Britannian Empire

= Britannian Empire =

Matters of Contention: Pick one to be the first Prime Minister. Is Napoleon or Jeanne d’Arc in Northern France? (Pick one for North, one for South).

England is a black, smoggy industrial place. That's what makes it unique. It's like Dark Souls or Lord of the Rings. Possibly Game of Thrones thrown in there. They annexed France so Paris is theirs, a beautiful city with smoke rising and ash in the air.

The Brits use Golems and technological constructs (eg the ones in Nerd Poker). They also collect monsters and different races to experiment on them and make variants to fight for them.

Political System
This could actually be really cool, players could influence foreign policy by getting involved in the internal Politicking of the country. Have democracy be very limited, only the aristocracy get votes (the wealthy and powerful women have puppet aristocrat men, so basically vote through them). Players can advocate for a certain politician’s position by promoting one Prime Minister over another, the Queen’s tacit endorsement comes with great benefit. An election will come sometime in the next year and a half. French nobles also get a vote, players can do internal politicking in their time in Northern France.

Rulers and Pretenders
Rulers: Victoria is the Queen but she’s old and frail with two lines of successors (Richard Lionheart in France, Prince John in England), Churchill is Prime Minister. Pretenders: Napoleon (Napoleon wants to recreate what Charlemagne had and is in conflict with Jeanne, this is ironic) or Jeanne d’Arc. The true ruler is Smaug.

William Ewart Gladstone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone#Second_premiership_(1880–1885) Anti-Scramble for Africa, but wants war with Romanus-Aegypti (look at foreign policy second premiership). Also anti-alliance with Ottomans (probably wanting a war ‘to stop their persecution’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger Look into this guy, heavily involved in the Napoleonic wars. Could also look into Nelson. Pitt wants to rein in the East India Company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walpole Wants to free Austria (maybe Germany as a whole?). Anti-Spain due to the Austrian War??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peel A proponent of free trade. PROBABLY DON’T USE. NO FOREIGN POLICY. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey Look into this guy (haven’t looked yet) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli Look into this guy (Haven’t looked yet but probably use). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury Look into him (already looked but look again)

Main settlements
Cities: Britain has London, York, Manchester, Edinburgh (the old town under Edinburgh, like the author of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde), (Cardiff and Dublin). Northern France has Paris, Strasbourg. AXE MANCHESTER???

Demographics and Borders
Races: England and Wales have Halflings. Irish are Firbolg (Volo) and Scots are Giants/Goliaths (Volo). Brittany has Halflings. Spriggans in Cornwall.

Welsh Dragonborn (furnaces) and Scots are the engineers?