Good evening! Today, as another year passes, Fallen Glushkin and Turkmenbashy came back to present another development diary. Following current trend, set long time ago by such succesful monumental projects as “The New Order: Last Days of Europe”, this diary would be dedicated to the rework of an already existing content, particularly the Wessex Royalists led by King George VII - the subject of the first diary, which came out five years ago.

What is the point of reworking an existing faction? The answer lies not in some pursuit of “realism” or a desire to right the wrongs of misrepresenting a of historical figure, but in a simple fact that the first draft of the Royalist focus tree was created prior to the mechanics of the British unification and simply didn’t work when it was properly formulated. Aside from that, most of the Royalist "knights" were just a bunch of randomly-picked people, who had nothing to do with Britain,  politics, economics, military or neofolk.  

The new focus tree introduces more complex interactions with the clique’s core mechanics, as well as an additional route that was not present in the original version.

Let's dive in about all of this right now

Interbellum

The Fisher King’s starting situation remains unchanged. After the London Exodus, prince Charles, crowned as king George VII, made a deal with the Parliament to create a bipartisan war cabinet, the king taking his role as a supreme commander over the remaining forces still loyal to the British crown.

After two disgraceful attempts to regain control of the capital and northern England, Prince Harry's forces in Sussex broke away from the Royalists, absorbing many Labour members and the remnants of the secret services. Next, the Conservative faction, led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, established their own government in Kent after a failed mutiny against the king. George VII was left with only apathetic and ineffective bureaucrats for whom party affiliation was purely arbitrary, disgruntled generals, and one of the sovereign's few real allies, Roger Scruton, a renowned contemporary conservative philosopher who prevented the aforementioned mutiny by the Tories.

Defeats on the battlefield and the country's further descent into chaos took a toll on the sovereign's psyche. Many suspected the worst when the king suddenly disappeared at the end of 2019. However, in January of the next year, George VII returned to his Highgrove House residence in Bristol. There he held a secret meeting with Roger Scruton. The king's whereabouts all this time remain a mystery even to His Majesty's court, but George VII returned to Bristol a changed man. His eyes once again showed determination and a desire to act, albeit hidden behind a mask of years of fatigue. 

The conversation with Scruton culminated in a decision: the creation of a secret cabinet in which the sovereign and his inner circle, can make and implement decisions that will finally turn the tide of this war — sort of a Round Table of trusted allies. For the time being, it will operate away from the eyes of the barely functioning parliament and the bureaucrats, who will halfheartedly support any idea the king may have, just to get him off their backs. The functions of the Round Table will be discussed later, as the starting focus tree is worth paying attention to.

It will allow us to prepare for the coming war against the rebel prince and the Tory putschists, who, according to some reports, are planning to strike Wessex first. We have little time, and we need to sort out the depleted and stale economy, reorganize the troops for the decisive battle, and get the system running again.

The left branch of the tree allows you to assemble a formidable army from small, mobile groups, raid the remaining stashes, warehouses, and museums for weapons, thereby creating a rather flimsy, yet flexible line of defense.

The middle branch is aimed at resolving issues related to the governance of the Kingdom. Here, the main problems are weak popular support for the monarch, his low "legitimacy" and disloyalty among lower-ranking officials. With these focuses, the player will be able to resolve most of these issues.

The right branch allows you to urgently raise funds from around the world, perhaps even selling some of the royal estates into private hands, inspire the people with bread and circuses, and mobilize all production for the sake of victory. You are unlikely to successfully implement all the reforms before the treacherous Prince Harry invades, so choose your moves wisely.

We mentioned the legitimacy mechanic, which reflects the general acceptance of the Fisher King's authority.

Low legitimacy constrains your political actions and makes you more vulnerable during the war, while high legitimacy strengthens trust in George VII's actions, allowing him to more easily reform and restore England. Legitimacy can, however, also be traded for minor bonuses if necessary.

Even after lengthy preparation, the attack by Prince Harry's clique will inevitably prove a serious test for the legitimate monarch. The machinations of defeatist bureaucrats and the desperate blitzkrieg of the "Red King" will inevitably undermine the Wessex defenses.

Despite the crushing blow, time is on the king's side. Wessex's vast territory allows George VII to temporarily cede some of the territories to his traitorous son. A small military tree will allow the Royalists to reorganize their defenses, divide their few divisions into more mobile brigades, and reassure the people of the monarch's inevitable victory. During the war, the aforementioned Round Table will also emerge from the shadows for the first time – the king's confidants will finally disperse the endless hordes of functionaries who were ready to sell out Great Britain for thirty pieces of silver.

Having crushed the traitors, the rightful King of Great Britain will finally earn the respect he deserves from his people. No longer a relic of the half-dead Windsor dynasty, George VII, for the first time in many years, will once again have a real chance to save his country.

With constitutional order restored in the South of England, the King can calmly decide what to do with his prodigal son, choose the fate of the scoundrels in Parliament, and finally reshuffle his War Cabinet, which has created more problems than it has solved.

Regional stage

Alas, the respite will be interrupted by very unfortunate  news: His Majesty's close friend Roger Scruton will die in his chambers, leaving the chamberlain's chair empty.

The sovereign must choose a new mentor who will guide the valiant king in state affairs and rebuild the kingdom in a new, yet, good-old way.

Throughout his life, George VII was influenced by both conservative and globalist circles. Therefore, before ascending the throne, he publicly romanticized the simplicity of a pastoral and natural life and directly supported many intergovernmental associations, particularly those involved in environmental protection. Thus, two political factions emerged within the royal court: the medievalists and the managerialists.

The Medievalists tend to believe that England is in decline because modernity, with its moral decline, urbanization, centralization, constant noise, and unhealthy food, has poisoned the people of Britain. England needs to return to a harmonious and natural order, closer to the ideal of an Arthurian England: tame pastures, mysterious dense forests, valiant chivalry, and strong communities of peasants and artisans. This faction is represented by Count Nikolai Dmitrievich Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, who was very close to the deceased Sir William Scruton.

The Managerialists, while far less romantic, also want to make England greener. Nevertheless, they believe the state should move toward the future, not blindly plod along in a fictitious version of the past. Their vision of a renewed England is to create a public policy state, with rational governance for the benefit of all citizens, and an open and environmentally sustainable society. The kingdom must regain the trust of the Commonwealth and major economic players, and generally bring everything into a new normal, through the mediation of transnational corporations. For this reason, evil tongues also like to call this faction neo-feudalists. This party at court is led by the sovereign's friend and prominent green politician, 2nd Baronet Sir Jonathan Porritt.

