Characters / MTNO United Kingdom

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United Kingdom

Official Name: United Kingdom of Great Britain

Ruling Party: ARISE! - Torchbearers

Ideology: British Fascism^note Fascism

Britain's recent history has been a complete tragedy. After the country fell to the Germans during Sealion, it saw three full decades of instability - from the 1956 Uprising and the Civil War to the Premiership of Gerard Wallop and the subsequent years under the Deadwoods. While John Bean and his government mitigated the nation's ills and gave it a semblance of stability during the 80s, Britain returned to its cycle of crash and boom as the new millennium rolled around. Now, Britain drags itself into the next decade; hanging by a thread as its rulers brace themselves for yet another crisis.

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General Tropes

• Butt-Monkey: Britain's history since the war has been a cycle of boom and bust - there is a brief period of relative stability, followed by a disastrous event or scandal that sends the entire country into havoc. Britain can't seem to escape its misfortunes, and has been transformed from a once mighty and feared empire to the laughingstock of Europe.
• Corrupt Politician: A culture of corruption has developed in Britain's government over the last few decades, with parliament becoming nothing short of a "frat house" for politicians looking to enrich themselves at the expense of the public. In the 2000s, the Parker Papers revealed that 20 million pounds were embezzled by then Prime Minister Brian Parker, becoming the worst corruption case in British history and leading to the downfall of the entirety of Parker's cabinet, leaving Britain practically without a government for a full month, until John Kinglsey stepped in and filled the power vacuum until he was assassinated.
• Crapsack World: Britain hasn't seen any prolonged stability since before the Second World War. Its economy was left destroyed by the Germans and the Civil War, while the Premiership of Gerard Wallop turned Britain on its head and destroyed whatever industry it had left at the time. While things have improved somewhat since the 1980s, Britain in MTNO is a miserable place to live in. Most people live off of government subsidies while working dead-end jobs, the economy is unpreditable and prone to sudden downturns, crime rates are high, and people are caught in the crossfire in the clashes between the government and the Underground.
• The Famine: Between 1971 and 1975, Britain went through The Scarcity, when the effects of Gerard Wallop's policies and the economic disaster caused by the Oil Crisis finally hit Britain like a truck. Many Britons fled from the country during this time in the largest emigration seen since the Second World War, and while the number of deaths is unknown to the public, it is suspected to be somewhere in the millions.
• Fascist, but Inefficient: Britain hasn't seen any long-term stability under Fascism, only seeing short breaks of calm followed by another political or economic crisis. As if that wasn't bad enough, the Underground continues to cause havoc across Britain's cities and makes the government's incompetence shine even brighter.
• Occupiers Out of Our Country: The people of Britain are deeply dissatisfied with Britain's continued relations with Germany and see the current government as an extension of Germania, and want to see the Fascists out of power and Britain out of the Einheitspakt.
• Puppet State: Downplayed. While the British government is seen as German puppets to the public and Britain is certainly close to Germany, it has drifted away from full German control since the 1970s and asserted its autonomy from Germania, albeit still under its sphere.
• La Résistance: The Underground, as it is known to the public, is a general term to describe to a collection of oftentimes disorganized anti-fascist resistance groups and organizations that have taken up arms to wage war against the British government. Many of these groups can be traced back to the original HMMLR, who went into hiding after the collaborators won the civil war and formed their own scattered cells over the following years.
• Shocking Defeat Legacy: Britain's defeat during the Second World War is what continues to define its recent history. The collaborators have never managed to shake away their image as German puppets, while anti-German sentiment is so widespread in the country that even its rulers have acknowledged it and tried to distance Britain from Germany.
• State Sec: During the Great Gloom of the 1990s, far-right paramilitary organizations such as the Knights of St. George and the British Action were organized to combat the wave of left-wing terrorist activity from the Underground. While these organizations were neutered by the 2000s, some of its members refused to give up arms and turned to a life of crime, forming white supremacist gangs.
• Vestigial Empire: Britain went from the largest empire on earth to a backwater Fascist dictatorship resented by its people and under the influence of a greater power, practically reduced to a third world country.
• Villainous Legacy: Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth and Prime Minister of Britain during the sixties, left a deep impact on Britain. His implementation of Social Credit economics was a total disaster, leading to the destruction of the British economy and widespread poverty and social chaos. Decades after his death, Wallop's influence continues to manifest through the cultural impact it left on the people of Britain and its stagnant economy on the more material side of things.
• You Cannot Kill An Idea: While the HMMLR was defeated in the civil war, anti-fascist resistance groups simply appeared yet again as more people dissatisfied with the regime began to fight against it. The disparate groups that make up the Underground are the most recent incarnation of this, and virtually nothing but the end of Fascism in Britain will stop organized armed resistance.
• Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: While British state media considers the Underground as terrorists, the rest of the world (and most Britons) see them as freedom fighters who want to liberate their country from the Germans and their collaborators.

