Imperialist Sweden wrote:Empire of the United Kingdom wrote:The Lion Roars
The world of 1906...was a stable and a civilized world in which the greatness and authority of Britain and her Empire seemed unassailable and invulnerably secure. In spite of our reverses in the Boer War it was assumed unquestioningly that we should always emerge "victorious, happy and glorious" from any conflict. There were no doubts about the permanence of our "dominion over palm and pine", or of our title to it.
Powerful, prosperous, peace-loving, with the seas all round us and the Royal Navy on the seas, the social, economic, international order seemed to our unseeing eyes as firmly fixed on Earth as the signs of the Zodiac in the sky.
OOC: Wrong era, buddy.
OOC: Wasn't OOC, was simply a statement by the government. The above are two quotes from the past, to let you all know our isolationism is over.