Britain

The Common Wealth of Great British States more commonly known as Great Britain, Britain or the Protectorate is a sovereign state consisting of the four countries on the isle of, those being , , and  as well as several smaller islands. As a island nation it boarders no nations being completely surrounded by the, although it is in close proximity with the.

Britain as a Commonwealth was officially established by founding father after the execution of, who was appointed as Lord Protector in 1657. After his death in 1659 the took power putting Britain through effective martial law until the current governmental system was formed in 1801 with limited powers granted upon the Lord Protector who had previously enjoyed a autocratic position of power. Currently Britain is subject to an , although it has been named a  by some due to many of its senior members of government possessing military backgrounds.

Britain is ranked as a as well as being a.

English Civil War
The events directly leading up to the formation of the Commonwealth of Great Britain was the. Prior to war reigning English king had caused a rift to form between him and the English parliament. this rift was caused partly by Charles belief in the that granted him complete control of England and Scotland in lieu of parliament (a view imposed onto him by his father  of England). Charles also caused controversy due to his alleged beliefs, with the  being the state religion.

Relationships between the two parties became worse as Charles dissolved parliament from 1629-1640 in a period known as. Although Charles was able to broker peace with both the and the  the Crown's debts were still to large for the king to pay off with parliament refusing to give any of their revenue towards him. After facing a rebellion in Scotland after failing to create a uniform British church Charles reformed parliament, but quickly dissolved it again after they refused to invade Scotland. This invasion failed with the Scottish instead pushing into English boarders. Unable to raise funds to supply the English army Charles reformed parliament.

This parliament started to question Charles legitimacy as a ruler, and accused Charles of supporting Irish Catholic insurgents in Ireland, as well as stating many nobles of being guilty of treason. After an unsuccessful attempt to arrest five members of parliament Charles fled from London to the north of England. This soon led to the country becoming divided as areas of England proclaimed themselves as either allies to parliament or loyal to Charles.

The early stages of the war went well for Royalist forces, but by 1643 thanks to the leadership of, and  (especially the latters during the ) the Parliamentarians were able to gain the advantage. In 1647 Charles was handed to parliament by the Scots where he was placed under house arrest. Aside from a new minor Royalist uprisings parliament had effective control of England, with its dominant leader being Oliver Cromwell, who formed the in an effective military coup to cement Parliamentarian control over England.

Charles was put on for treason, with Charles being executed by beheading on the 30th January 1649, with the monarchy being effectively abolished and the war ending. His son was captured after leading attacks from Scotland into England and executed in a similar fashion to his father in 1651 ending further Royalist rebellions.