Newolland (1983: Doomsday)

Newolland is a country in the east of the Isle of Great Britain. It replaced the former Kingdom of East Britain in 2011.

History
For up to 2011, see East Britain's history

East Britain was reorganized into Newolland on the 18th May 2011, as a final reform that turned East Britain from a provisional successor state into a true independent nation. The name is derived from the fact that the area where Bourne, the Newollander capital, resides was called New South Holland pre-Doomsday. Due to corruption of the English language, and claims further north, the state was named Newolland.

On the same day a new Newolland flag was launched jointly by King William and the head of Newolland government. The blue quarters of the flag represent the sea and waterways of Newolland, the green quarters of the flag represent the fertile farmland of Newolland and the yellow cross represents the golden crops of Newolland.

Government


There are three tiers of government. The lower tier is the Peoples Assembly. The Assembly is made up politicians elected from constituencies. There are 100 Members of Assembly (MA) and they are elected in a general election held every five years. The Assembly suggests laws and acts which are put to a vote then passed to the higher tier. The leader of the Assembly is the Chancellor who is elected by the people and their party holds a majority in the Assembly.

The Chancellor leads a major political party, generally commands a majority in the Assembly, and is the leader of the Council. As such, the incumbent wields both legislative and executive powers.

The higher tier is the National Council. The Council is made up of a clique of politicians selected by the Assembly. There are 20 Councillors. Most have some kind of military decoration and most come from Bourne. They serve for life. They can block laws from the Assembly and amend laws from the Assembly before passing them onto the third tier. Their leader is the Chancellor

The final tier is the monarch who can block any and all laws at any stage of development they can also amend laws though this requires a majority vote from both the Council and the Assembly. The monarch can also create laws and these go down to the Assembly for approval.

Parties


There are five major parties in the National Council. They are the Agricultural Party, the Expansionist Party, the Industrialist Party, the Municipal Party and the British Party. The Agricultural Party favours expansion into the countryside and the maintenance of large collective farms. The Expansionists favour expanding into the countryside, building settlements and encouraging small-scale sustainable farming. The Industrialist favour concentrating on industry and only expanding if it is really necessary. The Municipal Party favours concentrating on building cities and encouraging population growth before any expansion is even considered. The British Party is in favour of the preservation of the British national identity and co-operation between the British survivor states.

There is one other party in the Peoples Assembly, the Immigration Party. The Immigration Party encourages immigration to Newolland to increase the population and make them an economic powerhouse. The Imperial Party was wiped out at the last election.

Law and Order
Life is a very precious thing in the sparsely populated Fens. For this reason, and because of the former UK's humanitarian past, there is no death penalty. There are too few people as it is so the preservation of what populace they have is paramount and a big political issue.

There is an independent judiciary and trial by jury. For many smaller level crimes, such as robbery, public order offences and assualt, trials are held in local Parish courts, with one in virtually every village. The highest level of Judiciary is the National Court. The National Court is composed of the finest legal minds in Newolland. There is however, corporal punishment which consist of flogging (which is being phased out in favour community service) and the stocks, which have been based on the design of the stocks used in Cleveland and Lancaster.

International Relations
Newolland has very good relations with Woodbridge from whom it relies to provide them with more up to date fire arms than aged shotguns and their crude melee weapons. They had a reasonable relationship with Ur Alba due to arms agreements and trade plans until their defeat in the Ur Alba war. They show little interest in the Celtic Alliance or New Britain, seeing the closer countries of Cleveland, and Woodbridge as more viable allies.

Great Anglia War
During the 2010 Invasion of the Isle of Eels, East Britain (later Newolland) secured territory in Cambridgeshire as far south as Ely and then later Invasion of Norfolk secured territory with the help of the nation of Woodbridge. The ultimate product of the Norfolk war for Newolland was the creation of the Condominium of Norfolk.

Condominium of West Norfolk


It was decided that the territories in West Norfolk taken from the TBA by Newolland and Woodbridge would be governed, at least for the near future, by both governments who gave financial bonuses to whichever of their citizens would move into the territory.

There are plans that in the future the majority of West Norfolk will become part of the nation of Newolland with the remaining unincorporated territories of Norfolk becoming part of Woodbridge.

Although the De Jure Newolland border is the River Great Ouse, Newolland controls the towns of Kings Lynn, Hunstanton and Downham Market to the east of the River. Newolland influence effectively extends across the entire western third of the county and many locals think of themselves as Newollanders in all but name.

