Unified Moorlands Society

Often viewed as a rural wasteland, the Unified Moorlands Society is a Neo-Feudal society dominated by a divided Aristocracy and under constant threat of insurgency by the nationalist O.H.O., loosely administered from Brighton by Asher Strickland. It is a Puppet State of the Glorious Republic of Oxford with little control over many of the states which it controls.

Cornwall, Devon and Exeter emerged largely unscathed from the effects of the Great Anarchy but the distance between states and the lack of any serious industry meant that the scattered city states were never destined to become a natural state.

When the Conservative Remnants offered the chance to rejoin with the supposed legitimate successor to the United Kingdom, the various city states accepted with various levels of threat. During this period of peaceful expansion, the Cornish and Devon populations were largely content.

It was only with the onset of the Oxford-Red Cross War that the tide began to turn towards nationalism. As Oxford units were forced to retreat further into the Moorlands, a campaign of scorched earth was adapted to disrupt and stretch the Red Cross supply lines. Although effective, it won no favours from the locals and, as the war continued with no end in sight, active resistance began. Many Pre-War Aristocrats managed to gain notoriety thanks to their underhanded funding of these resistance movements.

The end of the war left many Oxford and Moorland politicians hoping for a return to normality but, instead, attacks from Nationalists intensified. The Moorlands were left in a state of Quasi-independence, as the Oxford military struggled to maintain any control over the province.

When Operation Glass finally happened, the Moorland Nationalists found themselves betrayed by the Aristocrats who had previously funded them. By placing themselves effectively as subjects of the Republic of Oxford, the Aristocrats had managed to place themselves as the heads of the new Moorland state.

With much of the Moorlands ruined by years of insurgency and infighting, the Nationalists were in no place to continue fighting and went underground. The Aristocrats were free to establish their new state, which divided the land between the multitude of influential houses and emphasised a return to an Agrarian way of life. In effect, this established a Neo-Feudal state with very little power for reform.

Now, in 2126, the Aristocrats are still basking in the fruits of their victory. The Nationalists await a chance to return and the Oxfordians are waiting for a moment to reassert control and the latest Council of Gentlemen in response to the Collapse of the Northern Commonwealth could change everything...