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Before we get into the lore for this installment of my Victorian Zombies series, I need to address that in the previous weeks, I have done much research (and found many sources) on Pre-Napoleonic Italy, France and Germany. While this will allow me to better figure out the details of the world I am building, I am afraid that this research has resulted in the previous Italy and Germany Maps becoming drastically outdated. I let you know now so that when the France/Spain map is released next month, the differences will not be without explanation in advance.

With that all out of the way, I bring to you the next in the world of Napoleonic Zombies (Please, if anyone has an actual name idea for this, please do let me know). This time we finally have gotten to Europe's biggest power, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. While having survived better than any of the major powers in Europe, Great Britain is not without her wounds left from the plague. I'm going to be a little different than previous post and detail how the United Kingdom got to her current state instead of listing the current political landscape of the region.

When the Zombie Plague first arrived in Europe from Iberia (who in turn got it from the Caribbean and West Africa), Great Britain were not too concerned, having only just exiled Napoleon to Saint Helena. However, when Spain and Portugal began to collapse and their hordes rose to France, the British began to worry.

However, while Europe was dying all around them, the British Navy was able to strongly stop ships from entering the country unchecked. By 1819, only a handful of ports were open to what little countries were in shape to international trade, and by 1823, most of these closed as well, leaving out Portsmouth (and illegally open harbors) open to the world.

However, this stability would soon end by a massive Scottish revolt in 1827. The Scottish War for independence is a prime example of the danger of warfare in this new world; as the ships once keeping out European refugees left to blockade the Scottish coast, thousands of people migrated the Great Britain to flee the Hordes in France, Iberia, Scandinavia, and Germany. With them, they brought the plague to England.

By 1828, London was lost and the royal family was forced to flee north to Manchester. Many walls and defensive fortifications were set up on their retreat to hold back the dead, but in the end, all but the final would fall between the years of 1827 and 1846. As infections began to occur in Scotland, the Scottish Government in Kirkcaldy opened negotiations to surrender in the Treaty of Manchester. The Loyalist regions of Scotland in Aberdeen and the northernmost Islands were granted autonomy on the scale of the isle of Mann.

While the Scottish Threat was dealt with, the British were still failing to fight the Dead as well as several Gaelic rebellions in the west. It was then decided in the early 1830's to focus on the most concerning issue and accept Gaelic independence in Ireland and in Scotland (Though Gaeltachtai and the Gaidhealtachd are essentially British Client States).

Just as all was looking back up, King William IV died in the early 1830's. Much of the line of succession has died in the Exodus of London and it became fuzzy as to who exactly was the true new monarch. Conflicts soon broke out in the southern holdouts of England and spread across Great Britain. While the fighting ended quickly, with supporters of Princess Sophia (one of George III's children) winning over those of George FitzClarence (William IV's oldest illegitimate son). In 1839, Sophia took the throne as Sophia I, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. England lost a quarter of her remaining land and had gone from an uncontested Superpower of Europe, to just a major power.

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Description
Before we get into the lore for this installment of my Victorian Zombies series, I need to address that in the previous weeks, I have done much research (and found many sources) on Pre-Napoleonic Italy, France and Germany. While this will allow me to better figure out the details of the world I am building, I am afraid that this research has resulted in the previous Italy and Germany Maps becoming drastically outdated. I let you know now so that when the France/Spain map is released next month, the differences will not be without explanation in advance.

With that all out of the way, I bring to you the next in the world of Napoleonic Zombies (Please, if anyone has an actual name idea for this, please do let me know). This time we finally have gotten to Europe's biggest power, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. While having survived better than any of the major powers in Europe, Great Britain is not without her wounds left from the plague. I'm going to be a little different than previous post and detail how the United Kingdom got to her current state instead of listing the current political landscape of the region.

When the Zombie Plague first arrived in Europe from Iberia (who in turn got it from the Caribbean and West Africa), Great Britain were not too concerned, having only just exiled Napoleon to Saint Helena. However, when Spain and Portugal began to collapse and their hordes rose to France, the British began to worry.

However, while Europe was dying all around them, the British Navy was able to strongly stop ships from entering the country unchecked. By 1819, only a handful of ports were open to what little countries were in shape to international trade, and by 1823, most of these closed as well, leaving out Portsmouth (and illegally open harbors) open to the world.

However, this stability would soon end by a massive Scottish revolt in 1827. The Scottish War for independence is a prime example of the danger of warfare in this new world; as the ships once keeping out European refugees left to blockade the Scottish coast, thousands of people migrated the Great Britain to flee the Hordes in France, Iberia, Scandinavia, and Germany. With them, they brought the plague to England.

By 1828, London was lost and the royal family was forced to flee north to Manchester. Many walls and defensive fortifications were set up on their retreat to hold back the dead, but in the end, all but the final would fall between the years of 1827 and 1846. As infections began to occur in Scotland, the Scottish Government in Kirkcaldy opened negotiations to surrender in the Treaty of Manchester. The Loyalist regions of Scotland in Aberdeen and the northernmost Islands were granted autonomy on the scale of the isle of Mann.

While the Scottish Threat was dealt with, the British were still failing to fight the Dead as well as several Gaelic rebellions in the west. It was then decided in the early 1830's to focus on the most concerning issue and accept Gaelic independence in Ireland and in Scotland (Though Gaeltachtai and the Gaidhealtachd are essentially British Client States).

Just as all was looking back up, King William IV died in the early 1830's. Much of the line of succession has died in the Exodus of London and it became fuzzy as to who exactly was the true new monarch. Conflicts soon broke out in the southern holdouts of England and spread across Great Britain. While the fighting ended quickly, with supporters of Princess Sophia (one of George III's children) winning over those of George FitzClarence (William IV's oldest illegitimate son). In 1839, Sophia took the throne as Sophia I, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. England lost a quarter of her remaining land and had gone from an uncontested Superpower of Europe, to just a major power.

discord.gg/epp3fkFj4J