There are plans to fully incorporate the remainder of West Norfolk into Newolland by early 2012.

As such a detatchment of Newollander troops along with Clevelander engineers and Newolland diplomats have begun touring the area from mid summer 2011 in readyness for full incorporation in the new year.

Newolland Military Administration Zone (NMAZ)
Set up at the East Britain Military Administation Zone (EBMAZ) on the 21st June 2010. This consists of the area taken during the Invasion of the Isle of Eels including the city of Ely. The eastern parts of the districts of Fenland, East Cambridgeshire and the western part of West Norfolk and were fully incorporated into Newolland in 21st June 2011, exactly 1 year since it became the NMAZ. The rest of West Norfolk will be included into Newolland by February 2012.

Expansion of the NMAZ

In late August 2011, after the inclusion of eastern Northamptonshire and Rutland, in order to make management of newly occupied areas easier it was decided to split the NMAZ into an eastern and western section.

Western NMAZ
Eastern Northamptonshire and Rutland county became part of the expanded NMAZ after the destruction of the TBA bases at Rutland Water and the town of Corby on the 22nd August 2011. Rutland and Eastern Northamptonshire became the Western NMAZ. Newolland has asked the Cleveish troops to assist the Newolland troops in pacifying the former English county of Rutland, particularly around the fomer TBA base at Rutland water and the town of Oakham. A patrol through the former captial city of the TBA, Corby finds the entire town burned and reduced to rubble with large numbers of rotting bodies strewn throughout the streets. Throughout the first patrol there were several contacts with former TBA fighters, most ended in the TBA fighters dying or being captured, by the first week of September the risk from former TBA fighters in Rutland had all but stopped.

It is thought that remants of the TBA may try to regroup over the winter and attempt guerilla action agains Newolland in the spring, due to this a large number of Newolland and Cleveish troops will be based in the county until the summer of 2012. It is hoped that Rutland will be removed from the NMAZ by the end of 2012 and become part of Newolland shortly after.

In Eastern Northamptonshire the locals have welcomed the Cleveish and Newolland troops with open arms after years of suffering under the totalitarian control of the TBA leadership, Eastern Northamptonshire was removed from the NMAZ on the 28th September 2011 and was placed into an INGAZ interim administration government until the area becomes part of Newolland in early 2012.

Eastern NMAZ
The eastern part of Northern Cambridgeshire including the northern part of former district of Huntingdonshire, the area around the nuked city of Peterborough and west of the former districts of Fenland and the northern parts of the district of East Cambridgeshire became the Eastern NMAZ in August 2011, it will become part of the nation of Newolland (as an INGAZ) in October 2011.

Clevelander engineers are assiting the Newolland engineers into re-establishing drainage systems in the north Cambridgeshire fens. Some of the area north of Ely, east of the former city of Peterborough and south of Downham Market had flooded after DD and returned to its natural state of marshland and lakes.

The first area to be brought under Newolland control was the district of Fenland on the 22nd September 2011 followed shortly after on the 24th September by the district surrounding the Nuked city of Peterborough, the north of the district of Huntingdonshire was brought under control on the 27th September 2011, the district of East Cambridgeshire came under Newolland control on the 2nd October 2011, on the 10th October the Eastern NMAZ will be changed into a the Eastern INGAZ.

After the NMAZ - the INGAZ
Once an area has been removed from either the eastern or western NMAZ it will be placed into an interim Newolland governmental administration zone (INGAZ).

Any military in the area will slowly be withdrawn from the newly created INGAZ and replaced with non-military governmental administrators and other personnel. Once the area is under the full control of the new local governmental organisation it will be brought into the nation of Newolland.

Western INGAZ
The first area brought under INGAZ control was Eastern Northamptonshire which was transfered from the Western NMAZ to the Western INGAZ on the 28th September 2011.

This area will hopefully become part of Newolland in March/April 2012.

Eastern INGAZ
On the 10th of October 2011 the North of the former county of Cambridgeshire will be transfered into the Eastern INGAZ from the Eastern NMAZ.

Lincolnshire Assimilation Project


Following the success of the Great Anglia War, East Britain (and later Newolland) began setting about taking control of the Lincolnshire coast, however this project was put on hold so that the more signifigent challenge of reaching the south Nottinghamshire coal fields. These which, as an untapped resource, are slowly being opened up to investment and settlement.

