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|full_title = United Kingdom of Bretonia
 
|full_title = United Kingdom of Bretonia
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|image_flag = Flag-bretonia.png
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|image_flag = BretoniaFlagPS2.png
 
|capital_base = [[Planet New London]]
 
|capital_base = [[Planet New London]]
 
|capital_system = [[New London|New London System]]
 
|capital_system = [[New London|New London System]]
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|languages = [[English]]
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|languages = English (british)
 
|government_type = Constitutional monarchy
 
|government_type = Constitutional monarchy
 
|government_leader = [[Queen Carina|Queen Carina I]]
 
|government_leader = [[Queen Carina|Queen Carina I]]
 
|founding_date = 19
 
|founding_date = 19
 
|controlled_space =
 
|controlled_space =
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* [[New London]]
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'''Core Systems'''
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* [[New London]] -- Capital System
 
* [[Cambridge]]
 
* [[Cambridge]]
 
* [[Manchester]]
 
* [[Manchester]]
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* [[Leeds]]
 
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* [[Edinburgh]]
 
 
* [[Newcastle]]
 
* [[Newcastle]]
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'''Secondery Territory'''
 
* [[Dublin]]
 
* [[Dublin]]
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* [[Dundee]]
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* [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Omega-49]]
 
* [[Poole]]
 
* [[Poole]]
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* [[Salisbury]]
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'''Occupied systems'''
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* [[Cortez]] ''contested with [[Gallia]]
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* [[Magellan]] ''contested with [[Gallia]]
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'''Gallic Occupied systems'''
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* [[Leeds]]
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* [[Edinburgh]]
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|organisations =
 
|organisations =
 
* [[Bretonia Armed Forces]]
 
* [[Bretonia Armed Forces]]
 
* [[Bretonia Police Authority]]
 
* [[Bretonia Police Authority]]
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* [[Bretonian Intelligence Service]]
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* [[Bretonian Privateers]]
 
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'''Bretonia''', or the '''United Kingdom of Bretonia''' is the title of one of the four original houses in [[Sirius]]. It's territory extends across many systems on the western side of [[The Barrier]], with various claims to systems bordering the [[Walker Nebula]] as well as ones deep within [[The Barrier]] itself. It is a constitutional monarchy with the monarch (King or Queen) representing the state while the parliament presides over the government. Bretonian sovereign territories border the systems of [[Omega-3]], [[Magellan]], [[Cortez]] and [[Tau-31]]. The [[Bretonia Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] are currently [[Tau War|engaged in a war]] with the [[Kusari Empire]] over the ownership of the [[Tau-31]] and neighbouring systems. Patrols are also frequent in the system of [[Omega-3]].
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'''Bretonia''', or the '''Kingdom of Bretonia''' is the title of one of the four original houses in [[Sirius]]. It's territory extends across many systems on the western side of [[The Barrier]], with various claims to systems bordering the [[Walker Nebula]] as well as ones deep within [[The Barrier]] itself. It is a constitutional monarchy with the monarch (King or Queen) representing the state while the parliament presides over the government. Bretonian sovereign territories border the systems of [[Omega-3]], [[Magellan]], [[Cortez]] and [[Tau-31]]. The [[Bretonia Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] were involved in a [[Tau War|long standing conflict]] with the [[Kusari Empire]] in the Tau systems, before being faced with an invasion by forces of the [[Gallic Royal Navy]]. The war has since ended, however it has left lasting effects upon Bretonia with the loss of Planet Leeds. Bretonia now seeks to recover to the best of its ability and prevent further damage by maintaining strong relations with those friendly, and containing those not.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
''Main article: [[History of Bretonia]]''
 
''Main article: [[History of Bretonia]]''
  
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The Bretonian systems were founded by the inhabitants of the British sleeper ship ''Bretonia''. The ship arrived almost 20 years after the [[Liberty]]. The region is now ruled over by a monarch and its capital is [[Planet New London]].
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The Bretonia was one of the last sleeper ships to arrive in the Sirius Sector, almost twenty years after the Liberty, Kusari, and Rheinland had made planetfall on what became their respective homeworlds. In the chaos of the Exodus, the starboard engine array of the Bretonia was destroyed, requiring her to limp the rest of the way to Sirius.
  
