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United Kingdom Thread (Earth 2015)

Franberry
11-06-2006, 01:12
United Kingdom Thread
IC Thread: Not started yet
OOC Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=489468)

Timeline of Recent Events

2006: The Avian bird flu sweeps the world, killing just under 2 million people, mostly in southeast asia and the Tsunami affected regions. Britian loses many birds, but there are only around 10,000 Human deaths

2007: HAMAS terrorists bomb an English football match, killing 127 people. The terrorists claim that they will not stop attacking England until they withdraw from the war in Israel. The SAS begins operations to assasinate the Crown Prince Al-Saud for funding the HAMAS attack.

2007: The Labour Party is defeated in a no-confidence vote. Tony Blair resigns, The Conservative Party takes power.

2008: SAS operatives assasinate Crown Prince Al-Saud, and the UK government places a Western-friendly ruler, Muhammed al-Quasi in control of the newly created Republic of Arabia. The first act of the new government is to sign a peace treaty with Israel.

2009: Euro replaces the pound, economy grows as trade with rest of Europe increases dramatically, Pound is planned to be slowly pahsed-out

2010: Conservative Party rocked by monetary scandals, Labour Party is also involved. British Socialist Party and the Republican Party start to become more popular.

2011: The French, British, and Isreali governments declare war on Pakistan. The United States drops the largest nuclear payload ever seen onto Islamabad and other major cities of Pakistan, sending the nation into a nuclear winter.

2011-2012: No sunlight for the entire year in across the world.

2012: The nations of France, Great Britian, USA, Israel, India, China and South Korea and Spain sign a treaty that dictates that nuclear weapons will be a last resort measure rather than a reactionary attack as seen in the Indian Ocean War.

2013: Iran detonates a nuclear weapon, and then broadcasts it on al-Jazerrah. Israel Pre-emptively attacks Iran with United Kingdom aid and a coalition of UN forces. Strangely, the United States only commits 2,000 troops for the conflict.

2014: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is assassinated by Israeli special forces. Ali Khameni falls soon after to the bullets of an SAS sniper. The extremist regime in Iran falls, as the country elects Qari al-Shiv as the new president and Rahbar. He soon abolishes the position of Rahbar, making Iran a modern democracy.

2014: 3 Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers are launched, replacing the Invincible class, which are removed from front-line duty.

2015: Conservative Party loses elections, British Socialist Party forms a minority goverment, Labour and Liberal suport places them in the majority.
Franberry
11-06-2006, 01:12
General Statistics

Population: 63,834,300

Government Type: Constitutional monarchy
Queen: HM Queen Elizabeth II
Prime Minister: The Rt Hon John Prescott MP

Largest Party: British Socialisim Party (43%)

Official Language: English

Areas of Great Influence
Europe
Franberry
11-06-2006, 01:13
Military

Army

Personnel
180,000

Equipment:
Tanks: 500 (Challenger 2)
Infantry fighting vehicles: 675 (Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle)
Armoured Personnel Carriers: 4,500
Artillery: 450
Aircraft: 300


Navy:

Personnel:
41,320

Aircraft Carriers: 5
Ballistic Missile Submarines:4
Fleet Submarines: 9
Helicopter Carrier: 1
Destroyers: 22
Frigates: 28
Patrol boats: 26
Amphibious Assault ships: 7
Minesweepers: 16
Survey vessels: 5
Tanker ships: 9
Resupply ships: 3
Tanker/Resupply ships: 2
Aviation training ship: 1
Repair ship: 1
Strategic lift vessels: 6


Air Force:

Personnel:
50,510

Aircraft:
1,200 (including helicopters)
No Taxes
11-06-2006, 17:11
OOC: I'm searching for people to mod economy, population, history, war and also for an official timekeeper for Earth 2015 so I was wondering if you wanted to mod something?
Also could you put a link to this thread on the main OOC thread so that everyone can find it easier?
Franberry
12-06-2006, 01:35
OOC: I'm searching for people to mod economy, population, history, war and also for an official timekeeper for Earth 2015 so I was wondering if you wanted to mod something?
Also could you put a link to this thread on the main OOC thread so that everyone can find it easier?
OOC: I can do anything of those but economy, prefferably war
No Taxes
12-06-2006, 01:37
OOC: That's fine, you're now the mod of war.