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== Ideals ==

== Current Government ==

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== Charter ==

'''Article IV - Raiding and War'''

''Amended:''

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Lords who take on a government roll do not relinquish their title of Lord and may remain in the government chat even after resigning from their post unless their title is revoked as laid out in article III.

'''Article II - Electing Lords'''

The Election Commissioner may be contacted to perform these votes. If there is general consensus that an individual should become a Lord - that is to say, every party is satisfied that no vote needs to be held - the motion automatically counts as passed.

'''Article III - Dismissing Lords'''

Lords with an inactivity of over three months can be freely dismissed by the PM.

'''Article IV - Privileges of Lords'''

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This amendment is proposed, due to the growing need for structure within the Empire, both in the army and in the civilian classes. Furthermore a more structured base for expansion and administration of territory becomes ever so needed.

<strong>Section 1 – Revision of Government ranks</strong>

The Minister of Defence and Justice will be introduced and will take over the previous tasks of both Ministers of Justice and Defence.

'''Section 2 – Chain of Command/Hierarchy Structure'''

The Minister of Recruitment, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary can promote from the <em>lower civil tree</em>, into the <em>higher class tree</em>.

'''Section 3 – New titles'''

* Requirements: 1x farm, 3x houses, 1x notice board, 1x inn/shop/brewery/church/port/library/stable

Additionally 3x citizens, including the Governor, must actively live in the Settlement, rank Deckhand or above is acceptable.

'''Town Governor (Governor II)'''

* Requirements: 3x farms, 5 houses, 1x notice board, 1x square, 1x town hall, 1x fort, 2x inn/shop/brewery/church/port/library/stable

Additionally 4x citizens, including the Governor, must actively live in the Town, 1x Sailor or above, 2x Cadet or above, 1x Deckhand or above.

'''City Governor (Governor III)'''

* Requirements: 4x farms, 6x houses, 1x notice board, 2x squares, 1x city hall, 1x fort (must be seige-proof approved by a government member), 3x inn/shop/brewery/church/port/library/stable

Additionally 5x citizens, including the Governor, must actively live in the city, 2x Sailor or above, 2x Cadet or above, 1x Deckhand or above.

''Revocation of ranks:''

* Structures required for the settlement are left demolished or non-functional, without intention to better them.

* The citizen count falls two persons below the requirements. This means once a settlement status is granted, it will not lose the status if one citizen leaves, although the Governor must try to recruit a new citizen to reach desired requirements.

'''3.2 Mayor of London'''

* Coordinating with the army for the protection of London.

* Bringing news to notice boards around town. Alternatively reporting events in the BE forum group.

'''3.3 Ambassador'''

* Easing tensions and aggression towards the BE within the foreign crew.

* Building better relations over time with crews they are assigned to manage.

'''3.4 Royal Architect'''

Requirements: 1x greatly respected build on the server

'''3.5 Royal Merchant'''

Requirements: Balance over 7500£, 1x shop in London, 1x frigate or higher docked in London

'''3.6 Lower Civil hierarchy'''

These titles are available for anyone within the empire to apply for. They do not have any requirements.

'''3.7 Lower Navy hierarchy'''

These titles are granted in line, meaning the lowest rank is required to progress. The Admiral or government members decide the requirements based on the individual's performance.

'''3.8 Commodore and Navy Captain'''

These titles are the elite soldiers of the empire and are only granted by either the Admiral or the Minister of Defense and Justice. Requirements are decided by individual performance.

'''Section 4 – Management of Territories'''

* Patrols must be focused in states rather than territories, cities and towns rather than villages.

* If a settlement ceases to exist, the territory will be abandoned.

'''Section 5 – Permissions to the Government Group/Chat & Government Voting Rights'''

''Ranks with government voting rights and access to the government group/chat:''

*Prime Minister

*Vice Prime Minister

*Foreign Secretary

*Lords

''Ranks only with government group access:''

*Admiral

*Governor III

*Mayor of London

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The Charter of the British Empire serves as a basic set of principles that every citizen must adhere to. It was signed by the incumbent government officials at the beginning of May 2015.

''' Laws concerning PvP '''

: §3.1 Must not engage in PvP with a fellow British citizen at any point in time unless there is consent of all parties involved or the engagement is inside an inclosed PvP- or arena-designated area.

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| The Sun Never Sets - Again [http://piratemc.com/groups/british-empire-public-releases/forum/topic/be-solis-treaty-the-sun-never-sets-again-2/]  || Declaration of Alliance||BE & [[Solis]] || 6th May 2016 || <span style="color:red">'''Defunct'''</span>

| A Treaty for the Elite [http://http://piratemc.com/groups/british-empire-public-releases/forum/topic/be-elite-treaty-a-treaty-for-the-elite/] || Declaration of Alliance||BE & [[Elite]] || 12th May 2016 || <span style="color:red">'''Defunct'''</span>

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Current crews and nations ''affiliated'' the British Empire:

* [[Elven Empire]]

* [[Thirteen Colonies]]

[[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.

Then out of the ruins emerged the resurrection of an old nemesis lead by [[Mandarin_Panda]]: [[Outlaws]]. While the fledgling crew was in itself no threat, the entente was aware that it would try to use its reputation to its advantage and attract capable PvPers. Sure enough, Outlaws declared its intention to become a powerful PvP crew in its own right. This announcement was met with declarations of war by the [[LoN]].

British redcoats were once again active, prowling the seas and dispensing "justice". This was met with mixed feelings within the government: Some wanted the BE to remain neutral and retaliatory as hitherto. Others demanded the crew take action, especially against scum of the server such as hackers. In particular the [[Juice Pirates]] were proven to contain a number of Italian hackers which British forces used as a casus belli to launch an assault - without a war vote. British PM [[Bislo]] demanded that the British should cease their offensive immediately in accordance with the charter or face consequences. In the midst of the turmoil screenshots from the [[Juice Pirates]] crew chat were revealed, some of which's contents seemed to infer that acceptance of hackers was commonplace in the crew and that a number of crew members - including the leader - were aware of perpetrators but not reporting them to the mods. This lead to a [http://piratemc.com/topic/the-apple-crew/ forum report] by British members with tempers soaring and appropriate political fallout. After some weeks the situation deescalated. Apple crew members were no longer involved in reports and the two crews even started to work together.

The war against Templars proved short-lived as combined EE, 13C and BE forces held their ground. Internal conflicts within Templar ultimately led to the crew's dissolution and a continuation of world peace. Political changes were abound. 13C was permitted to depart from the BE and continue its existence as an independent but affiliated crew. Tensions continued to intensify within the grand alliance of LoN. A mere couple of weeks had passed since the war with Templar when anti-LoN sentiment met its climax: The "BExit" referendum. After a lengthy debate, the leave campaign prevailed with over three quarters of voters in favour of secession. Thus in late September 2016 the BE officially left the fourteen month old alliance for good. This caused a snowball effect within LoN: EE and 13C also announced their immediate departure whilst the small crews of LR, XE and IE ended up disbanding. The latter three crews would thereupon merge to form a greater, stronger entity know as the Xanthian Order (TXO). LoN ceased to exist.

== Settlements and Forts of the British Empire ==

Province of Canada:

*[[Whiskey Peak]]

*[[Fort Fang]]

*[[Vendigroth]]

Northern Territories:

*[[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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== Old Documents and Images ==

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