Betfordland

In 1920, Betfordland declared its independence from the newly created Retford Soviet in support of the British Crown. After a short and mostly violence free conflict with Retford, Betfordland won freedom. During the 1930’s and 1940’s, Betfordland supported Great Britain in the build-up to the world war. Many volunteers travelled to fight with British and Canadian units during the conflicts in Western Europe and North Africa.

After the war, nationalist parties in Betfordland started popular movements to re-annex Retford into the British Commonwealth, and as the British Crown granted the independence of Canada and India, the independence of Betfordland was granted aswell.

As the iron curtain fell in 1991, Betfordland started to militarize and suffered multiple sanctions from the UN to demilitarize. Although open conflict seems unlikely, there is a large movement to recover lost dejure land from Retford.

On 3rd June 2018, the island of Bakast voted to join Betfordland.

Currently, Betfordland is a part of the Archipelago Defense Pact and the leader of the Archipelago Defensive Council.