Kingdom of Australia

The Kingdom of Australia is a consitutional Monarchy located in Oceania. Originally the Commonwealth of Australia, it was offically renamed into the Kingdom of Australia following the crowning of King Henry in 1946 after the fall of the United Kingdom in the Second Great War.

For its first 24 years, the Kingdom was under the rule of dictator Eric Campbell, who took power as Prime Minister in the year 1937. Following the death of Campbell, King Henry would lead a coup against the Facist Government, resulting in the return of democracy to the nation.

**Lang Rebellion**

In 1933, in an attempt to take over the Australian government and prevent the rise of fascism which he saw as a possibility. Jack Lang attempted to spark a national rebellion by taking over the city of Sydney and it's outer areas. However, most people did not support Lang, as they saw him attempting to overthrow the democratic government of Joseph Lyons. Sydney was captured by government forces, and Lang was hung a few days later.

In the aftermath of this Rebellion, support for the Labour Party collapsed, while support for far-right groups, including the Centre Party of Eric Campbell, continued to rise.

**Campbell's rise to power (1933-1937)**

Following the collapse of the Lang Rebellion, Eric Campbell founded the Centre Party, a fascist organisation who promised to bring Australia back to its former glory, and to get rid of all communists inside the nation. The population began to swing towards them. In the 1935 NSW election, Campbell would gain a majority in the NSW parliament, becoming premier. This would then be followed by the shutdown of the state parties and the creation of a one-party dictatorship in NSW.

Over 1936, the same would happen in Queensland and Victoria. And in 1937, it would reach the Federal level, when the Centre Party was elected with a majority in Canberra, and Eric Campbell was declared the Prime Minister. Federal government leaders were kicked out, while communists and other 'dangerous' groups were arrested and placed into prison camps. Following the victory, Campbell would call snap elections in the seats that had not voted for the Centre Party, rigging the votes and securing these seats as well. By the end of 1937, Australia was a one party fascist dictatorship.

**Second Great War**

Despite his Entente sympathies, Eric Campbell decided not to join the War, believing that it would not be a good idea to join the war because of the situation that both sides were in, with the Entente having a high chance of being defeated.

Australia would monitor its airspace and seas during the war, forcing ships from both sides of the conflict out of their land. Meanwhile, Australia would continue its trade with both sides, that is until the end of the war, when the blockade of the United Kingdom prevented the arrival of Australian ships for trade. However, one ship would break through the blockade, a small Australian steamer carrying King Edward

While Australia was neutral, several thousand Australians would join the Entente armies in both combat and non-combat roles. 40,000 would go overseas, 2,500 would die, and 6,700 would be wounded.

**The Foundation of the Kingdom(1946)**

After the fall of the United Kingdom, Government General Prince Henry(3rd son of King George V) was chosen by the Australian government to lead their nation. King Henry was crowned in Canberra on May 9th 1946, becoming the first King of the new Kingdom of Australia. The former King Edward VIII would arrive two weeks later, but he would be put into a private estate, as Campbell did not want to show him off to the world.

**Life under the Campbell regime(1946-1970)**

The Campbell dictatorship was a brutal regime, communist groups were shut down, and most left wing people were taken to prison camps to be indoctrinated into the ideals of Campbell. Because of its isolation, Australia had to rely more on a domestic industry, planes were decades behind the rest of the world, while cars were at least somewhat modern. Campbell's own paranoia would also result in a strong border control with Westralia, as he feared an invasion by the Germans in Westralia. This also lead to a failed attempt to create a nuclear weapons program, but this was abandoned.

The group that suffered the most under the Campbell regime was the native Aboriginal groups, who Eric Campbell ordered to be assimilated or destroyed. Children were taken away from their tribes, and then the remaining population was murdered by Australian troops. The children were then taken to assimilation camps to have their culture squeezed out of them. This genocide was result in entire tribes being exterminated, eliminating their cultures and languages from history.

However, in the shadows, the King was working with politicians who were pretending to be allies of Campbell, but were instead waiting for Campbell to die before they overthrew the government brought back democracy. This group, known as 'The King's Party' waited in the shadows until that day in 1970.

**The King's Coup**

On the morning of September 2nd 1970, Eric Campbell, dictator of Australia since 1937, is lying on his deathbed, dying of cancer. When it becomes clear that he won’t live to see the end of the day, King Henry I orders his secret King’s party to take action. Harold Holt calls for a meeting of parliament, where no one knows what the situation of Campbell is.

At 11am, King Henry I, Robert Menzies and Gough Whitman go to the bedroom of Eric Campbell, and they ask a guard in the room to take a pillow and finish the job. As the parliament is summoned, the King’s Party members meet in a club nearby, where they are met by the King. The King orders them to overthrow the fascist government and bring democracy back to Australia. As this happens, Prince William, heir apparent, meets with the top Generals in Canberra, one of them is sent with several hundreds of troops to Parliament house, while the rest are ordered to sent messages to the rest of the nation so that they can secure the entire nation within the day.

The members of the King’s Party meet up with the army outside parliament, and they order the fascists inside out of the building, or else they will open fire. Several members of the government surrender in the next few minutes, but the rest refuse to leave. The guards of the building leave as well, having been working for the King’s Party for the last few weeks. By the time that the army chooses to go in, only 43 supreme members of the fascist party are still inside, they are wiped out by the army once they move in. 9 politicians are captured, but are brought outside by several soldiers, and then massacred on the grass outside.

Once the short battle is complete, the King’s Party and the King march inside, taking seats inside of the Parliament chamber and declare the end of the fascist regime and promise to hold elections in October. Gough Whitlam becomes the leader of the new Labour Party, while Harold Holt becomes leader of the Liberal Party, a revival of the party founded by Joseph Lyons and banned after Campbell took power. Despite the founding of these parties, they remain in coalition until the election, where in this period, Robert Menzies is declared the caretaker Prime Minister. In the October election, the Liberal Party wins a majority in parliament, and Harold Holt is declared Prime Minister. The Campbell regime is declared over.

**The return of democracy**

Following the King's Coup and the 1970 election, the new Australian government would begin to thaw relations between the Pact and Mitteleuropa, although they keep their own neutrality in order to protect themselves from the Cold War.

In 1974, King Henry died, a period of two weeks mourning would happen across the nation, and the new king, King William, was crowned as the 2nd King of Australia.

The Australian government would release all Aboriginal children and people detained, founding several small communities out in NSW and Central Australia for the population to be moved to, where they get government handouts every year. These reservation towns become somewhat successful.

Meanwhile, relations between Westralia and Australia get better, but there is always the fear of invasion of german forces until the end of the cold war. Upon the end of the Cold War, Westralia becomes a good friend of Australia. They build a high speed railway between Perth and Adelaide in order to connect the two nations, although Westralia has a strong independence support, so they will not rejoin Australia.

**Modern Australia (2021)**

The Kingdom of Australia remains a constitutional monarchy with King William still on the throne. The current Prime Minister is Julie Bishop. In the world, Australia remains non-aligned, trading with all sides. During the last few years, Australia has been importing modern technology and making their own versions, keeping their own domestic industry running at its highest capacity. Australia is now a member of the international community with a strong economy and good relations with a lot of the world.