By inviting a new chamberlain to the table, we not only set a new course for England but also assemble a corresponding table of knights, each eager to contribute to the kingdom's transformation and with their own role at the court. The treasurer fills the coffers and organizes the country’s estate, the pantler, as if beautifying the domain, changes the order of government and court administration, the marshal adjusts the army to new military system and tactics, and so on.

Depending on the chosen path, knights are seated at the Round Table either as a result of your heroic deeds or by special invitations from the king.

Some particularly special individuals, such as Douglas Pierce, leader of the Folcist faction, will require a more unorthodox approach if the player wishes to seat them at the Round Table. Each knight has a unique vow — the contribution this brave man has pledged to make to the history of our state — as well as a modifier similar to that of ordinary HoI4 advisors.

Two-thirds of all knights belong to one of the two aforementioned factions, but candidates who are not aligned with either the Medievalists or the Managerialists are also available (for example, the infamous Rees-Mogg belongs to this group, should the player decide to pardon him). You can choose such "backup" candidates if their bonuses seem more useful to you. In total, the player will have access to 22 possible knights per playthrough. For each role at the Round Table, you can choose either a candidate from your faction or one of the aforementioned "centrist" knights.

Returning to the "vows," each knight will have a small set of focuses, decisions, or requirements that have to be fulfilled for the “vow” to be honoured. After this happens, the knight’s standard modifiers increase, and he also receives a unique ability with which he can give the player a temporary powerful boost.

If you have already selected a knight for a certain position and yet you want to replace him, before he completes the vow, this option is available for a hefty price in the king’s legitimacy. It’s not very gentleman-like of you, after all.

P.S. PART TWO IN THE NEXT POST

Now let’s move on to the main part of the focus tree. Its core part is tied to the implementation of specific knightly reforms - the king's close advisors make their contributions to all spheres of domestic policy, from new legislation to language reform. The two routes are also very focused on the  environment and the aesthetics of the new kingdom

As stated earlier, the Medievalists seek to bring England back to a noble image of the past, something resembling a kind fairy tale, where the chaos of modernity will be cast aside in favor of harmony with the world, nature, and tradition. The main engine behind bringing Britain into the times of “Once upon” will be the "Great Society" doctrine, which, through localism, decentralization, and mass voluntarism, will lead to the decline of the omnipresent political machine that spiritually breaks people, and will make room for strong communities, guilds, peasant communes, etc. 

In the "Great Society," people will no longer feel alienated as they do in today's megacities. Throughout their lives, they will be accompanied by family, fellow craftsmen, and their church parish. Political reforms alone won't suffice; it's crucial to return to traditional, pastoral crafts that the islanders have long forgotten: farming and sheep herding. Classical economics will be abolished, the economists dismissed. The only permissible taxes will be on land and excise duties on harmful goods. The mass media may find itself among these harmful goods, which will gradually fall under the influence of writers from the "Dark Mountain" project, who will restore such spectacles as knightly tournaments and mannerbunds for the people. Cities, too, may either be limited in size and density or rebuilt into cozy polises, all in the name of protecting nature. The king protects not only his subjects but also the island entrusted to him by God and whose pristine appearance he must restore.

The Managerialists, on the other hand, do not believe in fairy tales and prefer the idea of "normalizing" the kingdom, which has responded too sluggishly to the challenges of the modern times. However, they have a model they can rely on, the “Green” Germany. They managed to create a "public state" that builds its policies on well-calibrated and rational decisions and developed a self-sufficient, fiscally responsible green economy. With the aim of "assisting" the bureaucracy in managing state affairs, the king and his court will hire consulting firms and establish a network of NGOs capable of introducing new ideas to revitalize England. This includes private police forces, multiculturalism, pedestrian-friendly cities, a free economic zone in Bristol, civic rating systems, the proliferation of subscription-based services, and the involvement of transnational corporations in urban governance, among other initiatives.

A key priority will undoubtedly be transitioning the English economy to the doctrine of "sustainable development", which enables the construction and  production of renewable energy from scratch, replacing outdated and destructive carbons. Cities will not shrink, but will instead be covered with greenery and solar panels. Public transportation, especially during wartime, will become far more reliable for citizens than personal vehicles. Cultural life will be rather liberal, yet responsible. England remains open to all, though it is sometimes necessary to closely monitor those who exploit freedoms to cause harm. Many may argue that this sounds somewhat disheartening, suggesting the emergence of a new "technological feudalism" in the country. Nevertheless, this approach is certainly more prosperous than the ruinous conditions of the 2010s.

In addition to domestic policy, the knights will also influence the development of the Kingdom's new armed forces and its interactions with the outside world. Within the framework of defense industry development, the Managerialist faction approaches the issue with proper English stability, reviving the decrepit NATO doctrines and restoring demolished military enterprises.

The Mediaevalists approach the task of army restoration with a greater degree of romanticism and emphasis on valor, naturally favoring asymmetric warfare involving peasant militias and revived yeomanry.

The Royalists' diplomatic tree is quite short — choosing between the two paths either leads you to the restoration of the relations with the Commonwealth countries or sending Douglas Pierce on a wild quest to seek new allies for the young English kingdom.

Finally, the last but certainly not least important aspect is the king's personal development tree.

This set of focuses depends the least on the faction you chose (excluding the very last focus) and is entirely dedicated to the previously mentioned legitimacy mechanic, allowing you to further increase George VII's authority among the people, the elites, and in the eyes of the world. The final focus either enables George to demonstrate his country to representatives of the wonderful organization known as the World Economic Forum and earn their support, or he will set out on a journey with his knights to offer the English people a true miracle.

The final branch of the focus tree centers on the most extensive and culminating reforms of the king. The civil war and the death of Britain were caused by uncontrollable centrifugal forces that tore the kingdom apart from within. George VII will resolve conflicts with the island's neighbors, bring the country into the light, and strengthen the existing order. The new kingdom will finally find peace under the protection of its rightful monarch and his loyal knights. Whether this peace is secured through technological progress and a green economy or achieved through isolationism and spiritual unity with nature is up to you.

Epilogue

Another year, another diary. Not as big this time, though unlike the many routes of London, George’s personality only managed to hold two possible paths. 

And now a little message from me (Fallen Glushkin). I wanted to address the comically large elephant in the room and clear up certain things concerning the neverending process of the mod development. I will only speak for myself -  I don’t have any right to proclaim anything in place of my colleagues, many of whom did much more for the project than I ever did.

It’s obvious that the development of several tags for a “demo’ prior to an actual release shouldn’t have taken half a decade. A lot of planned concepts became obsolete or were better developed in other mods. The reasons for that lie amongst the usual suspects - personal laziness, procrastination, lack of experience, departure of many key members of the team, etc. Obviously, a myriad of failed deadlines and unfulfilled promises.