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The ''Bretonia'' was one of the last sleeper ships to arrive in the Sirius Sector, almost twenty years after the Liberty, [[Kusari]], and [[Rheinland]] had made planetfall on what became their respective homeworlds. In the chaos of exodus, the starboard engine array of the ''Bretonia'' was destroyed, requiring her to limp the rest of the way to [[Sirius]].
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By the time the Bretonia arrived, most of the resource rich areas of the sector had already been claimed by the passengers of the Rheinland and the Kusari, while the Liberty had settled the lush planets at the sector core. The passengers of the Bretonia were forced to select a less than ideal site near the Barrier, a giant belt of ice that spans the entire western half of the Sirius Sector. Here they established the colony of New London, on one of the few habitable planets in the area. Isolated by the Barrier from the other houses and years behind, Bretonia began an accelerated program of rebuilding their industrial civilization.
  
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By the time the sleeper ship had arrived, most of the resource rich areas of the sector had already been claimed by the passengers of the other colonists, with the Liberty settling a lucrative area at the sector core. Bretonia was forced to select a less than ideal site near [[The Barrier|the Barrier]]. Here they established the colony of [[New London]], on one of the few habitable planets in the area. Isolated by the Barrier from the other houses and years behind, Bretonia began an accelerated program of rebuilding their industrial civilization.
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Historically quiet in terms of crime, Bretonia is the home of two narrowly focused terrorist groups, the Mollys and the Gaians. Common criminals were quite rare until the recent arrival of Corsairs and Outcasts within the colony, which has severely tested the capabilities and resources of the Police Authority and Armed Forces.
  
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For the early part of its history, Bretonia was ruled over by a series of Princes, still technically subservient to the long abandoned United Kingdom of Great Britain back on Earth, there having been no Crowned Monarch since the death of Queen Elizabeth III at the height of the Alliance-Coalition War. This Principality was overthrown during the Bretonian Civil War of 317-319 A.S. due to the oppression of Prince Harry XXI in his state controlled development of Planet Leeds. Following a brief interregnum during which a Commonwealth was declared, a new constitution was drawn up under which the reigning family returned to rule as constitutional monarchs constrained by parliament. Thus the modern Kingdom of Bretonia was founded.
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==Controlled and contested space==
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The Kingdom of Bretonia is made up of eight star systems ([[New London]], [[Cambridge]], [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Newcastle]], [[Dublin]] and [[Poole]]), with significant presense in Omega-3 and Tau-31.
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Throughout the late 5th and early 6th centuries, Bretonia was plagued by uncontrollable levels of space piracy, due to a group known as the Bretonian Buccaneers. Following the assassination of King William I by these Buccaneers in 565 A.S., his daughter Queen Eleanor I led a great campaign against them which finally resulted in the destruction of all Buccaneer bases and the cleansing of all organised crime for Bretonia, a situation which was to result in remarkably low crime levels in the House for the next 100 years, a period later known as the Bretonian Golden Age, often measured as 589 - 674 A.S. This period was characterised by a remarkable level of economic expansion, bringing Bretonia up to comparable economic levels with the other Houses for the first time in its history, whilst on the political front King William III, often labelled ''William the Great'', laid claim to a vast Empire in Tau and [[Omega-3|Omega 3]] during a time when the attentions of the other Houses were focused on the terrible 80 Years War in Sigma.
 
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Following William's death in 674 A.S., however, Bretonia gradually sank into a period of troubles, ironically triggered by a series of great exploration expeditions funded on the back of recent economic successes. The discovery of Edinburgh and with it Planet Gaia in 685 A.S. was to eventually lead to the rise of the Green Front and later the Gaian terrorist movement, which would in turn eventually spawn numerous fringe pirate groups, the first major source of space piracy since the disappearance of the Bretonian Buccaneers. The greatest of these exploration expeditions, however, were those undertaken between 743 and 745 A.S. which, among other things, led to the discovery of gold in Dublin and triggered the great Dublin Gold Rush that would end so tragically with the Founder's Day Revolt and the beginning of the war of independence by the Mollies in 752 A.S.
 
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By 760 A.S. crime levels were rising sharply across Bretonia, as Gaians, Mollies and the arrival of outcasts and corsairs from the edge worlds began to take its toll on the law enforcement capabilities of the Bretonian Police Authority and Bretonian Armed Forces. The situation was so bad that Prime Minister Lord Walter Brinkley was forced to invite the Bounty Hunters Guild into Bretonia, granting them Sheffield Station from the BPA and ordering the construction of Newgate Prison.
 
