A Thousand Shades of Red - Though Cowards Flinch...
The Commonwealth of Britain
My first post in the thread!
This is an infobox for Britain in my kinda maybe upcoming TL/Universe which I am tentatively calling "Shades of Red" about the world after the World Revolution. Almost certainly ASB but I think its a cool thought experiment. Britain is the golden child of the socialist world and the most successful state as well as certainly being the nicest to live in. Her revolution was quick and easy (thanks to the Prince of Wales' conversion to Socialism), the country is a democratic federation of 3 constituent countries, divided into 9 provinces (1 for Wales, 2 for Scotland, 6 for England).
The Houses of Parliament were disestabished and replaced with the Witan (the name of which was chosen by its first Speaker, Council Member Edward Windsor, and has been no source of controversy in both Wales and Scotland). Politics are strictly apolitical though in recent years vague factions have formed across the nation, usually denoted by the type of flower worn on one's waistcoat (which are worn by both men and women in the Witan and in fact across Britain, as suits and dresses are both far too reactionary).
The constitution is mostly syndicalist in nature and the Unions' Council which forms the lower house is practically just a renamed TUC; everyone in the UK over the age of 16 is in a Trade Union and has a vote for the Popular Representatives (often abbreviated to PRs) of said union in the UC. Every union gets one PR and then an extra representative for each 25,000 members it has. For example a Union with 9,000 members has 1 representitive, as done a Union with 24,000 but a Union with 25,000 members has two, 50,000 members has three, ect.
The UC appoints a Premier and a cabinet for the Commonwealth who act as the executive. The Premier is the closest thing the CoB has to a single leader though the cabinet is very decentralised and each Secretary has near total control over their department. For these reasons the Premier is usually thought of as a "First among equals" position, rather than an outright national leader. The top positions on the Cabinet are the Executive Treasurer (Treasury), the Executive Chancellor (Foreign Office), Security Executive (Home Office) and the Executive General (War Office). The current Premier is Arthur J Maclean, grandson of John Maclean who was the first Speaker of the Commonwealth and is largely regarded as father of the nation alongside Edward 'Red Ed' Windsor, formerly the Duke of Wales.
The Executive Council is a smallish group of 82 representatives, with 8 elected from each province. They serve single 8 year terms and are elected on rotation every 2 years. They have a veto on all legislation but rarely intervene, only having done so about once a decade since their inception. The Speaker of the Commonwealth acts as Speaker for both Houses and it elected from the members of the Executive council by popular vote. The Speaker also has the powers of a President in a standard Semi-Parliamentary system. The Speaker usually holds next to no power at all however during times of crisis can declare a state of emergency during which they have full veto powers over all legislation, the ability to declare war and the power to call for new elections. They cannot, however, modify the constitution under any circumstances. The Commonwealth's Constitution can only be amended via a Emergency Session triggered by a majority in both houses of the Witan and a majority of Province Assemblies voting in favour.
The economy is socialised but somewhat complicated; there are three types of organisations. State Trusts manage the essential industries of Health, Transport, Energy, Education, ect. All access to these services are free at point of use. Unions own the heavy and medium sized industries of Britain; most factories, mines and fishing interests are controlled by the Union, amongst other things. Cooperatives run everything else; shops and supermarkets, farms and small businesses all exist under them. They vary in form from John Lewis-esque companies with employee ownership to proper Anarcho-Syndicalist experiments.
The New Shilling is the currency of the CoB and of its international organisation, the Cooperative Commonwealth Union, which contains a large chunk of the old Empire plus a few extras like the Netherlands and the Great Lakes.
Authors Note:
I am going to turn this into something more at some point but feel free to ask any questions.
PS. Map is crap and Flag is not final but I liked the Roundel, I might swap it out for the crest (which is blatantly stolen from Kaiserreich) if I feel skilled enough. Some numbers are guesses because I'm lazy.
The Commonwealth of Britain
My first post in the thread!
This is an infobox for Britain in my kinda maybe upcoming TL/Universe which I am tentatively calling "Shades of Red" about the world after the World Revolution. Almost certainly ASB but I think its a cool thought experiment. Britain is the golden child of the socialist world and the most successful state as well as certainly being the nicest to live in. Her revolution was quick and easy (thanks to the Prince of Wales' conversion to Socialism), the country is a democratic federation of 3 constituent countries, divided into 9 provinces (1 for Wales, 2 for Scotland, 6 for England).
