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== Ideals ==

== Current Government ==

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== Charter ==

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| [[Commonwealth of Nations]] [http://piratemc.com/groups/british-commonwealth/] || Membership Agreement ||BE & other Commonwealth Nations || 1st February 2017 || <span style="color:green">'''Active'''</span>

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| [[League of Nations]] [http://piratemc.com/groups/the-allied/] ||  Membership Agreement || BE & other Allied nations || 24th June 2015 - 1st October 2016 || <span style="color:red">'''Defunct'''</span>

BE & <br />

<small>- [PU] [[Purple Union]] <br />

- [KOF] [[Kingdom of fire]]<br />

- [[Avari]] <br />

[[File:Two Jeffreys 04.05.2016.png|thumbnail|500px|[[CaptainCrackerz]] "taming" two guardians, both of which he named [[Jeffrey]]]]

[[File:Gildor Flying Elytra at Delta Tower 17.04.2016.png|thumbnail|500px|[[Gildor_stinky]] testing out his new elytra at [[Delta Tower]]]]

The dissolution of the [[Queendom of Evermoor]] at the end of 2014 resulted in both a power vaccuum as well as many homeless players. The time was ripe for new great [[crews]] to emerge. Of all the upstarts, the British Empire was the most successful. Founded in January 2015 by [[CrazyPirate]], its growth skyrocketed and within a couple of weeks the British Empire already counted 20 citizens.

After a brief period of respite, petty conflicts expanded to previously peaceful colonies. For and foremost pirates [[Bensterpc]] and [[Pipsterpc]] utilised the opportunity to plague weak members of the Empire. At the same time, elections were taking place in order to determine the first government of the British Empire. The first round of voting was mired by rogue voters who weren't part of the British Empire as well as multiple ballots being cast per elector, so the position of Election Commissioner was bestowed upon [[PaulOnFire]] to manage the elections in a fair and transparent manner. The results were close but clear: [[CrazyPirate]] and [[Michty]] beat [[Chailey]] and [[Bislo1]] to the posts of Prime Minister and Vice Prime Minister.

Shortly thereafter peace was agreed upon by all sides. The elves of Evermoor rebranded themselves as the [[Elven Empire]] of [[Lothlorien]]. The British forts surrounding Havanna remained claimed as a monument to the war and attacks on [[Port Hope]] by Unic0rnjunk101 ceased.

The newfound peace led to an explosion of construction projects across the Empire, the biggest of which was the planning of the capital city of [[London]]. The city was to function as a semi-historical replica of 17th century London and would serve as the main centre of commerce, culture and recruitment in the British Empire. Each building would be custom designed by the Empire's architects.

This prosperous time was not to last. Two British government officials defected to the elves, sparking an internal crisis. The government took its time properly assessing the individual applicants for the empty government positions.

The newly reformed Elven Empire unexpectedly made an offer to the Verussian citizens to merge into their empire, which caused much friction in the League of Nations, the renamed "Allied". The Verussians agreed to the proposal. This action ultimately put an end to the war, but caused a deep rift between the former close allies.

The Kaiser interrupted a British war vote by declaring war on the British Empire on 31st January 2016 [http://piratemc.com/groups/ashikagan-embassy/forum/topic/declaration-of-war-against-the-british-empire/] The conflict was short-lived, as CrazyPirate1 managed to plunder Ulracreeper's valuables, including a beacon, during a scouting raid.

Soon after the election the decision was made to merge the [[British Empire Training Crew]] (BETC) back into the main crew. The reason was that that too many recruits found friends in the BETC and didn't want to "graduate" into the British Empire for fear of losing contact with their comrades through /crew chat. The British Empire had been suffering a period of stagnation due to this effect and was in desperate need of fresh blood. The leadership recognised that in the long term, the BETC would end up smothering the group it had been designed to protect - thus the BETC had to be disbanded. Its legacy lived on, however, as Lazydog11's town [[Gloomsbay]] had been massively expanded due to the influx of new recruits and boasted, among other things, housing for dozens of active players and a large PvP arena.

Other projects also sprang to life, such as the construction of a fully automated infinite free wheat farm near spawn for deckhands as well as the construction of the first buildings and houses in London besides [[Buckingham Palace]] and the [[Globe Theatre]].

The first strike was dealt by the [[Elves]]. CoV raids lead by players such as [[JoeBlub]] and [[Bentas]] were halted in their tracks as the Elves amassed a large enough force to drive them back and even slay them. This was a big surprise to many on the server, as usually CoV members encountered little to no resistance owing to their reputation. [[Reptaria]] announced that he would from then on be actively hunting down crusaders himself.

These were not the only crews to get involved though. The British Empire, recognising the potential of this grand alliance against CoV, [http://piratemc.com/groups/british-empire-public-releases/forum/topic/a-hunt-for-the-cov/ joined in the fray] on 19th May 2016 and sought to bring in more of the smaller crews to the frontlines. Within days, the gears of war were turning as no less than seven crews were actively taking up arms and pursuing their previous belligerents. In addition, it became apparent that CoV's reputation was disintegrating at a rapid pace. No longer seen as untouchable, players recalled the frequent raids, the driving of long-term players such as [[Konstruktor]] away from server as well as their arrogant demeanour of the past and used this this opportunity to shatter the crusader's hegemony for once and for all.

At the end of 2016, the British made attempts to rejuvenate the broken relations with former allies. The [[Commonwealth of Nations]] (CoN), and old British experimental group, was repurposed as an international alliance group with clearer guidelines on voting and defence. The old LoN crews rejoined, including the newly reformed, peaceful Templars. After a first round of elections, [[PaulOnFire]] won the majority vote for Secretary-General against [[Maximus_Terragon]], [[Chailey]] and [[NickyB_123]]. He appointed NickyB_123 as his vice and set out to achieve his election pledges of expanding CoN and founding a new central base of operations for CoN, the [[Freeport]].

On 17th May 2017, Gildor_stinky and Taulov were elected as Prime Minister and Vice Prime Minister of the British Empire, gaining more votes than opponents Turkeyman11a and Deathtoll_. Construction projects around the Empire had been making great progress, especially in London, yet over time the British Empire had lost many talented PvPers due to a lack of military conflicts. A vote was launched on 1st June 2017 to determine the future of BE's PvP laws. The results will be in on 4th June 2017.

== Settlements and Forts of the British Empire ==

Province of Canada:

*[[Whiskey Peak]]

*[[Fort Fang]]

*[[Vendigroth]]

*[[Gloomsbay]]

Territories on the old continent:

*[[London]]

South Seas:

Southern Territories:

== Previous British Governments ==

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*[[Bridgetown]] (seceded)

*[[Corfadia]] (disbanded)

*[[Fort Crater]] (inactive)

*[[Fort Havanna]] (inactive)

*[[Fort Wolf]] (inactive)

*[[Goldton]] (inactive)

*[[Karjat]] (inactive)

*[[New Clankton]] (inactive)

*[[Newfoundland]] (inactive)

*[[New Zealand]] (inactive)

*[[Port Blue]] (inactive)

*[[Port Laconia]] (Governor banned)

*[[Port Oribi]] (Governor banned)

*[[Seastone]] (inactive)

*[[Singapore]] (seceded)

*[[Virgin Islands]] (seceded)

*[[Westeros]] (inactive)

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