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The English Restoration saw the crowning of King Charles II of England and the return of a monarchy to the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. The republic was, as most of you will most likely know, from the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, of which the English Civil War (compromising of three consecutive conflicts) was the most prominent. It left the British Isles firmly under the rule of a Puritan military dictatorship formed from Cromwell's tough New Model Army (of which can be argued as the predecessor western modern armies, due to the effectiveness of the force). Points to take in account is the fact that it was, while only having two leaders, a crowned republic with Oliver Cromwell passing his title of Lord Protector down to his son Richard. After Richard was found to be incompetent, the Rump Parliament removed him from power. I don't know exactly how it was governed after this, but I think the top men were the Council of State (although this was replaced by the Committee of Safety, an overall Orwellian sounding body) who probably ran it as an oligarchy that listened to the Parliament.

More notes: The Rump Parliament was formed from Pride's Purge, the only military coup d'etat in English history, whereby Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed and arrested the MPs that weren't loyal to the Grandees of the NMA.

With an arguably very strong and disciplined military in the form of the NMA (which may or may not last) and many other factors that may change to favour the republic, let us assume that the English Restoration would not happen, nor an event like it within one hundred or so years. How would a now fundamentalist Puritan England which had banned things like theatre and Christmas evolve? Would they eventually become more liberal? Would universal or partial suffrage come earlier to Britain? Furthermore, what would the ripple effects be of this type of Britain on the rest of Europe and the world?
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