United Kingdom (TiB)

The **United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland**, commonly referred to as the UK, was a sovereign state in Europe from 1922 until its dissolution in 2026.

### Brexit Period

Many believed that the catalyst of the collapse of the UK started when they decided to leave the European Union in 2016. The chaos of the political situation that was brought onto the UK resulted in a string of resignations - David Cameron immediately after the referendum; Theresa May in 2018 and while not directly caused by Brexit, the tanking of the British economy under Boris Johnson, coupled with a multitude of scandals and the generally poor handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic resulted in his resignation in 2022.

Liz Truss would succeed Boris Johnson, though her policies would turn out to be disastrous, further tanking the economy and causing an economic crisis that resulted in her resigning just 50 days later. During Truss' short Premiership however, she did witness the death of the long-time monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

### Two Elections in One Year

After Truss' resignation, Boris Johnson returns to the Premiership, however by this stage, almost everyone had lost trust in the Conservatives, and Boris Johnson bravely called a general election on January 5th, 2023, resulting in a near-complete Tory wipeout. During Johnson's second Premiership however, an explosion at the Zaporizhzhia Power Plant resulted in a nuclear meltdown, sparking the New Depression, and as a direct consequence, the British economy collapsed.

Keir Starmer's Premiership, despite his promises to once again bring Britain back to the global economic stage, was unable to sort out the economy, and after Iran collapsed into a civil war in 2023, oil and gas prices skyrocketed to the point that it became impossible for many Britons to afford much of anything. Starmer resigned in December of that year, after the Pound-Dollar Exchange Rate fell to below 1.0 for the first time ever. With the General Election held on December 23rd, Dominic Raab's Conservatives failed to secure a majority of seats, as they wound up being forced to launch an uneasy coalition with Ed Davey's Liberal Democrats and Richard Tice's Reform UK.

### The Raab Ministry

Raab would establish his own "Mega-budget", in an attempt to safeguard the people of Britain, while negotiating for oil and gas reserves from the Americans and the Norwegians. However, in the climate of the New Depression, along with the unstable British political scene, the British Pound entered into a state of hyperinflation in early 2024, resulting in widespread looting and the mass printing of currency by the Bank of England despite warnings from former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. A heatwave would devastate British crops, causing over 10000 people to die from heatstrokes.

By Late 2024, all remaining trade deals with other countries have fallen apart, resulting in all remaining amenities becoming unaffordable for anyone, even for government officials. On January 10th, 2025, a full-on nationwide strike was called, paralyzing the already weak NHS, which wound up collapsing entirely as all doctors and nurses went on a permanent strike over terrible pay. Raab, seeing how desperate things are, suddenly authorized the U.S. Dollar as a valid currency in the UK. American President Mike Pence later confirmed the statement, however warned Raab to not abandon the Pound Sterling to prevent the U.S. Dollar from collapsing in value either. 2025 would see the United Kingdom further sinking into anarchy, as nearly all imports were cut off after dock workers also went on strike, leading to mass riots in the port cities as hungry citizens stormed into port cities like Felixstowe and Southampton. Yet, despite all of that, Raab refused any sort of foreign aid, calling it "unnecessary and useless as Britain is safe from any danger".

### Collapse

By the start of 2026, UK is on the brink of total collapse; the unemployment rate has risen to over 50%; the Pound Sterling had became effectively worthless; almost all food was in critically low supply or had ran out completely; and last but not least, Scotland under Nicola Sturgeon had announced that a secession election will be held regardless of objections from Westminster. Before that could happen though, King Charles III would die on February 13th at the age of 78, effectively ruining the last bits of unity Britain had. The independence referendum was held on April 10th with an overwhelming 82% agreeing on independence. Sturgeon later declared Scotland independent on May 1st, prompting a war between the remnants of the UK and Scotland. Wales would secede later on May 8th. The issue of Scotland and Wales became the tipping point of Euro-American relations, resulting in the Euro-American Split later in 2026.

The war between Scotland and the UK became a bloody struggle between the two, which resulted in widespread protests and riots, many demanding an end to the war. Raab would refuse however, and on June 30th, Raab would be shot by disgruntled members of a gang and wound up dying. Michael Gove later took over the government in a last-ditch attempt to salvage the UK, but it was too late - many Labour MPs and most non pro-Raab MPs and politicians have all left London, and soon after, on July 2nd, Yorkshire declared itself independent from the UK. Lancashire would be next, with Angela Rayner and her allies seceding on July 17th, taking away Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cumbria with them. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Bristol would be next, seceding on July 20th from a bloody revolution known as the Railway Valkyrie. Rishi Sunak's Hampshire, along with Wiltshire, declared itself independent on August 8th, later followed by Prince Andrew declaring Norfolk and Suffolk independent as the Kingdom of Anglia on that same day. Jeremy Corbyn seceding with his Democratic Republic of Birmingham on August 15th.

With the nation rapidly falling apart, Tony Radakin attempted to launch a military coup against Gove on August 25th, which while failed, it brought the UK to the end of the noose. London itself would breakaway from a popular revolution led by Sadiq Khan on September 5th, having done so a week before the Federation of the Severn also broke off from the UK. Tyne was next on September 30th as a military junta under Ben Wallace, and as a knockout blow, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man seceded together, the former becoming the Irish Republic, while the latter joined the Republic of Ireland. Seeing the imminent demise of the United Kingdom, Jeremy Hunt, along with most southerner MPs, declared the two Sussexes, Kent and Surrey independent as the United States of South England, or USSE for short. On December 20th, the Leicester Accords was signed by Gove and King William V, confirming the split between the monarchy and the parliament on December 26th. Gove fled the nation on December 24th, and as the Republic of England, now under Ed Davey finally broke off from the UK, King William declared the formation of the United Kingdom of England, dissolving the former United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the same time.