The UKE will likely not have any more states leaving, if you wanted out you are probably a Commonwealth Nation by 2019.
Hell for the UKE it’s more a question of if parts of the Commonwealth what back in then out.
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Hell for the UKE it’s more a question of if parts of the Commonwealth what back in then out.
Of course, the separatists are fighting an uphill battle. Hard to convince your people to back separation when the British Broadcasting Corporation and other media have, let us just say, not exactly fair coverage.
You say that I remember recently watching BBC Wales covering the possibility of talks about Wales Independence, which last time I checked has about 2% of the populations supporting it, (this was looked into by the media due to Welsh flag in the UN in the Black Panther film last year and brexit has gotten worst since then so it may have gone up but probably not by much).
Ontario; 2018 legislative election
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And last but definitely not least, The Heartland Province. Thanks to @Turquoise Blue for her input with the party leaders.
Credit to DrRandomFactor of Wikipedia for the election base map.
Ontario, officially the Royal Province of Ontario, and historically known as Upper Canada, is one of the 11 provinces and territories of the Dominion of Canada located in the eastern region of the country, bordered to the west by the Great Lakes and the Ohioan states of Detroit and Anishinaabe, to the north by the province of Hudson, to the east by the province of Quebec, and to the south by Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and the Columbian provinces of Adirondack and Genesee Iroquoia. Ontario is Canada's eight-largest administrative division by area and the largest by population, with an estimated 12.5 million people living in the province at the 2011 census. The province is home to both the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and most populous city, Toronto.
What is now Ontario was first claimed by the French in the 17th century as part of their colony of New France, prior to which the area had been inhabited by Algonquian, Iroquois and Wyandot peoples. After Samuel de Champlain reached Lake Huron in 1615, French missionaries and settlers began to establish themselves in the region, although they were hampered by hostilities with the English-aligned Iroquois nations. The native Huron people were devastated by European diseases to which they had no immunity, while the Iroquois withdrew from their territory north of Lake Ontario. What is now Ontario remained less populated than Quebec to the east, and after the Seven Years' War the entire colony of French Canada came under British control, with the 1763 Royal Proclamation creating the province of Quebec which included territories that are now the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and the territory of Labrador.
British settlers first began to move into what is now Ontario in the 1770s, mainly loyalists concerned with the growing unrest in the United Colonies and frontiersmen dissatisfied by the limitations on settlement east of the Appalachians. The English-speaking population largely settled south of the Ottawa River, and ongoing disputes between the Francophone east and Anglophone west of the province of Quebec led to the British partitioning the territory into two colonial provinces; Lower Canada, which became Quebec, and Upper Canada, which became modern Ontario. Despite some suggestions of the establishment of a hereditary palatinate in Ontario, mirroring the development of that of Quebec, no viable candidate emerged and the colony opted to remain under direct rule of the Crown as a royal province, a style it retains to the present day. Ontario would experience relative peace throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, with the exception of a brief uprising in 1848 during the early months of the Republican Rebellion, and in 1867 joined with Quebec to form the self-governing federal Dominion of Canada, becoming one of the country's first two provinces. Historically, Ontario claimed much of the territory that is now the provinces of Manitoba and Hudson, but in 1874 and 1889 the province lost its western and northern claims and territory to the creation of the province of Hudson, the only major border change to Ontario since 1791.
In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Ontario experienced massive population growth through immigration, leading to the province becoming culturally very diverse. The economy remains dominated by the industrial and manufacturing sectors, with the abundant natural resources and agricultural industries also being of significant importance. The rise of nationalism in neighbouring Quebec led many businesses to relocate to Toronto, which is now the largest city and leading economic centre of the country. As the most-populous province, Ontario dominates Canada politically, cultural and demographically, and there is a growing sense of alienation among Western provinces with the centralising of economic and political power in Ontario.
