United city-states of Loughborough and Leicester (1962: The Apocalypse)

Doomsday 1962
Melton Mowbray RDC and Loughborough UDC (who were not directly hit) managed to organise and maintain a refugee community, but radiation would be a major killer in the early years.

Survival
The relatively unscathed towns of Burton-upon-Trent, Melton Mowbray and Loughborough did what it could to help, but were also suffering from radiation sickness and a crime wave.

A severe famine and a cholera outbreak hit the region, killing many people during 1962 and most of 1963.

First contact
First contact was made with the Republic of East Anglia, Kettering and Melton Mowbray explorers in 1967. Loughborough’s first contact was made with the Southern English in mid-1976.

1984 to date
Loughborough slowly expanded over the years, to include Shepshed, Castle Downington and Coalville by 1985. It became an province or the PRUK, but remained largley autonamouse.

Bad weather
There was major flooding between June and August 2007. The winter of 2009-2010 was the worst in 50 years. A gale and giant hail, which was the size of golf balls, devastated Kibworth, Loughborough and Melton Mowbray and Kettering, killing 2 people in Loughborough and a horse in Kibworth in the June of 2012. A gale and giant hail, which was the size of golf balls, devastated Kibworth, Loughborough and Melton Mowbray and Kettering, killing 2 people in Loughborough and a horse in Kibworth. The Winter of 2009-2010 was also the worst in 50 years.

Economy
It is largely dependent on agriculture, forestry, coal mining and food processing.

Coal mines
Over the years, informal, ad-hock coal mining by the citizens of New Derbyshire and Loughborough has taken off near Coalville. A new, official, PRUK owned mine was opened there in 2005, by the PRUK president, Geoff Hoon.

Transport
Horses are still popular in the nation, despite the short lived, outbreak of equine ethmoid hematoma in 2004 and 2008.

Military
The armed forces abandoned the use of bows and swords in favour of rifles and pistols in 1989. The army is a volunteer force of 150.

Media
Loughborough's local newspaper is the Loughborough Echo has become the national newspaper of the PRUK in 2006.

Healthcare
Lung and thyroid cancer are major issues, but not as bad as they were before 1984.

Sport
Shrewsbury Town F.C. and Loughborough F.C. are the nation’s football teams. Merthyr Tydfil F.C. The 2 matches in 1985, 1996 and 1998, between Shrewsbury Town F.C. and Merthyr Tydfil F.C. were noted for their off pitch violence.