Although the south coal fields were reached and trade agreements signed between Newolland and the miners, and new trade routes set up, the area was never fully pacified and never joined Newolland as a part of the nation. The north of Nottinghamshire and it's northern coalfields became part of Newolland on the 29th September 2011.

After an agreement with other OBN nation a new assimliaton project was launched in mid 2011 and was completed by the 4th October 2011.

2011 Lincolnshire Assimliation Project
On the 7th of July 2011 the town of Scunthorpe voted in a referendum to become part of Newolland at the earliest opportunity. The nearby town of Gainsborough, and the former North Nottinghamshire towns of Worksop and Retford have also asked to become part of Newolland at the same time as Scunthorpe.

On the 22nd of July the towns of Grantham, Sleaford, Boston and Melton Mowbray voted in a referendum to become part of Newolland.

1st August 2011

The leaders of the towns of Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Spilsby and Skegness have approached the leadership of Newolland with their plans to join with Newolland, they have asked if a referendum will be needed and the Newolland government has said it will not be.

The Newolland government has stated that Grimsby and Cleethorpes will join the same time as Scunthorpe on the 29th September 2011 and Skegness and Spilsby will join on the 4th October 2011.

18th August 2011

The Newolland Government announced on the 23rd July that the towns of Grantham, Boston, Sleaford and Melton Mowbray will become part of Newolland and were welcomed into the nation on the 18th August 2011.

25th August 2011

With the opening of the Lincolnshire Coastal Railway, the towns of Mablethorpe, Chapel St Leonards, and Saltfleetby St Clemant and Saltfleetby All Saints have all asked the government of Newolland to become part of the nation. The government of Newolland has announced in return that they will become part of Newolland at the same time as Skegness and Spilsby on the 4th October 2011.

After the referendum vote in the Democratic Republic of Lindsey on the 26th August 2011, the town of Newark-upon-Trent will become part of Newolland on the 4th October 2011

29th September 2011

Scunthorpe, Gainsborough, Worksop and Retford also became part of Newolland on the 29th September 2011 the the western border being the old M1 motorway.

4th October 2011

The towns of Skegness, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Chapel St Leonards, and Saltfleetby St Clemant, Saltfleetby All Saints and the former Democratic Republic of Lindsey town of Newark-upon-Trent joined Newolland on the 4th of October.

Democratic Republic of Lindsey
Democratic Republic of Lindsey is located in central Lincolnshire, the government has agreed to hold referendum on becoming part of Newolland on the 26th August 2011, diplomats believe that they will vote No however it is possible that the town of Newark-Upon-Trent may vote Yes as the locals are unhappy with their current situation.

28th August, 2011

The results of the referendum on joining the nation of Newolland, in the DRL have been jointly announced by the government of the DRL and the Cleveish and Northumbrian invigalators, they are as follows:


 * Lincoln
 * Yes - 27%
 * No - 73%
 * Market Rasen
 * Yes - 19%
 * No - 81%
 * Louth
 * Yes - 34%
 * No - 66%
 * Horncastle
 * Yes - 31%
 * No - 69%
 * Newark-upon-Trent
 * Yes - 61%
 * No - 39%

The Government of the DRL has annouced that as the people of Newark-upon-Trent have voted to become part of the nation of Newolland in a free and fair election, they will leave the DRL when Newolland allows their inclusion into their nation.

The Government of Newolland has in return announced that the town of Newark-upon-Trent will join on the 4th October 2011.

With the votes in the DRL the governments of both the DRL and Newolland have begun talks on consolodating their boundries.

Future of Newolland
The Government of Newolland has announced its plans for nearby land currently unclaimed by any nation.

The Lincolnshire Assimilation project progressed very well, with various areas voting to become part of Newolland by the end of 2011. The only 'fly in the ointment' being the Democratic Republic of Lindsey which, voted in the main (minus Newark-Upon-Trent), not to become part of Newolland.

With the destruction of the TBA bases at Rutland and Corby, Newolland plans to expand the existing NMAZ in Eastern Cambridgeshire to include the former TBA areas as well as areas in Northern Cambridgeshire and Northeastern Northamptonshire.



The government of Newolland has announced that when the towns of Worksop and Retford join Newolland in September that three collieries near the town of Worksop will be re opened as soon as possible these are:
 * Shireoaks Colliery,
 * Manton Colliery,
 * Steetley Colliery,

Due to the time since they were last worked colliery engineers will be sent from Cleveland to assist in their reopening, it is hoped that some small production will begin in early 2012 and full production will begin in mid 2013. A branch line from the LCR will be built to assist the transport of the coal across Newolland.

