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== The Holy Empire of Britannia ==

[[Image:Britannian flag.svg|thumb|200px|The Flag of the Holy Empire of Britannia.]]

{{nihongo|The Holy Empire of Britannia|神聖ブリタニア帝国|Shinsei Buritania Teikoku}} is an imperial monarchy and the most prominent [[superpower]] within the world of ''Code Geass''.<ref name="novel1" /> Its homeland is based in [[North America]], with additional territories spanning the western hemisphere, including the rest of the [[Americas]] and [[Greenland]].<ref name="s2ep1s2ep2">{{cite episode| title = TheJapan DayIndependence the Demon AwakensPlan | series = Code Geass | serieslink = Code Geass | network = [[Mainichi Broadcasting System]] | airdate = 2008-04-0613 | season = 2 | number = 12 }}</ref> In total, it controls over one third of the world.<ref name="offweb-settings" />

The Britannia imperial line began with a [[Celts|Celtic]] king who resisted [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[Caesar's invasions of Britain|invasion]]. This divergence in history caused many other differences: the retaining of [[absolute monarchy]], the suppression of the [[American Revolution|American colonies' rebellion]] in [[1776]], the eventual conquering of the [[Americas|American continents]], and the exile of the Imperial Family from the British Isles to North America. Its calendar is "Ascension Throne Britannia", or a.t.b (known as the Imperial Calendar in the English dub). It has continued to expand, with the most recent conquests taking place in the [[Middle East]] and Europe.

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| isbn = 9784044223106}}</ref>; <!-- Aries is not explicitly stated to be in Neo-Wales. -->and the {{nihongo|'''Imperial Villa at Aries'''|アリエスの離宮|Ariesu No Rikyū}}, the residence of Lelouch's mother prior to her death. Owing to his fond childhood memories of the beautiful aerial gardens at Aries, Clovis la Britannia later modeled the villa on top of the '''Viceroy's Palace of Area 11''' after it.<ref name="novel2" />

The Britannian Empire, through various conquests, also controls '''[[New Zealand]]''',<ref name="s2ep1s2ep2" /> [[Japan]] ('''Area 11'''),<ref name="s1ep1" /> parts of the [[Middle East]] ('''Area 18'''),<ref name="s1ep5">{{cite episode| title = The Princess and the Witch | series = Code Geass | serieslink = Code Geass | network = [[Mainichi Broadcasting System]] | airdate = 2006-11-02 | season = 1 | number = 5 }}</ref> the '''[[Philippines]]''',<ref name="s2ep1s2ep2" /> and in the novels a portion of the [[Indochina|Indochina Peninsula]] ('''Area 10''').<ref name="novel1" /> Notably, it does not control the '''[[British Isles]]''', having lost them to [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]].

;{{nihongo|California Base|カリフォルニア基地|Kariforunia Kichi}}