United Kingdom
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| General Rank | 14 |
| Demographics | |
| Language | English |
| Population | 7497 ▲ |
| Capital | London |
| Official Website | [1] |
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| Current President | Mr Woldy |
| Political Party | The Unity Party |
| Economics | |
| Currency | GBP |
| GDP (last 7 days) | 879.35 
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| Inflation | 9.97% |
| Minimum salary | 1 GBP
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| Average salary | 4.05 GBP
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| Unemployment rate | 43.55% |
| Monthly exports | 90.55
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| Monthly imports | 17.51
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| Military | |
| Conquered Countries | 0 |
| Territories | 13 |
| Average Strength | 3.49 |
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| Chat | chat |
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| Last Update | 6 Nov 2009 |
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Geography
The United Kingdom (abbr. UK) is a geographically composite country situated in the north-west of the European continental area and is composed of twelve regions in total. The country is somewhat of an international crossroads, sharing borders with nine nations:
Europe -
Denmark,
France,
Ireland,
Norway,
Sweden,
Netherlands.
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| London | 1418 |  
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| East Midlands |
| Nottingham | 563 | 
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| East of England |
| Norwich | 225 |
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| North East of England |
| Newcastle | 224 | : | 
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| North West of England |
| Liverpool | 481 | 
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| Northern Ireland |
| Belfast | 414 | 
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| Scotland |
| Edinburgh | 421 |
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| South East of England |
| Oxford | 588 |
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| South West of England |
| Bristol | 433 |
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| Wales |
| Cardiff | 258 |
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| West Midlands |
| Birmingham | 335 |
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| Yorkshire & Humberside |
| Leeds | 307 |
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The United Kingdom has at one point or another been in possession of several foreign regions, although it currently possesses only it's original regions.
The Belgian regions of Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia united with the UK after the Belgium-United Kingdom War, eRepublik's first conflict.
During the PEACE invasion of North America many Canadian regions such as Alberta, Brittany, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan where occupied by the UK. The Danish regions of Midtjylland and Nordjylland were also gained during this conflict from Swedish control.
Collectively, non original regions controlled by the UK are sometimes unofficially referred to as the Commonwealth, a name likely given respective of its non-digital counterpart.
Society
During the game's earlier stages the UK saw significant migration from such countries as Lithuania, Croatia, Australia and Poland, though as these countries were added to game or liberated the populations moved out. In April 2008 Belgium became a part of the United Kingdom in a union between the two countries and remained in union until February 2009 when Belgium resumed independence.
This welcoming approach saw the UK's population rise steadily up to a peak of 9,000 in May 2009 which made it the 5th largest country by population in eRepublik. This was not to last however as the UK lost thousands of citizens in July, dropping to just over the 5,000 mark and vanishing from the top five in what is unofficially called "The Great Purge".
This decline reversed recently, with a new population boom pushing the population back up to around 7,500. It is speculated that these changes are due to foreign affairs policy, when the UK adopts more assertive policies fewer citizens tend to go inactive and die.
Economy
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Politics
The politics of the United Kingdom attempts draw from its real life counterpart to provide a suitable British uniqueness to the country in the otherwise rather "cloned" nature of eRepublik while still acknowledging the game mechanics of Congress and President.
The Monarch
The United Kingdom officially became a "Kingdom" on September the 18th 2009 when the Monarchy Act was passed by both Houses of Parliament. The Act established Stephen John Fry as the first "Monarch" of the United Kingdom, a position holding absolute legislative and executive authority. However, this power has been granted to the Prime Minister and Parliament so as to govern as representatives on his behalf, presumably until Stephen makes an appearance and claims his Royal right to office. The full title of the King is "His Britannic Majesty Stephen, the First of the electronic United Kingdom".
| Included in the the King's authority is the power to appoint a successor of his choosing, provided they are a citizen of a commonwealth nation. As yet there is not heir apparent, and should there still be no heir apparent if the King dies or abdicates the choice of succession falls to the serving Prime Minister, again providing the heir is a citizen of a commonwealth nation. The Prime Minister's choice is subject to Parliamentary confirmation, requiring a 66% super-majority vote of the House of Commons. |
Congress (Parliament)
The in-game Congress of the United Kingdom is customarily referred to as Parliament by its citizens, specifically the House of Commons, and its members are Members of Parliament (abbrv. MP). Since the elections of the 25th of November 2008, each of the UK's 12 regions elects up to three seats, leaving 4 of the possible 40 seats remaining for "wildcard" positions.
As well as voting on in-game laws, the House of Commons votes on other UK laws, such as constitutional issues, government structure, government procedure and any schemes or projects that might draw significant public funds. The UK also employs a second legislative chamber, the House of Lords, members of which are referred to as Lords and who are selected on the basis of experience and knowledge by their peers, with oversight of the House of Commons. The purpose of the House of Lords is to scrutinise the decisions of the House of Commons, checking laws for errors, loopholes or ambiguities etc. The Lords have no in-game duties or powers, and all discussion and voting takes place in the UK National Forums.