The Houses of Parliament were disestabished and replaced with the Witan (the name of which was chosen by its first Speaker, Council Member Edward Windsor, and has been no source of controversy in both Wales and Scotland). Politics are strictly apolitical though in recent years vague factions have formed across the nation, usually denoted by the type of flower worn on one's waistcoat (which are worn by both men and women in the Witan and in fact across Britain, as suits and dresses are both far too reactionary).
The constitution is mostly syndicalist in nature and the Unions' Council which forms the lower house is practically just a renamed TUC; everyone in the UK over the age of 16 is in a Trade Union and has a vote for the Popular Representatives (often abbreviated to PRs) of said union in the UC. Every union gets one PR and then an extra representative for each 25,000 members it has. For example a Union with 9,000 members has 1 representitive, as done a Union with 24,000 but a Union with 25,000 members has two, 50,000 members has three, ect.
The UC appoints a Premier and a cabinet for the Commonwealth who act as the executive. The Premier is the closest thing the CoB has to a single leader though the cabinet is very decentralised and each Secretary has near total control over their department. For these reasons the Premier is usually thought of as a "First among equals" position, rather than an outright national leader. The top positions on the Cabinet are the Executive Treasurer (Treasury), the Executive Chancellor (Foreign Office), Security Executive (Home Office) and the Executive General (War Office). The current Premier is Arthur J Maclean, grandson of John Maclean who was the first Speaker of the Commonwealth and is largely regarded as father of the nation alongside Edward 'Red Ed' Windsor, formerly the Duke of Wales.
The Executive Council is a smallish group of 82 representatives, with 8 elected from each province. They serve single 8 year terms and are elected on rotation every 2 years. They have a veto on all legislation but rarely intervene, only having done so about once a decade since their inception. The Speaker of the Commonwealth acts as Speaker for both Houses and it elected from the members of the Executive council by popular vote. The Speaker also has the powers of a President in a standard Semi-Parliamentary system. The Speaker usually holds next to no power at all however during times of crisis can declare a state of emergency during which they have full veto powers over all legislation, the ability to declare war and the power to call for new elections. They cannot, however, modify the constitution under any circumstances. The Commonwealth's Constitution can only be amended via a Emergency Session triggered by a majority in both houses of the Witan and a majority of Province Assemblies voting in favour.
The economy is socialised but somewhat complicated; there are three types of organisations. State Trusts manage the essential industries of Health, Transport, Energy, Education, ect. All access to these services are free at point of use. Unions own the heavy and medium sized industries of Britain; most factories, mines and fishing interests are controlled by the Union, amongst other things. Cooperatives run everything else; shops and supermarkets, farms and small businesses all exist under them. They vary in form from John Lewis-esque companies with employee ownership to proper Anarcho-Syndicalist experiments.
The New Shilling is the currency of the CoB and of its international organisation, the Cooperative Commonwealth Union, which contains a large chunk of the old Empire plus a few extras like the Netherlands and the Great Lakes.
Authors Note:
I am going to turn this into something more at some point but feel free to ask any questions.
PS. Map is crap and Flag is not final but I liked the Roundel, I might swap it out for the crest (which is blatantly stolen from Kaiserreich) if I feel skilled enough. Some numbers are guesses because I'm lazy.
A Thousand Shades of Red:
Though Cowards Flinch... - The Commonwealth of Britain
Le Sang Impure - The Compact of the French
Beyond the Fields - The Nihonjin
Stand Up, All Victims of Oppression - The Internationale and Factions, Part 1
'Tis the Final Conflict - The Internationale and Factions, Part 2
Unites the Human Race - The Internationale and Factions, Part 3
Though Cowards Flinch... - The Commonwealth of Britain
Le Sang Impure - The Compact of the French
Beyond the Fields - The Nihonjin
Stand Up, All Victims of Oppression - The Internationale and Factions, Part 1
'Tis the Final Conflict - The Internationale and Factions, Part 2
Unites the Human Race - The Internationale and Factions, Part 3
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