United Kingdom of Great Britain (The Great Calamity)

Military
The British Armed Forces (BAF) are composed of 4 professional branches: The British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and Royal Air Force.


 * British Army: The British Army is the oldest branch of the military, and is composed of 79,000 soldiers. It is the principle land warfare branch of the BAF and is responsible for defending the British homeland as well as promoting its wider interests.
 * Royal Navy: The Royal Navy is the principle maritime warfare branch of the military. It is composed of 55,000 personnel and operates a fleet of 7 destroyers, 23 frigates, 12 corvettes, and numerous other smaller patrol and missile boats in addition to a number of transport craft. The Royal Navy is building up its abilities to fully project power across the globe.
 * Royal Marines: The Royal Marines are the principle amphibious warfare branch of the military. It is composed of 33,000 Royal Marines. It operates a range of aircraft and amphibious naval craft.
 * Royal Air Force: The Royal Air Force is the principle aerial warfare branch of the military. It is composed of 21,500 personnel and operates a fleet of 500 aircraft.

Government
The United Kingdom of Great Britain is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy made up of three constituent countries.

National Government
The Central Government is the highest level of government in the UK and retains full sovereignty over the UK. It consists of the Monarch, the Parliament, the Judiciary, and the Executive Government. Additionally, numerous enumerated powers are devolved to the governments of the constituent countries such as healthcare and transportation.


 * Monarch: The House of Windsor is the reining house of Great Britain as well as the reigning royal house of 4 other Commonwealth Realms.
 * Parliament: The Parliament is composed of the Senate and the House of Commons. It is headquartered at the slowly rebuilding capital of London. In addition to being the primary legislative power of the UK it also holds Parliamentary Sovereignty.
 * Senate: The Upper House of Parliament, the Senate is composed of between 90 and 95 senators. Each senator serves until the age of 70, after which they retire. When the number of senators reaches 90, 5 new senators are appointed by the Cabinet of the day, 3 of whom must be with the consent of the Parliament of the day.
 * House of Commons: The Lower House of Parliament, the Commons is the house from which the Executive Government is drawn. The entirety of the Kingdom is divided into hundreds of constituencies each electing a single Member of Parliament (MP) via an instant-runoff election system roughly every 5 years. At present there are 325 MPs. Intended as the primary representative body of the people, the Commons holds the sole rights to initiate money bills and declare war or peace. While not required by the constitution, the constitutional tradition is that the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister, and a majority of ministers are drawn from the Commons.
 * Executive Government: The Executive Government is made up of the Cabinet, which is headed by the Prime Minister whom is appointed by the Monarch. The Cabinet also contains ministers drawn from both houses of Parliament to serve as the political heads of the various administrative departments of the State. The Executive Government is re-appointed every term of Parliament.
 * Judiciary: The Supreme Court of the Kingdom is made of 7 High Lords of Justice appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister to serve until mandatory retirement at age 77.

National Executive Departments and Agencies
The following list of national executive departments is accurate as of February 2380. The following list of agencies is incomplete.


 * Cabinet Office:
 * Her Majesty's Treasury:
 * Home Office:
 * Foreign & Commonwealth Office:
 * Ministry of Defence:
 * Attorney General's Office:
 * Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
 * Government Legal Service (GLS)
 * Ministry of Justice:
 * HM Prison Service (HMPS)
 * HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)
 * Legal Aid Service (LAS)
 * Ministry of Health:

Constituent Countries
The constituent countries of the United Kingdom are England, Scotland, and Wales. The English population was hit particularly hard by the Great Calamity and the ensuing nuclear winter and famine. England is presently home to 18 million people, or about half the country's population. A further 11 million people live in Scotland, nearly double the pre-war number as millions of English refugees fled north. 6 million people live in Wales, also nearly double pre-war levels.

England

 * Monarch: The monarch of the UK is the head of state of England (as well as the UK) and as reigning sovereign, all executive decisions are made in hier name.
 * Parliament of England: The Parliament of England is responsible for legislation in all matters devolved to the constituent countries, of which there are many including healthcare, transportation, and forestry. The Parliament is composed of the Senate and the House of Assembly.
 * Senate: The English Senate is composed of 60 members elected nation-wide via single-transferrable vote from 10 six-member constituencies across England, to serve for a term of six years. Elections are staggered so that half the Senate is up for election every 3 years. The senators are primarily responsible for reviewing legislation from the House of Assembly. Though in theory possessing the power to initiate legislation, in practice the Senate has very rarely initiated legislation, preferring instead to keep to political convention as a house of review.
 * House of Assembly: Members of the House of Assembly are known as Members of the English Parliament (MEP) by the same convention that members of the national House of Commons are known as Members of Parliament (MP). There are 322 MEPs elected from the same constituencies as their national counterparts for England, except each national constituency is divided into two, electing one MEP each. They are elected every 3 years (synchronised with Senate elections) via instant-runoff preferential voting. The House of Assembly is from where the executive Government is drawn, and is in practice the initiator of all legislation.
 * Executive Government: The Executive Government is composed of a number of ministers drawn from the House of Assembly appointed by the monarch. The head of government is the Chief Minister, the leader of the largest coalition in the House of Assembly. The other ministers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Chief Minister.
 * High Court of England: The High Court of England is the highest court of appeals in England. Appeals on the decisions of the High Court are sent to the federal courts. The High Court is composed of 9 justices appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Chief Minister and with the consent of the Chamber.

