United Kingdom
In the time since the MLA's establishment, the country has been divided up into 16 zones. After numerous riots and protests, the opinion of the ruling party was low and Scotland erupted into open rebellion in 2016, with a Scottish nationalist movement being in a state of undeclared war with the government since. After years of martial law, Princess Beatrice returned to Britain in 2021 with the backing of the Cartel, a covert pro-monarchist organization created by the Hilliard Corporation and Imperial Metropolitan Agriculture. This is most likely after the events of 1 Paper Trail/2 European Graffiti.
Assuming the name Victoria II, she led protects against the MLA, which was already crumbling due to the Cartel's provocation of civil unrest and the IMA's invasion of Bristol. Supporters quickly emerged in favor of the Restoration Movement, which was promising a return to the "good old days" before the chaos currently embroiling Britain, and was even backed by the corporations, who demanded laissez-faire style of government for them in return.
In a matter of months, the Council, the ruling body of the MLA, splintered as its members each went their own way. The last two members of the Council, Lord Hill and Lord McKenzie, threw in their lot with the monarchists to avert civil war and rescinded the state of emergency.
A week later, Victoria II was crowned queen in Westminster Abbey, and a new democratic government was declared. Lord Hill was appointed prime minister, while Lord McKenzie became Chief of Staff to the military services and later Chairman and Managing Director of British Combined Forces, PLC, the UK's privatized armed forces, and a new central Parliament was established. Ironically, in order to ease the transition to democracy, the corporations and military introduced a fresh state of emergency and reorganized the country into districts based on the old kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia, Sussex, and Cornwall.
As of now, the United Kingdom is stable, but the gap