The 2018 Ontario legislative election was held on 7 June 2018 to elect, under the mixed member proportional system, the 178 members of the House of Assembly. 118 seats are elected under the first past the post system in single member ridings, with an additional 60 seats allocated to parties in accordance with their share of the province-wide popular vote, to give a proportional number of seats in the legislature.
The opposition broad tent conservative Ontarian People's Party, under Christine Elliott, defeated the incumbent centre-left Democratic government, under Premier Peggy Nash. The OPP secured a plurality in the legislature but fell 13 seats short of a working majority, which had been the case since the adoption of MMP in 2007, but secured a confidence and supply agreement with centre-right liberal conservative Moderates, under Vic Fedeli. The Moderate Party, which had been formed when progressive conservatives broke from the newly formed OPP in 2001, increased their share of the vote to secure an additional 6 seats. The left-wing environmentalist Greens, held steady under the continued leadership of David Chernushenko. The left-wing Socialist Labour movement, under long time leader Kevin Clarke, held his seat which they had won at the 2007 election, whilst the right-wing populist Trillium party won the single seat of leader, and OPP defector, Jack MacLaren.
After the election, Elliott was appointed by the governor as the next premier of Ontario.
Credit to DrRandomFactor of Wikipedia for the election base map.
Ontario, officially the Royal Province of Ontario, and historically known as Upper Canada, is one of the 11 provinces and territories of the Dominion of Canada located in the eastern region of the country, bordered to the west by the Great Lakes and the Ohioan states of Detroit and Anishinaabe, to the north by the province of Hudson, to the east by the province of Quebec, and to the south by Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and the Columbian provinces of Adirondack and Genesee Iroquoia. Ontario is Canada's eight-largest administrative division by area and the largest by population, with an estimated 12.5 million people living in the province at the 2011 census. The province is home to both the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and most populous city, Toronto.
What is now Ontario was first claimed by the French in the 17th century as part of their colony of New France, prior to which the area had been inhabited by Algonquian, Iroquois and Wyandot peoples. After Samuel de Champlain reached Lake Huron in 1615, French missionaries and settlers began to establish themselves in the region, although they were hampered by hostilities with the English-aligned Iroquois nations. The native Huron people were devastated by European diseases to which they had no immunity, while the Iroquois withdrew from their territory north of Lake Ontario. What is now Ontario remained less populated than Quebec to the east, and after the Seven Years' War the entire colony of French Canada came under British control, with the 1763 Royal Proclamation creating the province of Quebec which included territories that are now the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and the territory of Labrador.
British settlers first began to move into what is now Ontario in the 1770s, mainly loyalists concerned with the growing unrest in the United Colonies and frontiersmen dissatisfied by the limitations on settlement east of the Appalachians. The English-speaking population largely settled south of the Ottawa River, and ongoing disputes between the Francophone east and Anglophone west of the province of Quebec led to the British partitioning the territory into two colonial provinces; Lower Canada, which became Quebec, and Upper Canada, which became modern Ontario. Despite some suggestions of the establishment of a hereditary palatinate in Ontario, mirroring the development of that of Quebec, no viable candidate emerged and the colony opted to remain under direct rule of the Crown as a royal province, a style it retains to the present day. Ontario would experience relative peace throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, with the exception of a brief uprising in 1848 during the early months of the Republican Rebellion, and in 1867 joined with Quebec to form the self-governing federal Dominion of Canada, becoming one of the country's first two provinces. Historically, Ontario claimed much of the territory that is now the provinces of Manitoba and Hudson, but in 1874 and 1889 the province lost its western and northern claims and territory to the creation of the province of Hudson, the only major border change to Ontario since 1791.
In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Ontario experienced massive population growth through immigration, leading to the province becoming culturally very diverse. The economy remains dominated by the industrial and manufacturing sectors, with the abundant natural resources and agricultural industries also being of significant importance. The rise of nationalism in neighbouring Quebec led many businesses to relocate to Toronto, which is now the largest city and leading economic centre of the country. As the most-populous province, Ontario dominates Canada politically, cultural and demographically, and there is a growing sense of alienation among Western provinces with the centralising of economic and political power in Ontario.
