Inglo-Scotia
| United Empire of Inglo-Scotia | |||||
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| Motto: Dieu et mon droit | |||||
| Anthem: Hail the Empire | |||||
| Geography | |||||
| [[image:{{{map}}}|225px|Location of Inglo-Scotia]] | |||||
| Area | 230,977km2 | ||||
| Water (%) | 1.32 | ||||
| Highest point | Ben Nevis | ||||
| Longest river | River Sabrina | ||||
| Demographics | |||||
| Population | 62,008,048 | ||||
| • Density | 254.7/km2 | ||||
| • Growth | 5%/year | ||||
| Median age | 40 years | ||||
| Demonym | {{{demonym}}} | ||||
| History | |||||
| United Empire of Inglo-Scotia proclaimed | 15 January 1606 | ||||
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21 March 1607 | ||||
| Revolution of the House of Richmond | 22 July 1688 | ||||
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4 September 1688 | ||||
| Government | |||||
| Capital | Beaconsfield | ||||
| Official language | Inglish | ||||
| Type | Constitutional monarchy answerable to the Parliament of the United Empire | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament of the United Empire | ||||
| Emperor | Andrew III | ||||
| Prime Minister | Stephen Crofts (Social Commonwealth Party)
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| Constitute Nations | Ingland, Scotia | ||||
| Economy | |||||
| Currency | Pound Sterling (£) (ISP) | ||||
| GDP | £9.12 trillion | ||||
| • Per capita | £29,041 | ||||
| • Growth | 10.40%/year | ||||
| Sectors |
5% Agriculture | ||||
| Unemployment | 4% | ||||
| Gini | 45 | ||||
| Development | |||||
| Life expectancy | 80 years | ||||
| Improved water access | 100% | ||||
| Literacy | 99% | ||||
| Enrollment | 99% | ||||
| • Primary | 99.59% | ||||
| • Secondary | 93.23% | ||||
| • Tertiary | 60% | ||||
| Standards | |||||
| Measures | Metric | ||||
| Date format | Day-Month-Year | ||||
| Traffic | Left-hand | ||||
| Codes | |||||
| ISO code | IS | ||||
| Internet TLD | .is | ||||
| Calling code | +1 | ||||
General
The United Empire of Inglo-Scotia (IPA: [ɪŋgloʊ skoʊʃə]) is an island nation. It lies off of the Pelagean subcontinent.
Etymology
When King Tobias I/IV announced his desire that the kingdoms of Ingland and Scotia merge into a unified state with himself as Emperor Tobias I he declared that the new state would be called the "United Empire of Inglo-Scotia." The term "Inglo-Scotian" was first used to describe the 25 year Inglo-Scotian War between 1275-1300. The term was made official in the Act of Union of 1607 which was passed by both the Parliaments of Ingland and Scotia in March of 1607.
The nation is commonly referred to as "Inglo-Scotia" or "the United Empire," though it's not to be confused with the United Empire of Novmir.
Government, Politics, and Foreign Relations
The country is an constitutional monarchy, currently under the reign of Emperor Andrew III following the assassination of his father Emperor George VII and older brother Imperial Prince William Richmond at the hands of Syndicalist terrorists. Andrew III is a cousin of Empeurer Nelvil II of Myroria.
The Imperial Crown is answerable to the Parliament of the United Empire, made up of two houses. The upper house, the House of Lords, is made up of representatives from the United Empire's noble families. Seats are de jure appointed by the Imperial Crown but are are de facto inherited. The lower house, the House of Commons, is made up of representatives from each electoral district throughout the United Empire. Representatives to the Commons are chosen in a first past the post style election. The government is formed from members of the House of Commons. The Traditionally the Imperial Crown will ask the leader of the party that has won the majority of seats in an election to assume the role of Prime Minister as head of the government and to appoint a cabinet. If no majority is achieved in an election the Imperial Crown may decide to entrust government to the largest minority party or urge two or more parties to agree to a coalition government. All legislation must pass through the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The Imperial Crown had de jure veto power over any piece of legislation passed by Parliament. Parliament may sit for up to five years before the Imperial Crown has to dissolve it and call another election. Parliament may be dissolved and an election called earlier if a minority government receives a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons. When this happens the Imperial Crown will dissolve Parliament and call an election.
There are four political parties with representation in the House of Commons. The Tory Party is traditionally a right-of-centre party that has the nobility and upper middle class as its base of support. Reformers within the Tory Party have advocated an alliance with emerging big business interests, but the older mentality of "gentlemanly politics" within the Party seems to have won out. The Tory Party sums up their program as "Crown, Church, Country." The Tories are associated with the colour blue.
