The Brittanian Empire
The world of Code Geass follows an alternate world-history where the British Empire never collapsed. Great Britain maintained control of its colonies in India and North America, and following its defeat of the French empire in the early 19th century, Brittania became the strongest nation-state in the world.
By the 21st century, Brittania maintains a stable hegemony over a majority of the people on Earth. Ruled by a political philosophy resembling extreme Darwinism, Brittanians feel they are superior to all other people on the planet and believe that it is their duty, as Brittanians, to subjugate the lesser peoples of the world. To that end Brittania has launched numerous wars of agression, conquering vast swaths of territory across the globe. Today, only two nation-states maintain enough strength to openly oppose Brittania--the European Union, and the Chinese Federation.
But recent terrorism is Brittania's outermost provinces may indicated a paradigm shift, as the greatest empire the world has ever known slowly begins to lose control of its people.....