I have noticed that there is a lot of British-wanks on this site, while British screws are hard to come by. A lot of times I have seen a bunch of threads that want to preserve the Empire with the British being dominant , while India is left out as although people want a prosperous India they don't want the British Empire to become an Indian Empire.
So, I think it would be something different to see a great imperial collapse after the Empire reached it's peak. Just to do something new over here.
So, the challenge is to have the British Empire completely collapse, not just slowly ,but quickly like how the Spanish Empire collapsed.
I'll throw my own two cents of how this could happen.
Say, after a world war 1 in which the central powers win or at least draw, Britain has gone into horrible debt thanks to all the American loans it can't pay. With all of the sacrificed lives from the Dominions having been in vain, Some if not all try to make a break for complete independence and transition into Republic. India and Ireland undergo violent revolution as the British can't afford to keep them down. Britain goes into a sort of great depression early, which leads to some sort of republican revolution were a totalitarian party comes to power for some 50-70 years. Think V for Vendetta. Homosexuals,Disabled/handicapped, elderly, ethnic minorities, and just about anyone that Victorian era eugenics targeted. At the end of this dark period, Britain emerges as being Russia level poor with London taking Moscow's place for a big city area that is rich, while the rest is in tatters. Like Russia, there are few remains of the imperial, or even fewer, as Buckingham palace is burned to the ground, with the remains constantly looted and sold on the Black market to off the island. The crown jewels are gone, historic monuments trashed, etc.
That's my ,admittedly bad, try but let's see what the rest of you guys can do
So, I think it would be something different to see a great imperial collapse after the Empire reached it's peak. Just to do something new over here.
So, the challenge is to have the British Empire completely collapse, not just slowly ,but quickly like how the Spanish Empire collapsed.
I'll throw my own two cents of how this could happen.
Say, after a world war 1 in which the central powers win or at least draw, Britain has gone into horrible debt thanks to all the American loans it can't pay. With all of the sacrificed lives from the Dominions having been in vain, Some if not all try to make a break for complete independence and transition into Republic. India and Ireland undergo violent revolution as the British can't afford to keep them down. Britain goes into a sort of great depression early, which leads to some sort of republican revolution were a totalitarian party comes to power for some 50-70 years. Think V for Vendetta. Homosexuals,Disabled/handicapped, elderly, ethnic minorities, and just about anyone that Victorian era eugenics targeted. At the end of this dark period, Britain emerges as being Russia level poor with London taking Moscow's place for a big city area that is rich, while the rest is in tatters. Like Russia, there are few remains of the imperial, or even fewer, as Buckingham palace is burned to the ground, with the remains constantly looted and sold on the Black market to off the island. The crown jewels are gone, historic monuments trashed, etc.
That's my ,admittedly bad, try but let's see what the rest of you guys can do