Duchy of North West England (1962: The Apocalypse)

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The Republic of the Duchy of North West England
Timeline: 1962: The Apocalypse
OTL equivalent: Lancashire, Westmorland, Cumberland, northern Cheshire and some neighboring parts of Yorkshire.

[[Image:.|80px|Coat of Arms]] Duchy of Lancashire and Westmoreland in 2012. Motto To justly go, where no man has gone before! (English)
Anthem:	"It's a short way to judicial happiness!"
Capital:	Preston (1963-64), Lancaster (1964 to date)
Largest city:	Preston/Fullwood con-urbanisation
Other cities:	Penrith, Southport, Blackpool, whiehaven, Workington, Fleetwood, Chorley, Blackburn, Lytham St Annes, Carlisle, Cleveleys, Poulton-le-Fylde and Clithero
Language:   official:	Lancashire and Cumbrian dialect English
others:	Cheshire dialect English, Scouse, Mancunian English, Tyke (Yorkshire dialect), and Standardised English
Religion:   main:	83.06% Christianity (mostly Anglican/CofE).
others:	Muslim (mostly Sunni) 0.18%, 0.15% were Buddhist, 0.14% were Hindu, 0.10% were(mostly Orthodox) Jewish and 0.05% were Sikh.
Ethnic groups:   main:	Northern English
others:	Welsh, Irish, Southern English and Scottish.
Demonym:	Lancstrian
Type of government:	Democratic Republic/Critocracy mix, headed by appointed senior judges/lawyers (the term 'Duchy' is only used as a nostalgic touch).
government:	Parliament
High Chief Justice:	John David Dawson
High Proctor:	Peter George Last
Prime Minister:	Tony Cunningham
Population:	1,276,578 (2012) (including 22,000 from Kendal-shire, Whitehaven-shire 25,000. 97,000 from Carlisle-shire, 25,000 from Penrith-shire and 24,000 from Windermere-shire)
Independence:	from UK
declared:	1963
Currency:	Lancashire £ (L£), Irish Punt (unofficial in Blackpool and the Flyde) and barter in some rural places.
Organizations:	Northern Alliance
% Literacy:	100%
Number of military personnel:	7,500

Stats

The Republic of the Duchy of North West England a passive social democracy/Critocracy based in North West England.

History

Doomsday

Also see- WP Targets in the UK and Ireland.

After Doomsday

Gen Ian Stewart Fullwood had

Northwest region's 3 Regional Government Seats at Fulwood Barracks in Preston, a bunker in Southport in southern Lancashire and a bunker in Hack Green southern Cheshire had lost radio communications due to the EMP and power outages, but still managed to exert some armed control over Cheshire and Lancashire south of the River Ribble. It was only due to harsh laws and joint pooling of their territorial resources at regional-come-national level that lead to their survival.

The nuclear winter lasted between October 1962 and March 1963. The nuclear summer then lasted between April 1963 and September 1965. A severe famine and a cholera outbreak hitting the county, killing many people during 1963 and 1965. A severe famine and a then a cholera outbreak hit urban Lancashire, urban Cheshire and Penrith in Westmorland; killing a few more people during 1965 and most of 1966. A typhoid plague struck in 1967. Hack Green began to drift under their control of Shropshire and Staffordshire.

The nation tried to maintain an independent and self-sufficient way of life, but it was hard going at best of times. The fishing fleet was expanded as best it could to provide a additional source of food. Fish was expected to become a major food source, with the left overs also being used for fertilizer.

Fist Contact

Ireland and the Isle of Man were quickly on the scene in late 1962.

First contact was made with the Commune of Colwyn Bay on January the 5th 1967. Contact was later made with the Republic of Bury, Chester City-state, Penrith-shire, Whitehaven-shire and Kendal-shire in 1970. Carlisle-shire, Scarboroughshire in the town of Harrogate, and North Derbyshire were found in 1972. Explores from Staffordshire, Lincolnshire and East Anglia made contact in 1979.

First contact was made with the Frisian Republic, as fishermen from the Duchy of North West England, East Anglia, Normandy, Somme Republic, Greater Perthshire, Hexhamshire, Lille-Wallonia, Irish, Socialist Durhamshire all landed there during a bad gale, more by good luck than planning in late 1973, since most nations wrongly reckoned on the islands being uninhabited and/or badly radioactive.

The Welsh SSR and the Commune of Tywyn made contact in 1977. Relations with Commune of Colwyn Bay The Welsh SSR and the Commune of Tywyn were for the most part good.

North Derbyshire and Duchy of North West England descovered each other in 1977.

