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|name=Comhaontas Ceilteach (Gaelic)<br>Ahel Keltiek (Breton)<br>Celtaidd Cynghrair (Welsh)<br>L'Alliance Celtique (French)
 
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|name= l'Alliance Celtique (French)<br>Comhaontas Ceilteach (Irish)<br>Caidreachas Ceilteach (Gaelic)<br>Cyngreiriaeth Geltaidd (Welsh)
|name_en=Celtic Alliance
 
|name_short=Celtic Alliance
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|name_en= Celtic Alliance
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|name_short= the Celtic Alliance
|flag=Flag BerthelierInterceltic.jpg
 
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|flag= Banniel_Keltia.svg
|otl=The Island of Ireland, Scottish Islands, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Brittany and Normandy and Wales, parts of Scotland, and England.
 
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|otl= All Ireland, northern Scotland, western England, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands
|CoA=Celtic_shield.jpg‎
 
|map=1983ddukmapnew.png
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|CoA= Celtic_Emblem.png
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|map= 1983ddukmapnew.png
|map_caption=In Green: Territories under the control of the Celtic Alliance.
 
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|map_caption= In Green: Territories under the control of the Celtic Alliance.
 
|motto= Céad Míle Fáilte!
 
|motto= Céad Míle Fáilte!
|motto_lang= Irish Gaelic
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|motto_lang= Irish
 
|motto_en= A Hundred Thousand Welcomes!
 
|motto_en= A Hundred Thousand Welcomes!
|language= Irish & Scottish Gaelic, English, Breton, French.
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|language= English
|language_other= Welsh, Manx, lowland Scots, Oïl languages, Cornish, Norman.
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|language_other= Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Manx, Lowland Scots, French
|government= Multi party Democracy / Federal Republic
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|government= Multi-party Democratic Confederation
|legislature= Proportional Parliament / Oireachtas
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|legislature= Proportional Parliament / Oireachtas-Senedd
 
|capital= Dublin
 
|capital= Dublin
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|city_other= Aberystwyth, Armagh, Bangor, Cork, Cherbourg, Chester, Derry, Douglas, Dundalk, Dundee, Galway, Inverness, Limerick, Oban, Stornoway, Swindon, Wrexham
|city_largest= Dublin
 
|city_other= Armagh, Cork, Cherbourg, Conway, Douglas, Derry, Fishguard, Inverness, Galway, Glasgow ,Oban, Quimper, Rennes, Stornoway, Liverpool, New London, Nates
 
 
|HoStitle= President
 
|HoStitle= President
 
|HoSname= Mary Robinson
 
|HoSname= Mary Robinson
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|CoGname= Andrew Price
 
|CoGname= Andrew Price
 
|area= 267,000
 
|area= 267,000
|population= 5,500,000
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|population= 5.5 million
|ind_date= 20th, March, 1986
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|ind_date= 20th March 1986
|currency=Cel
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|currency= Cel
|otherMilitaryCommand=Alliance Command
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|otherMilitaryCommand= Alliance Command
 
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The '''Celtic Alliance''', officially the''' Alliance of the Celtic Peoples''' is a parliamentary-federal republic situated in Western Europe. The political state was formed as a result of survivor nations surrounding the Irish Sea joining together after [[Doomsday (1983: Doomsday)|Doomsday]] to form a single political state (while still preserving a great deal of national autonomy for its member nations). Following the nuclear destruction across [[France (1983: Doomsday)|France]] and the [[New Britain (1983: Doomsday)|United Kingdom]], Eire was one of the most powerful and stable state in Western Europe. After the first few years of securing its own survival Eire would then go on to help stabilize the surrounding nations and bring them under normalized control.
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The '''Celtic Alliance''' is a confederation of twelve member nations: the [[Ireland (1983: Doomsday)|Republic of Ireland]], ten former parts of the {{DD|United Kingdom}} and its dependencies, and the Cotentin on the coast of {{DD|France}}. The Alliance was formed by surviving governments around the Irish Sea joining together after [[Doomsday (1983: Doomsday)|Doomsday]] to form a single political entity while preserving autonomy for themselves. Following the nuclear destruction, Eire was one of the most powerful and stable states in Western Europe. During the 1980s the republic formed increasingly close partnerships with surviving British fragments in order to govern and care for refugees and restore peace to {{DD|Northern Ireland}}. These partnerships culminated in the Alliance, and over the next few decades the Alliance steadily expanded in size and took on more responsibilities.
   
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The Celtic Alliance was founded on the ideals of social democracy, federalism, and human rights in the hope of creating a new moral political order to replace what had been destroyed. It adopted elements of pan-Celtism and Celtic revival as a way to promote unity among its members, even though starting in the 90s it admitted members from outside the traditional Celtic nations.
Eventually this alliance between Eire and the surrounding nations would be strengthened and a single united federal republic was formed.
 
   
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Today the Alliance is a significant regional power in Western Europe. Its constituent members, always called Nations, are considered to be sovereign states in their own right that have delegated certain areas of policy to the Alliance. Internationally, the CA most often speaks with a single voice and acts as one power. It has a single seat in the {{DD|League of Nations}} and the {{DD|Atlantic Defense Community}}. The separate Nations have limited power to engage in diplomacy on their own, for the most part restricted to relations with other states in the British Isles.
The political state was founded on the ideals of social democracy, federalism, civic republicanism, Pan-Celticism as well as Celtic revival. Today the republic is one of the strongest political states in military and economic terms left in Europe and to a certain extent the world and is a leading member of the Euro-Atlantic Fringe, along with the [[Nordic Union (1983: Doomsday)|Nordic Union]]. It is also a secular state.
 
   
=='''Founding nations of the Celtic Alliance'''==
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==Member nations==
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===Overview===
   
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The present Celtic Parliament in Dublin with 101 MPs.
===Eire (Ireland)===
 
   
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{|class="wikitable" border="1px solid #AAAAAA"
The capital city of Eire (Ireland) and of the Celtic Alliance as a whole, is the city of Dublin.
 
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!style="background: #ececec;"|Nation
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!style="background: #ececec;"|Flag
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!style="background: #ececec;"|Capital
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!style="background: #ececec;"|Counties / Burghs
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!style="background: #ececec;"|Seats in Parliament
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!style="background: #ececec;"|Date of membership
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|-
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|'''[[Ireland (1983: Doomsday)|Eire]]'''<br /><small>''Republic of Ireland''</small>
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|[[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|center|120px]]
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|Dublin
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| Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Carlow, Kildare, Meath, Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal; Fermanagh, most of Tyrone, parts of Armagh and Derry
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|32
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|1986
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|'''[[Northern Ireland (1983: Doomsday)|East Ulster]]''' <small>Oirthear Uladh</small>
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|[[File:Ulster Banner.svg|120px]]
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| Newry
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| Down, Antrim; parts of Armagh, Derry and Tyrone
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| 12
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|1986 (nominal), 1998 (effective government)
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|-
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|'''Alba ∙ Scotland'''<br /><small>''Northern Scotland''</small>
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|[[File:Flag of Scotland (traditional).svg|center|120px]]
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|Dundee
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|Highland, Grampian, Tayside, Fife, Central Scotland, Shetland, Orkney, parts of Strathclyde
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|15
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|1986
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|-
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|'''Western Isles'''<br /><small>''Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Outer Hebrides''</small>
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|[[File:Western Isles Council Flag.svg|center|120px]]
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|Stornoway
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|Western Isles
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|3
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|1986
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|'''[[Isle of Man (1983: Doomsday)|Isle of Man]]'''<br /><small>''Mannin, Mann''</small>
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|[[File:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg|center|120px]]
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|Douglas
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|Mann
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|1993
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|'''[[Isles of Scilly (1983: Doomsday)|Isles of Scilly]]'''<br /><small>''Syllan''</small>
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|[[File:DD1983 Scilly Civil.svg|center|120px]]
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|Hugh Town
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|Scilly
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| 1
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|1994
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|'''[[Wales (1983: Doomsday)|Cymru]]'''<br /><small>''Wales''</small>
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|[[File:Flag of Wales.svg|center|120px]]
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|Aberystwyth
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|Anglesey, Caernarfon, Clwyd, Merioneth, Maldwyn, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan, Gwent
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| 14
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|1995
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|'''Cheshire'''
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|[[File:Flag of Cheshire.svg|center|120px]]
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|Chester
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|Western parts of Cheshire
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|3
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|1995
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|'''Hafren'''<br /><small>''Territory of the Severn, Western England''</small>
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|[[File:Flag of Mercia (2014).svg|center|120px]]
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|Hereford
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|Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire
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|5
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|1997
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|'''[[Channel Islands (1983: Doomsday)|Channel Islands]]'''<br><small>Guernsey and Jersey<br>Guernési et Jèrri</small>
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| [[File:Flag of the Channel Islands 1.png|center|120px]]
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| Saint Helier and Saint Peter's Port
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| Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Herm
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| 4
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| 2004
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|'''Cotentin'''
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|[[File:Cotentin-Manche-DD.png|center|120px]]
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|Cherbourg
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|Arrondissement of Cherbourg
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| 2011
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|'''Wessex'''
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|[[File:FlagOfWessex.svg|center|120px]]
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|Swindon
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|parts of Wiltshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, and Oxfordshire
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| 4
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|2015
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The following regions were formerly member nations but were later annexed to others.
It is formed from the '''Irish Republic''' counties of Wicklow, Wexford, Carlow, Kildare, Meath, Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal.
 