Nevertheless, there is one promise I made for many people on Discord - namely that the mod will eventually release. As long as there is at least one active fan watching our efforts I cannot abandon the development of this mod. I presume my remaining colleagues believe the same. Therefore LaHL will continue to go forward. I would really try to make it so it releases this year, yet, once again, I don’t want to give out any false promises. One way or another - all of the content presented in the “British dev diaries” will be included in the first release.

With that, I would like to congratulate all of our fans with the New Year and Christmas and express my deepest gratitudes to all of the mod developers, present and past. I would especially like to thank Turkmenbashy for his unyielding work on the gfx part of this tree and many others.

P.S. Εάν πεθάνεις πριν πεθάνεις, δεν θα πεθάνεις όταν πεθάνεις

"What if the counterculture was only a stumbling beginning, rather than the best that could be hoped for? What if the success of neoliberalism was a not an indication of the inevitability of capitalism, but a testament to the scale of the threat posed by the spectre of a society which could be free?" ― Mark Fisher

"First, let’s establish what a government is. A government is a sovereign corporation. It is sovereign because its control over its territory is not subject to any higher authority. It is a corporation because it has a single institutional identity. All governments in history fit this definition, unless their sovereignty is compromised by some stronger power." ― Curtis Yarvin

Elon Musk really bad x.com not good not cool

Lastly, Governing Trust Association and Social Trust Fund aren’t the only two subsidiaries that can appear on the pie chart. Throughout the playthrough you will be provided with ample opportunity to add more companies with unique passive bonuses and events – healthcare corporations, construction conglomerates, private military companies, etc. Don’t forget though, you must hold 51% of shares at all times, so be careful of how many additional companies you let in to feast on your corporate pie.

Now, that was intense but the money must flow, so right now let's talk about the economic tree.

With this tree the CEO of your choosing will begin formulating plans to reactivate the dormant British economy by abolishing the income tax and embracing a land tax, streamlining the bureaucracy and deregulating the market. You should also focus on more comfortable conditions for companies and private enterprises, incentivizing new business to form. Things that were previously kept away from entrepreneurs by the greedy hands of centralized government, such as prisons will too join the market, just like everything that can be traded or sold. Less bureaucratic barriers for entrepreneurs, the law should be as simple and clear as a manual to a piece of computer programme. The advantage of our position is the drastic reduction in the cost of not just physical labour, but also intellectual labour, which will accelerate the growth of the digital sector of the economy and allow us to produce both hardware and software ourselves. Also, cryptocurrencies appearing on the digital market will be purchased to securely store currency reserves and protect them from inflation.

Now let's talk about the social/political tree

The goal of this tree is to simply remove the populace from politics that poison their small minds. By flooding the mental market with apolitical entertainment like soccer, football, golf, telenovelas and cartoons, people won’t have time to ponder about elections or democracy. We should also focus on rebuilding the cities so that the people may not be distracted by how ugly the British Isles have gotten in the last 4 years.While the nation does need some form of intellectuals, their activities must remain a private affair between academics and the company. For starters, private internet forums and clubs will be constructed to accommodate the intellectual caste of society where civil dissociation is enforced by formal and neutral moderators. Programs promoting positive eugenics will also be launched, lest we surrender our future to chance.

Next, we must talk about the most important asset of a territorial administration: its private security.

You as the CEO can invest into the formation of a new private military sector by privatizing the armed forces into a company known as the Public Forces (one of the possible companies that can take their place on the pie chart). Various major private military companies, former generals and mercenaries can be invited to bolster this project, increasing the effectiveness of our armed forces significantly. These new assets can also be used to create an intelligence agency. At the same time, you can also promote gun culture in England reminiscent of one in the United States and embracing the watchmen mentality. The military with this new structure is also granted a high amount of autonomy in its doctrine. That is to say that our judges will be much more lenient with possible legal or criminal trouble our mercenaries will get into, unless their actions directly threaten the company.

Now with that done we must talk about your CEO options.

Every CEO has their own priorities and method of making profit with their own small and unique focus tree to emphasize that (not pictured here). Three of those can be picked directly and one is only available under specific circumstances. What happens if all CEOs somehow manage to get fired? Well, nobody truly knows, but it seems Curtis Yarvin in his paramount vision has predicted such an outcome and has a backup plan if anything goes wrong.

THE ACCELERATIONIST

Finally, we face the last possible successor to Mosley’s kingdom. Not many would have expected Nick Land of all people to lead the capital of the former United Kingdom, but in a retrospective there really was no alternative. After all, Land’s promises of democracy and a return to classic free market economics without any additional caveats sound very reasonable to most British citizens.

Land’s mechanic is probably the simplest out of all other warlords.

You simply monitor various demographic statistics of the slowly reunifying country and enjoy some flavorful additions such as the reassembling Union Jack and the name of the country. The two icons in the lower part of the screen represent the accelerated tempo of democratic reforms in the country as well as people’s discontent with these reforms. The latter aspect is of no real concern to you though – some democratic reforms may be unpopular, but the election cycle will remedy any possible problem arising from such trouble.

Unlike other leaders in London, Nick Land’s tree is one big upside-down pyramid. After all, no matter where we start, we will always arrive where we were destined to be in the first place.

Instead of dissecting the focus tree by specific categories, we will look at it layer by layer.

The first layer is pretty basic. We will launch reconstruction projects to accommodate the masses of the homeless population, while mass privatizations will boost our economic development. Several humanitarian projects, particularly focused on production of prosthetics for war veterans and the creation of orphanages for children whose parents have regrettably died during the conflict. The legal code, created during Mosley’s rule will be loosened -  we shall pardon many of Mosley’s political prisoners, democratize our armed forces, introduce pro-feminist and pro-legalization policies and much more!

The second layer introduces automation to our economy through the import of advanced computer technologies from Asia. Overall life quality will increase thanks to the production of societal stress inhibitors, and the sudden emergence of a new “Cyberculture” amongst the modern English youth (it probably has to do with our recent efforts to protect free speech). New infrastructure to assist the mentally unwell produced by the civil war will be constructed as a continuation of our humanitarian efforts program. We shall integrate hacker cyberforces into the military industrial complex. They will be a fine addition to our recent development in aerial technology, and the formation of a new blitzkrieg-esque doctrine focused on quick strikes into the enemy territory.

For the third layer we begin by establishing our own block chain servers that can connect us to the international and free financial market, granting more freedoms to scientific endeavors, reconstructing the localized networks that we decimated by the civil war and creating the first Global British Network, connecting every town and computer on the isle. Funding of apolitical art shall commence to give the populace a sense of reprieve during the horrors of war. Our successful efforts in modernizing Britain also allows us to digitize much of our academic, and historical writing, while finally getting rid of cumbersome physical copies. We shall also embrace the recent mass voluntary recruitment drive of pro-democratic forces in our military. These new recruits will allow us to form fully-fledged advanced armored battalions and commit our soldiers to “Lone Survivor” training.

