Imperial State of Ireland

The Imperial State of Ireland is a Puppet State of the German Empire ever since it was proclaimed as the official nation of Ireland during Ireland's transition to Independence from the now dead Great Britain. It is an Island west of the Duchy of Wales, the Emirate of England, Southwest of the Scottish Syndicalist State, Southeast of the Scandinavian Socialist Syndicalist State.

## History

### Origin

A brief period of limited independence for Ireland came to an end following the Irish Rebellion of 1798, which occurred during the British war with revolutionary France. The British government's fear of an independent Ireland siding against them with the French resulted in the decision to unite the two countries. This was brought about by legislation in the parliaments of both kingdoms and came into effect on 1 January 1801. The Irish had been led to believe by the British that their loss of legislative independence would be compensated with Catholic emancipation, that is, by the removal of civil disabilities placed upon Roman Catholics in both Great Britain and Ireland. However, King George III was bitterly opposed to any such Emancipation and succeeded in defeating his government's attempts to introduce it.

Under the Act of Union 1800, the separate Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain were merged on 1 January 1801 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Throughout the 19th century, Irish opposition to the Union was strong, occasionally erupting in violent insurrection. In the 1830s and 1840s, attempts had been made under the leadership of Daniel O'Connell and his Repeal Association to repeal the Act of Union and restore the Kingdom of Ireland, without breaking the monarchical connection with Great Britain (i.e., personal union). The movement collapsed when O'Connell called off a meeting at Clontarf, Dublin, which had been banned by the authorities.

Until the 1870s, most Irish voters elected members of the main British political parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives, as their Members of Parliament (MPs). The Conservatives, for example, won a majority in the 1859 general election in Ireland. Conservatives and (after 1886) Liberal Unionists fiercely resisted any dilution of the Act of Union, and in 1891 formed the Irish Unionist Alliance to oppose home rule.

The term "Home Rule" (Irish: *Rialtas Dúchais*), first used in the 1860s, meant an Irish legislature with responsibility for domestic affairs. It was variously interpreted, from the 1870s was seen to be part of a federal system for the United Kingdom: a domestic Parliament for Ireland while the Imperial Parliament at Westminster would continue to have responsibility for Imperial affairs. The Republican concept as represented by the Fenians and the Irish Republican Brotherhood, strove to achieve total separation from Great Britain, if necessary by physical force, and complete autonomy for Ireland. For a while they were prepared to co-operate with Home Rulers under the "New Departure". In 1875 John O'Connor Power told a New York audience that "[Ireland] has elected a body of representatives whose mission is simply – I almost said solely – but certainly whose mission is particularly to offer unrelenting hostility to every British Ministry while one link of the imperial chain remains to fetter the constitutional freedom of the Irish nation." Charles Stewart Parnell sought through the "constitutional movement", as an interim measure a parliament in Dublin with limited legislative powers. For Unionists, Home Rule meant a Dublin parliament dominated by the Catholic Church to the detriment of Ireland's economic progress, a threat to their cultural identity as both British and Irish and possible discrimination against them as a religious minority. In England the Liberal Party under William Ewart Gladstone was fully committed to introducing Home Rule whereas the Conservatives tried to alleviate any need for it through "constructive unionism", passing many acts of parliament beneficial to Ireland.

Former Conservative barrister Isaac Butt was instrumental in fostering links between Constitutional and Revolutionary nationalism through his representation of members of the Fenian Society in court. In May 1870, he established a new moderate nationalist movement, the Irish Home Government Association. In November 1873, under the chairmanship of William Shaw, it reconstituted itself as the Home Rule League. The League's goal was limited self-government for Ireland as part of the United Kingdom. In the 1874 general election, League-affiliated candidates won 53 seats in Parliament.

Butt died in 1879. In 1880, a radical young Protestant landowner, Charles Stewart Parnell became chairman, and in the 1880 general election, the League won 63 seats. In 1882, Parnell turned the Home Rule League into the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), a formally organized party which became a major political force. The IPP came to dominate Irish politics, to the exclusion of the previous Liberal, Conservative, and Unionist parties that had existed there. In the 1885 general election, the IPP won 85 out of the 103 Irish seats; another Home Rule MP was elected for Liverpool Scotland.

### Liberation and Founding of the Kingdom

After the German Invasion of Great Britain, the Irish Republican Army took charge under German control as they then became the Irish Royal Army. The Irish Royal Army with the German Reichkommissar then elected Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria as the King-Emperor of the Imperial State of Ireland due to him being a Catholic and a member of Nobility. Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria was pleased to rule the Irish be a great ruler for them and represent them as a Catholic ruler.

## Government

The Government of Ireland is an Absolute Monarchy ruled by a King-Emperor who rules as an absolute monarch and a totalitarian dictator. He rules with a Reichkommissar who appoints everyone in Parliament and the Prime Minister as the Prime Minister elects people in his cabinet.

#### **Cabinet of Imperial Ireland**

* **Emperor-King:** Ludwig I
* **Reichkommissar:** Franz Xaver Ritter von Epp
* **Prime Minister:** Cathal Brugha
* **Foreign Minister:** Michael O'Rafferty
* **Armament Minister:** Eoin O'Duffy
* **Minister of Defense:** Kevin Dixon
* **Minister of Intelligence:** Patrick Sweeney
* **Chief of Staff:** Richard Mulcahy
* **Chief of Army:** Emmett Dalton
* **Chief of Navy:** S. O'Muiris
* **Chief of Military Police:** Jack White

## Military

### Army

The Army consists of 14,500 Infantry Divisions used to defend the Irish Island.

### Navy

The Navy has 120 Submarines, 100 Destroyers and 90 Battleships used for defense.

## Foreign Relations

* Colonial Relations with the German Empire.
* Great Relations with the Imperial State of France.
* Bad Relations with the Duchy of Wales, Emirate of England and the Scottish Syndicalist State.