United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was an island country off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. After the Akuma Event in 2003, the United Kingdom began to close itself off from foreigners and has been nicknamed The Haven. Since the 2012 Revolution, the United Kingdom has been known as the Isles by its inhabitants.

Britain after the Akuma Event
Britain offered some support during the initial months of the Akuma Event, but as time dragged on and more human lives were lost to the Akuma, the British government agreed to start closing its borders. By the end of 2007, Britain had become entirely isolated from the rest of the world. British military forces withdrew from every foreign nation they had been stationed in and returned home to defend Britain.

After the fall of Central Europe, fears of the Akuma coming to Britain steadily grew. Britain also began to face extreme religious input from various groups claiming the Akuma were sent by God to "take" them and to deny it was an act of sin. Under immense pressure and threat of invasion, the crumbling British government ordered the gathering and public slaughter of 200 vocal religious individuals. After this, an increasingly authoritarian British government forbade the act of public gathering and protest, and punished lawbreakers with the death penalty and no trial.

Around the spring of 2012, Britain invaded the Republic of Ireland, despite the two countries previously cooperating without any issues. Citizens of both countries were taken aback by this decision and immediately began revolting. The revolution lasted 16 days before the Parliament Building and Office of the Prime Minister were stormed, and Parliament members and the Prime Minister were publicly executed. A group of predominantly intellectuals and military personnel quickly took power and formed the nation of the Isles.

Crisis of the Strait of Dover
Europe's complete collapse to the Akuma was an ever-looming issue for the Isles. The extreme infection in former France heavily concerned citizens of the Isles. The tunnels and subways connecting England and France were completely collapsed and sealed off to prevent an invasion from underground. However, the Strait of Dover remained of great concern to the Isles.

The Strait appeared to be slowly becoming "infected" by the Akuma. A large mass of what seemed to be flesh was moving its way through the Strait at an extremely slow pace, only moving a millimetre or two every few weeks. The Office (the elected parliament of the Isles) demanded the constant surveillance of the mass for any changes.

Several years passed before any changes in the mass were noted. Sometime in 2019, the mass began to leak an unidentified substance around itself.