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"Great Britain has roared into the 19th Century, rapidly becoming the first industrial nation. The massive empire is kept afloat by the labour across the globe. However William IV is close to death and who knows what sort of era the new monarch will usher in."
Great Britain, formally the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, is a
Great Power in Northern Europe. Great Britain begins as the most industrialized nation in 1836, and has an extensive colonial empire, with subjects and colonies on every continent.
Near the start of the game, the Hanoverian Succession and the Opium Wars are issues which confront Britain.
As the leader of the victorious coalition against Napoleon 20 years prior and as the premier industrial economy on the planet, Great Britain begins at the greatest power in 1836. Great Britain's overseas empire is extensive, owning Malta, much of the Caribbean, Belize, Guyana, the South Atlantic Islands, Newfoundland and all of Ireland. In addition to this, Great Britain has numerous subjects. In Africa,
Sierra Leone and the
Cape Colony are colonies of Britain.
Canada and
Australia are split among different colonies of Britain in 1836. However, they typically federalize as the game progresses. In Germany,
Hanover starts as a British subject in a personal union with Britain, however this personal union breaks with the crowning of Queen Victoria. The rest of North-West Germany, including
Hamburg and
Bremen, are inside of Britain’s market in the historical Steuerverein. The true jewel in the crown however is the
British East India Company and its numerous Princely States vassals, who carry most of the Indian subcontinent in the British market, though the
Sikh Empire,
Kalat,
Makran, and
Sindh are free from Britain at the game’s start.
Great Britain begins with all era 1 technologies and several era 2 technologies researched.
Production technology |
Military technology |
Society technology
|
Prospecting
Intensive Agriculture
Railways
|
Drydocks
Screw Frigate
Power of the Purse
General Staff
Napoleonic Warfare
Percussion Cap
|
Law Enforcement
Stock Exchange
Central Banking
Central Archives
Colonization
Egalitarianism
Mass Communication
Medical Degrees
Dialectics
Romanticism
|
Great Britain has many subjects, including the
British East India Company,
Cape Colony,
Hanover, the
Trucial States, and the constituent colonies of
Canada and
Australia. Britain also has directly owned colonies in Malta, Gibralter, Guyana, Newfoundland, the Caribbean, West Africa, and some other regions. Consequently, Great Britain has
active interests in many parts of the world.
Starting Statistics
Statistic |
Starting value
|
GDP |
36.1M
|
Population |
26.0M
|
Literacy |
54.2%
|
Standard of Living |
Impoverished (11.6)
|
Under the starting Citizenship law, National Supremacy, the accepted cultures in Britain are English, Scottish, Welsh, and Anglo-Canadian, with the English having the most political power at 91.4% and 53.9% of population. Yankees, Dixies and Australians would also be accepted if any existed in Great Britain.
Culture |
Percent of population |
Political Power |
Status
|
English |
53.9% |
91.4% |
Primary
|
Scottish |
10.9% |
5.76% |
Primary
|
Welsh |
2.98% |
2.73% |
Accepted
|
Anglo-Canadian |
0.15% |
0.07% |
Accepted
|
Irish |
26.7% |
0.01% |
Discriminated
|
Afro-Caribbean |
3.11% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Maltese |
0.44% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Afro-Antillean |
0.36% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Mande |
0.35% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Spanish |
0.18% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Akan |
0.15% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Malay |
0.15% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Fulbe |
0.14% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
The state religion of Britain is Protestant; with the starting Church and State law, Freedom of Conscience, all Christian religions are accepted.
Religion |
Percent of population |
Political Power |
Status
|
Protestant |
70.5% |
99.6% |
State religion
|
Catholic |
28.2% |
0.38% |
Accepted
|
Sunni |
0.73% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Animist |
0.26% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Jewish |
0.08% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Mahayana |
0.05% |
0% |
Discriminated
|
Notes: This table lists playable countries divided by superregion and region. Starting countries are listed by the region of their capital state, with formable and releasable countries not present at the start listed separately by superregion. Decentralized (non-playable) and special cases are listed separately.