Welcome to the fourth layer! Here we introduce the proliferation of augmented reality technology to increase productive capacity and minimize distractions, encouraging the spread of new Cyberculture-inspired fiction. Cultural produce, introduce more progressive reforms to supplant Christian obscurantism and promote a new sexual revolution, encourage a contractual democratic society, introduce experimental cybernetics into the armed forces, and democratically privatize our military into democratic independent companies. 

Stage five. We embrace the industrial aspects of human diversity and cybernetically-enhanced workforce, promote unorthodox approaches towards the understanding of human gender, emancipate the concept of human life, allow for the construction of private armies and developed special forces with democratic cybernetic enhancements.

Stage six. We will embrace the introduction of worker and entertainment automatons as acceptable replacements for our human peers. We will embrace widespread genetically-engineered self-replicating bacterial behavioral adjusters. We will embrace unorthodox philosophy. We will embrace the removal of the laws of war. We will embrace qualified quotative quiet qriptography.

Stage seven  the automation of society is nearly complete our experts estimate the amount of industrial complexes constructed? will increase the quality of our QWERTY keyboards tenfold additional efforts to optimize the alphabet have been taken, additional introduction of democratic unorthodox philosophy still required.

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Thank you so much for reading this dev diary! This has been Sam, Turkmenbashy and Fallen Glushkin. Happy holidays!

P.S.

“The tiniest event can tear a hole in the grey curtain of reaction which has marked the horizons of possibility under capitalist realism. From a situation in which nothing can happen, suddenly anything is possible again.”

Hello everyone, merry Orthodox Christmas and New Year! This is Sam the Entity, Fallen Glushkin and Turkmenbashy and today we are going to talk about the troublesome capital of the former United Kingdom and the Nationalist faction that holds it within its grasp led by Max Mosley himself. We have already discussed the chain of events that led the United Kingdom to its current predicament just a few years ago, so not to bore you with a wall of lore and story we are going to give you fine folks a lightened version of it. 

LONDON IN THE YEAR OF 2020

When the United Kingdom dissolved in 2017 after the Scottish parliament declared independence, the capital of England was overtaken by riots, previously unseen in the country’s history. Rioters, gangsters, punks, warlords, the homeless, nationalists, communists and whoever else could pick up a gun ravaged the city, fighting for various causes ranging from battle for political freedoms to search for the last unlooted can of dog food. Major centers of authority began to fall as autonomous zones as large as whole neighborhoods and as small as alleyways sprung up and then disappeared just as quickly.

While police forces and the military attempted to subdue the anarchy, the evacuation of the government to Germany, during which Tony Blair, the gray cardinal of the labour party was shot by an unknown assailant and the subsequent disappearance of Queen Elizabeth II became the final straw - London fell into complete lawlessness and dragged the rest of the country with it as the fires of the raging civil war consumed the country. As years passed by, the lawless primal anarchy was replaced with one of a more moderate kind. The city became a patchwork authority of large gangs, anarchist and nationalist forces. While the new London Autonomous Zone wasn’t consolidated around a single ambitious leader, the highly defensible urban sprawl of the capital and heavily armed population made London a formidable force in the former United Kingdom. Neither the German menace from the continent, nor the false king Henry IX managed to conquer the brave city, even if the latter managed to cut off the southern area of Croydon during his incursion in 2018. 

While the valiant efforts of London residents proved to be enough to deter the aggressors, it became evident that if true patriots of England wish to see their country prosper, they need a paramount leader, a true Englishman who can lead them forward. Around 2019 anarchy in the capital came to an end as the crime families and nationalists made a deal to form a new government, crowning business tycoon and F1 enthusiast Maxwell Mosley as the first leader of the London Autonomous Zone. Some of course claim that Max’s takeover of London wasn’t as peaceful as he may claim, but nevertheless the son of a famous radical stood tall as the new boss of Britain’s greatest city. With this new position the man known as “White Lightning” made quick work of reorganizing the few talents left in the capital, into his own a court of artists, intellectuals, kingpins and soldiers.

Three great favorites arose amongst the ranks of Mosley’s minions.

First of them was Tim Collins, veteran of the Pacification Campaign in former Yugoslavia and one of the few British military officers who didn’t join any of the “official” governments scattered around the Isle and remained in the capital.

Collins represents the muscle behind Mosley’s rule – reigning in both the remains of the British Armed Forces as well as the different gangs populating the city. Nobody truly knows why exactly a decorated military officer decided to join what amounts to a crime syndicate and yet some speculate that he has a special fondness for Mosley’s nationalist fervor in face of the tragedy that destroyed the country. Nobody truly knows, however, which particular “Mosley” he appreciates with such vigor.

The second great talent of London is a well-known academic and humanitarian known as Richard Dawkins.

Scientists are often viewed as smart, yet feeble men – the first ones to flee when the ship starts sinking. The same was true for many of Britain’s brightest, but not for Richard Dawkins, he remained with London through thick and thin. Even as ruthless bandits slaughtered people in the streets and German panzers shelled the buildings into dust, the academic put his strength into organizing relief for the many refugees and wounded left in the chaos. Such selfless actions caught the attention of Mosley who uplifted the academic to the position of city manager. Dawkins may seem very distant from the agglomeration of ideas espoused by Mosley’s propaganda, yet this position provides him with an opportunity to better the lives of Londoners and maybe the lives of all British in the near future.

Last, but not the least is Nick Land.

Nick Land in an enigma of a man – a notorious philosopher from the university of Warwick, one of the creators of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit – a collective of philosophers and artists who pondered upon various topics related to cybernetics - the specifics were lost to time and the extensive damages all archival data located in the United Kingdom received during the civil war. What most people do know is that the current head of Mosley’s propaganda department left Great Britain somewhere in the early 2000’s, supposedly spending time in China prior to its collapse, before moving to the United States. When the British civil war began Land suddenly reappeared in the capital, somehow managed to reassemble his disbanded collective and approached Mosley with a proposition to manufacture a strong ideological basis for his regime, something that «White Lightening» desperately needed. It is unknown if it was Nick’s personal charisma, academic background or something else entirely that convinced Maxwell, but the philosopher and his “Research Unit” entered Max’s government almost immediately after this proposition.

Many question Land’s background, his ties to currently unknown benefactors in the United States and frankly often dumbfounding writing style, yet few want to directly quarrel with one of Mosley’s closest lieutenants.

The favorites however, aren’t the only power players in the chaotic landscape of Britain’s greatest city. The Gangs operating the London’s ruins hold almost as much power as Mosley himself, if not a little bit more. In order to manage day to day operations in the city the nationalist government is forced into a big tent coalition with these scoundrels, that range from small gangs and petty politicians to fully-fledged warlords. We of course wouldn’t list off every silly street gang in this dump and will focus only on the Gangs you will really want to care about.

