Celtic Empire

## The Celtic Empire of Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Brittany and Cornwall.

**Celtic Empire**, officially the **The Celtic Empire of Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Brittany and Cornwall** was a faction in Geonium 6.0, located in Northern Europe.

## History

*The following is a list of events that have been exaggerated for lore purposes, the Modern Era section is the current era and has happened in this reset.*
### Foundation

#### Irish Independence War

Economic stagnation, an empire over extended and a nation divided. All are the precursors for a nation suitable for its own collapse, and that day would come when a rogue Irish soldier would lead an army of Irish men to occupy the city of Dublin and declare that Ireland would leave the United kingdom and become its own nation. The British Monarchy was outraged by this declaration and would pursue a policy of crushing the rebellion my any means necessary, the royal British army then began to deploy throughout Ireland and occupy key major areas to slow down the Irish Rebellion which was only growing stronger as sympathy to the cause through out the two islands only grew. After dealing a major victory at the Battle of the Boyne, the rogue Irish soldier would declare himself King of Ireland, King Tadhg the first of Ireland.

To only fuel the chaos, the Celtic population of mainland Britain had also had enough of the English government ruling over them. A member of the British government would show sympathy to the Irish cause and then would go on to support them.

#### The Celtic Wars

The war against the Irish was going horrible for the British government despite them occupying major areas in Ireland they had only lost more land than gained back. Then a major rebellion would take place in Wales led by a man named Cian, a former member of the British Government had rallied support against the English Government and was now moving on securing Wales. With the knowledge of Britain mainland and its army he easily occupied all of wales and moved on into the English mainland with little resistance due to the majority of the focus on Ireland. Britain now fearing total collapse pulled its army back to deal with the welsh uprising. The Kingdom of Ireland seeing its opportunity to end the war decided instead of capturing the rest of occupied Ireland would move to take the fight to Britain. Irish soldiers landed in Liverpool and a campaign of occupying major English cities was their main goal.

Up north was the crownlands of Scotland which fearing that war would be brought onto their lands quickly left the United Kingdom and creating its own parliament, essentially leaving the United Kingdom. Most of the population in Scotland supported the Irish and Welsh wars against the United Kingdom but staying neutral was thought to be the best approach on avoiding the chaos of war that was tearing the southern lands apart.

Despite having the same goals the Kingdom of Ireland and the Welsh uprising did not cooperate initially. Cian did not appreciate Tadhgs attempt of occupying the English cities as he marched on south to London. However the two did not ever fight each other in battle as form of mutual respect for their goals of taking down the United Kingdom. With their campaigns in England succeeding another nation would take advantage of the chaos in the United kingdom. The Kingdom of Brittany would land in south west of England in Cornwall and begin occupying the region, due to Britain's armies elsewhere there was no resistance. Brittany went on to have no other interaction in the war, they annexed Cornwall and kept their troops there. Wales protested the situation but not wanting foreign intervention in the war did nothing to oppose it.

#### The Fall of the United Kingdom

With both Irish and Welsh armies marching towards London there was little the United Kingdom could do as their fate was already decided. The London government offered their capitulation to the armies and the war was over. There would be high tensions when all leaders would meet in Wales to decide the fate of the the two islands, Ireland having claims in both Ireland and England was hesitant in handing them over but Britain still occupied key areas in Ireland too. Wales had occupied the most land throughout and therefore had the most leverage in the negotiations. It was agreed by Ireland and Wales that the United kingdom would be disbanded, Ireland would gain the entirety of Ireland and pull out its army from England. The two nations also recognized Brittany's claim over Cornwall. Wales would then go on to annex all of England and disband the London Parliament. The Kingdom of Wales was made with Cian as its king however the nation would not exist for long as it would unite back with Scotland and a Celtic Kingdom of Scotland and Wales would be established. Ireland and the Celtic Kingdom would sign a non-aggression pact and keep diplomatic relations.

#### The Celtic Union

Shortly after the end of the war and once the two nations were recovered from the war, a process of negotiations had began. The two nations were considerably weak in the eyes of the world and were underdeveloped. The Celtic people however were now in charge of their homeland and instead of exploiting their people they would bring prosperity and glory to them. A unification deal was proposed a meeting between the two kings in wales, both agreed to the idea of a Celtic Union that would united the two islands once more. An issue of who would be the leader occurred as both kings were the highest rank of their nations. A solution was proposed by Cian, a system of equal say throughout the Union, this would include the 3 major kingdoms of Ireland Wales and Scotland have their own rulers but a king would be chosen as the figure head and leader of the union, each kingdom would have their own national policies but the union leader would deal with foreign affairs. Tadhg supported the idea of this and it was agreed, Ireland would be integrated into the Celtic Kingdom and the Celtic Union was officially established.

#### The Start of an Empire

The Celtic Union began to prosper under the leadership of Cian, both Wales and Ireland had began huge infrastructure projects bringing their economy to one of the highest at the time, their army and navy would drastically improve. A centralized building would be created in Wales too to hold all foreign relations. Cian and Tadhg would then go on to both agree that the nation had the potential to expand further from its current borders, the world was not all fully claimed by other nations. A colonization campaign was started as the nation colonized lands in India, Australia, Africa, Canada, Syria, Turkey and even more. The Celtic Union rebranded into the Celtic Empire as the name changed was fitted due to their expansion. History onforward from this point is hard to tell as the two leaders would pass their titles to future generations of the nation, the empire was at its peak during this era. It began to shrink over time and would be simply reduced to the isles in its current state

### The Modern Era

#### King Tadhg III rule

The Celtic Empire in current time now has 5 kingdoms, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, and Brittany. The kingdom of Brittany was integrated alongside Cornwall during the period of Musks rule in the Celtic Empire, his predecessor being the King of Brittany during the Celtic wars. The policy of Tadhg III has been isolation in global affairs. He drastically improved the infrastructure of Dublin but reduced both army and navy budgets to do so. The Celtic Empire has been barely getting by as its colonial empire collapsed due to the era of colonization being over. Despite that he has improved the technology of the Celtic army with help of the King of Brittany and modernized it to a defensive force. Though this has all come with political unrest as the nation stagnates economically and the the fact that he is unpopular due to his quiet stance on the world.