   
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{|class="wikitable" border="1px solid #AAAAAA"
Also included are the counties of the former British Northern Ireland (or '''Ulster''') namely Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone.
 
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!style="background: #ececec;"|Flag
Although Belfast (the capital of Ulster) was hit on DD the other towns and cities in Ulster and the Republic of Ireland survived relatively unscathed.
 
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!style="background: #ececec;"|Counties / Burghs
===Mainland Scotland===
 
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!style="background: #ececec;"|Date of membership
 
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!style="background: #ececec;"|Annexation
The capital is Glasgow. It is formed from the former Scottish counties of Dumfrieshire, Perthshire, Invernessshire, Ayrshire, Caithness and Sutherland, Ross, Moray, Angus, Aberdeenshire, Argyll, and small areas of neighbouring counties.
 
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|-
 
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|Orkney
Areas around the towns of Ayr and Dumfries were taken into the Celtic Alliance after the defeat of Ur Alba in the [[Ur Alba War (1983: Doomsday)|Ur Alba War]].
 
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|[[File:Former Flag of Orkney.svg|center|120px]]
 
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|Kirkwall
===Outer Hebrides===
 
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|Greater Orkney (East and West Mainland, Ronaldsay, and Hoy), Lesser Orkney (Sanday, Stonsay, Westray, Eday, Rousay, and Shapinsay)
 
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|1987
It is formed from the Islands of Lewis (where the capital of Stonoway is located), Harris, North Uist, South Uist, Benbecula, Barra, Scalpay, Brenera, and Grimsay.
 
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|to Scotland, 2001
 
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===Inner Hebrides===
 
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|Shetland
 
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|[[File:Flag of Shetland.svg|center|120px]]
It is formed from the Isle of Skye (where the capital of Portree is located) and the surrounding islands of Jura, Mull, Raasay, Arran, Ilsay, Tiree and Colonsay, along with the small isles of Rum, Eigg, Canna, and Muck.
 
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|Lerwick
 
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|Shetland
===Northern Isles===
 
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|1987
 
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|to Scotland, 1998
It is formed from the island groups of Shetland and Orkney, where the capital of Kirkwall is located.
 
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|Wigtownshire
==Other nations in the Celtic Alliance==
 
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|[[File:Wigtownshire.png|center|120px]]
 
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|Stanraer
===Wales===
 
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|Wigtownshire, far southern Ayrshire
 
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|1994
The Celtic Alliance welcomed the whole of Wales into the Alliance in 2002.
 
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|left Alliance, annexed to [[Southern Scotland (1983: Doomsday)|southern Scotland]], 2000
 
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It is formed from the former Welsh counties of Powys, Pembrokeshire, Gwyneed, Anglesey, Conway, Snowdonia, Ceredigion, Denbighshire, the Valleys, Monmouthshire, Glamorgan, Neath, the Gower, Carmarthanshire, Bridgend, and Flintshire.
 
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|[[Northern Ireland (1983: Doomsday)|Iarthar Uladh]]<br><small>''West Ulster''</small>
 
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|[[File:DD1983 Ulster Civil.svg|center|120px]]
'''When Welsh counties joined the Celtic Alliance'''
 
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|Derry
 
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|Tyrone, Armagh, Fermanagh
*Anglesey, Conway, Snowdonia, and Ceredigion joined in 1995.
 
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|1986 (nominal), 1998 (effective government)
 
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|to Eire, 2015
*Denbighshire, Flintshire, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthanshire and the Gower joined in 1997
 
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|-
 
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| [[Kennet (1983: Doomsday)|The Kennet]]<br><small>''New London, New Windsor''</small>
*The Valleys, Monmouthshire, Glamorgan, Neath and Bridgend joined in 1999.
 
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| Marlborough
*Powys joined in 2002.
 
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| parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire
 
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| 2002
The official capital is Aberystwyth in Ceredigion.
 
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| merged to form Wessex, 2015
 
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===England===
 
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Formed from the former English counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Merseyside, Oxfordshire, Berkshire (where [[New London (1983: Doomsday)|New London]] is located), Worchestershire, along with western parts of Cheshire, and Southern Buckinghamshire.
 
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| Cirencester
 
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| parts of Gloucester and Oxfordshire
The official capital is Liverpool in Merseyside.
 
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| 2006
 
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| merged to form Wessex, 2015
'''When English Counties officially joined the Celtic Alliance'''
 
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===Descriptions===
*Cornwall and Devon joined the Celtic Alliance in 1994.
 
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====Founding members====
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'''Eire (Republic of Ireland).''' Ireland's population and economy dwarf the other CA members, and the Alliance itself is very often described as an Irish sphere of influence. Ireland's capital Dublin is also the capital of the Celtic Alliance as a whole, despite periodic discussions to move it. It serves as the economic metropolis for the entire British Isles and is home to many regional and international companies and institutions. The western half of the former Northern Ireland joined the republic in 2015.
   
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'''[[Northern Ireland (1983: Doomsday)|East Ulster]].''' Although Belfast (the capital of Ulster) was hit on DD the other towns and cities in Ulster came through Doomsday relatively unscathed. The damage that it suffered was self-inflicted in the ensuing years. Obtaining peace between the factions in Northern Ireland was the original raison d'etre of the Celtic Alliance, and for that reason both halves of Ulster were considered founding members even though they lacked any real government until 1998, when the border between them was drawn. East Ulster consists mostly of the counties of Derry, Down, and Antrim, though the border does not follow the county lines exactly. In 2015, West Ulster was annexed into the Republic of Ireland, while the East began talks to reinstate the British monarch as its head of state.
*Merseyside (Liverpool) and western Cheshire officially joined in 1995.
 
   
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'''Alba (Northern Scotland).''' The north has made significant economic and demographic recoveries since the war, especially in its capital, Dundee. Since the end of the abortive [[Ur Alba War (1983: Doomsday)|Galloway War]], relations with the south have improved, but the two Scotlands remain divided over the issue of Alliance membership and reunification is nowhere in sight.
*Somerset, Gloucestershire, Dorset and Wiltshire joined the Celtic Alliance in 1997.
 
   
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'''The Western Isles (Outer Hebrides).''' The nation consists of the islands of Lewis (where the capital of Stonoway is located), Harris, North Uist, South Uist, Benbecula, Barra, Scalpay, Brenera, and Grimsay. They formed an autonomous emergency government in the period just after Doomsday and have remained separate from the rest of Scotland.
*Hertfordshire, Shropshire and Worchestershire officially joined in 2000.
 
   
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====Other members====
*Oxfordshire, Berkshire (New London) and southern Buckinghamshire officially joined in 2002.
 
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'''[[Isle of Man (1983: Doomsday)|The Isle of Man]].''' Occurring in 1993, Mann's admission represented an expansion of the Alliance to a third traditional Celtic Nation (after Ireland and Scotland) and helped reinforce the celtist identity of the organisation at a critical point. The Isle has striven to maintain political stability and its constitution is largely the same as it was as a Crown Dependency: it is in fact the only part of the British Isles to have consistently recognised the rule of the senior branch of the {{DD|House of Windsor}}, still exiled in South Africa.
   
