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Timeline: 1962: The Apocalypse

OTL equivalent: Daventry and Woodford Halse area
[[Image:.|120px|Flag]] [[Image:.|80px|Coat of Arms]]
Flag Coat of Arms
Location of Daventry and Woodford Halse Union
The Daventry and Woodford Halse Union.
Anthem: "Unsheathe your swords, lads!"
Capital: Daventry
Largest city: Daventry
Other cities: Woodford Halse, Culworth and Chalcombe
Language:
  official:
 
Standardised English and Estuary English
  others: Standardised USA English and Southern American English
Religion: 95% Anglican and 5% Roman Catholic.
Ethnic groups:
  main:
 
English
  others: White American and Hispanic American
Government: Parish council
Warlord: Pete Kaminski
Area: (claimed) km²
Population: 7,500 
Currency: Barter.
Organizations: No to the SER
% Literacy: 92%
Number of military personnel: 52


History[]

Doomsday[]

It is known that no atomic devices had exploded in the territory in the Soviet attack.

Missile and bomb strikes were at-

Also see- WP Targets in the UK and Ireland.

After Doomsday[]

A severe famine and a cholera outbreak hit the region, killing many people during 1963 and most of 1964.

An American soldier called General David Kaminski took control of Daventry in 1965 in the wake of post war cholera outbreak. His son, Richard took over in 1984 and started to annex outlying villages.

Fist Contact[]

Explorers from Northamptonshire and Market Harborough arrived in 1967. Friendly relations started with the Brackley and Hinton-in-the-Hedges Union in 1972 and hostile relations began with Buckinghamshire in 1989. It defeated an attempted invasion by a raiding party from the Southern English Republic in 1990.

1995 - today[]

The current warlord is his son, Pete. Richard and David were noticeably more ruthless than Pete, who became the warlord in 1995.

The Union has forcibly assimilated many nearby tribes and villages over the years. Several independent Northamptonshire villages are still being reportedly intimidated in to joining the union and are victims of a local protection racket. The winter of the winter of 2009-2010 was the worst in 50 years, in which 5 fatalities occurred.

Population[]

It said to be about 7,500; but this does not include the 100 or so captured tribesmen and village folk who toil in the both the Daventry Ironstone and sand stone mines.

Polatics[]

The nation is a authoritarian, isolationist and far-right wing dictatorship.

Military[]

A Devon Billhook

A Devonish 1918 Gilpin type bill hook.

It is largely armed with swords, billhooks, machetes and bows. A few Colt 45 pistols, French Darne machine guns, Stokes mortars, Enfield No. 2 Mk I Revolvers, 0.55 Boys Anti-tank Rifles and Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I (1903) rifles have also been found.

Economy[]

It is largely dependent on agriculture and stone exports to East Anglia and the Provisional Republic of the UK.

Energy[]

The Windward Electrical Project system was founded by Rutland, the PRUK and Central Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire in 1998. Other nations joined the project in 1999 and 2004. Connection was between 2005 and 2009, depending on location.

Transport[]

Travel is entirely by horse and bicycle, since there are no motor vehicles.

The 5 Nations Railway Project[]

The 5 Nations Railway Project was founded by Daventry, and Loughborough, the P.R.U.K., Central Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire on July the 15th, 1998. Kettering joined in 6 weeks later. Several there nations joined the project in 1999.

Media[]

A once monthly 2 page news sheet is issued.

Healthcare[]

Thyroid cancer ceased to be a problem in the late 1970’s.

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