Prime Minister (2012)

John Bean

Role: Prime Minister

Party: ARISE! - Torchbearers

Ideology: British Fascism^note Fascism

The man behind modern Britain, John Bean was once a dynamic and energetic politician who created the ARISE and drove the aristocratic Deadwoods out of power, ushering in a new era of Fascism in Britain that sought to build a proletarian, revolutionary system. Decades later, Bean left his retirement to return to government in the aftermath of Prime Minister Kinglsey's assassination as a bitter old man with one foot in the casket and the other on the gas pedal, facing the decaying state of the country he tried to save.

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• Big Bad: Bean has been the face of British Fascism since the 1980s, having maintained his influence even after his first Premiership. While his brand of Fascism was once popular and welcomed with enthusiasm, he no longer enjoys the same love from his people and is now regarded as Britain's vile, foremost Fascist representative.
• Bread and Circuses: His first government sought to improve labor rights and weaken the grasp of the aristocracy and German corporations over Britain, becoming massively popular and dissuading Brits from opposing the regime. The general sentiment at the time was that, while the Fascists were terrible, at least they put food on the table.
• The Chessmaster: Bean continued to influence British politics until his retirement, shaping the policies of his successors and using his connections to nudge British politics in the right direction when he felt it was necessary.
• Commie Nazis: Bean's brand of Fascism is anti-capitalist and revolutionary, opposing the dominance of the British aristocracy and promoting a socialistic brand of Corporatism. Bean himself often used left-wing rhetoric to shore up public support, while genuinely believing in the revolutionary aspects of Fascism.
• Evil Old Folks: At 85 years of age, John Bean leads Britain as its Fascist dictator.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: Bean was once a popular and energetic leader who, unlike his predecessors, resonated with the masses to some extent and brought Britain into a new era of revolutionary and socially-minded governance. Decades later, Bean is a bitter old man who is treated with indifference or hatred by his people, while his actions couldn't heal Britain's troubles and save it from self-destruction.
• Mandatory Unretirement: After the Parker Papers and subsequent assassination of John Kinglsey left Britain in dire straits, Bean was practically begged to leave his retirement and take over the government, his image and political experience being unmatched in British politics.
• The Remnant: After Wallop's rise to power, Bean was all that remained of Fountaine's ideologues, going on to oppose Wallop and eventually create ARISE, spreading his own evolution of Fountaine's ideas.

King of Britain

Henry IX

Role: King of Britain

Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, or as he is known by his regnal name; Henry IX.

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• 0% Approval Rating: The people of Britain absolutely despise Andreas for being a German sitting on the British throne, seen as a symbol of Britain's subjugation to Germany. The King knows this full well and makes sure not to make any public appearances.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Unlike his predecessors, Andreas has tried to play an active role in British politics by shoring up support in the aristocracy and becoming increasingly vocal about political affairs, forming a political faction of his own.