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'''[[Isles of Scilly (1983: Doomsday)|The Isles of Scilly]].''' (St Mary's, Tresco, St Martins, St Agnes, Bryher and Samson) Joined in 1994, the first part of England to become an Alliance member, and representing the traditional Celtic Nation of Cornwall. Mainland Cornwall became part of {{DD|Southern England}}, but the Isles' neglect by the mainland government led it to develop closer ties to Ireland and Wales.
'''Celtic Alliance territories in the former UK are divided into three sections:'''
 
*Devon and Cornwall - Have their own Regional Assembly.
 
*North West - Includes Merseyside, Western Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worchestershire.
 
*Wessex - Includes Somerset, Gloucestershire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and southern Buckinghamshire.
 
   
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'''Wales.''' The Celtic Alliance welcomed Wales as a member in 1995. At the time the country was still struggling to bring order to its territory affected by nuclear blasts at Belfast, Swansea and Liverpool. Clwyd and the Gower were largely under control by 1997, Glamorgan by 1999. Civil government was restored to the last portions of Gwent and Powys in 2002. The Welsh capital is Aberystwyth on the western coast.
===Angel Isles===
 
*The Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm) Joined in 1993.
 
   
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'''Cheshire.''' Refugees from Liverpool led the creation of a new state in Chester in 1995 and almost immediately sought CA membership, following years of strengthening interactions with the Welsh, Irish, and Scots. High levels of population mobility means that a large number of people in the the shire have origins in and around Liverpool. This was the first expansion of the CA out of the traditional Celtic Nations and into mainland England. It sparked inconclusive talk about changing the alliance's name and identity.
*The Isles of Scilly (St Mary's, Tresco, St Martins, St Agnes, Bryher and Samson) Joined in 1994.
 
   
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'''Hafren''' ''(the Severn, Western England, Mercia)''. Formed from the former English counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire, later expanding into parts of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. The communities there had slowly organized a new state with strong Welsh support and became a member in 1997.
*The Isle of Man (Manx and the Calf of Man). Joined in 1994.
 
   
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'''Wessex.''' This nation began as a pair of communities that, like Cheshire, have strong associations with survivors from urban areas. The famous settlement of the Kennet, or "New London", formed in the North Wessex Downs and became an Alliance member in 2002. The Cotswolds, inhabited by many survivors from Birmingham and Bristol, joined in 2006. The two small nations merged into one in 2015 and adopted the name and symbols of the traditional region of Wessex.
Capital city is Douglas on Manx.
 
   
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'''The Channel Islands''' ''(Guernsey and Jersey)''. The other British Crown Dependency was closely involved with the CA all through the 80s and 90s, but it took until 2004 for its slow-moving political system to come to a conclusion on membership. The Islands function as two distinct entities, Guernsey and Jersey; the joint institutions known as the United Bailiwicks date to 1994. In 2018 the islands became the first CA member to re-adopt the British monarchy.
===Brittany and Lower Normandy===
 
Formerly part of the pre-Doomsday nation of France, the area around Brittany has always been culturally different from the rest of France often referred to by the French as ''Little or Small'' Britain as opposed to the UK known as ''Great'' Britain. This is mainly due to the fact that the area was settled by refugees from Great Britain after the conquest of the island by the Anglo-Saxons in the fifth to seventh century AD.
 
   
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'''The Cotentin.''' Personnel from Ireland, Wales, and, later, the Channel Islands occupied the area around Cherbourg from 1986 after major leaks occurred at an abandoned nuclear fuel site. The CA supervised the region's government for many years after that, and in 2011 the people of the peninsula finally agreed to become a member nation. As the only CA member to emerge in France rather than the British Isles, the Cotentin and its people can seem like outsiders. The nation is committed to holding a referendum on leaving the Alliance and joining France, at such time as a credible French state emerges.
The Brittany locals speak both French and native ''Breton'', a Celtic language related to Welsh and Cornish.
 
   
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====Former members====
The locals of Lower Normandy speak French and ''Norman'', a version of French based on old Frankish, a language formally spoken throughout northern France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Western Germany.
 
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'''Shetland''' and '''Orkney.''' This pair of island groups joined the CA very soon after its foundation. As Scotland grew in strength and capacity to maintain order and services, the people of the islands were persuaded to accept reannexation to the country. Key to the decision was the development of the Scottish offshore petroleum industry during the 90s. This is why Shetland agreed to annexation before Orkney despite being more distant from the mainland.
   
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'''[[Southern Scotland (1983: Doomsday)|Wigtownshire]].''' This lieutenancy area joined the Alliance in 1994 expecting to reunite with Scotland eventually. The Northern Ireland settlement four years later was wildly unpopular in Wigtownshire, which is close to Ulster and houses many refugees from there. It left the Alliance and joined the southern Scottish state, then in the process of consolidating.
Brittany became part of the Celtic Alliance in 1993.
 
   
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'''West Ulster (Iarthar Uladh).''' When Northern Ireland was first partitioned, separate national governments were put in place for East and West. West Ulster, republican, Catholic, and always strongly in favor of unification with Eire, always had the character of an unsatisfactory compromise. It kept its independence for over a decade out of fear of disrupting the delicate status quo. But by the mid-2010s, the rest of the Alliance was willing to allow the province to determine its own future; it became part of the Republic in 2015.
Lower Normandy became part of the Celtic Alliance in 1995.
 
   
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'''The Kennet''' and '''the Cotswolds''' in southwestern England merged to form '''Wessex''' in 2015; see above.
In 2009, the Celtic Alliance formalised its boundaries in the north of former France using the main rivers. To the south the River Loire and to the east the River Sarthe (tributary of the Loire), the River Eure (tributary of the River Sienne) and then the border follows the River Seine to the English Channel.
 
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
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===Brief History===
 
===Brief History===
   
The Celtic Alliance takes its roots directly after the nuclear attacks of the Cold War, when the Republic of Eire and the Northern Ireland Counties agreed to co-operate after Belfast was destroyed, bringing unrest to the area. Within the next few weeks the Co-operative government had determined that almost all other nations in Europe had been destroyed, exceptions coming from radio signals from Lewis Island, Scotland, where they came into contact with what effectively was the ''de facto'' government of the United Kingdom in the form of five Parliament members who had been on the island.
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TThe roots of the Celtic Alliance date to the time immediately after the nuclear attacks of the Third World War. Britain's system of emergency governments began to fail, and Ireland often found itself having to pick up the pieces. With Belfast destroyed, the Northern Irish emergency government was almost totally relying on Eire within days, causing unrest that would reignite the Troubles in 1985. Ireland could not find a peaceful resolution on its own, so it sought help from emergency governments in Great Britain. Most of these had no help to send. The only ones able to enter a dialogue were the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, whose MP was successfully establishing a breakaway state; and a fragment of the national government in Taymouth, Tayside, which had effective control of the northern part of the Scottish mainland. All other pieces of Britain were either consumed with their own local problems or were collapsing entirely.
   
 
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On March 20, 1986, the Celtic Alliance was formed from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland.
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On March 20, 1986, the Irish-Scottish Alliance was formed from the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. It was one of the first formal agreements entered into by a British fragment, and there was no expectation that the other emergency sites would enter into it. It was a sign that the United Kingdom was truly gone. At first, the agreements were made on behalf of the entire British government and nation; later, these claims had to be modified as other British survivor nations remained isolated from each other and went each their own way.
   
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This cooperative arrangement was extended to other small states in the 80s and 90s: Shetland, Orkney, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Isles of Scilly. In 1993, the alliance created a new permanent executive body, and its members decided to take advantage of their nations' status as traditionally Celtic nations and create a new identity to give them a common purpose; and thus the alliance became the Celtic Alliance.
When the Celtic Alliance formed it officially claimed to be the successor to the United Kingdom, however these claims were modified due to discoveries of British survivor nations within the former UK.
 
   
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The Alliance finally negotiated an end to the Troubles in 1998. While this was a fulfillment of its original mission, the solution involved a permanent partition of Northern Ireland into Catholic and Protestant halves, essentially giving the stamp of approval to ethnic cleansing that had been committed during the conflict. This badly damaged the CA's relations with other survivors in Great Britain, especially [[Southern Scotland (1983: Doomsday)|Southern Scotland]] but also the nations of southern and southeastern England. Nevertheless, some communities in England continued to aspire to join the alliance, and new members continued to be admitted.
It would not be until 1990 when the CA would make contact with the rest of the world. After contact with made with the Portuguese rump government they would go on to make contact with Australia, where they would negotiate the return of some of the United Kingdom's ships that were stranded.
 