The 2018 Ontario legislative election was held on 7 June 2018 to elect, under the mixed member proportional system, the 178 members of the House of Assembly. 118 seats are elected under the first past the post system in single member ridings, with an additional 60 seats allocated to parties in accordance with their share of the province-wide popular vote, to give a proportional number of seats in the legislature.
The opposition broad tent conservative Ontarian People's Party, under Christine Elliott, defeated the incumbent centre-left Democratic government, under Premier Peggy Nash. The OPP secured a plurality in the legislature but fell 13 seats short of a working majority, which had been the case since the adoption of MMP in 2007, but secured a confidence and supply agreement with centre-right liberal conservative Moderates, under Vic Fedeli. The Moderate Party, which had been formed when progressive conservatives broke from the newly formed OPP in 2001, increased their share of the vote to secure an additional 6 seats. The left-wing environmentalist Greens, held steady under the continued leadership of David Chernushenko. The left-wing Socialist Labour movement, under long time leader Kevin Clarke, held his seat which they had won at the 2007 election, whilst the right-wing populist Trillium party won the single seat of leader, and OPP defector, Jack MacLaren.
After the election, Elliott was appointed by the governor as the next premier of Ontario.
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LeinadB93
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His likeness was used to represent SFIA leader Alejo Garza (a fictional individual). Florida will be getting an revamp in the not too distant future, so that picture is likely to change.
From an "In Universe" PoV - Benguela is probably seen as the most likely state to gain independence, followed by Florida and Puerto Rico.
To flip this on its head, the most likely state to lose its independence is Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, which (not to give too much away) is in a bit more of a mess than OTL. With British, Capelander and Commonwealth peacekeepers a regular sight just to prop up the power sharing agreement between Europeans and Africans. Many predict that the country will join the United Provinces of the Cape before 2030.
Brittany is indeed a strong choice, but much like OTL the EU is adamant that an independent Brittany would have to apply for membership (like OTL Catalonia and Scotland) so that plays against the nationalists. In my head, the post-referendum developments in Brittany resulted in much more autonomy for the reason, modelled after a British Home Nation ITTL or Flanders in OTL & TTL Belgium.
India is home to a large number of secessionist movements; Muslim, Sikh, Hyderabad, Bengal etc. Enough that the whole subcontinent would fall apart.
USSR - no real major movements, although the Central Asian stans might like to go it alone as a single federation, and perhaps the majority ethnic Chinese/Korean parts of OTL Xinjiang.
Japan and Taiwan are interesting, as the relationship is more like asymmetric devolution. Sure some want independence, but its not a mainstream policy. ITTL Japan treats Taiwan much better than OTL, so it's considered one of the Japanese Home Islands.
Egypt actually has a strong secessionist movement for the south - "the Sudan" - which has taken many political and military forms over the years. It basically wants the Emirate of Darfur and the State of Sudan - both autonomous polities within Egypt - to seceded and form an independent Sudanese Republic. Could be a major flashpoint for conflict in the next decade if Cairo makes any more miscalculations.
Florida or Puerto Rico are perhaps the only parts of the UKE where independence is at all likely in the next 50 years. Scotland, Wales and Ireland are home to a lot of low-level grumbling, but polls consistently show support for independence at an all time low.
TBH, the UKE has probably absorbed about as much of the Commonwealth as is feasible. No other state has a serious (or credible/strong) movement for accession. So the most likely expansion will come from overseas territories joining, or current dominions splitting.
Local government elections in Canada
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So thanks to @Turquoise Blue, the second-largest contributor to this project. Here she has fleshed out the local government workings of each Canadian province and territory.
Canada: Timing and overlook devolved to the provinces, apart from the territories and indigenous affairs. Very much multi-level and varies a lot by province.
Canada: Timing and overlook devolved to the provinces, apart from the territories and indigenous affairs. Very much multi-level and varies a lot by province.