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By the arrival of the 9th Century the situation had stabilised somewhat, with the eastern Dublin system secured by a new Fleet under the HMS-Essex and the Gaians prevented from gaining a foothold in Leeds. Being the least affected of all the Houses by the turmoil caused by the 800-801 Nomad War, Bretonia's position relative to the other three Houses was restored somewhat from its decline over the previous 100 years. Queen Carina felt confident enough in 809 to order a renewed expansion by BMM into Tau-23, with an ambitious lane and gate construction project designed to assure Bretonia's economic prosperity for years to come. A brief legal crisis involving the Independent Miners Guild in 810, however, was to prove a trigger for renewed conflict over centuries old claims to the riches of the Tau region between Bretonia and the Empire of Kusari, and by 813 A.S. the two Houses were mobilising for war. Bretonia now faces what many consider the greatest threat to its existence in its 800 year history.
 
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The [[Tau War]] began in 814A.S. The rising tensions and territorial claims of the Tau systems by both Bretonia and Kusari boiled over into outright warfare. After steadily pushing through the Tau systems, the Kusari Naval Forces sit in Leeds in 817A.S., in control of Stokes and threatening Leeds and perhaps New London.
 
  
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==Controlled and contested space==
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==Claimed Border Worlds==
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The Kingdom of Bretonia is made up of ten star systems ([[New London]], [[Cambridge]], [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Newcastle]], [[Dublin]], [[Dundee]], [[Poole]] and [[Salisbury]]), out of which three include populated Planets: [[Planet New London|New London]], [[Planet Leeds|Leeds]] and [[Planet Cambridge|Cambridge]]; although officially stated by the government the Kingdom and Empire of Bretonia includes six more systems: [[Inverness]], [[Chester]], [[Lewis]], [[Orkney]], [[Tau-23]] and [[Tau-31]]. Out of those systems, however, Lewis has been almost entirely overrun with Gaians since the late 740s and in practice is well beyond the control of the Bretonian state, whilst Chester and Inverness remain at present undeveloped due to a lack of discovered exploitable resources and current budget constraints of the Bretonian Crown. As for Tau 31, 23 and Orkney, control of the systems is hotly contested by the Kusari Empire and it appears that the outcome of the present war will decide their fate once and for all.
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The Kingdom of Bretonia claims large parts of the [[Taus]] ([[Tau-23]], [[Orkney]], [[Tau-31]]) and [[Omega-3]], out of which two include small populated Planets: [[Planet Harris|Harris]] and [[Planet Sprague|Sprague]].
  
 
===Territorial claims===
 
===Territorial claims===
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The government of Bretonia has laid claim to the system of [[Tau-31]] since 656 A.S., a situation which currently places Bretonia in a state of conflict with the [[Kusari Empire]]. Tau-31 is currently under near total control of Kusari, with [[Planet Harris|planet Harris]] being the last pocket of resistance.
 
  
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Bretonia also lays claim to [[Tau-23]], the [[BMM]] attempting to conduct mining operations there, in competition with the [[IMG]] and much to the consternation of the [[Outcasts]].
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Bretonia also laid claim to [[Tau-23]], the [[BMM]] attempting to conduct mining operations there, in competition with the [[IMG]] and much to the consternation of the [[Outcasts]].  
  
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Bretonian Armed Forces are also frequently on patrol in the [[Omega-3]] system, bound by an agreement with [[Rheinland]] to protect the vulnerable and heavily attacked trade lanes there.
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Bretonian Armed Forces are also frequently on patrol in [[Omega-3]] and [[Omega-49|Omega-48]], bound by an agreement with [[Rheinland]] to protect the vulnerable and heavily attacked trade lanes there.  
  
 
==Government and politics==
 
==Government and politics==
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The Realm of Bretonia is a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament. Power is divided between the Monarch, ''House of Commons'' and ''House of Lords''. The Commons are elected directly by all Bretonian citizens from the constituencies of all Bretonian planets and civilian space stations, and have exclusive control over financial matters, as well as maintaining a check on the legislative power of the Lords. The House of Lords consists of all the hereditary Lords and Ladies of the Bretonian aristocracy, as well as those appointed for life by the Monarch, and are generally considered the more powerful of the two Houses, proposing and voting on all policy other than finance bills. The Monarch inherits the Crown of Bretonia from his or her forbears, by male-preference primogeniture, selects the Prime Minister from either Commons or Lords, and has considerable influence over the [[Bretonia Armed Forces|Armed Forces]], [[Bretonia Police Authority|Police]] and Judiciary, as well as having a veto over Parliament and control over war declarations and treaties.
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Bretonia is ruled by a Constitutional Monarchy with Queen Carina at its head and the Parliament as its elected governing body.
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[[Image:Planetside New London.jpg|right|thumb|290px|The seat of the Bretonian government is located on the surface of [[Planet New London]].]]
 