The House of Commons | 
The House of Lords |
| Legislation of the United Kingdom
See Statute Book. | Current Members of Congress | Past Election Results |
Mayors
Until the release of Erepublik Version 1.0, the UK, like all other nations in the game at the time, had regional mayors who presided over local issues and in the UK were initially charged with implementing the now-abolished NHS gifting scheme.
| For the UK's mayoral history
See list of all Mayors. |
President (Prime Minister)
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| The President of the United Kingdom, customarily referred to as the Prime Minister (abbr. PM), is Mr Woldy of The Unity Party. He received 798 votes (52.50%) in the October 2009 election, defeating former Prime Minister GLaDOS (35.59%) and earning his first term. He has since won a second term receiving 748 votes (54.64%) beating his main opponent AltmerVampire who received 500 votes (36.52%).
The Prime Minister is the Head of State, the highest foreign representative, has command-by-proxy of the military, is able to appoint cabinet ministers to perform the day-to-day administration of the country, has limited veto powers over legislation moving through the House of Parliament and is able to speed up the legislative process if a law is required due to an emergency situation. |
| Past UK Presidents | Prime Ministerial Elections |
His Majesty's Government
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Political Parties
| Logo | Party Name | Initials | Political Stance | Party President | Members | Congressmen |
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| The Unity Party | TUP | Centre-left, Libertarian | Karacticus | 612 | 15 |
| UK Reform | UKRP | Centre-right, Libertarian | Wossoo | 500 | 8 |
| Radical Freethinkers Alliance | RFA | Centre, Libertarian | AltmerVampire | 280 | 6 |
| People's Communist Party | PCP | Far-left, Libertarian | Johnobrow Dadds | 260 | 6 |
| The British Empire Party | BEP | Centre-right, Libertarian | Sir Terry the Great | 195 | 4 |
| Logo | Party Name | Initials | Political Stance | Party President | Members | Congressmen |
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| Free Democratic Party | FDP | Centre-right, Libertarian | Arthur Wellesley | 110 | 1 |
| The SI Community Party | SICP | Centre-Left, Libertarian | Jack Dawber | 85 | 0 |
| British Loyalists | BL | Centre-right, Libertarian | Detroit34 | 42 | 0 |
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| Bob's Patriots | BP | Centre, Libertarian | Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar | 42 | 0 |
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| GF world domination party. | GFWDP | Far-right, Libertarian | Necrosis | 24 | 0 |
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| The WAR Party | WAR | Centre-right, Libertarian | Julius Sterling | 16 | 0 |
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| The Right Choice Party | RCP | Far-right, Totalitarian | Cyke O'Path | 11 | 0 |
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| INGSOC | NNL | Far-left, Totalitarian | Erepublic000 | 9 | 0 |
| The United Party | UP | Centre-right, Libertarian | Liam Charlesworth | 7 | 0 |
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| The TTP Party | TUP! | Center-left, Libertarian | zxpiesqrd | 6 | 0 |
Military
The United Kingdom has a healthy military but has for some time lacked the renown it once enjoyed, though it did play a key strategic role in the PEACE Invasion of North America. Its armed forces are divided into four branches, each with their own chain of command, purpose, organizational structure and traditions. They fall under the perview of the Ministry of Defence.
 | The Special Force are the senior section of the United Kingdom's military, commanded by Wallyboy444. They are comprised of a relatively small fighting force of very high-strength, high-ranking mobile troops. They are assigned to various conflicts throughout the New World in order to defend the United Kingdom, her allies, and interests. |  | The Royal Navy, commanded by R.R. Napier, engages in both homeland defence and can deploy to foreign battlefields, like the Special Forces. Holding the majority of the UK's mobile troops the Royal Navy recruits any citizen able to fight and willing to travel abroad. |
| Main article | See also
Military Decorations, Medals and Insignia of the United Kingdom |
Foreign Affairs
Recent history has seen a great deal of change. The United Kingdom was once a member of the ATLANTIS alliance but adopted a policy of neutrality following the organization's dissolution, initiating a a period characterized by extremely low relations with it's former allies such as the USA and Sweden. As a consequence the UK eventually joined PEACE GC in a memorable episode of political turnout prior to the PEACE Invasion of North America, a controversial move as PEACE and ATLANTIS were traditionally enemies.
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Media
National Newspaper Association As part of the Ministry of Home Affairs the National Newspaper Association provides a weekly round-up of government and political news aswell as popular or particularly good or interesting articles. It has recently carried out a survey to find the UK's favourite newspapers, the top 20 of which were awarded gold medals. The Results can be found here.
* Excluding government and foreign papers, papers from banned users, or papers inactive for one month or greater.
External links
The external forum community and IRC Channel of the United Kingdom are among the largest and most active in eRepublik.
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