The United Kingdom, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland but more commonly known as the UK or Britain, has been open to players since Respublica's launch in 2018.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland joined the United Nations as a member of the Security Council on the 29th December 2020
Elections
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and has its parliamentary elections once every week, at Sunday, 8:00 PM British Time. Devolved parliaments are not recognized in game.
History
The United Kingdom was one of the 4 first nations added to Respublica in late 2018. The first election were won by the Labour Party creating a minority government and winning a plurality of seats. However, by the third election, the Conservatives won power and that's when the year of tory rule began. From the 16th Jan 2019 till the 13th Nov 2019 the United Kingdom was run by the conservative party with little opposition. Until the Tory leader, Enzo Liddell-Grainger began to lose interest and the Tory party began to finally decline. From then on the UK was ruled by Labour until the Women's Equality Party won out on the 22nd April 2020 and since then politics have been much more divided in the United Kingdom.
Geography
The United Kingdoms land lies mainly within the boundaries of the British isles with the largest island being Great Britain which is where the vast majority of the British population lies. The island of Great Britain, there are 3 of the 4 nations with in the UK those nations
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On are England, Wales and Scotland. Meanwhile, on the smaller Ireland of Ireland which is split between North and South, there are the Ulster/Northern Irish who are the 4th nation in the United Kingdom. Please click the image on the left to see more about the nations that make up the United Kingdom.
Political Parties
The United Kingdom is a diverse place full of political parties. Some of the most notable parties have been the Conservatives and the Labour Party which both have held power over the United Kingdom at one time or another. However, at one point the two main parties on Respublica have lost power so some other notable parties are Royalist Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Democratic Socialist Party. . Please click on this link to see a full list of Respublica UK political parties past and present.
UK General Elections
The United Kingdom runs General Election where candidates must run in a constituency to become that areas Member of Parliament. Prime Ministers are not elected by the public rather the party with the largest number of MP's gets invited by her majesty to form a Government. Click this link to see a full list of general elections in the United Kingdom. Click this link to see the First United Kingdom, General Election.