Icholasen

The United Kingdom of Icholasen
The United Kingdom of Icholasen UKoI
	Motto: "We are unity. And we are unstoppable."
	Anthem: United Icholasen
	Map of Icholasen and the European Union
Capital	Saint Regina
Official languages	English, French, Spanish
Demonym	Nicoleizian
Government	Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Legislature	Houses of Parliament
Establishment
Population
GDP (nominal)	2014 estimate
Currency	Nicoleizian Pound (NP)
Time zone	GMT
Drives on the	"left"
Calling code	+765
Internet TLD	.uki

The United Kingdom of Icholasen

The United Kingdom of Icholasen is a Constitutional Monarchy located in the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south, the Pas de Calais to the South East and the Arctic to the North.

History

Historic Timeline

1 Millions Years ago: People from mainland Europe migrated to Icholasen
2,000 Years ago: The Kingdom of Regina was founded along with other small countries
2,100 Years ago: The Kingdom of Portland and the Kingdom of Romain were founded.
1,000 Years ago: Regina conquered all the land known as Regina today.
1,100 Years ago: Portland conquered all the land known as Regina today.
1,150 Years ago: conquered all the land known as Regina today.
1200: Regina becomes largest country.
1300: Country Majority Catholic
1400: Queen Mary 1st denounces the Catholic Church and Regina is protestant, Portland and Romain follow.
1500: The Regina-Romain war ends with Regina controlling Romain.
1600: Regina destroys the Romainian Monarchy.
1701: Act of Union with Portland. King James the 1st becomes the 1st King of the United Kingdom of Icholasen.
1800: Romain Troubles begin.
1850: RA (Romain Army) is founded.
1900: Romain uprising kills 5,000 Reginal's and Portlandish people.
1923: Romain declares itself independent but it invaded.
1932: The nation falls to communism in January and by August it is a dictatorship.
1954: The state controls everything.
1990: Anti-Government riots begin.
1996: Government loses many battles with the people.
2000: On June the 4th Icholasen becomes a Monarchy once more.
2013: January 20th is recognised as National Day.
2014: Anastasia is coronated.

Monarchs of the United Kingdom of Icholasen

Year Acceded	Name	Age of Accession	Year of Birth	Age of Death
1701	King James the 1st	30	1670	87
1748	Queen Anne the 1st	50	1700	92
1790	King Nicholas the 1st	20	1760	100
1870	Queen Anne the 2nd	70	1800	92
1892	King George the 1st	40	1852	80
1932	Dictatorship Years	N/A	N/A	N/A
2000	King Nikolai 1st	40	1973	N/A
2014	Queen Anastasia 1st	20	1994	N/A

Geography

Nations of the United Kingdom of Icholasen

Regina: Regina is a nation that is part of the United Kingdom of Icholasen It shares land borders with Portland to the north and Wales to the South. The Atlantic Ocean lies west of Regina, whilst the Pas de Calais to the south separate it from continental Europe lies to the southeast. Most of Regina comprises the central part of the island of Icholasen which lies in the North Atlantic. Regina's terrain mostly comprises low hills and plains, especially in central and southern Regina. The former capital of England was Saint Adelaide until replaced by Saint Regina in the 12th century. Today Saint Regina is the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom of Icholasen. The population of Regina is largely concentrated around Saint Regina, the Central West, the North West and which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century. The Kingdom of Regina – which after 1600 included Romain – was a sovereign state until 1 May 1701, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Portland to create the Kingdom of Icholasen. In 1923 the Romain Republic seceded from the United Kingdom of Icholasen, leading to the second war of Romain which kept Romain in the Union.

Portland: Portland is a nation that is part of the United Kingdom of Icholasen. Occupying the northern third of the island of Icholasen, Portland shares a border with Regina to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Pierre, the country's capital and largest city, was the hub of the Portland Enlightenment of the 18th century, which transformed Portland into one of the commercial, intellectual, and industrial powerhouses of Europe. Portland, Portland's second-largest city, was once one of the world's leading industrial cities and now lies at the centre of the Greater Portland conurbation. Portland waters consist of a large sector of the North Atlantic containing some of the largest reserves in the European Union. The Kingdom of Portland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the Early Middle Ages and continued to exist until 1701. Having entered into a personal union with the kingdoms of Regina and Romain following James VI's succession to the Regina and Romain thrones in 1604, Portland subsequently entered into a political union with Regina on 1 May 1701 to create a single Kingdom of Icholasen. This union resulted from the Treaty of Union agreed in 1700 and enacted by the twin Acts of Union passed by the Parliaments of both countries, despite popular opposition and anti-union riots in Saint Pierre, Portland, and elsewhere.