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Beginning in 1990 the CA made formal diplomatic contact with the rest of the world. After exchanging envoys with the Portuguese rump government it would go on to make contact with Australia and negotiate the return of some of the United Kingdom's ships that had evacuated there in the 80s. Further engagement with the nations of western Europe led the CA to fight two wars in the Mediterranean and help found the {{DD|Atlantic Defense Community}} in 2007.
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In 2008 the Celtic Alliance adopted an idealistic [[Constitution of the Celtic Alliance (1983: Doomsday)|new constitution]] as a sign that it was overcoming the difficulties of the past and hoped to be the region's leader in liberal democracy and human rights. After a brief [[Ur Alba War (1983: Doomsday)|war in Scotland]] in 2010, relations with the southern state improved steadily. New arrangements were also made for the status of Northern Ireland; by the end of the 2010s, western Ulster was united with Eire, while the east was on the path to restoring the Crown.
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By this time, the CA was the clear military, political, and diplomatic power in the British Isles. Dublin had replaced London as the metropolis of the archipelago. Ships from all over the world came to its ports as global trade slowly revived. Though still battered by nuclear war and social collapse, the Alliance seemed to have found a prominent place for itself in the postwar world.
   
 
==Medicine Impact==
 
==Medicine Impact==
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:''Main article: {{1983DD|Government of the Celtic Alliance}}''
 
:''Main article: {{1983DD|Government of the Celtic Alliance}}''
 
:''Main article: {{1983DD|Political Parties of the Celtic Alliance}}''
 
:''Main article: {{1983DD|Political Parties of the Celtic Alliance}}''
 
==Divisions==
 
 
The present Parliament or Oireachtas sits in Dublin with 77 MPs
 
{|class="wikitable" border="1px solid #AAAAAA"
 
!width="5%" style="background: #ececec;"|Nation
 
!width="5%" style="background: #ececec;"|Capital
 
!width="25%" style="background: #ececec;"|County / Burgh
 
!width="5%" style="background: #ececec;"|Seats in Parliament
 
|-
 
|Eire<br /><small>''Isle of Ireland''</small>
 
|Dublin
 
| Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Carlow, Kildare, Meath, Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Antrim, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, Down, Armagh,
 
|32
 
|-
 
|Alba<br /><small>''Mainland Scotland''</small>
 
|Glasgow
 
|Glasgow, Dumfrieshire, Perthshire, Inverneshire, Ayrshire, Caithness and Sutherland, Ross, Moray, Angus and Aberdeenshire, Argyll.
 
|10
 
|-
 
|England<br /><small>''England''</small>
 
|Liverpool
 
|Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Merseyside, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Worchestershire, along with western parts of Cheshire and Southern Buckinghamshire.
 
|9
 
|-
 
|Gorllewin Cymru<br /><small>''Wales''</small>
 
|Aberystwyth
 
|Powys, Pembrokeshire, Gwyneed, Anglesey, Conway, Ceredigion, Denbighshire, The Valleys, Monmouthshire, Snowdonia, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Neath, The Gower, Carmarthanshire and Flintshire.
 
|7
 
|-
 
|Na h-Eileanan a-staigh<br /><small>''Inner Hebrides''</small>
 
|Portree
 
|Skye, Islay and Jura, Mull, Arran, Small Isles (Rum, Eigg, Muck, Canna, Sanday)
 
|5
 
|-
 
|Na h-Eileanan Siar<br /><small>''Outer Hebrides''</small>
 
|Stornoway
 
|Lewis and Harris, North Uist, South Uist and Benbecula
 
|3
 
|-
 
|Arcaibh a-Zetland<br /><small>''Northern Isles''</small>
 
|Kirkwall
 
|Greater Orkney (East and West Mainland, Ronaldsay, and Hoy), Lesser Orkney (Sanday, Stonsay, Westray, Eday, Rousay, and Shapinsay), Shetland,
 
|3
 
|-
 
|The Angel Isles<br /><small>''Manx, Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands''</small>
 
|Douglas
 
|Manx, Scilly, Channel
 
|3
 
|-
 
|Bertaèyn et Basse-Normandie<br /><small>''Brittany and Lower Normandy''</small>
 
|Nantes
 
|Owened, Saint Brieuc, Saint Naziaire, Kernev, Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Cherbourg, Quimper, Rennes, Caen, Bayeux, Saint Malo,
 
|5
 
|}
 
   
 
After Doomsday, the party political structure changed completely with the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) merging to form a northern block called the Dalriadic Party (From Kingdom of Dalriada, former Celtic kingdom crossing northern Ireland, Donegal and western Scotland circa 8th Century) to ensure adequate representation for Donegal, the Ulster counties and Scottish Islands. In recent years emerging political alliances have emerged between pro-devolution supporters bringing about the Celtic Democratic Bloc
 
After Doomsday, the party political structure changed completely with the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) merging to form a northern block called the Dalriadic Party (From Kingdom of Dalriada, former Celtic kingdom crossing northern Ireland, Donegal and western Scotland circa 8th Century) to ensure adequate representation for Donegal, the Ulster counties and Scottish Islands. In recent years emerging political alliances have emerged between pro-devolution supporters bringing about the Celtic Democratic Bloc
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==Culture==
 
==Culture==
 
:''See also: {{1983DD|Celtic Church}}''
 
:''See also: {{1983DD|Celtic Church}}''
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[[File:Armagh_cath.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Armagh Cathedral]]
   
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From the moment that the alliance identified itself as "Celtic" in the early 90s, it has sought to promote unity among its member nations in the cultural sphere. This has included some pan-celtist elements, most notably the official symbols of the alliance; but more often it consists in celebrating and upholding local traditions and promoting a spirit of unity in diversity. The high mobility and social trauma of the war years has made such traditions more precarious and important than ever. Several pre-existing Celtic organisations such as the Celtic League and the Celtic Congress have been incorporated into the set of bodies officially connected to the Alliance. The CA sponsors a number of festivals, games and symposia to pursue its cultural mission. Entities that are not Alliance members, namely Brittany and Cornwall, have long participated in the activities of its cultural agencies.
[[File:Armagh_cath.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Armagh Cathedral]][[File:Celtic_congress.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Celtic Congress Fringe meeting 2007]][[File:Celtic_euro.jpg|thumb|150px|''Cel'']]
 
Most people living in the Celtic Alliance are united by a shared Celtic history and culture, although the nations still retain the unique national identities. Although united as a single political state most people from Ireland are still identity themselves Irish first and Celtic second, and the same could be said for the other nationalities. Still, the Celts maintain a friendly bond between each other which has only strengthened since doomsday. The state encourages the use of a Celtic identity, although it also protects the lesser nationalities. Several pre-existing Celtic organisations such as the Celtic League or the Celtic Congress have been officially nationalized by the government.
 
   
The Celtic Alliance also promotes increased use of the once endangered Celtic languages. With the destruction of several urban centers and the use of the languages in isolated areas, the proportion of Gaelic and Celtic speakers to the general population has greatly increased. This combined with increased education means that these languages are ever increasing in both speakers and importance. Nevertheless English is still the most widely used and understood language. French on the other hand has declined, and most of the younger Bretons now speak either English or Breton.
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The Celtic Alliance also promotes increased use of the endangered Celtic languages. With the destruction of several urban centers and the use of the languages in isolated areas, the proportion of Gaelic and Celtic speakers to the general population has increased. This combined with increased education means that these languages are increasing in both speakers and importance. Nevertheless, English is still the most widely used and understood language and the working language of the Alliance and most of its official bodies.
   