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The current Monarch is [[Queen Carina|Queen Carina I]], who inherited the throne from her father [[George V]] in 786 A.S. at the age of 29. She has generally been considered one of Bretonia's more popular Monarchs, with the Royalist Party remaining in power in Parliament throughout all her reign except for a brief period in 795-797 A.S. where the Populist opposition gained control of the Commons. Her bold stance during the [[Nomad War]] of 801 A.S. gained her considerable support from the populace, and she was seen as a strong figure in opposing [[Kusari]] expansion into the Tau border worlds in the lead-up to the current ''Tau War''.
 
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This position of popular support was threatened in the September Rebellion of 816 A.S. when a pretender to the Throne, Lord [[George Mountbatten]], Duke of Westminster, started a short-lived rebellion based on false claims fed to him by his dying father. The ending of the rebellion, when the Duke renounced his claims realising his mistake, was seized upon by the Populist Party in Parliament as an opportunity to reform the constitution in favour of greater democracy and a weakening of Royal Powers. This second crisis prompted a Royalist Coup, in which Carina attempted to disband the growing populist movement by force, using her Private Fleet, the QCRF, to move against her enemies in Parliament. The coup was only partially successful, however, and whilst the Populists were ousted from Parliament and many of their members arrested, their leaders escaped to begin the subversive Federalist movement, whilst the Queen was forced to disband the QCRF and renounce her direct control over the Admiralty Board in order to stave off a significant loss of popular support.
 
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The most recent political developments occurred in February 817 A.S. when the conservative Royalist Government of [[James Worthington]] was ousted by a group of more progressive Royalists under the leadership of Lord Mountbatten, who had been pardoned and regained considerable support since his September rebellion. Mountbatten used the context of a debate over re-writing the Constitution, as well as criticisms of Worthington's failing war effort, to overthrow the ineffective government and replace it with his own supporters. Whilst safely Royalist, the new progressive government of Mountbatten is nevertheless seen by some of the older Royalists as a threat to the position of the Monarchy, with Mountbatten's strong leadership of the growing war effort, and the absence of any more democratic alternative, granting him a popularity amongst the masses challenging that of even Carina herself; a rare occurrence in Bretonian history.
 
  
 
==Economy==
 
==Economy==
 
The primary sources of employment in Bretonia are mining ([[BMM]]), shipbuilding (BMM and [[Bowex]]), heavy industry (primarily BMM and other industrial giants operating in [[Leeds]]), commercial shipping (dominated by [[Gateway Shipping|Gateway]] and Bowex), the vast government bureaucracy, tourism (particularly [[Orbital Spa & Cruise|OSC]] in [[Edinburgh]]), scientific research (centred around the [[Planet Cambridge|Cambridge Research Institute]] and [[Sunderland Research Station]]) and terraforming ([[Planetform, Inc.]]).
 
The primary sources of employment in Bretonia are mining ([[BMM]]), shipbuilding (BMM and [[Bowex]]), heavy industry (primarily BMM and other industrial giants operating in [[Leeds]]), commercial shipping (dominated by [[Gateway Shipping|Gateway]] and Bowex), the vast government bureaucracy, tourism (particularly [[Orbital Spa & Cruise|OSC]] in [[Edinburgh]]), scientific research (centred around the [[Planet Cambridge|Cambridge Research Institute]] and [[Sunderland Research Station]]) and terraforming ([[Planetform, Inc.]]).
  
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==Foreign relations==
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===Bretonia Exports===
  
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'''Current Foreign Office Diplomatic Report:'''
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A list of most important export products and trading objects of Bretonia; this includes [[Omega-3]] and the [[BAF]] side of [[Planet Leeds]]:
  
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States and other Lawful Sovereign or Semi-Sovereign Entities
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====Food and other agracultural or watercultural products of Bretonia:====
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{{Faction Diplomacy  begin}}
 
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{{FD | [[Liberty|Republic of Liberty]]| +0.8}}
 
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{{FD | [[Gas Miners Guild]]| +0.2}}
 
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{{FD | [[Rheinland|Federal Republic of Rheinland]]| +0.1}}
 
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{{FD | [[Kusari|Empire of Kusari]]| -0.8}}
 
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{{FD | [[Kingdom of Gallia]]| -0.80}}
 
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{{Faction Diplomacy  end}}
 
  
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Autonomous Paramilitary Organisations
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* [[Elixirs]], [[Newcastle]]
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{{Faction Diplomacy  begin}}
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* [[Food Rations (Bretonia)]], [[Cambridge]]
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{{FD | [[Mandalorian Mercenaries]]| +0.89}}
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* [[Gin]], [[New London]]
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{{FD | [[Bounty Hunters Guild]]| +0.7}}
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* [[Luxury Food]], [[Cambridge]]
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{{FD | [[Golden Chrysanthemums]]| +0.7}}
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* [[Whiskey]], [[Dublin]]
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{{FD | [[Blood Dragons]]| +0.3}}
 
