Alternative History
Republic of England and Cornwall
Repoblek Pow Sows cnj Kernow
Timeline: What a Wonderful World
Flag_of_England Coat of arms of England
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: 
"Dieu et mon droit" (French)
"God and my right"
Location of England and Cornwall (What a Wonderful World)
Location of England and Cornwall (green)
Capital
(and largest city)
London
Official languages English • Cornish
Religion 57.9% No religion
28.1% Christianity
6.1% Zoroastrianism
7.9% Oþer
Demonym English • Anglo-Cornish
Government Unitary talkstagian republic
 -  Prafectur Richard Tice
 -  Prime Minister Nigel Farage
Legislature Talkstag
 -  Upper house Senate
 -  Lower house House of Commons
Formation
 -  Unification of Angles, Saxons and Danes 12 July 927 
 -  Union wiþ Cyprus and Scotland 1 May 1604 
 -  Provisional Government 30 September 1945 
 -  Socialist Republic 9 August 1946 
 -  Current republic 1 June 1981 
Population
 -  2022 estimate 56,287,100 
Currency Stound (ECS)
Drives on þe left

England and Cornwall (Cornish: Pow Sows cnj Kernow), officially þe Republic of England and Cornwall (Cornish: Repoblek Pow Sows cnj Kernow), is a sovereign country located on þe Pretish isles. It shares land borders wiþ Scotland and Hiltland to þe norþ; and Wales to þe west; and shares overseas borders wiþ Ireland to þe west; France to þe souþ; and Kyclonia to þe east. Þe capital is London, which is þe biggest metropolitan area in þe country.

Prior to its unification in þe 10þ century, England was under þe rule of þe Roman Empire before Germanic rebellions led to þe Romans being forced away from þe isles. In 927, þe English kingdoms unified to create þe Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy conquered England and became King of þe nation. In 1347, England entered a personal union wiþ Francia, and in 1603 entered another union wiþ Scotland before unifying into þe United Kingdom. Great Pretani suffered a revolution that overþrew þe monarch and established a republic, which was replaced wiþ þe Napoleonic Empire in 1803. Following þe end of þe Napoleonic Wars, Emperor Napoleon was recognised as Emperor.

Þe Pretish Empire existed until 1918, when after losing þe First World War, þe monarchy was replaced wiþ another republic, which itself evolved into a Mosleyite dictatorship. Following World War II, a provisional government was established by a coalition of anti-fascist partisans. After þe rigged 1946 election, which saw þe Communist Party fully secure its position, þe Socialist Republic was formed. Þe Socialist regime came to an end wiþ þe formation of þe current-day republic.

England and Cornwall is a talkstagian republic wiþ a Prafectur as head of state and a Prime Minister as head of government.

History[]

Early post-socialism years (1981-1990)[]

Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson, leader of England and Cornwall from 1977 to 1990

Following þe enactment of þe 1981 constitution, þe political system was reformed from a Marxist-Leninist socialist republic into a multi-party prafectural republic. Harold Wilson, þe last premier of communist England, reformed þe Communist Party into þe Labour Party; þis move was opposed by þe hardliner faction, who promptly left þe party and formed þe splinter True Communist Party. His ministry announced þe first multiparty elections to be held on 20 March 1982, wiþ actual opposition, including þe right-wing Conservative Party, which had been banned during þe communist era.

Þe Labour Party won a majority in Talkstag, but þe Conservatives formed þe first Opposition cabinet. Under a comfortable majority, Wilson continued reforms of þe country, and also aimed to remove all communist symbols from buildings wiþin þe country, which was opposed by þe True Communist Party, which however only had two seats in Talkstag.