Scotland

 * Monarch: The monarch of the UK is the head of state of Scotland (as well as the UK) and as reigning sovereign, all executive decisions are made in hier name.
 * Parliament of Scotland: The Parliament of Scotland is responsible for legislation in all matters devolved to the constituent countries, of which there are many including healthcare, transportation, and forestry. The Parliament is composed of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly.
 * Legislative Council: The upper house of the Scottish Parliament is the Legislative Council, composed of 48 members elected from 8 six-member Scotland-wide constituencies via single transferrable vote, for a 6-year term. Elections are staggered (and synchronised with the elections of England and Wales) so that every 3 years half the Council is up for election. The Legislative Council serves primarily as a chamber of review, debating bills passed by the House of Assembly with considerably more expertise. As councillors are chosen via a proportional system, there has never been a majority party in the Council, leading to more rigorous review.
 * House of Assembly: The lower house of the Scottish Parliament is composed of 222 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) elected from the same constituencies as their national counterparts, except each national constituency is divided into two, electing 1 MSP each. Elections for the whole house occur every 3 years. The House of Assembly is where the executive government is drawn from and is the de facto initiator of legislation.
 * Executive Government: The Government of Scotland is composed of a number of ministers appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Chief Minister of Scotland. By convention, the appointed Chief Minister is the leader of the largest coalition in the House of Assembly.
 * High Court: The High Court of Scotland is the highest court of appeals in Scotland. Appeals on the decisions of the High Court are sent to the federal courts. The High Court is composed of 11 justices appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Chief Minister and with the consent of the Legislative Council.

Wales

 * Monarch: The monarch of the UK is the head of state of Wales (as well as the UK) and as reigning sovereign, all executive decisions are made in hier name.
 * Parliament of Wales: The Parliament of Wales is responsible for Welsh legislation in matters devolved to the constituent countries such as forestry, healthcare, and transportation. The Parliament is composed of the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives.
 * Legislative Council: The upper house of the Welsh Parliament is composed of 42 members elected from 7 six-member constituencies across Wales, via single-transferrable vote. Elections are staggered so that every 3 years half the council is up for election. The Legislative Council serves primarily as a chamber of review, debating bills passed by the House of Representatives with considerably more expertise.
 * House of Representatives: There are 106 members of the House of Representatives, elected from the same constituencies as their national counterparts, except each national constituency is divided into 2 Welsh constituencies electing 1 representative each. Elections are held every 3 years via instant-runoff voting. The House of Representatives is where the executive government is drawn from and is the de facto initiator of legislation.
 * Executive Government: The Government of Wales is composed of a number of ministers appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Chief Minister of Wales. By convention, the appointed Chief Minister is the leader of the largest coalition in the House of Representatives.
 * High Court: The Welsh Court of Appeals is the highest court of appeals in Wales. Appeals on the decisions of the Court are sent to the federal courts. The Court is composed of 15 justices appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Chief Minister and with the consent of the Legislative Council.

Politics
The United Kingdom is a multiparty democracy with 3 major national parties.

Major National Parties

 * Conservative Party: The Conservative Party is a centre-right big tent party, finding support among members of the working class, rural towns, and the more conservative members of the middle and upper class. The Conservative Party tends towards economic interventionism, promoting an efficient but effective public service in the service of the people and the nation.
 * Liberal Party: The Liberal Party is a centre-left big tent party. It promotes English liberalism in its original form: political freedom, economic freedom, and civil freedoms. It finds most of its support among the middle class, upper working class, and the highly-educated.
 * Moderate Party: The Moderate Party is a self-professed moderate political party, espousing a moderately socially liberal view coupled with a particularly strong concern for the welfare of the poor and disadvantaged. It leans towards economic interventionism. The Moderate Party has seen growing support over the last few decades.

Minor National Parties

 * National Party: The National Party is made up mainly of nationalistic former members of the Conservative party who have found the Conservative party too politically moderate for their liking.
 * Sustainable Party: The Sustainable Party aims to promote the sustainable use of Britain's natural resources, but in recent times has come to be dominated by more extreme anti-capitalists.
 * Shooters and Fishers Party: The Shooters and Fishers Party finds its support mainly with rural voters, especially those with a liking for the outdoors and countryside. The party aims to promote the rights and interests of rural voters, and has particular concerns for the maintenance of natural beauty.