NationStates Jolt Archive

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Head of State: Her Britannic Majesty, Queen Elizabeth Windsor II
Prime Minister: Daniel Barron, MP
Deputy Prime Minister: David Stephenson, MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Dr Shirley Danby, MP

Contents:


Recent History
Military
Geography (including lists of overseas territories)
Diplomacy

The Cold War, had it bothered to end, would have left a lasting impression on the British population. Without it's completion, however, the population still maintained a highly anti-communist stance. Many a person showing communist leanings was reported to the police, and from there, MI5 kept a close watch on that person.

Although the USSR had stopped sending spies to watch Tornado take-offs, noting response times, talk still cost lives. Military movements were kept secret now; tanks no longer transported in the open, although the Osh-Kosh transporter could be spotted a mile away.

The New British Imperial Party came to power in the 2004 elections, when Tony Blair's bad decisions caught up with him in an unprecedented election loss. The NBIP, an underdog until them, had maintained promises of peace in Europe; not peace that teetered on the tip of a knife, but certain peace, that was sat on the sideboard. They promised to make Great Britain "Great" once more, by instilling traditional values, bolstering the strength of the Royal Navy, which would soon be comparable to the Russians in state of repair, and making sure that the United Kingdom had a stronger, more realistic voice in International Politics.

Branches of Military

British Army
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force


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The British Army

Personnel (Regular Army): 107,730
Personnel (Territorial Army): 38,460
Main Battle Tanks: 386 Challenger 2
Infantry fighting vehicles: 667 Warrior (789 purchased)
APCs and reconnaissance vehicles: 3,230–4,000+
Land Rover Wolf: 15,000
Pinzgauer: 2,000
Utility Trucks: 2,300
Artillery pieces and mortar: 2,896
Air Defence: 337
Aircraft: 300+

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Royal Navy

Home Tasks

Fleet Flagship HMS Illustrious
Fleet Amphibious Flagship HMS Albion
Fleet Rapid Reaction Units HMS Exeter, HMS Lancaster
Fishery Protection Squadron HMS Mersey, HMS Severn, HMS Ledbury, HMS Quorn

Mediterranean/European Tasks

UK On Call Mine Countermeasures Force Task Group (Orion '07) HMS Atherstone, HMS Hurworth, HMS Shoreham, HMS Walney, RFA Cardigan Bay
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) HMS Montrose
Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) HMS Brocklesby
Cyprus Squadron HMS Dasher, HMS Pursuer
Gibraltar Squadron HMS Sabre, HMS Scimitar

North Atlantic Tasks

Atlantic Patrol Task (North) – APT(N) HMS Ocean, RFA Wave Ruler
Survey Vessel HMS Scott

South Atlantic Tasks

Atlantic Patrol Task (South) HMS Edinburgh, RFA Gold Rover
Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel HMS Dumbarton Castle
Ice Patrol Ship HMS Endurance
Survey Vessel HMS Enterprise

Far-East Tasks

Far-East Guardship HMS Monmouth, HMS Sutherland, RFA Fort Austin, HMS Blyth, HMS Ramsey
Patrol Ship HMS Cornwall, RFA Sir Bedivere
Tanker RFA Bayleaf

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Royal Air Force


Aérospatiale Puma - 33
Agusta A109E - 3
AgustaWestland Merlin - 28
BAe 125 - 6
BAe 146 - 2
BAE Harrier GR9 10
Beechcraft King Air B200 - 7
Bell Griffin - 4
Boeing Chinook - 42
Boeing C-17A Globemaster - 4
Boeing Sentry - 7
Britten-Norman Islander - 2
Eurocopter Squirrel - 25
Eurofighter Typhoon - 40
Hawker Siddeley Dominie - 11
Hawker Siddeley Hawk - 118
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod - 21
Lockheed Hercules - 48
Lockheed Tristar - 9
Panavia Tornado - 251
Short Tucano - 125
Vickers VC-10 - 13
Westland Sea King - 22

British Geography

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British Territorial Waters

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British Overseas Territories

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Diplomacy

Allied

Essentially Members of NATO

United States of America
Federal Republic of Germany
Italian Republic
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dominion of Canada
State of Israel
Commonwealth of Australia
United Kingdom of Korea
Democratic Republic of Sweden
Federal Norwegian Republic
Fascist Reformed State of Nicaragua
Kingdom of Spain

Neutral, but with favourable leanings

Imperial Republic of Japan
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Neutral

Republic of Indonesia
Polish People's Republic
Republic of India
Persian Republic
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Federative Republic of Brazil
Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia