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The Alliance added its first English member, Cheshire, already in 1995, the same year that it admitted Wales. This has meant that its cultural project had to be broad enough to include distinctive elements of local English cultures. This includes not only traditional rural folk cultures, but also memories of the vibrant urban cultures that were lost but persist among communities of survivors who make up large portions of the population: Liverpudlians in Cheshire, Londoners and Brummies in Wessex. The Channel Islands have their own distinct culture, a mix of French and English, while one member nation, the Cotentin in Normandy, was formerly part of France. These two nations remain culturally rather isolated from the rest of the country.
Despite the ever present Celtic influence throughout the state there remain several areas that do not share this identity. The people of Channel Islands, the Cherbourg Peninsula (Normandy) and the English parts of the country are non-Celtic, and remain culturally isolated from the rest of the country. Although the far northern coast of Cornwall is both Celtic and within the Alliances sphere on influence, the population here remains extremely low thanks to the nuclear attacks in the area. There has been talks of independence in these areas from the rest of the country, although given their critical dependence on the rest of the Alliance this remains very unlikely for the time being.
 
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Although people often speak of the Celtic Alliance as a single entity in military and diplomatic contexts, and despite the efforts at creating a common identity, the CA does not comprise an identity nor a nationality for its people. People from Ireland identity as Irish, not Celtic, and the same could be said for the other nationalities. Still, the nations of the CA maintain a friendly bond between each other which has only strengthened since doomsday.
   
 
== National Anthem ==
 
== National Anthem ==
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There was a surprise National Anthem entrant – Barbra Streisand! Former American citizen who was on holiday in Ireland during Doomsday comes forward with surprise entry of the Carousel musical hit of the 1960’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Mass demonstrations in support across the Alliance after a deeply moving and personal stage performance paying tribute to all of the fallen especially those she left behind in the former U.S.A. All other entries have withdrawn from the competition and throw their weight behind Streisand.
 
There was a surprise National Anthem entrant – Barbra Streisand! Former American citizen who was on holiday in Ireland during Doomsday comes forward with surprise entry of the Carousel musical hit of the 1960’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Mass demonstrations in support across the Alliance after a deeply moving and personal stage performance paying tribute to all of the fallen especially those she left behind in the former U.S.A. All other entries have withdrawn from the competition and throw their weight behind Streisand.
   
In a statement the president said after the show,
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In a statement the president said after the show:
   
 
'I am moved beyond comprehension, each emotion we have collectively held since 1983 has poured forth like a torrent since hearing Barbra. I am in no doubt that the people have their new National Bard as well as a new anthem. The music speaks for itself’
 
'I am moved beyond comprehension, each emotion we have collectively held since 1983 has poured forth like a torrent since hearing Barbra. I am in no doubt that the people have their new National Bard as well as a new anthem. The music speaks for itself’
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==Economy==
 
==Economy==
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[[File:Celtic_euro.jpg|thumb|150px|''Cel'']]
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The economy of the Celtic Alliance is one of the largest in the western Europe. It relies on three key sectors: mining of zinc, other minerals, and natural gas; manufacture of pharmaceuticals and other medical goods; and agriculture. The CA exports medical goods and food to many parts of Europe.
   
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Heavy manufacturing is a small but growing sector of the economy. Notable industries include aviation materials, military technology, and automobiles. In Ellesmere Port, a a Vauxhall plant employs 1500. The revived Austin Rover Group has factories in Exeter and Owsestry. And on the Irish side, Celtic Motors makes Fiat, Opel and Volkswagen cars under license for the Irish market.
The economy of the Celtic Alliance is one of the largest in the world. It is based around many things, mainly exports such as ore mining, zinc, natural gas, sale of pharmaceuticals and other medical goods and agriculture. Most of Europe relies on the Celts for medical goods and the poorer communities food. Aviation materials are also a minor factor of the economy. The Celtic Alliance is the leader of Europe's latest military technology.
 
   
 
==Military==
 
==Military==
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==Sports==
 
==Sports==
   
Within former ''Ireland'', Gaelic games (Gaelic football, hurling, rounders and camogie) are the most popular, followed by association football (soccer), rugby union, cricket and boxing.
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Within the Republic of Ireland, Gaelic games (Gaelic football, hurling, rounders and camogie) are the most popular, followed by association football (soccer), rugby union, cricket and boxing.
   
 
The Gaelic Athletic Association is the official sanctioning and overseeing body over the four Gaelic games throughout the Celtic Alliance.
 
The Gaelic Athletic Association is the official sanctioning and overseeing body over the four Gaelic games throughout the Celtic Alliance.
   
Within the portions of the country formerly part of the ''United Kingdom'' and ''France'', association football is by far the most popular sport, with many of the national side players coming from the portions of former England, Scotland, Wales and France controlled by the Celtic Alliance.
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Within the portions of the country formerly part of the United Kingdom, association football is by far the most popular sport, with many of the national side players coming from the portions of former England, Scotland, Wales and France controlled by the Celtic Alliance.
   
 
There is a three-tiered association football pyramid in the Celtic Alliance. The Celtic First Division and Second Division are the top two flights and include the following clubs:
 
There is a three-tiered association football pyramid in the Celtic Alliance. The Celtic First Division and Second Division are the top two flights and include the following clubs:
   
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*AS Cherbourg
 
*Bohemians
 
*Bohemians
 
*Bray Wanderers
 
*Bray Wanderers
*FC Brittany
 
 
*Celtic
 
*Celtic
 
*Cork City
 
*Cork City
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*Hibernian
 
*Hibernian
 
*Liverpool FC
 
*Liverpool FC
*New London FC
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*Marlborough FC
*Normandy FC
 
 
*Rangers
 
*Rangers
 
*St Patrick's Athletic
 
*St Patrick's Athletic
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*Stromness FC
 
*Stromness FC
 
*FC Wales
 
*FC Wales
There is discussion among some fans and officials of reviving some or all of the London-based pre-Doomsday football clubs. Aside from the issue of a lack of a population base to support all (or most) of them, Celtic football officials also have cited a desire for a "new" football club for residents of the rebuilt London to support.
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There is discussion among some fans and officials of reviving some or all of the London-based pre-Doomsday football clubs. Aside from the issue of a lack of a population base to support all (or most) of them, Celtic football officials also have cited a desire for a "new" football club for residents of communities with a London Refugee identity.
   
 
Other popular sports, as they were in the former UK, are rugby union and cricket.
 
Other popular sports, as they were in the former UK, are rugby union and cricket.
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==International Relations==
 
==International Relations==
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The Celtic Alliance is a member of the {{1983DD|League of Nations}} and the Atlantic Defense Community.
 
The Celtic Alliance is a member of the {{1983DD|League of Nations}} and the Atlantic Defense Community.
   
They have close relations with many [[Organisation of British Nations (1983: Doomsday)|OBN]] nations particularly Kingdoms of Northumbria and Cleveland as well as Southern England.
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They have close relations with several English, nations particularly the Kingdom of Northumbria (the former Northumberland and Cleveland) as well as Southern England. Historic tensions with [[Southern Scotland (1983: Doomsday)|southern Scotland]] have eased in recent years, while the replacement of the [[Organisation of British Nations (1983: Doomsday)|OBN]] with the Commonwealth of Great Britain has served to increase tensions between the CA and the small states of southeastern England.
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Between the 23rd April and the 8th May 2011, the Celtic Alliance, along with its ally the Duchy of Northumberland, was at war with southern Scotland (officially the Scottish Republic). During the [[Ur Alba War (1983: Doomsday)|Galloway War]] the Celtic Alliance lost 832 military personnel. When it became clear that the war could not be ended quickly, support for it collapsed, and CA forces withdrew while political leaders negotiated a settlement. Southern Scotland committed itself to disarming militia groups that had been harassing CA personnel in the region. CA observers remained in the country until free, fair and democratic elections were held in the area in October 2011.
Between the 23rd April and the 8th May 2011, the Celtic Alliance, along with the allied nations of Southern England and the Kingdoms of Cleveland and Northumbria were at war with the nation of Ur Alba.
 
   
During the [[Ur Alba War (1983: Doomsday)|The Ur Alba War]] the Celtic Alliance lost 832 military personnel. After the war, and the collapse of the nation of Ur Alba, the Celtic Alliance claimed lands conquered by Ur Alba in the past two years. The Celtic Alliance gets the entire Irish Sea coastline of the former nation of Ur Alba, from Glasgow to the border with the Kingdom of Northumbria and as far inland as the former A76 road.
 
 
As part of the peace deal the Celtic Alliance, along with the other allied nations helped set up a provisional government for the newly created nation of [[Scotland (1983: Doomsday)|Southern Scotland]]. The Celtic Alliance had four seats (of fourteen governmental seats) on the provisional government, they helped rule the area until free, fair and democratic elections were held in the area in October 2011.
 