The Whig Party is traditionally a centrist to left-of-centre party. The Whigs and Tories have existed as rivals for most of the country's political history. The Whigs draw on the middle and lower classes for support, as well as societal reformers. They claim to champion the rights of under-represented. The Whigs are associated with the colour orange.
The Syndicalist Party is a Marxist party dedicated to, at the very least, state ownership of the major industries, those being banking, railways, mining, and manufacturing. More extreme elements call for complete state ownership of all industry and business. The moderate wing calls for the elimination of the House of Lords. The radical wing calls for the elimination of the House of Lords, the monarchy, and titles of nobility. The radical wing is associated with republicanism under the control of what it calls "the people's dictatorship." The Syndicalists draw their support from the working industrial and agricultural classes, though its support is much stronger in among industrial workers then agricultural workers. Intellectual Marxists also form a solid base of support for the Syndicalist Party. The Syndicalists are associated with the colour red.
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The Social Commonwealth Party is a right wing nationalist party dedicated to opposing Syndicalism, radical organized labour, and what it deems "other coercive elements in our society." The Syndicalists were formed among veterans of Imperial campaigns the world over in response to the growing Syndicalist-endorsed miners' strike. The Social Commonwealth Party grew, drawing in disenfranchised youth and young reformers who saw a need for drastic changes in society. The Whig government was hesitant to authorize the use of force on its own citizens during the miners' strike. The Social Commonwealth Party formed a paramilitary wing, the Guardians, and offered them to mine owners as muscle to be used against the strikers. The growing big business interests in the United Empire were looking to establish a working relationship with a political party. After being rebuked by the aristocratically minded Tories they found natural allies in the Social Commonwealth movement. The country saw the Whigs as ineffectual in dealing with the strike and saw the Social Commonwealth Party as the only party willing to take action to restore order. In the elections following the strike the Social Commonwealth Party emerged with 70% of the seats in the House of Commons. Their leader, Stephen Crofts, is now Prime Minister.
The United Empire of Inglo-Scotia maintains close relations with the Confederate States of Sovereign Dixie, Myroria, and Eluvatar. The United Empire is also semi-sovereign over four Dominions carved out of its colonial Empire. These nations, more or less, are free to pursue their own domestic and foreign policies, though they recognize the Imperial Crown as sovereign. The Parliament of the United Empire has de jure veto power over the individual Parliaments of the Dominions. The Dominions are Canada, Alexandria, Baharia, and Drakeland. The Imperial Armed Forces serve as the military arm of the United Empire. The Imperial Crown serves as Commander-in-Chief, currently Emperor Andrew III. Below him is the Imperial General Staff, currently run by Field Marshall Adam Theriot.
Religion
The Inglo-Scotian Communion Church, a branch of Christianity, is the official religion of the United Empire. It was established in 1606 when Emperor Tobias I broke with the Myrorian Catholic Church over what he perceived to be a lack of morality taking hold in the Myrorian Catholic Church. The Imperial Crown is the head of the Communion Church, currently Emperor Andrew III. Religious freedom is allowed within the United Empire. Myrorian Catholics make up the largest non-Communion group, with assorted Christians making up the third. Jews make up 1% of the population.
History
The Inglish peoples were first discovered by the Pelagian Empire who attempted to invade the island in 55 BC. The Pelagians were met with heavy resistance from the Inglish, who banded together under the banner of Chief Brutus of Totnes of the House of Troy. Pelagian excursions brought them into contact with the Scotian peoples, who they appealed to for help against Brutus, but were met with indifference. In 54 BC the Pelagians were defeated by Brutus at the Battle of Catuvellauni and expelled from Ingland. Brutus was elevated to the title of High Chief of Ingland, and later King Brutus I of Ingland on his death bead.
The Scotians were slower to unify, lacking any real outside threat to galvanize the various Scotian tribes into uniting under a single banner. The new Inglish kingdom to the south made some advances into the realms of the Scotian minor kingdoms and tribes, but didn't attempt any real military effort to capture significant amounts of territory as Brutus I's descendents were trying to consolidate their power among the Inglish tribes. King Erwin X of Umbria of the House of Bruce unified the Scotian tribes in the year 4 BC after a series of successful military campaigns. He would go onto be crowned King Erwin I of Scotia.