Lincolnshire Coastal Railway (LCR)
The Lincolnshire Coastal Railway company was established in Cleveland in early 2011, with the Lincolnshire Assimilation Project the Clevelander Army began renovating lines along the coastal edge of Lincolnshire from the Humber Bridge in the north to Boston in the south.

The section between Skegness and Mablethorpe was completed on the 7th August 2011.

The line from Grimsby to Mablethorpe has reached as far south as the village of Conisholme and the bridge across the Saltfleet has been completed and as of the 8th of August is ready for the line to be laid, which happened on the 18th August the same day that Melton Mowbray, Gratham, Sleaford and Boston joined Newolland.

A new section will need to be built between Grimsby and Skegness and is expected to be completed by late August 2011. It was the intention that at the point of completetion the ownership and the running of the railway line would revert to the government of Newolland, however after discussions with the government of Newolland the day to day running of the line and any maintinance works will be undertaken by Albion Railways Ltd, a Cleveland based group. The ownership of the line itself will remain with Newolland, this deal lasts five years after which it is expected that Newolland will take total control of the line.

The ceramonial connection of the LCR took place on the 25th August, in a field near the village of Hogsthorpe.

On that day a train left Middlesbrough carrying Queen Zara and a train left Boston carrying King William. They met at the joining point where a temporary crossing point had been built, the trains stopped, the Monarchs traded gifts with their opposite number and then each monarch returned to their trains and continued onto their opposite nation to carry out a short tour.

Expected branchlines
The railway line between Habrough (on the main LCR) and Scunthorpe was fully renovated by late August 2011.

By the 3rd August 2011 the line has been renovated up to the junction by the village of Barnetby, a branch line will be completed to the town of Brigg at the same time at the line ot Scunthorpe.

This branchline was extended to Gainsborough by the 19th September 2011, and hopefully Worksop and Retford by the end of October 2011. This will also have side branches linking to the three newly reopened coal mines in the area, those being Shireoaks, Manton, and Steetley.

Another railway line between Boston and Gratham, via Sleaford will be renovated in 2012. There are plans to extend this line to Melton Mowbray.

Military
The Army has been extremely weak in Newolland since it's foundation under it's previous incarnation of East Britian. With no ready access to weapons in the former UK, except for ones in farmers, gamekeepers and in other private hands, the military had to diversify.

Since 2010 there have agreements with the OBN nations of Cleveland and Woodbridge for officers from the Newolland military to train at their bases, the Newolland government have also placed orders for firearms (mainly handguns and high powered rifles) from Woodbridge, Cleveland, Celtic Alliance, Nordic Union and Essex.

The training for the Royal Guardsmen has been increased with help from the Royal Cleveland Territorial Army (RCTA) and in return the Royal Guardsmen have trained the RCTA in their style of hand-to-hand and melee combat.

It is hoped that the Newolland Army will be fully armed with updated weapons and competantly trained by late 2011.

Royal Guardsmen
The first Regiment of the Newolland Army formed were the Royal Guardsmen, founded in East Britain in 1992 they are a regiment originally founded by a group of 250 former military and territorial army units that had survived DD as well as many farmers and gamekeepers. Due to the fact that many of their founding members were gamekeepers they have the nickname The Poachers in the Newolland Army.

They are based in Bourne, the captial of East Britain (and later the nations most recent incarnation of Newolland). They had been armed with recovered weapons from members of the public, but as of 2011, they are now armed with more modern rifles.

Despite having a standard uniform which is a simplistic green cap and tunic with black boots and trousers, there are currently no standard equipment. The Guardsmans uniform, backpacks and the two standard combat blades are provided by the Newolland government.

Formally they had been given no firearms due to that fact that there were so few to go around, but from early 2011 any Guardsmen going into battle or on patrol in the NMAZ was supplied with a standard .308 rifle (based on the Winchester rifle) with 250 rounds of ammunition and a 9mm handgun with a further 150 rounds of ammuntion.

As of 2011 the Royal Guardmen regiment consists of 450 troops. Of this number 150 are permanently tasked with guarding the Royal household and Governmental headquarters.

Royal Lincolnshire Engineers
Formed in 1996, it takes the name from a former regiment based in Lincolnshire between 1685 and 1960. The Regiment was formed from men trained by the original Royal Guardsmen. They have the nickname in the Newolland Army of the Steelbacks due to the Regiment being engineers.