 
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Currently the Celtic Alliance has borders with:
 
Currently the Celtic Alliance has borders with:
*[[Kingdom of Northumbria (1983: Doomsday)|Northumbria]] in a very small section near the Celtic town of Dumfries.
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*[[Southern Scotland (1983: Doomsday)|Southern Scotland]] (with Northern Scotland)
*There is a border with [[Duchy of Lancaster (1983: Doomsday)|Lancaster]].
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* [[Southern England (1983: Doomsday)|Southern England]] (with Wessex)
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*[[Duchy of Lancaster (1983: Doomsday)|Lancaster]] (''de jure'' border only along the Mersey with Cheshire; in fact the Mersey is still uninhabitable for most of its length.)
*It also has substantial border with [[Southern England (1983: Doomsday)|Southern England]] between CA controlled Dorset and Southern England controlled Hampshire.
 
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* {{DD|Brittany}} and [[La République Poitevine (1983: Doomsday)|République Poitevine]] (''de jure'' borders only with Cotentin; in fact the peninsula's marshes comprise a no-man's-land.)
*There are currently discussions about the border with [[Essex (1983: Doomsday)|Essex]]
 
*Trade links have been set up with [[Duchy of Orléans (1983: Doomsday)|Duchy of Orléans]] and [[La République Poitevine (1983: Doomsday)|La République Poitevine]] due to the closeness of the two nations in Northern France.
 
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

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Celtic Alliance
l'Alliance Celtique (French)
Comhaontas Ceilteach (Irish)
Caidreachas Ceilteach (Gaelic)
Cyngreiriaeth Geltaidd (Welsh)

Timeline: 1983: Doomsday

OTL equivalent: All Ireland, northern Scotland, western England, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands
Flag Coat of Arms
Flag Coat of Arms
Location of the Celtic Alliance
In Green: Territories under the control of the Celtic Alliance.
Motto
Céad Míle Fáilte! (Irish)
("A Hundred Thousand Welcomes!")
Capital
(and largest city)
Dublin
Other cities Aberystwyth, Armagh, Bangor, Cork, Cherbourg, Chester, Derry, Douglas, Dundalk, Dundee, Galway, Inverness, Limerick, Oban, Stornoway, Swindon, Wrexham
Language
  official
 
English
  others Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Manx, Lowland Scots, French
President Mary Robinson
Prime Minister Andrew Price
Area 267,000 km²
Population 5.5 million 
Independence 20th March 1986
Currency Cel

The Celtic Alliance is a confederation of twelve member nations: the Republic of Ireland, ten former parts of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, and the Cotentin on the coast of France. The Alliance was formed by surviving governments around the Irish Sea joining together after Doomsday to form a single political entity while preserving autonomy for themselves. Following the nuclear destruction, Eire was one of the most powerful and stable states in Western Europe. During the 1980s the republic formed increasingly close partnerships with surviving British fragments in order to govern and care for refugees and restore peace to Northern Ireland. These partnerships culminated in the Alliance, and over the next few decades the Alliance steadily expanded in size and took on more responsibilities.

The Celtic Alliance was founded on the ideals of social democracy, federalism, and human rights in the hope of creating a new moral political order to replace what had been destroyed. It adopted elements of pan-Celtism and Celtic revival as a way to promote unity among its members, even though starting in the 90s it admitted members from outside the traditional Celtic nations.

Today the Alliance is a significant regional power in Western Europe. Its constituent members, always called Nations, are considered to be sovereign states in their own right that have delegated certain areas of policy to the Alliance. Internationally, the CA most often speaks with a single voice and acts as one power. It has a single seat in the League of Nations and the Atlantic Defense Community. The separate Nations have limited power to engage in diplomacy on their own, for the most part restricted to relations with other states in the British Isles.

Member nations

Overview

The present Celtic Parliament in Dublin with 101 MPs.

Nation Flag Capital Counties / Burghs Seats in Parliament Date of membership
Eire
Republic of Ireland
Flag of Ireland
Dublin Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Carlow, Kildare, Meath, Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal; Fermanagh, most of Tyrone, parts of Armagh and Derry 32 1986
East Ulster Oirthear Uladh Ulster Banner Newry Down, Antrim; parts of Armagh, Derry and Tyrone 12 1986 (nominal), 1998 (effective government)
Alba ∙ Scotland
Northern Scotland
Flag of Scotland (traditional)
Dundee Highland, Grampian, Tayside, Fife, Central Scotland, Shetland, Orkney, parts of Strathclyde 15 1986
Western Isles
Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Outer Hebrides
Western Isles Council Flag
Stornoway Western Isles 3 1986
Isle of Man
Mannin, Mann
Flag of the Isle of Man
Douglas Mann 5 1993
Isles of Scilly
Syllan
DD1983 Scilly Civil
Hugh Town Scilly 1 1994
Cymru
Wales
Flag of Wales
Aberystwyth Anglesey, Caernarfon, Clwyd, Merioneth, Maldwyn, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan, Gwent 14 1995
Cheshire
Flag of Cheshire
Chester Western parts of Cheshire 3 1995
Hafren
Territory of the Severn, Western England
Flag of Mercia (2014)
Hereford Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire 5 1997
Channel Islands
Guernsey and Jersey
Guernési et Jèrri
Flag of the Channel Islands 1
Saint Helier and Saint Peter's Port Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Herm 4 2004
Cotentin
Cotentin-Manche-DD
Cherbourg Arrondissement of Cherbourg 3 2011
Wessex
FlagOfWessex
Swindon parts of Wiltshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, and Oxfordshire 4 2015

The following regions were formerly member nations but were later annexed to others.

Nation Flag Capital Counties / Burghs Date of membership Annexation
Orkney
Former Flag of Orkney
Kirkwall Greater Orkney (East and West Mainland, Ronaldsay, and Hoy), Lesser Orkney (Sanday, Stonsay, Westray, Eday, Rousay, and Shapinsay) 1987 to Scotland, 2001
Shetland
Flag of Shetland
Lerwick Shetland 1987 to Scotland, 1998
Wigtownshire
Wigtownshire
Stanraer Wigtownshire, far southern Ayrshire 1994 left Alliance, annexed to southern Scotland, 2000
Iarthar Uladh
West Ulster
DD1983 Ulster Civil
Derry Tyrone, Armagh, Fermanagh 1986 (nominal), 1998 (effective government) to Eire, 2015
The Kennet
New London, New Windsor
Marlborough parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire 2002 merged to form Wessex, 2015
The Cotswolds Cirencester parts of Gloucester and Oxfordshire 2006 merged to form Wessex, 2015

Descriptions

Founding members

Eire (Republic of Ireland). Ireland's population and economy dwarf the other CA members, and the Alliance itself is very often described as an Irish sphere of influence. Ireland's capital Dublin is also the capital of the Celtic Alliance as a whole, despite periodic discussions to move it. It serves as the economic metropolis for the entire British Isles and is home to many regional and international companies and institutions. The western half of the former Northern Ireland joined the republic in 2015.

East Ulster. Although Belfast (the capital of Ulster) was hit on DD the other towns and cities in Ulster came through Doomsday relatively unscathed. The damage that it suffered was self-inflicted in the ensuing years. Obtaining peace between the factions in Northern Ireland was the original raison d'etre of the Celtic Alliance, and for that reason both halves of Ulster were considered founding members even though they lacked any real government until 1998, when the border between them was drawn. East Ulster consists mostly of the counties of Derry, Down, and Antrim, though the border does not follow the county lines exactly. In 2015, West Ulster was annexed into the Republic of Ireland, while the East began talks to reinstate the British monarch as its head of state.

Alba (Northern Scotland). The north has made significant economic and demographic recoveries since the war, especially in its capital, Dundee. Since the end of the abortive Galloway War, relations with the south have improved, but the two Scotlands remain divided over the issue of Alliance membership and reunification is nowhere in sight.

The Western Isles (Outer Hebrides). The nation consists of the islands of Lewis (where the capital of Stonoway is located), Harris, North Uist, South Uist, Benbecula, Barra, Scalpay, Brenera, and Grimsay. They formed an autonomous emergency government in the period just after Doomsday and have remained separate from the rest of Scotland.