Myrorian Catholicism came to both the Inglish and the Scotians in the year 492. King David I of Scotia became the first monarch in the Inglish Islands to convert. The Pope awarded Scotia the banner of St. Andrew's Cross. The Scotian capital of Umbria was renamed Davidston in his honour. Three years later King Brutus VI of Ingland similarly converted after a Myrorian Catholic monk saved his son from what was believed to be a fatal wound to his chest inflicted in a drunken dual. The Pope once again awarded the banner of a Saint to a newly converted monarch, Ingland receiving the banner of St. George's Cross. Brutus VI's son Alfred took the name George in honour of his country's new patron saint when he took the throne in 521 as King George I of Ingland.
In 1275 King George III of Ingland marched on Scotia, hoping to take advantage of the recent death of King Constantine II of Scotia. Constantine II's son Robert had assumed the Scotian throne at the age of 12 as King Robert V of Scotia, leaving Scotia in the hands of his uncle the Duke of Molendinar. The Duke was seen as weak by George III in Ingland. The Inglo-Scotian War lasted for 25 years, ending at the Battle of Archer's Bridge in which the Inglish Army under the command of King Henry I of Ingland was defeated by the army of King Robert V of Scotia's army in a battle that lasted three days. The battle left the Inglish army to devastated to continue its campaign in Ingland and the Scotian army to devastated to pursue them back into Ingland.
Years later Robert V's second eldest son Tobias would marry the eldest daughter of Henry I, Elizabeth, as a symbol of peace. This marriage would intertwine the Royal House of Troy in Ingland and the Royal House of Bruce in Scotia.
The United Empire of Inglo-Scotia was fist conceived in 1603 when King Henry VI of Ingland died without an heir, ending centuries of rule in Ingland under the House of Troy. The next in line to the Inglish throne was King Tobias IV of Scotia. He was crowned King Tobias I of Ingland. In early 1606 he expressed his desire for the nations of Ingland and Scotia to formally merge. The Inglish and Scotian Parliaments met to draft an Act of Union. By early 1607 the two Parliaments had agreed to a draft. By March of 1607 the Act of Union had passed both Parliaments. The representatives in the Commons and Lords from Scotia's Parliament in Davidston merged with the Inglish Parliament in Beaconsfield. King Tobias I/IV was crowned Emperor Tobias I of Inglo-Scotia.
In 1610 Emperor Tobias I broke with the Myrorian Catholic Church, establishing himself as the head of the Inglo-Scotian Communion Church. He was canonized by the Church upon his death as St. Tobias.
In 1688 Emperor Peter II converted to Myrorian Catholicism. This caused a crisis within Parliament and the Communion Church. William Richmond, Duke of Norfolk, was asked by Parliament and the Church to dispose Peter II, as he was married to Peter II's eldest child, Princess Anne. Both were committed members of the Communion Church. William Richmond agreed and in July of 1688 he moved on Beaconsfield with an army raised by Parliament. Peter II's own troops abandoned him and he fled to Myroria. The revolution was, more or less, bloodless. Parliament declared that Peter II had abdicated. William Richmond was crowned Emperor William I. In September of that year the Imperial Bill of Rights was passed by Parliament and signed by Emperor William I, as was the condition of him taking the throne. The Richmond dynasty remains in place to this day.
In 1776 the American colonies rebelled. Emperor Edward II insisted that they must be brought to heel. The Americans pulled off a surprising victory and establish themselves as the Democratic States of America.
In 1861 rouge southern states within the DSA seceded and form the Confederate States of Sovereign Dixie. The CSSD asked for Inglo-Scotian recognition. Inglo-Scotia could see the benefits to an alliance, but the question of slavery made the United Empire hesitant to commit. In 1862 the United Empire arranged for a diplomat representing Empress Alexandria to meet with Confederate diplomats in the Inglo-Scotian colony of Lucaya. Two Confederate diplomats boarded the civilian Inglo-Scotian passenger ship, the Jaguar, at Tampa, Florida. A DSA naval ship boarded the civilian liner and arrested the two Confederate diplomats. The United Empire declared that the DSA had breached international law by boarding a civilian liner and declared war. Empress Alexandria personally read the confirmation of Inglo-Scotian recognition of the CSSD's independence in the House of Lords. UE troops entered Maine and Montana from Canada while the Imperial Navy broke the DSA's naval blockade of the Confederacy. CSSD forces pushed into Ohio, cutting the DSA in two. The DSA wass forced to recognize the CSSD's independence. In 1894 the UE pressured the CSSD to abolish slavery.