The Journeys of Discovery

• Kendal-shire (1962: The Apocalypse)
• Penrith-shire (1962: The Apocalypse)
• Windermere-shire (1962: The Apocalypse)
• Carlisle-shire (1962: The Apocalypse)
• Whitehaven-shire (1962: The Apocalypse)
• Dumfriesshire (1962: The Apocalypse)

North Derbyshire and Duchy of North West England (AKA: The Duchy of Lancashire) discovered each other in 1977.

1970-1977

Maghull's 6 tribal elders asked if they could join Lancashire in late 1972. They were allowed to do so in early 1974.

1978-1988

Relations were tense with the PRUK and Welsh SSR over the battle of Clun over it's effects on Colwyn Bay and Chester, but things improved in 1979. The growth of trade between Lancashire, Ireland, Chester and Colwyn Bay helped boost the economy and so living standards began to rise massively in the Colwyn Bay (the CCB) and Chester in the 1980's. Kendal-shire, Penrith-shire and Windermere-shire joined Lancashire in 1984.

Carlisle-shire (1962: The Apocalypse) Whitehaven-shire (1962: The Apocalypse)

1989-1999

Dumfriesshire became a client state of the Clydesdale SSR in 1996.

North east Liverpool's 7 tribal groups asked if they could join Duchy of North West England's Lancashire region in late 1989 and there chieftains agreed. They were allowed to do so in early 1999.

Present day

The nations of Bury, Chester and Colwyn Bay have developed to about the same standard of living, moral values and political attitudes as found in demographic similar parts of the Duchy of North West England. They are long standing allies against the hostile tribesmen form the ruined cities of N. W. England and Anglesey. It is a pleasant, semi-industrial land that free form human vice, and is steadily moving to merger with their client state of Colwyn Bay.

A 57 year old bloke died when he fell under the Blackpool tram on an unusual cocktail of LSD, cannabis and alcohol in the May of 2010.

Bad weather

The 2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods worst affected was the English county of Cumbria, Galloway, Dublin, Cork, Antrim, Dunfieshire and the Irish counties of Clare, Cork, Montgommeryshire, Galway and Westmeath. Deaths were widespread with 1 in Whitehaven, 1 in Cockermouth, a Cornish trader in Poundsgate in Devon. 2 women died when a bridge collapsed at Newtown and Talybont-on-Usk in Montgomeryshire. 2 also died in Dublin, At the time, Taoiseach Brian Cowen described the situation in Ireland as an "ongoing emergency" that was going to get worse.

The honorific floods and cyclone of November 22-28, 2012, devastated the former UK and Ireland. It finally killed a total of 42 people (39 citizens and 3 tourists)- 4 in Newlyn, 1 in Honiton, 1 in Truro, 3 in Exeter, 1 in Bovney Tracy, 2 in Shrewsbury, 2 in Gloucester, 2 in St Asaph, 1 in Wexford, 1 in Preston, 1 in Penrith, 1 in Ayr, 1 in Cambridge, 3 in Monmouth, 2 in Northallerton, 2 in Kempsey, 1 in Chester, 1 Warwick, 1 in Derby, 1 Bridgewater, 3 in Upton-upon-Severn and 4 in Malmesbury, plus 3 Lower Saxon tourists in Warwick. It was the worst flooding incident in nearly 100 years! Aid came from Hexanshire, Durhamshire, Scarborough, Ayrshire, Perthshire, Denmark, Sussex, Willihamshaven, Kingdom of Lille-Wallonia, and the Neo-Roman Empire.

Politics

Tony Cunningham and Timothy Ian Bradshaw are 

Elections are by the FPTP method, except for mayoral votes, which use the STV system. Elections were held every 5 years after 1981 (or 1982 for town mayors). 36 members are elected to the national parliamentary, but the head of state has an ex- judge appointed to the house as well.

The 2011 result.

The 2011 Parliamentary elections

1. Whitehaven- Conservative
2. Carlisle- Labour
3. Chorley and the Rubble Estuary- Conservative
4. Lytham St. Annes- Conservative
5. Lancaster district- Conservative
6. Lancaster city- Conservative
7. Fullwood and the mid-Ribble Valley- Conservative
8. Northwitch and Knutsford- Conservative
9. Fleetwood and Poulton-le-Fylde- Conservative
10. The Fylde- Labour
11. Omsk- Labour
12. Preston East- Labour
13. Preston Central- Liberal
14. Preston West- Labour
15. Pendle- Labour
16. Burnley- Labour
17. Blackpool and Cleveleys- Labour
18. Blackpool Central- Liberal Democratic
19. Blackpool South- Conservative
20. Blackburn- Labour
21. Hyndburn- Labour
22. Wiggan- Labour
23. Warrington and Runcorn- Conservative
24. Ellesmere and the Wirral Peninsular- Conservative
25. St. Helens, Ranford and Skelmisdale- Labour
26. Morcambe and Haysham- Independent
27. Kendal-shire- Independent
28. Penrith-shire- Independent
29. Keswick, Cumbria- Independent
30. Windermere-shire- Independent
31. Clithero- Independent
32. Southport- Liberal Democratic
33. Wyre Valley- Conservative
34. Maghull Tribal Territory- Liberal
35. Far South- Liberal Democratic
36. Liverpool Tribal Territory (north west)- Liberal
37. Liverpool Tribal Territory (south east)- Liberal Democratic