Other members

The Isle of Man. Occurring in 1993, Mann's admission represented an expansion of the Alliance to a third traditional Celtic Nation (after Ireland and Scotland) and helped reinforce the celtist identity of the organisation at a critical point. The Isle has striven to maintain political stability and its constitution is largely the same as it was as a Crown Dependency: it is in fact the only part of the British Isles to have consistently recognised the rule of the senior branch of the House of Windsor, still exiled in South Africa.

The Isles of Scilly. (St Mary's, Tresco, St Martins, St Agnes, Bryher and Samson) Joined in 1994, the first part of England to become an Alliance member, and representing the traditional Celtic Nation of Cornwall. Mainland Cornwall became part of Southern England, but the Isles' neglect by the mainland government led it to develop closer ties to Ireland and Wales.

Wales. The Celtic Alliance welcomed Wales as a member in 1995. At the time the country was still struggling to bring order to its territory affected by nuclear blasts at Belfast, Swansea and Liverpool. Clwyd and the Gower were largely under control by 1997, Glamorgan by 1999. Civil government was restored to the last portions of Gwent and Powys in 2002. The Welsh capital is Aberystwyth on the western coast.

Cheshire. Refugees from Liverpool led the creation of a new state in Chester in 1995 and almost immediately sought CA membership, following years of strengthening interactions with the Welsh, Irish, and Scots. High levels of population mobility means that a large number of people in the the shire have origins in and around Liverpool. This was the first expansion of the CA out of the traditional Celtic Nations and into mainland England. It sparked inconclusive talk about changing the alliance's name and identity.

Hafren (the Severn, Western England, Mercia). Formed from the former English counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire, later expanding into parts of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. The communities there had slowly organized a new state with strong Welsh support and became a member in 1997.

Wessex. This nation began as a pair of communities that, like Cheshire, have strong associations with survivors from urban areas. The famous settlement of the Kennet, or "New London", formed in the North Wessex Downs and became an Alliance member in 2002. The Cotswolds, inhabited by many survivors from Birmingham and Bristol, joined in 2006. The two small nations merged into one in 2015 and adopted the name and symbols of the traditional region of Wessex.

The Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey). The other British Crown Dependency was closely involved with the CA all through the 80s and 90s, but it took until 2004 for its slow-moving political system to come to a conclusion on membership. The Islands function as two distinct entities, Guernsey and Jersey; the joint institutions known as the United Bailiwicks date to 1994. In 2018 the islands became the first CA member to re-adopt the British monarchy.

The Cotentin. Personnel from Ireland, Wales, and, later, the Channel Islands occupied the area around Cherbourg from 1986 after major leaks occurred at an abandoned nuclear fuel site. The CA supervised the region's government for many years after that, and in 2011 the people of the peninsula finally agreed to become a member nation. As the only CA member to emerge in France rather than the British Isles, the Cotentin and its people can seem like outsiders. The nation is committed to holding a referendum on leaving the Alliance and joining France, at such time as a credible French state emerges.

Former members

Shetland and Orkney. This pair of island groups joined the CA very soon after its foundation. As Scotland grew in strength and capacity to maintain order and services, the people of the islands were persuaded to accept reannexation to the country. Key to the decision was the development of the Scottish offshore petroleum industry during the 90s. This is why Shetland agreed to annexation before Orkney despite being more distant from the mainland.

Wigtownshire. This lieutenancy area joined the Alliance in 1994 expecting to reunite with Scotland eventually. The Northern Ireland settlement four years later was wildly unpopular in Wigtownshire, which is close to Ulster and houses many refugees from there. It left the Alliance and joined the southern Scottish state, then in the process of consolidating.

West Ulster (Iarthar Uladh). When Northern Ireland was first partitioned, separate national governments were put in place for East and West. West Ulster, republican, Catholic, and always strongly in favor of unification with Eire, always had the character of an unsatisfactory compromise. It kept its independence for over a decade out of fear of disrupting the delicate status quo. But by the mid-2010s, the rest of the Alliance was willing to allow the province to determine its own future; it became part of the Republic in 2015.

The Kennet and the Cotswolds in southwestern England merged to form Wessex in 2015; see above.

History

See main article: History of the Celtic Alliance

Brief History

TThe roots of the Celtic Alliance date to the time immediately after the nuclear attacks of the Third World War. Britain's system of emergency governments began to fail, and Ireland often found itself having to pick up the pieces. With Belfast destroyed, the Northern Irish emergency government was almost totally relying on Eire within days, causing unrest that would reignite the Troubles in 1985. Ireland could not find a peaceful resolution on its own, so it sought help from emergency governments in Great Britain. Most of these had no help to send. The only ones able to enter a dialogue were the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, whose MP was successfully establishing a breakaway state; and a fragment of the national government in Taymouth, Tayside, which had effective control of the northern part of the Scottish mainland. All other pieces of Britain were either consumed with their own local problems or were collapsing entirely.

On March 20, 1986, the Irish-Scottish Alliance was formed from the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. It was one of the first formal agreements entered into by a British fragment, and there was no expectation that the other emergency sites would enter into it. It was a sign that the United Kingdom was truly gone. At first, the agreements were made on behalf of the entire British government and nation; later, these claims had to be modified as other British survivor nations remained isolated from each other and went each their own way.

This cooperative arrangement was extended to other small states in the 80s and 90s: Shetland, Orkney, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Isles of Scilly. In 1993, the alliance created a new permanent executive body, and its members decided to take advantage of their nations' status as traditionally Celtic nations and create a new identity to give them a common purpose; and thus the alliance became the Celtic Alliance.

The Alliance finally negotiated an end to the Troubles in 1998. While this was a fulfillment of its original mission, the solution involved a permanent partition of Northern Ireland into Catholic and Protestant halves, essentially giving the stamp of approval to ethnic cleansing that had been committed during the conflict. This badly damaged the CA's relations with other survivors in Great Britain, especially Southern Scotland but also the nations of southern and southeastern England. Nevertheless, some communities in England continued to aspire to join the alliance, and new members continued to be admitted.

Beginning in 1990 the CA made formal diplomatic contact with the rest of the world. After exchanging envoys with the Portuguese rump government it would go on to make contact with Australia and negotiate the return of some of the United Kingdom's ships that had evacuated there in the 80s. Further engagement with the nations of western Europe led the CA to fight two wars in the Mediterranean and help found the Atlantic Defense Community in 2007.

In 2008 the Celtic Alliance adopted an idealistic new constitution as a sign that it was overcoming the difficulties of the past and hoped to be the region's leader in liberal democracy and human rights. After a brief war in Scotland in 2010, relations with the southern state improved steadily. New arrangements were also made for the status of Northern Ireland; by the end of the 2010s, western Ulster was united with Eire, while the east was on the path to restoring the Crown.

By this time, the CA was the clear military, political, and diplomatic power in the British Isles. Dublin had replaced London as the metropolis of the archipelago. Ships from all over the world came to its ports as global trade slowly revived. Though still battered by nuclear war and social collapse, the Alliance seemed to have found a prominent place for itself in the postwar world.

Medicine Impact

Long held as centre for medical excellence the Alliance is once again at the forefront of medical advances in treating radiation sickness and other ailments brought on by the aftermath of Doomsday. The Alliance is formally asked by the LofN's to house the Medical wing of the LofN's. this is opened by the Secretary General in November 2008. The positioning of the medical wing is also based on the Alliances proximity to mainland Europe and also its distance from the Sicilian Republic.

The LoN Mediwing is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the LoN's system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical and practical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

In the 21st century, health is a shared responsibility, involving equitable access to essential care and collective defence against transnational threats.

The Constitution and Political Framework

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President Mary Robinson signing the new constitution

The 2009 Constitution is the principle document up on which all future law and principles of democratic government are to be based on. the document takes its foundation from the great political documents of human history especially, the United Nations Charter, Irish Constitution, Magna Carta 1215 and the Declaration of Arbroath of 1314. The Alliances democracy is founded on eight pillars, independent judiciary, personal freedom, dignity, self determination, the rule of law, the right of association, freely elected government and universal suffrage.

Preamble to the Constitution: Let it be known, that if our government should give up what we have begun, and agree to make us or our Alliance subject to any other, we should exert ourselves at once to drive out our government as our enemy and a subverter of their own rights and ours, and make another government who was well able to defend us and our constitution; for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under the rule of tyranny. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we lay down this constitution, but for freedom -- for that alone, which no honest person gives up but with life itself.