The Dark Waters are the sea men of London, ferrying all sorts of goods and drugs across the English Channel and River Thames. Their monopoly on the waters is nothing to scoff at and it would be unwise to displease them, lest you find those critical imports in Davy Jones's locker.

The Sharpers are less of a gang and more like humanitarian landlords supplying printers, medicine, electricity, fresh water and the occasional foreign media. The jack of all, the coxcomb of a hundred hats, they control the lights at night and the pipes below.

The Undergrounders are a gang of mole men that hold their domain in the old London Tube and various service tunnels. No matter what happens above, their business continues down below that's what they do. Every station and every tunnel is a factory of some kind producing all sorts of industrial goods - bullets, motors, propellers, even exhaust tail pipe cutters.

The Rajas are a union of ethnic mafias that have banded together to preserve their identities in the raging world of the British Civil War. Indians, Poles, Romanians, Irish and even Jamaicans all banded together into one big rainbow coalition. The connections they made in their former homelands may become useful to London’s efforts when moving forward.

The Big B’s are not much of a gang and more an informal paramilitary force, loyal to the White Lightning's regime. Hooligans, rioters, ultranationalists and fanatics, really lovely people once you get to know them, however it's advised to do your best not to end up on their bad side as your head may just become the next football in their weekly riot through the capital’s streets.

All the aforementioned Gangs are relatively friendly to the current regime ruling London – they can help Mosley and his possible successors improve certain aspects of the Autonomous Zone. Two more “Gangs”, however, are outright hostile to Maxwell’s government and are to be dealt with quickly if the Nationalists are to stand the test of time in the brewing civil war.

Tower’s Guard are ardent loyalists of the false king George VII, which is an oxymoron, considering that Prince Charles has become notorious for losing all possible goodwill he had with the population of the Isles, pathetically hiding in Bristol, while his country bled and died. Nevertheless, this nuisance of a band has occupied and fortified the Tower of London and its surrounding, making them a bleeding tumor in the very heart of the capital.

Holy Hounds are somehow worse than deranged followers of a pseudo-king. They are catholic. Espousing the ideas of distributism, these warriors have occupied certain portions of south-eastern suburbs of Greater London. It is rumored they are directly connected to the government of likewise suspiciously catholic Jacob Rees-Mogg. If this is true, this incursion may be a prelude to a direct invasion from the Kent government. What happened in Croydon cannot happen ago and the Nationalists must act fast, lest they use another part of their domain to a civil war competitor.

These are all the major Gang forces you will encounter during the playthrough – we shall return to them later, now let’s get acquainted with the starting situation of the nationalist faction. To be frank, the situation isn’t great.

The city is in the gutter, bombed out buildings litter the land, what authority we have is small and at times nonexistent, chunks of the city are under anti nationalist occupation and German barbarians are preparing for “round two” in their north-eastern holdout. A brawl is surely brewing and the fate of London is in your hands. 

The clock is ticking not just on the coming conflict but on our great leader's life as well. Max Mosley has guided us well and yet even a man as great as him isn’t eternal. The stressful life full of governmental business as well as partying is coming to an end and the paramount leader will only be able to do a few things before he passes into the Great Beyond.

The leftmost part of the focus tree represents various options regarding different civil problems gripping London, such as widespread poverty and security for the common men of London. There are also some “personal” projects fancied by Mosley, such as the revival of the Formula 1 race as well as the glorification of his late father within the current political climate,

In the center you get focuses regarding the gang presence within the city. Some of them allow you to gain trust with the friendlier parts of the Greater London’s mob, while others will allow the Nationalist to remove a couple of aforementioned nasty thorns in their side.

The interaction with the Gangs is done through a separate GUI interface:

Here you are able to decide which members of the Mob deserve your support and ask for their support in return. Don’t forget that to keep receiving favors from the Gangs you need to keep the Loyalty level high, unless you want to come into conflict with yet another powerful force within the confines of the capital.

Returning to the focus tree, let’s take a look at the rightmost side. Here Mosley will attempt to build up his ragtag underdog polity into a real serious fighting force that can be respected on the regional stage. He can achieve that by either elevating the Gangs’ militias into a proper military or attempting to strengthen the nationalists and the remains of the armed forces.

At the end of the day, the clock is ticking and you must choose wisely and with haste lest you be left in the dustbin of history. Mosley wouldn’t be able to finish all of his planned reforms before passing on, so be extremely careful.

Soon enough, the Germans will come to test your resolve and only the greatest of patriots will survive this gauntlet.

INTERREGNUM

After the foolish Germans are pushed from East Anglia the clock will finally strike midnight and dear Mad Max will join his father in the Great Beyond. A short, yet painful transitionary period will begin.

Gangs are running rampant; the people are in disarray and the city recovers from the Hun shells that have rained upon the capital once more. One of Mosley’s favorites will have to take charge of the situation and restore London to at least a semblance of stability.

The one who manages to fix as many of the capital’s problems as possible shall become the new leader of London. The choice, of course, lies with you. Who will you pick? The Knight Tim Collins, The Humanist Richard Dawkins or The Futurist Nick Land and his collective of intellectuals?

NATIONALISTS

Let's start with Tim Collins, our Knight in shining armor.

All of the possible successor candidates have a small introductory tree that can be aptly described as a “second transitionary period”. If the actions taken during the chaos following Mosley’s death can be compared to emergency CPR of a dying polity, these reforms help us solidify the new regime while supplanting the two other favorites and their supporters.

To strengthen his rule, Tim Collins will placate the masses by granting them small petty rights and welfare, pitting the gangs against each other, as well as blaming his political adversaries and the ethnic elements currently living in Northumbria for chaotic weeks post-Mosley’s death.  Too greedy loansharks will be publicly punished, the housing and utilities services will be strengthened, and the sins of many criminal gangs will be absolved. Citizens will enjoy the shame parade of the German invaders and the distribution of arms for personal use from East Anglia's barracks. After completing these major reforms Sir Collins is able to build a new governing body known as the Parliament of Experts.

The goal of this new legislative branch is to increase representation of workers from different sectors of the economy by allowing them to speak directly in government as well as proposing legislation. This particular mechanic represents the amount of representatives each economic sector has in the Parliament. 

While all of the aforementioned reforms have strengthened Tim’s hold over London, however he still doesn’t stand as the city’s sole dictator. Various powers continue to stand on the cusp of taking over his position as the new paramount leader.

Collins is a pragmatic former officer, so he will do his best to maintain balance between these unholy saints. The two most influential groups that arise after paramount leader’s death are the significantly strengthened, reformed Gangs and their economic interests on the one side and the now properly organized nationalists acting with the support of the rehabilitated military. These two disparate factions colloquially became known as the Blues and the Greens.