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{{FD | [[Independent Miners Guild]]| +0.3}}
 
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{{FD | [[Outcasts|Nation of Malta]]| +0.1}}
 
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{{FD | [[Zoners|Confederation of Zoners]]| -0.1}}
 
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{{FD | [[Junkers|Junker Congress]]| -0.2}}
 
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{{FD | [[Council]]| -0.2}}
 
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{{FD | [[The Order]]| -0.5}}
 
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{{FD | [[Mollys]]| -0.6}}
 
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{{FD | [[Gaians]]| -0.8}}
 
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{{FD | [[Bretonian Buccaneers]]| -0.8}}
 
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{{FD | [[Lane Hackers]]| -0.89}}
 
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{{FD | [[Colonial Remnant]]| -0.89}}
 
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{{FD | [[Corsairs]]| -0.9}}
 
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{{FD | [[Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army]]| -0.9}}
 
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{{Faction Diplomacy  end}}
 
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Bretonia maintains close ties with [[Liberty]], the two Houses cooperating on many issues such as security in [[Magellan]] and [[Cortez]], scientific research and counter-terrorism. Relations with [[Rheinland]] have been somewhat cold ever since the [[Nomad War]] of 801 A.S., with the Liberty-Rheinland conflict not helping matters, but despite this the importance of trade links through the Omega border worlds ensure that the two Houses are forced to maintain at least passable, if not exactly friendly relations, and are still occasionally involved in cooperation against [[Corsairs|Corsair]] pirates.
 
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Relations with [[Kusari]], naturally, have ceased almost completely for the last 3 years - the two governments maintain no formal diplomatic relations. A temporary ceasefire did hold for much of the December holiday season, but since the Kusari assault on [[Leeds]], the conflict between the two Houses has reached new heights.
 
  
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Bretonia has recently undertaken steps to restore relations somewhat with the [[Independent Miners Guild]], following a difficult period leading up to the outbreak of the current Tau War. The IMG currently remains neutral in the conflict, and despite tensions remaining with BMM mining operations in [[Tau-23]], the two governments have managed to reach a settlement that would diffuse the potential for renewed future conflict, assuming that Bretonia is able to maintain its influence in the region in the face of the Kusari threat.
 
  
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Recent tensions with the Council of [[Zoners]] have also arisen in recent months due to questions arising from the settlement of Bretonian Refugees by [[Border World Exports|Bowex]] on [[Planet Gran Canaria|Gran Canaria]] in Omega 49. It is yet to be seen how Bretonian-Zoner relations will be affected by any possible agreement that may be reached on the issue.
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====Resources====
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* [[Beryllium]], [[Cambridge]]
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* [[Cobalt]], [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Cobalt Ore]], [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Fluorine]], [[Poole]]
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* [[Hydrocarbons]], [[Newcastle]] & [[Manchester]]
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* [[Gold]], [[Dublin]]
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* [[Gold Ore]], [[Dublin]]
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* [[Lanthanum]], [[Leeds]]
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* [[Titanium]], [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Water]]
  
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====Industrial Products====
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* [[Consumer Goods]] (Bretonia), [[New London]]
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* [[Drill Bits]], [[Poole]]
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* [[Lasers]], [[Newcastle]]
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* [[Med-Stasis Bands]], [[Cambridge]]
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* [[MOX]], (fuel) [[Manchester]]
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* [[Industrial Materials]], [[Newcastle]]
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* [[Polymers]], [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Robotics]], [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Super Alloy]], [[Newcastle]]
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* [[Terraforming Gases]], [[Omega-3]]
  
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The Bretonia-Kusari Conflict, or the Tau War is a major, ongoing conflict, predominantly between house Bretonia and Kusari. Beginning in 814A.S. the war has been especially destructive, and threatens to continue even in 817A.S. Kusari forces have dominated early in the conflict, and pushed into Leeds, overtaking Stokes Smelter and threatening the Planet itself. However, increasing Bretonian resistance has bogged Kusari down, and the entry of other factions, including the Mandalorian Mercenaries and recently, the Consortium, have helped bolster Bretonian morale and capability. Still, the conflict weighs heavily in Kusari's favor.
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====Human Resources & Tourism====
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* [[Crew]]
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* [[Casualties]], [[Leeds]]
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* [[Diplomats]], [[New London]]
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* [[Marines]], [[New London]]
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* [[Passengers (Bretonia)]], [[Manchester]]
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* [[Prisoners (Generic)]], [[Newcastle]]
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* [[Refugees]], [[Leeds]]
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* [[Scientists]], [[Cambridge]]
  
 
==Crime and dissent==
 
==Crime and dissent==
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* [[Gaians]] are a terrorist faction opposed to any alteration to the natural environment of a planet, specifically those brought about through terraforming. They mainly operate in Edinburgh, in Bretonia space and the nearby Border Worlds, but some rumours speak of detected Gaians in [[Corsair]] space.
 
