United Kingdom
The UK uses the shared political and economic simulation with a parliamentary monarchy, country-specific electorate data, Commons elections, devolved regional offices, Prime Minister formation votes, and an era-aware Cabinet.
Regions and Commons seats#
UK gameplay uses 12 regions for residency, elections, demographics, and
regional policy. The live modern Commons allocation comes from
UK_COMMONS_SEATS in :
| Code | Region | Commons seats |
|---|---|---|
| LON | London | 75 |
| SEE | South East England | 90 |
| SWE | South West England | 58 |
| EAE | East of England | 60 |
| EMI | East Midlands | 47 |
| WMI | West Midlands | 57 |
| YHU | Yorkshire and the Humber | 54 |
| NWE | North West England | 75 |
| NEE | North East England | 27 |
| SCO | Scotland | 57 |
| WAL | Wales | 32 |
| NIR | Northern Ireland | 18 |
The modern total is 650, with a majority threshold of 326. The
1953-default preset uses UK_COMMONS_SEATS_1953, totaling 625 seats with a
313-seat majority. Do not use the UK_REGIONS.constituencies display metadata
for seat allocation.
UK regions use adapted census dimensions and country-specific group weights. They do not simply reuse the US demographic group ids.
House of Commons elections#
- Each region runs one multi-seat
commonsrace. - Seats are allocated using Hare-quota largest remainder (
pr_hareQuota). - The active election window is 48 hours: 24 hours of primary and 24 hours of general election.
- The regular cycle is 240 turns, or 5 game years. A snap election resets the next regular-cycle anchor.
- Candidacy is normally tied to the character's home region, subject to the live entry rules for the office and candidate.
See UK Elections for preset-aware seat maps, vacancy handling, and cycle timing.
Government formation#
The canonical record is governmentFormations, updated through
. Its status is pending, formed,
or collapsed.
After a Commons cycle, seat totals are refreshed and lower-chamber members may
nominate a Prime Minister through the shared appointment-vote flow. Formation
may be recorded as a majority, coalition, or minority government. Coalition
party ids and their supporting seats are included when applicable. A successful
appointment writes the PM to governmentFormations, marks the government
formed, and clears the previous cabinet.
Votes of no confidence use a whole-chamber simple majority. Any eligible lower-chamber member may propose and vote; the mechanism is not restricted to the governing block. See Parliamentary Government and PM and No Confidence.
The canonical Downing Street route is /country/uk/executive.
/executive/uk and /uk/government redirect there.
Cabinet#
The sitting PM appoints eligible player-controlled MPs to era-aware positions
from UK_CABINET_POSITIONS. Appointees need not belong to the governing party
or coalition. An appointment starts a 24-turn lock for that cabinet seat; the
lock remains if the minister is fired. See UK Cabinet.
Legislation#
UK national bills use UK_NATIONAL_CONFIG in
:
- The Commons votes by simple majority.
- About 28% of passed bills enter a 1 to 2 turn Lords-revision hold.
- The bill then receives automatic Royal Assent and is enacted.
The Lords are not a playable elected chamber. While
governmentFormations.status is pending, the UK lifecycle is frozen through
skipWhenGovPending and resumes automatically when a government forms.
Devolved regional executives#
Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland use First Minister labels; London uses a Mayor. English regions outside London do not have a devolved executive office. Regional legislation and assent use the country-aware regional office mapping described in State-Level Power.