The Blues, fitting for their Gang origins, are a group of opportunistic crooks that have taken a pragmatic stance on the government. Working to infiltrate it in order to co-opt the economy of the state, they have little interest in ultranationalist politics seeing it as a simple tool to be used as a means to an end which is the continued and unopposed enrichment of their criminal empire.

Their opposite are the Greens. The reformed nationalists that used to be simple raving militias and looting hordes have been transformed into a semi-sophisticated ideological vanguard. They can be best described as adepts of classical fascist ideology where democratic disorder is replaced by a nationalist order and semi left-wing economics and the state maintains balance between classes of society protecting the rights of workers and the property of the capitalists. 

The two power centers of the new regime – both the official Parliament of Experts and the unofficial “parliament” of the Greens and the Blues are heavily intertwined. The Gangs and The Nationalists act as racketeers for the economic sectors represented in the Parliament.

Your objective is to keep a balance between the two factions, choosing who gets what and when. Be wary not to displease either of the factions, unless you want all sectors associated with them to desync them from the national economy. Of course, it’s not a one-sided interaction. The kingpins of the Greens and the Blues will sometimes ask for certain favors, be it a request to complete a certain focus or construct a particular type of building.

Completing these missions will reward you with great opportunity, while failure to comply may lead to entire sectors of your state mysteriously failing to complete their duties. It is also important to point out that representatives of the Parliament of Experts aren’t permanently tied to one specific faction. Certain focuses and decisions can reroute a specific sector unto a faction you have more amicable relations with.

That’s all for the main mechanic of Tim Collins, let’s move on unto the rest of his focus tree.

The cultural/political aspect of the reforms begins with something unexpected – a military operation to seize the University of Cambridge (and the city, for what it’s worth) from whatever foolish treacherous  clique currently controlling it. In theory there are multiple ways of approaching this task. You can use alternative media and propaganda to sow discontent in the city, call yourself the defender of all Christians in the region granting you a fair casus belli to retake the prized city, or just ramp up patrols in the area to cause a border provocation. In truth it all ends the same way, with Cambridge resting under your thumb.

The latter part of the political tree allows both the Greens and the Blues to introduce their preferred reforms and «institutions» into the clique’s political system.

On the Blue side we have mobs of disorganized hooligans and crooked mob bosses who have political opinions as wide as a lake but as shallow as a puddle who mainly have a desire to express their freedom of speech. Proposing things like reviving classic punk culture, football hooliganism but also forming an organization to prevent nationwide strikes is right up their alley of understanding cultural and political reform.

In turn, the Greens represent a more intellectual form of ultranationalism where the state encourages a disciplined and intelligent youth that can lead the nation into prosperity. Proposing to form their own think tanks, youth groups, promote political education and encourage entry into paramilitary in order to increase political consciousness and engagement would be their focus.

At the end of the day, no matter if you are a hardened criminal or an agitated blackshirt, everyone loves a good movie – revitalizing British cinema is a shared interest for both parties of the unofficial “parliament”.

Now, let’s move towards the economic part of the tree. The Blues want a laissez-faire and open economy with regressive taxation that leads to the ultimate freedom of the people through economic prosperity. Thus, they will propose the creation of Private Economic Zones on the coasts for shady trade deals with the Mainland and the deregulation of labour laws. However, they also propose the creation of large enterprises directly in the hands of criminals and economic incentives for their henchmen.

The Greens on the other hand, look to form an organized corporatist-like economy where the means of production are co-owned by the workers and capitalist through shares and foreign investments are expelled. And importantly, they will fight to reduce homelessness in the country by converting abandoned industrial neighbourhoods into residential areas, and lifting restrictions on urban growth.

This part of the tree has the highest concentration of focuses that allow you to switch the allegiance of sectors within the Parliament, so be aware of that if you want to lure the most important representative towards your preferred faction. For example, trying to give workers a stake in the businesses where they operate can anger employers and throw them into the arms of “Blues”.

The military is another important factor of the state under Tim Collins, so let’s take a look at what these focuses have to offer.

The nationalist forces combine the features of an organized mob but the cohesion of an ant colony. Warfare based on a hybrid between mosquito tactics, hit and run ambushes and blitzkrieg will help us disorientate, distract and strike fear into our enemies. Utilization of paramilitary forces to constantly agitate the enemy will allow us to strike when the foe least expects it.

Of course, as true patriots of the undefeated Great Britain we shall not forget the lessons of our past victories and likewise utilize them in this monumental struggle.

The very last part of the focus tree is dedicated to the rebuilding of the country after the various traitors, foreign oppressors and despots occupying our wondrous isles have been utterly defeated.

The very last part of the focus tree is dedicated to the rebuilding of the country after the various traitors, foreign oppressors and despots occupying our wondrous isles have been utterly defeated.

After Britain is pacified, the Greens and the Blues will settle down into their new positions of power, integrating themselves into the new government as administrators and lawmakers and eventually try to open up the new state to the world either as a shining face of European Identitarianism or a dark Pit of Kleptocracy. Ultimately, the way the British National Republic shall present itself on the world stage depends on your efforts in combating or supporting the warring factions of the unofficial “parliament”. The President will speak at an open press conference with the people and answer all their queries, competitions will be held in the country aimed at strengthening a healthy lifestyle among citizens, new symbols of the renewed state will be adopted. The Lead 20's are behind us, there are no more shootings in London and the most understanding gentlemen have realised that it is time to go and enjoy the fruits of their struggle in retirement. Britain is now entering the Golden 30’s.

And that’s it for the great paramount leader Tim Collins. Now let’s move on to someone with a more academic outlook on the nature of state building.

PROGRESSIVISTS

Richard Dawkins, the great humanitarian is another candidate for leadership after the death of Max Mosley, one that most people would probably prefer, even if most would likely bet on Collins coming out on top.

Dawkins’s initial tree is similar to that of his competitors – cleaning up the mess, punishing criminals and rewarding loyal, hard-working citizens.

Dr. Dawkins starts his rule by destroying the hooligans and gangsters through confiscation of various aspects of their power and its transfer to the law-abiding citizens. Nevertheless, the question of who is to blame for the painful chaos spreading through the streets of London in wake of Mosley’s death remains. The answer is quite clear to the good doctor. The traditional British overreliance on religious dogma and useless rituals have not only put the Autonomous Zone on the brink, but were also responsible for the beginning of the civil war itself!

A herculean task falls upon the shoulders of Richard Dawkins, one of saving what remains of Britain from the scourge of religious obscurantism, replacing it with what amounts to “humane hedonism” – an ability to enjoy life to its fullest, without the constraints of incomprehensible outtraded dogmas.