* [[Gaians]] are a terrorist faction opposed to any alteration to the natural environment of a planet, specifically those brought about through terraforming. They mainly operate in Edinburgh, in Bretonia space and the nearby Border Worlds, but some rumours speak of detected Gaians in [[Corsair]] space.
  
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Aside from these two factions, both [[Corsairs]] and [[Outcasts]] are a frequent sight in south and north Bretonia respectively, with the former especially wreaking havoc on trade and civilian traffic due to the thinning of BAF forces in [[Cambridge]] out of necessity of defending [[Leeds]] against foreign invasion. [[Lane Hackers]] are also a frequent sight in the [[Manchester]] system, spilling over from their central system of [[Magellan]]. The [[Bretonian Buccaneers]] also appear to undergone a recent revival and are now often seen in Bretonian space taking advantage of the chaos and unrest caused by the Tau War with Kusari, though as yet are nowhere near the threat that they posed in the 6th Century A.S.
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Aside from these two factions, the [[Corsairs]] are a frequent sight in south and north Bretonia respectively, with the former especially wreaking havoc on trade and civilian traffic due to the thinning of BAF forces in [[Cambridge]] out of necessity of defending [[Leeds]] against foreign invasion. [[Lane Hackers]] are also a frequent sight in the [[Manchester]] system, spilling over from their central system of [[Magellan]]. Earlyier there were also more [[Maltese]] raiding in Bretonia, but the two Tau-Wars created an alliance between them, that is strong enough to stop most of the [[Maltese]] pirating behavior in Bretonia.
  
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The Bretonian government generally takes a somewhat liberal stance towards their unlawful groups. The BAF has been known for working with the Mollys repeatedly against Kusari offensives in the past as well, while the Bretonian courts rarely prosecute captured Gaian terrorists. The government is also suspected of dealing with the [[Outcasts]] against Kusari and although no such claims were proven so far, with its liberal drugs laws and the evident lack of open piracy by Outcasts in Bretonian space there are remarkably few cases of Outcast arrest by either the BAF or BPA, compared with regular violent clashes against the Corsairs. Recent crime figures released by the Bretonian Home Office show that 30% of piracy in core space is attributable to Corsairs, 23% to various Molly groups, 14% Hackers, 11% Gaians and Gaian-related pirates, 13% to the [[Bretonian Buccaneers]] and of the remaining 9%, of which most are independent pirates, only 1% have been positively identified as Outcast cases.
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The Bretonian government generally takes a somewhat liberal stance towards their unlawful groups, and in particular Bretonian courts rarely prosecute captured Gaian terrorists.  
  
 
==Bretonian Starships==
 
==Bretonian Starships==
 
===Fighters===
 
===Fighters===
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* [[Cavalier]] Basic LF
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* [[Hussar]] Advanced LF
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{{Ship List|[[Hussar]]|Ligth Figther|Cavalier-s.png}}
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* [[Crusader]] Basic HF
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{{Ship List|[[Paladin]]|Heavy Figther|Paladin-s.png}}
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* [[Paladin]] Upgraded HF
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{{Ship List|[[Templar]]|Very Heavy Figther|Crusader-s.png}}<br clear=both>
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* [[Templar]] Main VHF
 
  
 
===Bombers===
 
===Bombers===
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* [[Challenger]] Main Bomber
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{{Ship List|[[Challenger]]|Bomber|Challenger-s.png}}<br clear=both>
  
 
===Warships===
 
===Warships===
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* [[Bretonia Gunboat]] Main Antifighter
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{{Ship List|[[Bretonia Gunboat|Churchill]]|Anti-fighter Platform|BretGunboat-s.png}}
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* [[Bretonia Destroyer]] Main Attack Cruiser
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{{Ship List|[[Bretonia Destroyer|Crecy]]|Main Attack Cruiser|BretDestroyer-s.png}}
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* [[Bretonia Battleship]] Battleship; Flagship
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{{Ship List|[[Bretonia Battlecruiser|Fortitude]]|Battle Cruiser|BretBC-s.png}}<br clear=both>
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{{Ship List|[[Bretonia Carrier|Invincible]]|Heavy Carrier|Invincible-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Bretonia Battleship|Dunkirk]]|Battleship; Flagship|BretBS-s.png}}<br clear=both>
  