Their uniform and equipment is the same as for the Royal Guardsmen, however the green cap and tunic of the Guardsmen is replaced with a scarlett cap and tunic. Any troops going into battle or on patrol in the NMAZ was supplied with a standard .308 rifle (based on the Winchester rifle) with 250 rounds of ammunition and a 9mm handgun with a further 150 rounds of ammuntion.

The Regiment currently consists of 300 troops, there are 20 specialist troops from the Royal Lincolnshire Engineers who have been trained in Cleveland and the Celtic Alliance to become snipers and are armed with .388 L115A1 long range rifle.

Men of both Regiments are also armed with their own improvised melee weapons such as spears, axes, maces, staffs and occasionally swords. Spring-guns are now the most common projectile weapon, although they are in the process of being replaced with more modern rifles, as well as shotguns and rifles.

While newer firearms are used throughout the higher up ranks of the officers and any troops in battle or on patrol, but the most common found projectile weapon for general soldiers is the spring-gun. Though an improvised weapon they are easy to make and tend to be similar in design. These are now being phased out to be replaced by modern rifles.

The true forte of the Army in particular the Royal Guardsmen is melee combat. Equipped with two standardized combat blades each which can double up as throwing knives, the Royal Guardsmen excel in hand-to-hand combat as proved in the Spaldingas War.

Their speciality in melee battle tactics have lead to Newolland officers training Clevelander, Northumbrian and Essex troops in hand to hand tactics in return for more modern weapons.

Fortunately for Newolland, and since it's foundation at East Britain, most people in the area see the sense in submitting to law and order so the Army have only been used in large scale battles three times. Due to numbers and greater resources when faced with warlords they have been able to subdue their opponents. Weaponary and armour is now flowing in from Woodbridge and Essex which points to a new age for the Newolland Army.

Royal Coastguard
The Coastguard is especially weak. Having acquired a coastal border only very recently, the Royal Coastguard consists of a few former trawlers armed with ballistas and occasionally swivel mounted guns. They are crewed by men who were transfered from the Royal Regiment of Lincolnshire they wear a blue versions of the the Royal Guardsmen uniforms.

Due to the additional equipment from Woodbridge and Essex, these ships are becoming more heavily armed and more are being constructed with help from shipbuilders from Whitby in Cleveland, these will be small patrol boats based on Cleveish design used in the Lincolnshire Assimilation Project.

Newolland involved Wars and Main Battles

 * 1998-99 - Spauldinas War
 * Battle of Welland
 * Battle of Tulip Flower
 * 2010 - Invasion of the Isle of Eels
 * Battle for Ely
 * Battle for Soham
 * 2010 - Invasion of West Norfolk
 * Battle for Kings Lynn
 * 2011 - The Great Rutland War
 * Battle for Oakham
 * Battle of the Hambleton Penisular.

Economy and Trade
Newolland has very few natural resources like coal or iron ore. It does however have access to some of the richest farmland in the country and for this reason it is a farming powerhouse.

It has some of the best quality dairy and beef herds in the British Isles. They are a major purchaser of agricultural equipment from Essex and they purchase a lot of raw material from Cleveland and Lancaster. In recent times, an expansion of Newolland into the north Nottinghamshire coal fields has opened up a possible avenue for industry in Newolland.

Newolland has trade links with Woodbridge, Essex, Celtic Alliance, Cleveland, Northumbria, Duchy of Lancaster, Nordic Union, and Southern England

Health
The health of most Newollanders is quite good. The population is low enough for each person to get a good health service. There were small cases of radiation poisoning due to the countries placement in Lincolnshire, but this has calmed down, 30 years after Doomsday. There are problems during the winter as the industry is pushed to the limits keeping people warm. But overall the national health is very good.

Media
There is no television in Newolland as the expertise didn't exist and it really wasn't necessary. Radio however is thriving as the competition with TV was removed. Various channels based on those of the old BBC and others exist. A local broadcasting corporation has been set up. The Newolland Broadcasting Subsidiary.


 * NBS Home Service-The largest channel, based on the former BBC Radio 4. Provides news, comedy, plays and book readings.
 * NBS Music Service-A channel providing music from a diverse variety of genres.
 * NBS Historic Service-A channel specifically for the broadcast of programs from before Doomsday.

There is a variety of magazines and newspapers including The British Times the newly lauched OBN newspaper.