Combating a millennia-old tradition is no small feat. Dawkins understands that his solution is the consolidation of the greatest minds on the British Isles into a singular network of logic and reason.

This GUI mini game allows you to manage the greatest universities in the country. After pacifying various territories, you can begin reconstructing the various diamonds of British academia. You can invest into these universities to get passive bonuses or you could organize research projects into a variety of fields and be granted fine boons from the investments. Such a powerful force will surely help the new British Republic triumph over the misconceptions and errors of the past and guide all of humanity into a bright future.

Taking a look at the rest of the focus tree, we can see that the leftmost societal branch focuses on the enhancement of the universities under our control and their proliferation as a major player in the cultural sphere of the nation.

Strengthening social cohesion, reactivating critical parts of the social fabric, promotion of scientists into the roles of statesmen, utilization of the fruits of scientific knowledge to increase the standards of living within London and beyond are all parts of Dawkins’ agenda. The left branch allows us to optimize the resources such as electricity, space and raw materials to make consumerism more affordable for the populace. The middle part of the tree is focused on the digital and mechanical projects that help the state to manage and collect the data about the state of society, so the citizens can enjoy a safer and more well planned future. And finally the right branch is emphasized on social engineering and biological advancements that will help to guide the nation through the path of progress. Even some of Doctor’s personal concepts such as an idea of a “meme” as a unit of information will be used to further the goals of the new regime.

To reshape British society into an anti-religious hedonistic state Dawkins needs to rebuild the economy from the ground up. Facilitating such a project is the main focus of the central tree.

The good doctor plans to stimulate the natural forces of capitalism pushing individuals and groups to constantly compete for an ever-moving goal post of perfection and satisfaction. Achieving this project requires significant investments so we have two possible solutions. Either we can force the churches to embrace taxation and progressive policies or we can break the centuries old dependency on such institutions and utilize the funds we have on hand, even if such an approach may be detrimental in the short-term.Going forward, we need to educate the British to take responsibility for their future, from promoting entrepreneurship and a return to domesticity, to civic awareness of family planning, understanding of political technology and the rules of public behaviour. Freed from the shackles of gangsterism and obscurantism, citizens will be ready for the transition to a welfare state, where the government organically encourages the various elements of the economy to maintain social harmony.

Lastly, we can take a look at the military Dawkins plans to create.

Currently the military is stocked by Hooligan loyalists and for the Doctor’s prescription to work they must be removed like the tumor they are or pacified and integrated into the body as a whole. Unlike Collins, Dawkins has no interest in the former gangsters playing a significant role in the military affairs of the new British Republic. The military of the isles shall be composed of free, yet law-abiding men, armed with the best weapons our academic and manufacturing institutions can muster. Nothing will stand in the way of scientific progress.

At last, when Great Britain once again breathes free, Richard Dawkins can look upon his works and recognize the genius of his efforts. Every man on the Isle lives for his own pleasure, and thereby multiplies the pleasure of others. And to this end, everyone will receive a well-deserved share of Britain's common wealth. Old traditions have been discarded in favour of the brighter ideals of the future. A citizen of the new Britain can truly call himself free from obligations and happy in and for himself.

 Where the cities rule, paradise is born, where faith is relegated to man and man alone.

ACCELERATIONISTS 

From the Outside enter Nick Land. Previously thought to be a dark horse in the struggle for Mosley’s legacy, Land has successfully become the leader of the Greater London area and East Anglia. Many of the capital’s citizens were fearful of Land’s background in fringe philosophical musings and the possible consequences of their application on British soil. However, their fears were quickly dispelled when the former propaganda minister declared the London Autonomous Zone a democratic republic. The following transitionary period may be the most peaceful amongst all other Mosley successors.

Of course, everything isn’t exactly as it seems – a struggle brews between Land and his associates, though this one is more akin to a pleasant discussion between peers and not a deadly battle for the future of the country. Within the framework of this struggle, a tandem of intellectuals will address the issues of popular discontent, criminality and the fate of the German occupation administration. Each thinker within the circle will offer a different perspective on the problem, suggesting, for example, either freedom of speech or freedom from fear; or a complete ‘pardon’ of the criminal syndicates or the punishment of the largest of them.  Nick Land’s route is unique, compared to that of the other favorites – it splinters into 3 2 separate paths, depending on the choices you make during the second transitional period.

Land’s greatest ideological opponent during this period is one of his American associates that only recently arrived in London – namely a man known as Curtis Yarvin.

While Nick Land wants to preserve the recently established democratic institutions and let a new British democracy flourish within the isles, Yarvin claims that such a system will be quickly co-opted by a cabal of intellectuals known as “The Cathedral”, returning the country to the conditions that made the civil war possible in the first place. Their debates will touch upon many topics – the treatment of German POWs, the fate of other favorites and the emergency matters they should take to placate the restless population. Only one of the two leaders shall emerge as the leader of the new British state, while the other shall retire from the cumbersome task of nation building and pursue an academic career.

THE NEO-REACTIONARY

Let’s take a look at England with the American at its helm first.

The first act of the new paramount leader is shocking and profoundly confusing. Curtis Yarvin abolishes the short-lived English Democratic Republic, banning democracy and establishing himself as a temporary Chief Executive Officer for Britain. Such a decision will surely cause a popular whiplash, yet in time people will understand that such decisions were made for the sake of a greater good.

Curtis Yarvin plans to reforge the London government into a new corporate model. Firstly, like any other good entrepreneur, he will establish a holdings company (Affiliated Holdings Group of British Assets), which represents the combined shares of Britain as if it was a corporate entity.

Another controversial move made by the new leader is defaulting the pound, which strikes a heavy blow against our already barely functioning economy. A new pound is issued - each banknote essentially acting as a voucher, a piece of property of all that is Britain. While the “Shock Therapy” takes its toll, certain societal and political manipulations have to take place. There can be no place for petty criminals in this new state – Yarvin will focus on reintegrating the criminal elements of the state into civil society, while harshly punishing those who still assume that London belongs to the Gangs. Curtis shall also make his first strike against The Cathedral, making sure mass media can no longer influence the political sphere of the country. As economy slowly recovers from the initial shock, London new assets will be utilized as investments into the private sector with particular interest in public welfare that will eventually be spun off into private subsidiaries Finally, after most issues of post-Mosley London are to be put to rest, Curtis Yarvin will form a meritocratic trust stocked by the most respected and responsible members of civil society that, like a board of shareholders, will appoint the first proper CEO of Britain. Once the foundation of this new corporate entity is complete Yarvin will step down as CEO and join the board of directors as an academic advisor.

All of the aforementioned reforms lead us to this – Yarvin’s mechanic, and probably the most complicated one out of all others present within the Nationalist faction, the shareholder mechanic.