- Alaska - Split in governorates which are split further into oblasts. In the more populated south, the oblasts are split further into okrugs. Governorates vote every four years ('19, '23, '27), okrugs and oblasts every three years ('18, '21, '24). There are also three "autonomous governorates"; Yukon, Iñupiat Nunaat, and the Aleutian Islands. Yukon votes every five years ('16, '21, '26), Iñupiat Nunaat elects every three years ('17, '20, '23), and the Aleutian Islands every two years ('19, '21, '23).
- Alberta - A smorgasbord of different names cloud the fact that this ultimately comes down to several different types, namely "urban", "specialised" and "rural" municipalities and Aboriginal reservations. Regarding the municipalities, there is no uniform voting time, but they all vote on a four years timespan. Around 1/3 vote in '17, '21, '25, 1/6 vote in '18, '22, '26, 1/3 vote in '19, '23, '27, 1/6 in '20, '24, '28. The Aboriginal reservations aren't considered in "local elections".
- Athabasca - One of the simplest provinces of Canada in terms of local government, it has a system of local government divided in "regions", each of which are based around a significant settlement. There are three of them, and they vote every four years - '20, '24, '28.
- Hudson: The more populated areas are divided in municipalities, while the more rural areas are divided into well, "divisions". The "divisions" are just the statistical areas without the municipalities. The municipalities vote 2/3 every four years in '19, '23, '27, and 1/3 every three years in '20, '23, '26. The divisions vote every three years, '17, '21, '24.
- Manitoba - The province is divided mainly in "municipalities" like the other rural provinces, but some areas are respected as "First Nations reservations" and others as "Métis settlements". The latter are part of "local elections" and has their own language and residence policies. Municipalities in Manitoba tend to vote in four year cycles, with 1/2 in '20, '24, '28, 1/3 in '18, '22, '26 and 1/6 in '19, '23, '27. Métis settlements vote every two years - '19, '21, '23.
- Northwest Territories - Divided in "taxed communities" and "hamlets". The taxed communities vote every three years ('18, '21, '24) and the hamlets every second year ('18, '20, '24).
- Nunavut - Divided in "iqaluit" and "hamlets". The iqaluit vote every four years ('19, '23, '27) and the hamlets vote every year ('19, '20, '21).
- Ontario - Has several types of local councils, called "counties", "regions" and "districts". Historically, they all voted on different dates, but now they all vote on the same day every four years - '18, '22, '26.
- Quebec - Divided in several levels. "Administrative regions" which are mainly for provision of local government and are unelected, "county councils" which have several local government powers and is mainly for co-ordination, they are elected every three years ('18, '21, '24), "local municipalities" which are the lowest local levels and are elected every four years but it varies when. 1/4 are elected '19, '23, '27, 1/3 are elected in '20, '24, '28 and the final 7/12 are elected '18, '22, '26.
- Saskatchewan - Divided in "urban" and "rural" municipalities, it then numbers the rural municipalities and the even-numbered and odd-numbered have different election days. Urban municipalities are elected every three years ('20, '24, '28), odd-numbered rural municipalities every two years ('20, '22, '24) and even-numbered rural municipalities every two years ('21, '23, '25).
- Ungava - Divided in three areas - Nunavik, Eeyou Itchee and Jamésie. Those three are generally autonomous. The first two are classified as "Indigenous Lands" and Côte-Nord as a "Region". Nunavik elects every four years ('17, '21, '25), Eeyou Itchee every three years ('18, '21, '24), and Jamésie every two years ('18, '20, '24). Due to this division, Ungava has sometimes been called "Canada's Louisiana" in how it's seemingly a bunch of different places smushed together.
- Alberta - A smorgasbord of different names cloud the fact that this ultimately comes down to several different types, namely "urban", "specialised" and "rural" municipalities and Aboriginal reservations. Regarding the municipalities, there is no uniform voting time, but they all vote on a four years timespan. Around 1/3 vote in '17, '21, '25, 1/6 vote in '18, '22, '26, 1/3 vote in '19, '23, '27, 1/6 in '20, '24, '28. The Aboriginal reservations aren't considered in "local elections".
