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  • England wins the hundred years outright, the Dauphine surrenders, the South of France effenctively becomes an English Duchy, the North and the west coast are directly occupied by England.
  • England turns it's attention to to Scotland and Ireland, it's continental enemy ground to dust. Over a period of time, it gains control of all of the British Isles, (A war with Norway yields the north islands indefinately, as well as possibly Iceland - maybe, I'm not promising anything)
  • The nation of Great Britain is formed, building up a British nationalism which spouts British superiority over the French and stuff, with Burgundians, Bretons and Normans given priveleges.
  • War erupts with Burgundy over, something, Britain annexes it along with it's possessions in the Netherlands
  • Britain formally takes control of the duchy in the South of France. British control on the continent effectively consists of most of modern France and the Netherlands.
  • Britain, far from experiancing a golden age, is tied down by relentless rebellions within France and the Netherlands. It becomes almost Britain's Casus Belli to oppress the French and Dutch. Power becomes centralised in London leading to...
  • The King/Queen/Aristocratic Cock of Britain becomes an Emperor.
  • Britain is effectively stuck in a state of near total War within it's own borders on the continentfor hundreds of years.
  • Very Limited Colonial progress (We're talking on par with Denmark here) or none at all.
  • Britain becomes a highly militarised nation, centralised nation, patriotic nation, ideas of being English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish are thrown out in an all out war against very belligerant French and Dutch (and Flemish too, blah blah) rebels.
  • Britain doesn't Industrialise as fast, doesn't trade nearly as much etc, and becomes viewed as the titular Sick man of Europe, far too concerned with it's introverted problems to pursue Foreign Policy
  • Britain attempts assimilation policies etc, but French nationalism and cultural pride live on. Ironically, the rest of the world abandons any idea of a Nation of France, Britain does the same. The Wars goes on, British Statesman of all variety over the decades never even consider giving France independance.
  • Over the years British people settle in France due to government settlement policies, the French upper and Middle class become attached to the British institution, which intern supports them, causing state-sponsered class oppression.
Thoughts? Opinions? Is this idea worth a mess?
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