United Kingdom of Yorkshire

Yorkshire and the Midlands
The United Kingdom of Yorkshire and the Midlands is YorkshireMapping 's official nation.

It is located in the north-east of England stretching from the east coast of the island all the way to the left. The heavy industrial cities lie in the middle while the mountainous Yorkshire Dales are in the north.

The nation is a Kingdom, descending from the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Royal Family of Yorkshire actually descends from the British Royal Family that used to own the former UK. However, after the war the Royal Family left and came to govern Yorkshire.

It has a population of roughly 6,200,000 Yorkists with a strong military that is enough to compete with other powers like Germany or South Korea.

It's official TV broadcasting company is the KYBC.

Great British War
Yorkshire gained independence through the Great British War. The Great British War was a conflict which saw the Scottish independence and the United Kingdom being abolished into smaller nations. It started after Scotland declared independence, It was not recognised and England invaded Scotland. Several years passed. The key battle ground was Yorkshire. The city of York switched hands multiple times and many Yorkist civilians died during the brutal conflict. Eventually the people rose and Yorkshire began as a nation. It formed an unlikely alliance with Scotland, and the two nations drove the English forces out. After seeing no international help, England was forced to surrender.

Aftermath
The war was heavy and it took several years for the nation to fully recover. Relations further soured between the Scots and the Yorkists. The relative peace did not last long after the Great British War and Scotland and Yorkshire were at war again, this time with each other.

Pennine Conflict
The Pennine Conflict (2067-2068) was an insurgency in the Pennine region which lasted for about a year. It started when an Islamic Insurgent group (Islamic State of Yorkshire) bombed a shopping centre in Leeds. Through intel it was later discovered that their headquarters were in the Pennine region. Special forces were immediately dispatched to the region. The terrorist group was recruiting men as young as 15 to fight in their ranks from all over Yorkshire and mainland Europe. Up to 200 young men came to the group a day mainly from the centre of Yorkshire where there were large young muslim populations. However over time many were stopped before they reached the Pennines and were returned home or put in prison. During the conflict the ISY (Islamic State of Yorkshire) launched several terror attacks. Up to 19 terror attacks were conducted, however 10 of which were prevented.

After a year of guerrilla warfare by the ISY in the pennines, the insurgency was stopped after a full offensive on the HQ.

York Bombing
During rush hour in the morning of 2067 a ISY suicide bomber ran into a train station and detonated a bomb, killing 27 and wounding 60. Shortly after, 2 gunmen got out the back of a white lorry outside the train station and shot at cars, taxis and other people, killing 31 and wounding 126. Police arrived and the two gunmen went back into the white lorry in an attempt to escape. The gunmen opened the back of the lorry door and shot at cars that it drove past. The lorry then crashed into a building and a suicide bomb was detonated, killing 9 and wounding 17 and severely damaging the building and pavement. The gunmen had died in the explosion.

Bradford Terror Attack
Bradford held one of the biggest muslim populations in Yorkshire, however it only encountered 1 terror attack. The ISY was frowned upon by the muslim community in Bradford and there were many measures to counter the terrorist organisation, most of which worked. However before all these were in place, the ISY had organised a small attack.

A group of ISY gunmen stormed the Bradford Cinema and marched inside killing 11 and mortally wounding 23, most of which would die later. They took 9 hostages and fled to the farthest back screening room in the cinema. 10 minutes later police and special forces arrived on the scene. A police man was stabbed by one of the gunmen who ran out armed with only a knife. He was shot dead and the police man survived. Special forces stormed the building but were halted by a civilian and an ISY gunman. The ISY gunman demanded that Yorkshire was to convert to a caliphate with them in command. It was also demanded that Yorkshire stopped all actions in Syria. After several minutes, special forces regrouped and set up a plan. 10 minutes later, special forces stormed the building from the corridor, the roof, and the emergency exit in the screening room. 2 hostages were killed however the rest survived. One special forces trooper was wounded.