 
===Commercial===
 
===Commercial===
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* [[Clydesdale]] Heavy Freighter
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{{Ship List|[[Clydesdale]]|Heavy Freighter|Clydesdale-s.png}}
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* [[Shire Transport]] Heavily Armed Transport
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{{Ship List|[[Firefly]]|Civilian Transport|Firefly-s.png}}
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* [[Shetland Train]] Heavy Transport
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{{Ship List|[[Percheron]]|Heavy Transport|Percheron-s.png}}<br clear=both>
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* [[Royal Liner]] Luxury Transport
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{{Ship List|[[Shire Transport]]|Heavily Armed Transport|Shire-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Shetland Train]]|Heavy Transport|Shetland-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Palace]]|Luxury Liner|RoyalLiner-s.png}}<br clear=both>
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==Diplomacy==
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{{Faction Diplomacy/begin}}{{FD | [[Republic of Liberty]]| +0.9}}{{FD | [[Bounty Hunters Guild]]| +0.7}}
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{{FD | [[Kusari Empire]]|+0.4}}{{FD | [[Federal Republic of Rheinland]]| +0.3}}{{FD | [[Crayter Republic]]| +0.3}}
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{{FD | [[Independent Miners Guild]]| +0.1}}
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{{FD | [[Junkers]]| +0.0}}
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{{FD | [[Bundschuh]]| +0.0}}
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{{FD | [[Zoners|Zoners]]| +0.0}}
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{{FD | [[The Core]]|+0.0}}
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{{FD | [[The Order]]| -0.5}}
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{{FD | [[Gaians]]| -0.8}}
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{{FD | [[Lane Hackers]]| -0.7}}
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{{FD | [[Mollys]]| -0.8}}
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{{FD | [[Corsairs]]| -0.9}}
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{{FD | [[The Coalition]]| -0.9}}
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{{FD | [[Kingdom of Gallia]]| -1}}
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* [[Bretonia Armed Forces]]
 
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* [[Bretonia Police Authority]]
 
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* [[Bretonian Charter of Interstellar Law]]
 
 
* [[History of Bretonia]]
 
* [[History of Bretonia]]
 
* [[Timeline of Bretonia history]]
 
* [[Timeline of Bretonia history]]
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* [[Sirius Sector]]
 
* [[Sirius Sector]]
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House Bretonia
United Kingdom of Bretonia
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Capital Planet New London,
New London System
Official languages English (british)
Government Constitutional monarchy
- Leader   Queen Carina I
Founded 19 A.S.
Controlled space

Core Systems

Secondery Territory

Occupied systems

Gallic Occupied systems

Affiliated organisations

Bretonia, or the Kingdom of Bretonia is the title of one of the four original houses in Sirius. It's territory extends across many systems on the western side of The Barrier, with various claims to systems bordering the Walker Nebula as well as ones deep within The Barrier itself. It is a constitutional monarchy with the monarch (King or Queen) representing the state while the parliament presides over the government. Bretonian sovereign territories border the systems of Omega-3, Magellan, Cortez and Tau-31. The Armed Forces were involved in a long standing conflict with the Kusari Empire in the Tau systems, before being faced with an invasion by forces of the Gallic Royal Navy. The war has since ended, however it has left lasting effects upon Bretonia with the loss of Planet Leeds. Bretonia now seeks to recover to the best of its ability and prevent further damage by maintaining strong relations with those friendly, and containing those not.

History

Main article: History of Bretonia

The Bretonia was one of the last sleeper ships to arrive in the Sirius Sector, almost twenty years after the Liberty, Kusari, and Rheinland had made planetfall on what became their respective homeworlds. In the chaos of the Exodus, the starboard engine array of the Bretonia was destroyed, requiring her to limp the rest of the way to Sirius.

By the time the Bretonia arrived, most of the resource rich areas of the sector had already been claimed by the passengers of the Rheinland and the Kusari, while the Liberty had settled the lush planets at the sector core. The passengers of the Bretonia were forced to select a less than ideal site near the Barrier, a giant belt of ice that spans the entire western half of the Sirius Sector. Here they established the colony of New London, on one of the few habitable planets in the area. Isolated by the Barrier from the other houses and years behind, Bretonia began an accelerated program of rebuilding their industrial civilization.

