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{{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="s2ep2">{{cite episode| title = Japan Independence Plan | series = Code Geass | serieslink = Code Geass | network = [[Mainichi Broadcasting System]] | airdate = 2008-04-13 | season = 2 | number = 2 }}</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
The elitist Britannian national ideology promoted by the present 98th Emperor Charles di Britannia<ref name="offweb-settings" /> closely resembles [[Social Darwinism]], but this specific attitude and focus appears not to have been historically held by past regimes. Notably, the 91st Emperor, {{nihongo|Alec la Britannia|アレク・ラ・ブリタニア|Areku ra Buritania}}, is stated in the novels to have once said, "A nation is built upon one part ideal and nine parts economic philosophy."<ref name="novel6">{{cite book
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