British Fascist Union

British Fascist Union

Flag of British Fascist Union
Motto: 'Deu Et Mon Droit'
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Region	The Pacific
Capital	London
Official Language(s)	English (Official), Scottish, Gaelic, other minority languages
Leader	Edward Mosley
Population	5 Million
Currency	Pound Sterling (£)
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Brief Description

The British Fascist Union is an alternative history-based nation, set in the Modern Tech world of NationStates. In this alternative timeline, the British Union of Fascists won the 1935 General Election and consequently, with Oswald Mosley as Prime Minister, signed a Non-Aggression Pact with the Third Reich, so the newly-formed British Fascist Union never entered the Second World War and remained neutral.

Geographical Information

Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France. Climate is temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast. Terrain features mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast. Natural resources availiable are coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate and arable land.

Historical Background

The history of the British Isles is long and varied, so this article will focus primarily on the events post-1935, where the timeline alternates from Real world history.

The 1930s was a time that saw the uprising of Fascism across Europe. In 1922, Benito Mussolini, leading the Italian Fascist Party, was appointed the Italian Head of Government in a bid to stop a communist revolution. Several years later in 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany at the head of the National Socialist German Workers Party and quickly began turning Germany into a One-Party Dictatorship. In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began; a war which would inevitably bring Generalísimo Francisco Franco to power at the head of the Movimiento Nacional Party. In other countries across the continent, right-wing groups sprung up as they gained the popular attention of their respective national publics in the light of increasing concern regarding the possibility of Communist uprisings in Western Europe.

One such group that came to prominence was in Great Britian. Headed by Oswald Mosley, the British Union of Fascists enjoyed public and press support from the Daily Mail newspaper. In 1934, the BUF had 40,000 members, and the decision was made by the Party hierarchy to stand MPs in the 1935 General Election. A total of 300 MPs were stood for Parliament the next year, resulting in 223 BUF MPs in the House of Commons