Historically quiet in terms of crime, Bretonia is the home of two narrowly focused terrorist groups, the Mollys and the Gaians. Common criminals were quite rare until the recent arrival of Corsairs and Outcasts within the colony, which has severely tested the capabilities and resources of the Police Authority and Armed Forces.

Controlled and contested space

The Kingdom of Bretonia is made up of eight star systems (New London, Cambridge, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Dublin and Poole), with significant presense in Omega-3 and Tau-31.

Claimed Border Worlds

The Kingdom of Bretonia claims large parts of the Taus (Tau-23, Orkney, Tau-31) and Omega-3, out of which two include small populated Planets: Harris and Sprague.

Territorial claims

Bretonia also laid claim to Tau-23, the BMM attempting to conduct mining operations there, in competition with the IMG and much to the consternation of the Outcasts.

Bretonian Armed Forces are also frequently on patrol in Omega-3 and Omega-48, bound by an agreement with Rheinland to protect the vulnerable and heavily attacked trade lanes there.

Government and politics

Bretonia is ruled by a Constitutional Monarchy with Queen Carina at its head and the Parliament as its elected governing body.

Economy

The primary sources of employment in Bretonia are mining (BMM), shipbuilding (BMM and Bowex), heavy industry (primarily BMM and other industrial giants operating in Leeds), commercial shipping (dominated by Gateway and Bowex), the vast government bureaucracy, tourism (particularly OSC in Edinburgh), scientific research (centred around the Cambridge Research Institute and Sunderland Research Station) and terraforming (Planetform, Inc.).

Bretonia Exports

A list of most important export products and trading objects of Bretonia; this includes Omega-3 and the BAF side of Planet Leeds:

Food and other agracultural or watercultural products of Bretonia:


Resources

Industrial Products

Human Resources & Tourism

Crime and dissent

Bretonia has two local major unlawful factions, both committed to different ideological goals but still unfriendly toward each other due to varying alliances.

  • Mollys are a separatist group committed to freeing the Dublin system from Bretonian rule by attempting to force the parliament to pull out BAF forces from the system through attacks on civilian, commercial, and military targets.
  • Gaians are a terrorist faction opposed to any alteration to the natural environment of a planet, specifically those brought about through terraforming. They mainly operate in Edinburgh, in Bretonia space and the nearby Border Worlds, but some rumours speak of detected Gaians in Corsair space.

Aside from these two factions, the Corsairs are a frequent sight in south and north Bretonia respectively, with the former especially wreaking havoc on trade and civilian traffic due to the thinning of BAF forces in Cambridge out of necessity of defending Leeds against foreign invasion. Lane Hackers are also a frequent sight in the Manchester system, spilling over from their central system of Magellan. Earlyier there were also more Maltese raiding in Bretonia, but the two Tau-Wars created an alliance between them, that is strong enough to stop most of the Maltese pirating behavior in Bretonia.

The Bretonian government generally takes a somewhat liberal stance towards their unlawful groups, and in particular Bretonian courts rarely prosecute captured Gaian terrorists.

Bretonian Starships

Fighters

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Hussar
Ligth Figther
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Paladin
Heavy Figther
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Templar
Very Heavy Figther


Bombers

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Warships

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Churchill
Anti-fighter Platform
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Crecy
Main Attack Cruiser
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Fortitude
Battle Cruiser


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Invincible
Heavy Carrier
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Dunkirk
Battleship; Flagship


Commercial

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Clydesdale
Heavy Freighter
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Firefly
Civilian Transport
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Percheron
Heavy Transport


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Shire Transport
Heavily Armed Transport
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Shetland Train
Heavy Transport
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Palace
Luxury Liner



Diplomacy

Faction Relationship
Republic of Liberty
Allied
Bounty Hunters Guild
Friendly
Kusari Empire
Friendly
Federal Republic of Rheinland
Neutral
Crayter Republic
Neutral
Independent Miners Guild
Neutral


Junkers
Neutral
Bundschuh
Neutral
Zoners
Neutral
The Core
Neutral
The Order
Unfriendly
Gaians
Hostile
Lane Hackers
Hostile
Mollys
Hostile
Corsairs
At War
The Coalition
At War
Kingdom of Gallia
At War


See also


The Colonies
Flag-liberty.png Liberty  •  Flag-bretonia.png Bretonia  •  Flag-kusari.png Kusari  •  Flag-rheinland.png Rheinland  •  Flag-gallia.png Gallia  •  Flag-outcasts.png Outcasts  •  Flag-corsairs.png Corsairs
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