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Empire 1.3
Great Britain
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Great Britain is not a natural creation, but the marriage of separate kingdoms and peoples. The new nation has been through a century of unparalleled turbulence: an unwelcome joining of Scotland and England; religious strife; civil wars; an executed king; military dictatorship; a populist monarch restored; and the overthrow of a second king. Less than 15 years ago, the hated Catholic James II was forced into exile in the Glorious Revolution and a Protestant monarchy restored. A short, vicious war in Ireland put paid to any chance of a Catholic Stuart restoration. Nonetheless, the exiled James Stuart has sympathisers, the Jacobites, throughout Britain. Despite – or perhaps because of – this turbulent history, Britain is an engine driving the scientific and cultural advancement of northern Europe: turmoil fuels creativity.

As an island nation, Britons have always looked to, as Shakespeare puts it:

“…the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house…”

Britain’s strength lies at sea, but in trade and colonisation as much as naval power. Trade taxes pay for the navy; the navy allows unhindered trade. The English Channel keeps the French at bay and, to a lesser extent, the Dutch. With Dutchman William III on the British throne, there is ambivalence in the traditional rivalry with the Netherlands!

The English and Scots like to think that they can sleep safe, that no foreign invader or tyranny need worry them. They are partly right, but only as long as there is no centralised Continental power. A nation that can unite the resources of Europe will surely crush the dream of Albion. This, then, is the fundamental aim of Britain: to side with the weak in Europe against the strong – and steal as many overseas possessions as possible while doing it!
Popular units
No. Card Name Class Cost Unkeep
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Coldstream Guards Infantry 1190 290
27 ratings Legendary unit
The reputation of these elite soldiers and the example they set provides encouragement to comrades nearby.
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80
Green Jackets Infantry 680 170
23 ratings Legendary unit
Riflemen are skirmishers and snipers without peer, picking off leaders to sow confusion in enemy ranks.
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118
Heavy First Rate Line of battle 4040 1010
21 ratings Legendary unit
For some navies big is never quite big enough! This oversized “first rate ship of the line” is more a floating fortress than a mere battleship.
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Guards Infantry 1200 300
16 ratings Legendary unit
The elite foot guards are charged with protecting the persons of the monarch and the royal family.
5
60
Life Guards Cavalry 1090 320
14 ratings Legendary unit
The royal guard cavalrymen are all gentlemen, hand picked to protect the person of the sovereign.
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