- Athabasca - One of the simplest provinces of Canada in terms of local government, it has a system of local government divided in "regions", each of which are based around a significant settlement. There are three of them, and they vote every four years - '20, '24, '28.
- Hudson: The more populated areas are divided in municipalities, while the more rural areas are divided into well, "divisions". The "divisions" are just the statistical areas without the municipalities. The municipalities vote 2/3 every four years in '19, '23, '27, and 1/3 every three years in '20, '23, '26. The divisions vote every three years, '17, '21, '24.
- Manitoba - The province is divided mainly in "municipalities" like the other rural provinces, but some areas are respected as "First Nations reservations" and others as "Métis settlements". The latter are part of "local elections" and has their own language and residence policies. Municipalities in Manitoba tend to vote in four year cycles, with 1/2 in '20, '24, '28, 1/3 in '18, '22, '26 and 1/6 in '19, '23, '27. Métis settlements vote every two years - '19, '21, '23.
- Northwest Territories - Divided in "taxed communities" and "hamlets". The taxed communities vote every three years ('18, '21, '24) and the hamlets every second year ('18, '20, '24).
- Nunavut - Divided in "iqaluit" and "hamlets". The iqaluit vote every four years ('19, '23, '27) and the hamlets vote every year ('19, '20, '21).
- Ontario - Has several types of local councils, called "counties", "regions" and "districts". Historically, they all voted on different dates, but now they all vote on the same day every four years - '18, '22, '26.
- Quebec - Divided in several levels. "Administrative regions" which are mainly for provision of local government and are unelected, "county councils" which have several local government powers and is mainly for co-ordination, they are elected every three years ('18, '21, '24), "local municipalities" which are the lowest local levels and are elected every four years but it varies when. 1/4 are elected '19, '23, '27, 1/3 are elected in '20, '24, '28 and the final 7/12 are elected '18, '22, '26.
- Saskatchewan - Divided in "urban" and "rural" municipalities, it then numbers the rural municipalities and the even-numbered and odd-numbered have different election days. Urban municipalities are elected every three years ('20, '24, '28), odd-numbered rural municipalities every two years ('20, '22, '24) and even-numbered rural municipalities every two years ('21, '23, '25).
- Ungava - Divided in three areas - Nunavik, Eeyou Itchee and Jamésie. Those three are generally autonomous. The first two are classified as "Indigenous Lands" and Côte-Nord as a "Region". Nunavik elects every four years ('17, '21, '25), Eeyou Itchee every three years ('18, '21, '24), and Jamésie every two years ('18, '20, '24). Due to this division, Ungava has sometimes been called "Canada's Louisiana" in how it's seemingly a bunch of different places smushed together.
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Also, what are the boundaries of Toronto? Did it get merged into a single-tier "megacity" like OTL, or does it have an additional metropolitan government like Metro Council?
LeinadB93
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Ontario has the Ontario Provincial Police. Quebec has the Sûreté du Québec. Alaska has the Royal Alaskan Gendarmes.
Every other province and territory uses the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
I think an additional metropolitan government would be more in keeping with OTL British municipal organisation.
2010 New England federal election
LeinadB93
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So now that Canada's done (almost - still working on nation and election box), I'm going to be spending July and August doing some housekeeping around the United Empire. This will involve a country infobox (finally 
) and the 2018 election, but also some more wikiboxes about the various dominions, including some older elections and updating the current boxes to reflect the addition of two new dominions and changes to the Imperial Council. Most of this will come after 22 July, when Tierra del Fuego and Accra join the United Empire.
To kick it off here is a redone version of one of my older wikiboxes, posted way back in August 2015, which can be found here. Enjoy
The 2010 New England federal election was held on 14 April 2010 to elect, under the first past the post system, the 232 seat in the House of Commons of New England.