Borough council 2010 elections

1. Chorley and the Ribble Estury- Labour/Conservative coalition
2. Carlisle-shire- Labour/Conservative coalition
3. Lancaster- Conservative
4. Fullwood and the mid-Ribble Valley- Conservative
5. Northwitch-Knutsford- Conservative
6. The Fylde- Labour
7. Preston City- Labour
8. Pendle and Burnley- Labour
9. Blackpool, Lytham St. Annes and Cleveleys- Labour
10. Blackburn and Hyndburn- Labour
11. Wiggan, Warrington and Runcorn- Labour/Conservative coalition
12. Ellesmere and the Wirral Peninsular- Labour/Conservative coalition
13. Kendal-shire- Independent
14. Penrith-shire- Independent
15. Windermere-shire- Independent
16. Clithero- Independent
17. Southport and Omsk- Liberal Democratic
18. Wyre Valley- Labour/Conservative coalition
19. Fleetwood and Poulton-le-Fylde- Labour/Conservative coalition
20. St. Helens, Ranford and Skelmisdale- Independent
21. Morcambe and Haysham- Independent
22. Maghull Tribal Territory- Liberal
23. Far South- Liberal Democratic

The 2012 mayoral elections

Carlielse-shire mayoral election, 2012
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total
	Labour	Ian Taylor	45,000	50%	12, 570	47,570
	Conservative	Joan Smith	44,100	48%	12, 717	46,817
	Communist Party of Great Britain	Daniella Best	450	1%
	Liberal Democratic	David John Nix	225	0.5%
	UK Liberal Party	Steve Loss	222	0.494%
	N/A	Spoiled voting papers	3	0.006%
Turnout			90,000	99.97%
	Labour win

Preston City mayoral election, 2012
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total
	Conservative	Lucy E. Masters	54,990	28.53%	14,162	69,419
	Independent	Anthony Chafer	24,719	12.96%	12,524	37,243
	Labour	Bob Holden	24,196	12.69%
	Liberal Democratic	Alice Gascoigne	23,468	12.33%
	League of Empire Loyalists (LEL)	Claudia Cotts	16,433	8.62%
	Independent	Flora McKay	12,382	6.49%
	Independent	Annette Biggar	10,586	5.37%
	Independent	Hélène Smyth	10,171	5.33%
	Independent	Charlotte Monique Hogue	8,667	4.55%
	Independent	Bill Langworthy	4,306	2.26%
	Green Party	Anne D. Koots	867	0.45%
	N/A	Spoiled voteing papers	434	0.23%
Majority			32,176
Turnout			196,987	98.45%
	Conservative win

Lancaster mayoral election, 2012
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total
	Labour	Peter R. Gibbs	100,152	56.01%
	Conservative	Veronique Tayo Awe	45,845	25.64%
	League of Empire Loyalists (LEL)	Wilhelm von Archenholtz	18,859	10.55%
	Liberal Democratic	Edith Jacobavits	13,902	7.77%
	National Front	Patrick Quinton Borden	18	0.01%
	Ireland is cool Party	Todd O'Riley	17	0.01%
	N/A	Spoiled voting papers	16	0.01%
Majority			54,325
Turnout			182,694	98.1%
	Labour win

Chorley mayoral election, 2012
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total
	Labour	Stan Entwistle	23,531	39.01%	6,217	29,748
	Conservative	David Heartly	22,774	38.83%	1,549	24,636
	League of Empire Loyalists (LEL)	Jimmy Lee Cook	6,630	11.17%
	Liberal Democratic	Elisabeth Martin	6,118	10.31%
	National Front	Tom Brden	158	0.06%
	Ireland is cool Party	Shamus O'Conner	155	0.06%
	N/A	Spoiled voting papers	1,555	0.63%
Majority			5,112
Turnout			54,325	94.5%
	Labour win