Main article: Constitution of the Celtic Alliance
Main article: Government of the Celtic Alliance
Main article: Political Parties of the Celtic Alliance

After Doomsday, the party political structure changed completely with the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) merging to form a northern block called the Dalriadic Party (From Kingdom of Dalriada, former Celtic kingdom crossing northern Ireland, Donegal and western Scotland circa 8th Century) to ensure adequate representation for Donegal, the Ulster counties and Scottish Islands. In recent years emerging political alliances have emerged between pro-devolution supporters bringing about the Celtic Democratic Bloc

Culture

See also: Celtic Church
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Armagh Cathedral

From the moment that the alliance identified itself as "Celtic" in the early 90s, it has sought to promote unity among its member nations in the cultural sphere. This has included some pan-celtist elements, most notably the official symbols of the alliance; but more often it consists in celebrating and upholding local traditions and promoting a spirit of unity in diversity. The high mobility and social trauma of the war years has made such traditions more precarious and important than ever. Several pre-existing Celtic organisations such as the Celtic League and the Celtic Congress have been incorporated into the set of bodies officially connected to the Alliance. The CA sponsors a number of festivals, games and symposia to pursue its cultural mission. Entities that are not Alliance members, namely Brittany and Cornwall, have long participated in the activities of its cultural agencies.

The Celtic Alliance also promotes increased use of the endangered Celtic languages. With the destruction of several urban centers and the use of the languages in isolated areas, the proportion of Gaelic and Celtic speakers to the general population has increased. This combined with increased education means that these languages are increasing in both speakers and importance. Nevertheless, English is still the most widely used and understood language and the working language of the Alliance and most of its official bodies.

The Alliance added its first English member, Cheshire, already in 1995, the same year that it admitted Wales. This has meant that its cultural project had to be broad enough to include distinctive elements of local English cultures. This includes not only traditional rural folk cultures, but also memories of the vibrant urban cultures that were lost but persist among communities of survivors who make up large portions of the population: Liverpudlians in Cheshire, Londoners and Brummies in Wessex. The Channel Islands have their own distinct culture, a mix of French and English, while one member nation, the Cotentin in Normandy, was formerly part of France. These two nations remain culturally rather isolated from the rest of the country.

Although people often speak of the Celtic Alliance as a single entity in military and diplomatic contexts, and despite the efforts at creating a common identity, the CA does not comprise an identity nor a nationality for its people. People from Ireland identity as Irish, not Celtic, and the same could be said for the other nationalities. Still, the nations of the CA maintain a friendly bond between each other which has only strengthened since doomsday.

National Anthem

In order to return the nation to a normal footing the government agrees to a request for song contest based on the former Eurovision model. The aim of the contest is to restore the tradition of singing and oral history as well as giving the emerging nation some light relief. In addition the contest will pick three anthems National Anthem of the Celtic Alliance, Official Anthem of Parliament and the Official Presidential Anthem.

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You'll Never Walk Alone-BARBRA STREISAND

You will never walk alone anthem of the Celtic Alliance

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Barbara Dickson - Caravans

2nd Place in anthem contest

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Enya - May It Be (Live at Academy Awards 2002)

3rd Place and Winner of the Presidential Anthem

There was a surprise National Anthem entrant – Barbra Streisand! Former American citizen who was on holiday in Ireland during Doomsday comes forward with surprise entry of the Carousel musical hit of the 1960’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Mass demonstrations in support across the Alliance after a deeply moving and personal stage performance paying tribute to all of the fallen especially those she left behind in the former U.S.A. All other entries have withdrawn from the competition and throw their weight behind Streisand.

In a statement the president said after the show:

'I am moved beyond comprehension, each emotion we have collectively held since 1983 has poured forth like a torrent since hearing Barbra. I am in no doubt that the people have their new National Bard as well as a new anthem. The music speaks for itself’

Speaking after the show, Ms Streisand has said:

' All I could do since 1984 was cry, today I stopped crying. It was all so emotional I only hope that people liked the song and what it means for the Alliance which has done so much for me since 1983. This is for them'

Contestants of the National Anthem Symposium Alliance Theatre Dublin 26th June 2009:

In running order –

Runrig – Protect and Survive

Blue Nile - Tinseltown in The Rain

The Shop Assistants - Safety Net

Barbara Dickson - Caravan

Sweet Savage - Straight Through The Heart

Christy Moore – Ordinary man

Kate Bush - The Dreaming

Enya – May it Be

U2 – Under a Blood Red Sky

Sheena Easton – The Arms of Orion

Barbra Streisand – You’ll Never Walk Alone

Top Three:

Winner By Acclaim Barbra Streisand – You’ll Never Walk Alone - National Anthem of the Celtic Alliance

2nd Barbara Dickson – Caravan - Winner of the Freedom Award - Official Anthem of Parliament

3rd Enya – May it Be - Winner of the Presidential Anthem Award - Official Presidential Anthem

Economy

Celtic euro

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The economy of the Celtic Alliance is one of the largest in the western Europe. It relies on three key sectors: mining of zinc, other minerals, and natural gas; manufacture of pharmaceuticals and other medical goods; and agriculture. The CA exports medical goods and food to many parts of Europe.

Heavy manufacturing is a small but growing sector of the economy. Notable industries include aviation materials, military technology, and automobiles. In Ellesmere Port, a a Vauxhall plant employs 1500. The revived Austin Rover Group has factories in Exeter and Owsestry. And on the Irish side, Celtic Motors makes Fiat, Opel and Volkswagen cars under license for the Irish market.

Military

See main article: Military of the Celtic Alliance

Sports

Within the Republic of Ireland, Gaelic games (Gaelic football, hurling, rounders and camogie) are the most popular, followed by association football (soccer), rugby union, cricket and boxing.

The Gaelic Athletic Association is the official sanctioning and overseeing body over the four Gaelic games throughout the Celtic Alliance.

Within the portions of the country formerly part of the United Kingdom, association football is by far the most popular sport, with many of the national side players coming from the portions of former England, Scotland, Wales and France controlled by the Celtic Alliance.

There is a three-tiered association football pyramid in the Celtic Alliance. The Celtic First Division and Second Division are the top two flights and include the following clubs:

  • AS Cherbourg
  • Bohemians
  • Bray Wanderers
  • Celtic
  • Cork City
  • Derry City
  • Drogheda United
  • Dundalk
  • Galway United
  • Heart of Midlothian
  • Hibernian
  • Liverpool FC
  • Marlborough FC
  • Rangers
  • St Patrick's Athletic
  • St Johnstone's
  • Shamrock Rovers
  • Sligo
  • Stromness FC
  • FC Wales

There is discussion among some fans and officials of reviving some or all of the London-based pre-Doomsday football clubs. Aside from the issue of a lack of a population base to support all (or most) of them, Celtic football officials also have cited a desire for a "new" football club for residents of communities with a London Refugee identity.

Other popular sports, as they were in the former UK, are rugby union and cricket.

Rugby league had disappeared post-Doomsday, but there is a small national federation attempting to spark interest in that sport once more. Gaelic games have virtually no following outside former Ireland, although the GAA continues to attempt to establish them among the youth.

Golf has made a comeback of sorts in recent years, particularly as the famous St Andrews Golf Course was salvaged and restored in 2008.

International Relations

The Celtic Alliance is a member of the League of Nations and the Atlantic Defense Community.

They have close relations with several English, nations particularly the Kingdom of Northumbria (the former Northumberland and Cleveland) as well as Southern England. Historic tensions with southern Scotland have eased in recent years, while the replacement of the OBN with the Commonwealth of Great Britain has served to increase tensions between the CA and the small states of southeastern England.


Between the 23rd April and the 8th May 2011, the Celtic Alliance, along with its ally the Duchy of Northumberland, was at war with southern Scotland (officially the Scottish Republic). During the Galloway War the Celtic Alliance lost 832 military personnel. When it became clear that the war could not be ended quickly, support for it collapsed, and CA forces withdrew while political leaders negotiated a settlement. Southern Scotland committed itself to disarming militia groups that had been harassing CA personnel in the region. CA observers remained in the country until free, fair and democratic elections were held in the area in October 2011.


Currently the Celtic Alliance has borders with:

See also