Romain: Romain (French: Romainie, from Old French Romanz)is a Nation of Icholasen corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. The earlier province of Romain (owned by Miraco) contained Romain, as well as small areas now part of the départements of Regina. For a century and a half following the Romain Conquest of Regina in 1500, Romain and Regina were linked by Regina and Miracan Kings. South Romain is predominantly agricultural in character, with cattle breeding the most important sector (although in decline from the peak levels of the 1970s and 1980s). The bocage is a patchwork of small fields with high hedges, typical of western areas. North Romain contains a higher concentration of industry. Romain is a significant cider-producing region, and also produces calvados, a distilled cider or apple brandy. Other activities of economic importance are horse breeding (including two Icholasen national stud farms), fishing, seafood, and tourism. The region contains three Icholasen nuclear power stations. There is also easy access to and from Miraco using the port of Calais.

Politics

Head of State

Icholasen operates under the system where the parliament holds and exercises the authority and power of the sovereign who is the Queen of the United Kingdom of Icholasen. The current Head of State is Her Majesty Queen Anastasia the First. The Head of State conducts Diplomatic talks, Dinners, Parties and the schmoozing. She also has the duty of giving awards to soldiers, charity workers and other people who have contributed. Her Majesty doesn't have to sign everything for it to become law but has executive power over the Parliament. Her Majesty, however doesn't ever use her executive power but if she did she could potentially rule the country.

House of Lions

The House of Lions consists of 650 members of parliament who are elected to represent one of 650 constituencies. The House of Lions is split along the lines of party politics where members of the government party are sat on one side and the opposition on the other.These MPs vote on a regular basis to approve legislation and hold the government to account. In order for legislation to be approved the government must gain a majority of 326 MPs or if a matter of constitution a majority of 500 MPs.

Any MP has the opportunity to present Private Members Bills to the House of Commons in order to try and introduce new laws or repeal old ones, however because of the large number of government issues which pass through the House of Commons there is often not much parliamentary time remaining to debate and vote on such bills.

House of Unicorns

The House of lords is an unelected house whose job is to scrutinise legislation put forward by the House of Commons. Once appointed Lords serve for a term of 10 years.

The House of Unicorns does not have the power to stop the passage of legislation through parliament however it can enact changes which must be approved by the House of Lions. This means that the house has the ability to significantly slow down the passage of legislation. However the House of Commons does have the authority to avoid the process of the House of Lords and send legislation straight to the Queen for Royal Assent through an act of parliament.

Party Politics

There are 3 Large Parties and 2 Smaller Parties with Seats. Icholasen has got a 3 party system and the smaller parties do stir up things in Politics.

Liberal Democratic Socialists

The Liberal Democratic socialism are a political party advocating a democratic political system alongside a socialist economic system. This refers to extending principles of democracy in the economy (such as through cooperatives or workplace democracy), and simply refers to trends of socialism that emphasise democratic principles as inalienable from their political project.

Socialists

The socialist political movement includes a diverse array of political philosophies. The Socialist Party calls for the nationalisation of most of the means of production as a strategy for implementing socialism, while Liberal Democratic Socialists generally place their hopes in decentralized means of direct democracy such as libertarian municipalism, citizens' assemblies, trade unions, and workers' councils coming from a general anti-authoritarian stance. Both socialist parties have adopted the causes of other social movements, such as environmentalism, feminism and liberalism.

Labour

Labour is a left-of-centre political party formed to represent the interests of ordinary working people, in particular a major Nicoleizian party that is the current opposition. Arising from the trade union movement at the end of the 19th century, it helped the Communists but has since been forgiven and is now allowed to be a party again. It is the current opposition and has the most seats (If you count the Coalition Government as two parties)

Greens

The Green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation for world peace. Green party platforms embrace social-democratic economic policies and forming coalitions with leftists. Green parties exist in nearly 90 countries around the world; many are members of Global Greens.

Conservatives

As the Least Popular Political Party The Conservative Party, colloquially referred to as the Tory Party or the Tories, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom of Icholasen that states that it espouses the philosophies of conservatism and Nicoleizian unionism. As of 2013 it is the smallest single party in the House of Commons, with Chris Grayling, the leader of the Conservative Party. It is the smallest party in local government with 2 councillors.

The European Union & Icholasen

Accession to the EU

On the 31st October 2013 the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Icholasen joined passed the final legislation needed for Icholasen to join the European Union. At the time of Icholasen's accession to the EU the Liberal Democratic Socialists Party had been in government for nearly 3 years.

List of European Councillors

Pamela Winchell - ALDGE

The Armed Forces of Icholasen

Royal Icholasen Ground Force (RIGF)

The Royal Icholasen Ground Force consists of 1.5 Million Service People.

The Royal Icholasen Air Force (RIAF)

The Royal Icholasen Air force has 2640 planes, half bombers half fighters

The Royal Icholasen Navy (RIN)

The Royal Icholasen Navy has 138 Ships including 4 aircraft carriers.

Transportation

Road

Icholasen has good quality motorways and roads in the cities but lacks in the countryside, with potholes, unpaved and potentially dangerous roads.

Railway

Icholasen has a relatively good rail service between cities and it has a good Underground in Saint Regina. Icholasen is currently building 2 tunnels one to Miraco and the other to Imperial Prussian State. They are both due to be completed in February 2014.

Air

Icholasen travels a lot by air between countries and internally.