Week 1, Brazil inked peace with Britain. They were fortunate Austria was in no position to enact reprisal. The Brazilians had deemed the war no longer having purpose, most of the British territories in Brazil occupied by other South American powers.
England was gradually beginning to resemble an environmentalist paradise, what with so much of its land stripped clean of roads, railways, farms and mines. The cities were gradually depopulating as starvation took its toll. The destruction of Coal and Iron sources wreaked havoc on Britain's industry, especially its capacity to replace sunken vessels.
Given that pillaging tiles didn't consume any of a Corps' moves, the 4 Corps deployed to Britain would likely make short work of everything they loved and held dear.
Week 5, Scandinavia and Cuba signed peace with the British.
The Turks, meanwhile, seized Aden, a huge blow to the British trade networks.
Austria developed its own motor carriage company in Athens, with the infusion of cash from the Austrian state quickly putting it on the same level as other manufacturers such as Benz.
The British were reported to have 57 battleships - many of which were moored in Gibraltar.
Week 9, the British and Filipinos inked a peace accord.
The Allies rejoiced at the fall of Gibraltar, which opened trade through the strait anew. Britain had once had the power to kill the economies of much of Europe by sealing off Suez and Gibraltar, but it had lost this power. Its last vestige of power in the Med was Cyprus.
Gibraltar's fall was known for its brutality - 98% of all inhabitants had been killed by artillery. But the human price tag was worth it - the British were cut down to 30 Battleships, meaning they had kept at least twenty present.
The British naturally panicked at the fall of such a well-fortified territory. The scuttling of so many vessels was a massive blow to Britain's navy - Austria's 35 Erzherzog's alone outpaced them. With the entire world coming down on them, the Royal Navy, once the world's largest fleet by a huge margin, was on the verge of ruin. Making matters worse was London's inability to build more - steel was in short supply in the British Isles, grinding most industries to a halt.
Even more worse, was the fact the fairly large Austrian Navy - twenty-five ships, mostly battleships, strong - would, no longer needing to focus on Gibraltar, now be free to move north, and would reach Britain within four months. If it arrived and Austria's armies still remained intact, Austria would be free to camp all throughout the Isles and destroy any attempt at a counterattack.
In a time of dire crisis, PM Robert Cecil was soon rejected by his party, and Arthur Balfour instead took to power. Cecil was condemned across the board by Britons, feeling his weakness and indecisiveness had allowed the Austrians to land troops and ravage the economy. The hundreds of thousands who had starved to death across the country were all pinned on him. Never mind, he was blamed for the fall of Cork to the French, and the fact all the other Allied fleets were swarming the Isles didn't exactly make voters happy.
PM Balfour promised an eviction of the Austrian Empire, and as such, made sure to mobilise the UK's vast forces.
Unfortunately for their offensive, the rugged terrain and artillery were doing their part to weaken their forces, preventing a decisive victory as more and more troops were offloaded.
Week 13, Mexico declared war on Britain. It was hoped Mexico's defenses would be adequate enough to prevent massive British expansion.
Austria soon joined the Allies in India. Russian, Portuguese, Persian and Tibetan forces were already squabbling over who would get what - the Persians had gone so far as to wall off Karachi, wanting the valuable port for themselves. The Austrian Empire, meanwhile, was intent on seizing Delhi, Ahamadabad, and Nagpur, granting it a three-city colony with internal steel production, vital for railways.
Week 17, Delhi was occupied. British India was in serious disrepair, the Russians having already seized Nagpur.
Rome's completion of the first Assembly line surged the Austrian economy forward, with Precious Metals & Stones and Int'l Markets both being seized by Austria.
Week 21, Indian possessions expanded to include Ahamdabad, governed by a rival prince. The Raj was increasingly giving way to the princely states that composed it, and occupying powers often made use of these princes to secure their hold on the vast tracts of British territory being seized. It was noticed that the Iron technically was the property of Karachi, which the Persians had blocked off.
Week 25, Britain's situation grew more dire - French and German troops were landing by the boatload in northern England and Scotland, while Austrian troops hammered Liverpool into oblivion, preparing it for occupation.
Week 29,
America signed an alliance with the Boers. British Canada, the one area safe from reprisal, was about to be royally owned.
The declaration of the Kingdom of Wales sent ripples through the British Empire and much of the world. For the first time in 620 years, Wales was an independent - theoretically, anyway - country. A member of the Austrian nobility ruled over it, but the state was given control of all affairs apart from foreign policy, which was controlled by Vienna(same as all the Iberian nations').
Britain had been reduced to 14 Battleships, and ruled but 13% of the planet's population. Russia had surpassed them as the largest nation, at 17% of the land. Austria came in at 4% of the landmass and 7% of the population. With Britain at war on all fronts against all other major powers, they were destined to fade into obscurity.
