The Federation

**The Federation** was the first government and nation in England following the Death.

## History

### Origins

Following numerous attempts to extort or attack their settlement, Greg Preston and Arthur Russell discussed the idea of co-operating with nearby communities to form a network of mutual defense and trade with one another. The first known group to trade with the Grange was Little Barton, with whom they traded petrol for food supplies after a storm wiped out their own supplies. In June 1975, Arthur invited delegates from a number of nearby communities to the Grange to a conference which was to discuss the prospect of a loose federation in the south-west of England. *(A Beginning)*

Whilst living at Whitecross, Greg found an ally in Charles Vaughan who shared his ideals for a federalised community. When a sniper was terrorising their communities, another conference was held, this time at Whitecross, to hunt down and capture the sniper that had killed numerous young women across the area. *(A Friend in Need)*

Arriving by boat at Felbridge, Lars Carlsson and his daughter Agnes travelled to England from Norway to survey the country for supplies and communities. In his exhaustive notes, Lars included details of the occupations of survivors in the communities he met and the prospects of a trading network between them. They took a hot air balloon from Felbridge across the Midlands, visiting Witney in Oxfordshire and Chipping Campden in the Cotwolds. *(New World)*

### Establishing links

After returning from Norway in Winter 1977, Greg Preston attempted to put Lars' dream into action, with the help of his daughter Agnes Carlsson. First at Wellingham in Suffolk, Greg met with Colonel Clifford and Professor Geert Miedel who shared his plans to federate, supplying drugs and chemistry skills to be distributed across the burgeoning network. *(Manhunt)*

Unknowingly working in tandem, Greg and Charles Vaughan both enabled trade to be opened up in the East Midlands. While Greg helped Tom Walter to establish a railway link between Derbyshire and the Severn Valley, Charles worked with healer Bill Sheridan to organise a market day at Highley Railway Station, pooling together the various produce of the local area to encourage trade and communication between the settlements. Following the market day, Bill Sheridan decided to relocate to Highley to be the centre of a new market economy in the East Midlands. *(Bridgehead)*

### Birth of the Federation

With Greg's death from smallpox in May 1977, Agnes continued her father's and Greg's goal by centralising operations to Felbridge Army Camp and monopolising the petrol reserves formerly held by the British Army. Here she began printing chits signed by Greg which would entitle the bearer to the petrol at Felbridge, and encouraged them to be exchanged for goods and services. At Felbridge, they also connected through telephone across the North East, and expanded railway services into Yorkshire.

The Federation was officially established, in the name of Greg Preston, after the proclamation of the Federation was printed by Agnes at Felbridge. After the bandit known only as the Captain attempted to seize control of Felbridge, he was imprisoned and tried by the newly-formed council of the Federation. Agnes prided herself in the creation of the GP Flag of the Federation and the iconography of their new society. *(Long Live the King)*

During Charles and Jenny Richards' journey to Loch Mannoch, the Council was formed from a representative of each of the known communities within the Federation, including Les Norton, Albert Banks and Tom Walter, and they deliberated over the formation of a constitution to solidify their new government. The repowering of Loch Mannoch provided electric power back to settlements within the Federation as far south as Derbyshire. *(Power)*

Months later, Jenny continued the work of the Federation by expanding their trade network to the village of Retworth, to exchange supplies to fulfill Retworth's labour shortage. Discovering that Retworth used child slavery and forced servitude, Jenny inspired the community at Retworth to overthrow their leader, Barstow, and open up trade links with the rest of the Federation. Afterwards, she relocated her base-of-operations to Retworth as their new leader. *(Legacy)*

Afterwards, the Laird McAlister of Loch Mannoch decided to impose a monopoly on England's electric power by sending a gang on his behalf to sabotage the hydro-electric plants in England, starting first at Derwent Power Station. However, his attempts to destroy Derwent Power Station were halted by Jenny and Abby Grant, who were attempting to restore the power plant for the Federation. They sent a warning back to the Laird McAlister not to start a conflict with the Federation in England. *(Reconnection)*

### Civil War

Whilst transporting supplies to Brayscombe, Jenny, Abby and Craig Watkins were ambushed by the Outlaws, a group of child bandits, aboard a steam train near the Peak District. They were driven off by Robert Malcolm's Faction, as part of a subterfuge to allow Malcolm to infiltrate the Federation, enabling him to use the steam train network in exchange for information from the Faction. *(Bandit Train)* Following this, Abby and Jenny were invited to the Faction compound within an abandoned hospital, but were taken hostage by Cayla Kenney. They learned that a wider conflict was emerging between the Federation, and an unseen power in Scotland, who was suppyling the Faction with fuel and supplies across the border, and their plans for a coordinated assault on Little Tadlow, to recruit yet more child soldiers. *(The Lost Boys)*.

Despite attempts to broker peace by Abby with her son, Peter, they attacked the village and the Battle of Little Tadlow became a swift victory for the Faction, during a county-wide uprising from a number of other factions which slid the conflict into full-scale civil war. *(Village of Dust)* In the following weeks, the newly-established Protectorate seized former settlements within the Federation, including the Belief Foundation and Retworth, driving the surviving forces underground and branding them as terrorists, while they engaged in a bitter guerrilla war against the Protectorate , attacking Protectorate storage depots to sabotage, disrupt and steal munitions. *(Hearts and Mines)*

## Communities

* Felbridge Army Camp
* Sloton Spencer
* Highley Railway Station
* Walter's Farm
* Belief Foundation
* Little Tadlow
* Retworth
* Brayscombe

## Appearances

* *Long Live the King*

* *Legacy*
* *Reconnection*
* *Bandit Train*
* *The Lost Boys*
* *Village of Dust*
* *Hearts and Mines*
* *Fade Out*
* *Conflict*