The
Steppengraviate of Nebraska is located in the northern Great Plains of North America, bound to the north by the 49th parallel and to the south by 40th parallel, the Missouri River in the east and the Continental Divide in the west. Original part of the Directorate of Louisiana, it was invaded by the British Empire in the late 19th century as part of the Anglo-Louisianan War. Britain had wanted to to conquer northern Louisiana between the Mississippi and the Continental Divide in order to build a more southernly route for a trans-continental railroad, but northeastern Louisiana (which would eventually become the Kingdom of Sylvania) was a much harder nut to crack compared to what became Nebraska--largely because in the decades leading up to the war, British wildcat settlers had settled illegally on the northern Great Plains. Because it already had a very large Anglo population, it became the constituent Steppengraviate of Nebraska in 1883, and in the years since, there have been several offers to "promote" the Steppengrave of Nebraska to a grand duke or king, but all steppengraves have declined because they appreciate the uniqueness of the title.
Nebraska is a diverse constituent kingdom, with rolling plains in the east that give way to the towering Rockies in the west. The western part of Nebraska relies heavily on tourism to its many national parks and protected areas. A major national symbol of the British Empire is located in Nebraska's Black Hills--Keystone Cliffs National Monument, in which the allegorical faces of Britannia, India, Africa and America are carved into a mountainside. More than 2.5 million tourists visit Keystone Cliffs each year, but it has become controversial in recent years because the mountain is one of the holiest sites for the indigenous Sioux people (the irony of America's carving wearing an indigenous war bonnet is lost on most Britons). The eastern part meanwhile focuses in agriculture, producing primarily corn, soybeans and beef.
Rugby football union and gridiron football are the most popular sports in Nebraska, and the national teams have what could be characterized as "cult-like" by outsiders. They saw great success in the '90s and '00s but have fallen on hard times in recent years. The rugby union national team had its most success under the Baron Ruckman of University Hall, who coached the team from 1972 to 1996, winning the 1995 Rugby World Cup, three Home Nations Championships and 11 North American championships during his career. After retiring from coaching, he took a seat in the Imperial House of Lords with a life peerage from King Richard V. Nebraska was, historically, sometimes referred to as "Austria on the Plains" because of the large number of German, Hungarian, Czech, Serbian and Polish immigrants that settled in Nebraska in the late 19th century. There is also a substantial African population, because it was a common destination for runaway Louisianan slaves until emancipation in 1903. The indigenous tribes had suffered greatly under Louisianan rule, and the situation didn't improve a great deal under British rule, as they were forced to live on poor reservations and have been largely neglected by the Nebraskan and Imperial governments--a situation that has not improved under the current government.
The current Prime Minister of Nebraska is
Ambrose Bingham, Viscount Lorton, the son of the Marquess of Millard. The Lord Millard is a financier and banker, and his family has become involved heavily in Tory politics and also athletics, having bought the North Side Athletic Club in Chicago. Millard's youngest son, Lord Anselm Bingham, is a deputy treasurer with the Conservative Coalition. Nebraskan politics in the '90s and '00s was characterized by a fractured right, with multiple parties splitting the conservative vote, leading to Liberal governments despite the Steppengraviate's generally conservative bent. Using his family's great wealth and influence, Lorton led the charge to unite the disparate parties into the United Nebraska Party, which he was elected leader of in 2010. He's been the party leader for almost 20 years, and has won five consecutive general elections since 2013, again using his family's immense wealth to fund candidates through shadowy dark money groups. It's been rumored that Lorton would like to move to Westminster, but has been frustrated by the Marquess of Lynedoch's abject refusal to step down as Tory leader after 17 years.
Steppengrave Charles Albert is a relatively hands-off monarch who likes all the trappings of being a head of state without getting too involved with the politics. His daughter and heir, Princess Charlotte Augusta, is a yardball quarterback playing for North Side A.C.'s yardball team, a fact that has not gone unnoticed by the republican radicals who seem to have a very loud voice in Nebraska.
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