Neutral, but with unfavourable leanings

People's Republic of China
Republic of Cuba
Worker's Republic of Mexico
Argentine Republic
People's Republic of France
People's Republic of China
Republic of Cuba
German Democratic Republic
Polish People's Republic
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Great Socialist Libyan Peoples Arab Jamahiriyah
Socialist Republic of Romania

Enemy

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
German Democratic Republic
Glorious State of South Africa*


At War With:

Irish Republican Army
People's Democratic Liberation Army

N.B. We will take all those who found to be supplying the IRA to be directly hostile to the United Kingdom, and such actions will require explanation. Should an unreasonable explanation be given, then the nation shall be dealt with accordingly.
Furthermore, any terrorist organisation, or one we deem to be terrorist, if found on British Territory, will be dealt with severely. Let this be a message from the British Government to said organisations - we will be watching for you.

*Due to governmental hostilities toward the British nation and it's peoples, we feel this is a necessary measure.

Official Statement from the British Foreign Office

We are pleased to announce that we are now open for diplomatic communiques and embassy requests.

Remember, as per Ministerial request, we must refuse all embassies from nations within the Warsaw Pact.

Marhaban
I represent Saudi Arabia I am wondering if you would be interested in a pact or deal?

OCC: Saudi Arabia please get a factbook

OOC:I must point out that the United Kingdom of Korea is a NATO member, having been accepted by the United States (Honako), so you might want to change your list, if you can, thank you.

IC:

Official Diplomatic Request:

We wish to open a embassy and a consulate in London, and we invite you to do the same in Seoul, we hope this will be a start of a fruitful relationship between our great nations.

Kim Anyard
PM
Seoul
United Kingdom of South Korea

Marhaban
I represent Saudi Arabia I am wondering if you would be interested in a pact or deal?

Official British Foreign Office Response

We would like for you to outline what you have in mind for pacts or deals. Until then, you may consider us interested.

It is always nice to see nations of the middle east embracing relations with democratic nations as ourselves.


Official Diplomatic Request:

We wish to open a embassy and a consulate in London, and we invite you to do the same in Seoul, we hope this will be a start of a fruitful relationship between our great nations.

Kim Anyard
PM
Seoul
United Kingdom of South Korea

We would be most pleasured to allow you an Embassy and a Consulate in London, and to establish one for ourselves in Seoul.

We, too, hope that this will allow Anglo-Far East relations to flourish.

OOC: Consider it done.

Brill! Sorry if I slagged you off In the RP forum.

You now have an embassy in Saudi Arabia. I hope we can both benefit from the deal I propose. You will get 30% off all products produced by Saudi Arabia. In return we want your full cooperation in our aim to set up a nuclear reactor.

occ. In other words I want to help you set up a new British empire in return I want to be a world power along side you. Also I've never ever done a RP before so I thought I would maybe use your help.

Brill! Sorry if I slagged you off In the RP forum.

You now have an embassy in Saudi Arabia. I hope we can both benefit from the deal I propose. You will get 30% off all products produced by Saudi Arabia. In return we want your full cooperation in our aim to set up a nuclear reactor.

occ. In other words I want to help you set up a new British empire in return I want to be a world power along side you. Also I've never ever done a RP before so I thought I would maybe use your help.

OOC: Wait. You slagged me off? :p

Anyhoo, that sounds like fun. Be happy to help.

Lesson 1: When you make a post to a foreign office, you should use the terms "we" and "us", rather than I.
Lesson 2: You should put a heading at the top, for example, like mine below. A flag can help, but it needs to be small.

Hope that helps a little.

Official British Foreign Office Response

Your current stance in the world today, including your attitude to our good allies The United States of America, has lead us to use caution in our decision. However, we would be willing to assist you in creating a nuclear reactor upon the following conditions:

The Uranium required for the reactor shall be enriched in the United Kingdom, and nowhere else.
The Uranium enriched for the reactors will not, under any circumstances, be further enriched to weapons-standard.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shall agree to allowing a British Nuclear Engineering and Research Team, along with NBC troops, into the nation to visit and examine the reactors as part of their maintanence.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shall agree to notify the British Authorities of any further projects regarding Uranium enrichment, or other related processes.

These are our terms, and, whilst the international community may be unhappy, we believe that aiding nations willing to embrace a more modern view of the world are worth working with.

occ cheers that might help a little. :) Also no nukes! Aww.:( Also what does NBC stand for?

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Republic of Saudi Arabia A Message To Our British Allies
We agree to all terms listed below how ever we are hoping to discus the further enrichment of uranium.

OCC.Heres a deal if you let me have nukes then I will let you control 1 quarter of of them.

occ. Also America hates me so could we maybe keep this to ourselves or not?

Official Israeli Communique
The State of Israel would like to open an embassy in London.
You can open an embassy in Tel Aviv in return.