their new state.

It is a socialist state which has acted with severe hostility towards its neighbouring countries.

History
The Sons of De Montfort gained Leicester's independence by force in 2018, establishing a socialist republic with Peter Soulsby as Premier and Sean Sheahan as President.

In 2019, the military ventured into the recovering irradiated zones near what was the city of Leicester, occupying and incorporating Coalville, Ashby de la Zouch, Hinckley, Bosworth and southern Blaby (Sharnford) into the republic.

Politics
Leicester is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the General Courts, consists of a lower house, the People's Council, an upper house, the People's Senate, and an elected President who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties (the office is very similar to that of a constitutional monarch). The head of government is the Premier, who is elected every four years in a general election. The President, however, is chosen every ten years by the People's Council, and can rule another decade if both houses of the General Courts approve his or her request.

The current Premier is Peter Soulsby, of Together for Leicester; which is the centre-left party of the country. He has been in power since the country's foundation and ran for a second term in 2018 against Neil O'Brien of the People's Party (centre-right) and Rohan Patel of Riht (centre, which aims to give supremacy to the Indian community of Leicester).

Despite trying to market itself as a socialist republic, Leicester has a multi-party system with two main parties (Together For Leicester and the People's Party) and four minor parties (Riht, British Unionists, Vox... to name a few).

The republic's government comprises three branches: The head of government is the Prime Minister, who is elected every four years in a general election by the people of Leicester.
 * Executive: The Leicesterian head of state is the President. As in Leicester's parliamentary system of government the Prime Minister runs the government and the politics of the day while the role of the President is mostly ceremonial. The President, by his actions and public appearances, represents the state itself, its existence, its legitimacy, and unity.
 * Legislative: The legislature of Leicester is the bicameral parliament. It operates under a Westminster-style parliamentary system and comprises the upper house called the People's Senate and the lower called the People's Council. The People's Senate is a permanent body that has 245 members who serve in staggered six-year terms. Most are elected indirectly by the state and territorial legislatures in numbers proportional to their state's share of the national population. The People's Council's 545 members are directly elected by popular vote in the general elections every four years.
 * Judiciary: The highest ranking court of the Leicesterian judiciary is the Supreme Court, with jurisdiction in all Leicester, superior in all matters except in constitutional guarantees. The Supreme Court is nominated by the President and proposed by the General Council of the Judiciary.

Military
Leicester has a small military, with about 100,000 active troops inside the country. However, they are very well trained, and are known for being one of the most powerful and effective armies in Europe.