The incumbent centrist Third Way Liberal government, which had been in coalition with the centre-left Progressive Democrats, secured an outright majority in the house despite making little to no gains in the popular vote. New leader Martha Coakley replaced incumbent First minister John Kerry as a result of the Liberals election victory. The opposition centre-right Conservatives, under leader Brian Lees, saw one of their worst election day results in the last 50 years, losing 36 seats, and Lees announced his resignation on election night. The PDP, won an additional 9 ridings, bucking the trend of junior coalition partners losing seats, a fact attributed to the personal popularity of leader Gordie Gosse.
The progressive conservative Moderates continued to perform well, winning an additional 4 seats, all of which were in Massachusetts and Connecticut, provinces where the party had historically not performed well.The left-wing environmentalist Greens managed to gain two seats, both in Connecticut, whilst the Gaelic regionalist Gàidhlig Caidreachas (Gaelic Alliance) held their four seats across Cape Breton and Nova Scotia. The centrist francophone Parti Acadien and the right-wing Confederation of Regions held their seats in New Brunswick, and the libertarian Reform Party entered Parliament for the first time with the election of their leader in the typically safe Conservative riding of Beverly—Danvers.
Coakley was invited by the viceroy to form a government, as a result of winning an outright majority. However, the fact that the Liberals secured a 2-seat majority with only 36% of the vote has reignited the long standing debate in New England politics regarding electoral reform, with the smaller parties pushing for a more proportional system. Traditionally the two largest New England parties, the Liberals and Conservatives, have resisted such a change and in the run up to the 2015 election the government had made no moves to reform the New England electoral system.
) and the 2018 election, but also some more wikiboxes about the various dominions, including some older elections and updating the current boxes to reflect the addition of two new dominions and changes to the Imperial Council. Most of this will come after 22 July, when Tierra del Fuego and Accra join the United Empire.To kick it off here is a redone version of one of my older wikiboxes, posted way back in August 2015, which can be found here. Enjoy
The incumbent centrist Third Way Liberal government, which had been in coalition with the centre-left Progressive Democrats, secured an outright majority in the house despite making little to no gains in the popular vote. New leader Martha Coakley replaced incumbent First minister John Kerry as a result of the Liberals election victory. The opposition centre-right Conservatives, under leader Brian Lees, saw one of their worst election day results in the last 50 years, losing 36 seats, and Lees announced his resignation on election night. The PDP, won an additional 9 ridings, bucking the trend of junior coalition partners losing seats, a fact attributed to the personal popularity of leader Gordie Gosse.
The progressive conservative Moderates continued to perform well, winning an additional 4 seats, all of which were in Massachusetts and Connecticut, provinces where the party had historically not performed well.The left-wing environmentalist Greens managed to gain two seats, both in Connecticut, whilst the Gaelic regionalist Gàidhlig Caidreachas (Gaelic Alliance) held their four seats across Cape Breton and Nova Scotia. The centrist francophone Parti Acadien and the right-wing Confederation of Regions held their seats in New Brunswick, and the libertarian Reform Party entered Parliament for the first time with the election of their leader in the typically safe Conservative riding of Beverly—Danvers.
Coakley was invited by the viceroy to form a government, as a result of winning an outright majority. However, the fact that the Liberals secured a 2-seat majority with only 36% of the vote has reignited the long standing debate in New England politics regarding electoral reform, with the smaller parties pushing for a more proportional system. Traditionally the two largest New England parties, the Liberals and Conservatives, have resisted such a change and in the run up to the 2015 election the government had made no moves to reform the New England electoral system.
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I think you might need a different colour for the first HK flag. Gold on white is a no-no in vexillology, because they are easy to confuse at a distance.
The design itself is fine, though.
The design itself is fine, though.
I really like the first Hong Kong one. Slightly disturbed by the way the sickle and stars on the Singapore one looks like a smile...
LeinadB93
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Well the Singapore and Accra ones are now canon. Haha never noticed that about Singapore until now
Hmm... How about this:
Haha never noticed that about Singapore until now
And now I challenge you to ever look at it again without seeing it