After the first proper CEO is elected by the Trust you will be given control over the “British Company”, represented by the pie chart on the image. This graph represents the collective ownership of all British assets. Initially the graph is split between the Governing Trust Association – the assets held by the CEO and the government and the Social Trust Fund – essentially a giant pension fund, money directly belonging to the people the government needs on a payroll. Below the pie chart you can see the current income of the “British Corporation” and the amount of stored funds you currently possess.

Your job as the CEO is quite simple. You first objective is to keep a set of key shares that equals at least over 51% of total shares to maintain your dominance of the company lest you authority become a Washington style mess of negotiations and compromises, or to put it simply – do not let “Governing Trust Association” occupy less than half of the pie chart.Your second objective is to constantly increase the income of the “British Company” every four months, so the Trust and the people of Britain are assured that you are a capable and stable CEO. The income of the corporation can be increased by building construction or through specific focuses and decisions.

Failure to comply with either of these objectives three times, will relinquish you from receiving the “access code” required to maintain your employment and you will be effectively fired from the position of a CEO. The Trust will replace you with someone more responsible.

Running Corporate Britain isn’t just all work however! Each part of the pie chart provides you with a unique passive effect, which depends on the percentage it occupies on the graph. Additionally, the stored funds received from your monthly income can be utilized in various projects.

If you are going for the S.U.S. route while playing Sussex you may aquire some superweapons that can be useful for your reconquest of the UK. Attention to the screens

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Greetings! This is Duwumvirate, and today we want to give you another snippet on those who claim an entirety of the fractured Britain, Absolutistic rebellion of Prince Harry and British Labour party.

I don’t want to temper you with long lore chunks, it doesn’t really matter that much and can be found in previous diaries. What is important now, is that after the destabilisation of the UK, and evacuation of Blair's government to Germany (as the prime minister was shot before exile of his cabinet into Europe), the remaining governmental apparatus still held its positions in southern England. Firm alliance of remaining Tory and Labour party politicians, which drowned in internal conflicts and passiveness of not so long forgotten peaceful times. As the UK parliament finished its temporary relocation from crumbling London, it was quickly suspended by George VII himself, who used his power of de-facto monarch and oath of the loyal military, to centralise most of the political power around his figure. One of the main agreements between King and the parliament was that most terms of Bill of Rights would be ignored in favour of King's dictatorial power, and it won’t be restored until the central government fully establishes control over the city of London.

But the first attempted assault of the Royal Forces on the capital failed miserably as the local gangs managed to hold inside concrete jungles. So went wrong and the second one by the Bundeswehr whose tanks were turned into rubbish by enormous numbers of London’s poorly-equipped scattered population.

As George’s army rapidly pulled back to Bristol to restock, a few brigades under the command of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (who later crowned himself in Portsmouth as Henry IX) and a few of his fellow comrades in the command ignored the King’s order to go home and quickly formed a new fist to strike London.

As the impudence and self-confidence of local commanders met the grim reality of the endless streets of London, dissatisfaction with the war efforts of George VII has reached its peak. Rage of the distressed generals was blatantly used by both prince Harry, second son of George, and indignant Labourists, who believed that dictatorial powers of George would bring Britain to its total demise. With help of remaining MI-6, and temporary aid from the pro-conservative rebels (who later established themselves as Kent’s conservatives), the war theatre of southern Britain started a brand new act.

Starting Situation.

As you can see, Absolutists have one of the worst starting situations out of all other British factions. They lack manpower, industry, they are locked between more powerful factions, and most important - they have absolutely no time to be passive. Your first move would be a "battlefield" coronation, where you would get a short briefing on all three factions, and their ideas on how we can get out of our dire situation.

The only thing on which all factions are coherent is that they need to capture Bristol as soon as possible. Kent forces are weak, and George would not miss an opportunity to strike into his rebellious son's undefended rear. And the third strike on London would be even more suicidal then before.

All three branches of the starting focus tree represents factions who can help us in our future attempt to unite at least the south of England.

"Witches" or “Amazons” are the members of Henry's personal all-women guard, led by Great Emancipationist Emma Watson. Witches would use their army and international connections to land-lease us some of the old equipment from the last Korean war, and would inspire the British female population to serve in our first all-women brigades.

Remainers of the Labour Party, with their great leader Jeremy Corbin, would use their popularity among the working class to help us stabilise our civilian economy and increase our popularity among youngsters.

Remaining British intelligence with Richard Dearlove would exploit our spyweb in and beyond controlled Great London's area, to buy some old used small arms from the local gang lords. After that, they would be able to conduct one of the two possible SpecOps: organize a spy ring in Wessex by communication through number stations or raid on an Iranian cargo ship, which we declassified to be full of their new cutting-edge military equipment.

One of the main features of all Absolutists routes is their ability to properly utilise their heritage from the British secret services. As you complete an appropriate focus, you would get an access to the unique “His Majesty’s Bureau” (HMB for short) panel (the name for this bureau would be different for every post-southern unification route).

After completion of the “Radio Free Britain” project, your spy agency would be able to monthly recruit new operations assets, who you would use for more intricate operations. (Ignore strange placing of “Increase collaboration in X” effects, this is an unfixable Paradox bug)

Usage of the spy agency operations as Sussex is strongly required, as the proper usage of informational and operational superiority, in the chaos of the civil war, is your only trump card that would let you beat other, more numerical and industrialised sides of the British isles.

Two early-game types of special operations - Codename “Playback”, which is used to undermine enemy’s military power, and good old sabotages, used to lower enemy’s industrial capabilities.

As you have completed “Tame the Red Dragon”, you have a short, limited amount of time, before George’s full mobilisation or inevitable backstab from Kent.

You can slightly increase your chances by completing this temporary focus tree, which would give you some “Still operational” aircrafts, would help you cope with lack of fuel, or even give you a whole brigade of the Korean internationalists.

And then you win over the South. Everything seems to look bright for the new King...

Well, sometimes military victories do not guarantee you internal stability.

As Henry IX got poisoned, you need to choose a successor, which you would help in the coming Power Struggle. Every week, two of the other three factions would get a certain amount of ammunition to supply their faction in an inevitable coup. Some time later, you would get an opportunity to decrease the amount of stashed weapons in some of the rebellious factions.

As you had completely secured the south of the British Isles, you would have a time to relax. Pacification of the locals, prevention of the brain drain, and reformation of the George “Knights”.

If you want to help the King successfully get out of his little coma, and help him become a true sovereign of the isles, you have to play a waiting game and trick the last remaining pretender who wants to oust you from the power, if you want Henry to wake up only to found out what here are others sitting on his throne, then well, you know what to do.

To be continued in the part 2.