Buckinghamshire (1962: The Apocalypse)

Doomsday 1962
It is known that no atomic devices had hit the territory, save for 1 1kt bomb in Verny junction, in the Soviet attack. A Soviet bomber did crash near Brackley after dropping its bombs elsware. The crew were killed in the crash. Radiation wold be a big problem in the south and east of the nation.

First contact
It was made with the City State of Sutton, Kentshire and Sussex in 1973. 1974 saw contact made with Mercia. Hostile relations started with the Daventry and Woodford Halse Union and Brackley and Hinton-in-the-Hedges Union in 1989.

Earthquake
An earthquake rocked the ruins of Northolt and a large surrounding aria, reaching out as far as Hertford, in the early morning of 23rd September 2002 (as in OTL). It registering 5.7 on the Richter scale according to scientists in the Kingdom of Lille-Wallonia and the PRUK, and lasted approximately 20 seconds. An aftershock of magnitude 2.4 occurred on 25th September at the same time, but was not felt beyond Hemel Hempstead.

Bad weather
There was major flooding between June and August 2007. The winter of 2009-2010 was the worst in 50 years.

Transport
A 2 track railway unifies Banstead and Epsom with Buckingham, Slough, Horsham and Crawley. It was built in 2009 and has 3 diesel train services a week day. 2 more trains run on the Saturdays, but don't call at Banstead and Epsom.

Also see

 * 1) 1962: Doomsday
 * 2) List of surviving nations (1962: Doomsday)