Blackpool and Cleveleys mayoral election, 2012
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total
	Labour	Paul Thomas Rigby-Davis	24,242	40.23%	5,649	31,340
	Conservative	John Andrew. Digby	16,039	25.9%	4,124	20,171
	Independent	Steve R. Brogan-Smith	11,481	18.6%
	Green	Lee Henery Weatherup	8,484	13.7%
	Lancashire Nationalist Party	Richard Ramsbottom	849	1.37%
	More phones and cheaper calls	Ian David Twelves	80	0.1%
	N/A	Spoiled voting papers	8	0.01%
Majority			9,644
Turnout			61,783	98.7%
	Labour win

Lytham St. Annes mayoral election, 2012
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total
	Labour	Clive Grunshaw	66,017	39.3%	13,773	79,790
	Conservative	Peter Phipps	58,428	34.8%	14,834	73,262
	National Front	Peter Watch	24,861	14.98%
	Liberal Democratic	John Nickos Antonas	18,396	11.0%
	UK Liberal Party	David Notch	184	0.01%
	N/A	Spoiled voting papers	183	0.01%
Turnout			168,069	94.95%
	Labour win

Far South mayoral election, 2012
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total
	Labour	Davy Smith	33,108	39.4%	6,886	39,994
	Conservative	Rob Clayton	29,214	34.7%	4,717	33,931
	National Front	John Carter	12,435	14.98%
	Liberal Democratic	Jim Devonish	9,298	11.1%
	UK Liberal Party	John Steven Bean	63	0.01%
	N/A	Spoiled voting papers	62	0.01%
Turnout			88,269	95.97%
	Labour win

Military

It is a volunteer force of 7,500. The armed forces discontinued the use of bows and swords in favour of rifles and pistols in 1986. The armed forces are a volunteer force of 7,500.

Army

The army comprises of the pre war Lancashire Fusiliers, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), and The Lancashire Regiment (the Prince of Wales's Volunteers).

Weapons

1. Side-arm Colt 45
2. Rifles Lee Enfield
3. Sub-Machine guns Thompson
4. Colt 45 pistol
5. Canon de 75 modèle 1897
6. Canon de 75 modèle 1912 Schneider
7. The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 96 neuer Art (7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.)
8. Ordnance QF 18 pounder
9. Ordnance QF 25 pounder
10. BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun
11. Stokes mortar
12. Enfield No. 2 Mk I Revolver
13. The Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55in, Boys commonly known as the "Boys Anti-tank Rifle" (or incorrectly "Boyes", nicknamed the "elephant gun")
14. Austen submachine gun
15. Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I (1903)

Vehicles

1. 6x Chevrolet RD 4x2 trucks? (2 are known to be in storage)
2. 4x T17E1 Staghound armoured Cars
3. 2x Leopard 1 Tanks
4. 2 x Humber armoured cars
5. 4x Centurion tanks (2 are known to be in storage)
6. 1x Ferret armoured car
7. 5x AEC Matador 4 x 4 medium artillery tractors

Navy

They have 3 oil and 1 alcohol driven patrol boats.

Air force

3 Supermarine Mk XIV Spitfires, 2 Westland Lysander light aircraft, 2 cargo planes, 3 medium helicopters and 2 light helicopters.

The 2 other Supermarine Mk XIV Spitfires and a light helicopter are in storage and are used for spare parts.

Transport

Travel is mostly by horse, sailing ship and bicycle, since there are few motor vehicles.

Horses are still popular in the nation, despite the resent, but short lived, outbreak of equine ethmoid hematoma. There are 10 5 carriage steam trains 2 diesel driven British Rail Class 08 shunter locos.

The Blackpool tramway was restarted in 1998.

Education

It is mandatory for all 6 to 14 year olds.

Media

A national newspaper came in to print in 2007 and most local editions came in to print in 2008. Preston's local paper began circulation in 2006.

Healthcare

A bottle of LSD.

Thyroid cancers are no longer major issues, and are markedly less than they were before 1989.

There has been a reasonably successful healthy living media campaign running in the media since 2009 concerning binge drinking and high cholesterol levels.

22% of Lancastrians told a 2012 government survey that they thought there children were occasional secretly taking Psilocybe semilanceata mushrooms and/or glue sniffing after or during school. 3% also reckoned there teenage children were habitual drunks.

The Duchy of North West England National Police Force estimated that about 12% of road accidents in 2008 and 2009 were caused by drunk and drugged driving. Some cars even had beer cans, whisky bottles, alco-pops, unnecessarily opened bottles of glue and/or cannabis resin stashed away in them. A 57 year old bloke died when he fell under the Blackpool tram on a unusual cocktail of LSD, cannabis and alcohol in the May of 2010.

The Death Penalty

The Duchy of North West England has never had a death penalty, except for the ad-hock shooting of several looters and some local bandits under the 1964-1967 emergency laws.