?Story introduction

In 2010, the superpower Britannia invaded Japan in order to seize Japan's underground resources. Under the attack of the powerful weapon Knightmare of the British Empire, Japan was conquered in less than a month. Japan was deprived of freedom, rights and even the name of the country. The British Empire changed "Japan" to "Region 11", and the term "Japanese" was replaced by the number 11. On the surface, the British Empire seemed unbreakable, but cracks had already appeared in it.

Seven years later, in 2017, Lelouch gained the power of "Geass" on the brink of life and death, and determined to smash the black prince of Lelouch, the British Empire, and obtained the seventh-generation humanoid mecha Lentlot, and the white knight Shumu Suzaku who was determined to reform from within the empire, influenced the entire world.

Worldview

The world in this work is very different from the history of the real world.

Japan before becoming the 11th district of the British Empire and related

The prequel "STAGE-0-ENTRANCE" in the official novel tells the story of Lelouch, Nanali and Suzaku 7 years ago. The novel reveals the following worldview completions and corrections:

The Empire was an authoritarian country established by the royalists who fled to the New World in the early 18th century, due to the wave of democratic revolution in Europe in the 18th century. The current emperor of the Empire was the 98th generation.

When Suzaku was 10 years old, his running speed was different from that of ordinary people, and he even ran faster than adults. Lelouch regarded all the Japanese around him as enemies, except Suzaku.

After the Indochina Peninsula was occupied by the British Empire, it was changed to the 10th District. Affected by this incident, Japan, which was originally a neutral country, was reconciled with the policies of the Chinese Federation and the EU, and imposed economic sanctions on the British Empire. The Chinese Federation and EU, which belonged to the allies, also joined forces with other countries to blockade the British ships, forcing Britain to conduct diplomatic negotiations. Lelouch and Nanali were also sent to Japan as hostages in the name of studying abroad during this period.

The relationship between Suzaku and his father, Kurahara, is very cold. The master of Suzaku Sworddao is Fujido Jingshiro. Kurahara and Fujido have a secret conversation indoors. Kurahara revealed the information that Britain was about to attack Japan, and the person who gave Britain an excuse to attack was himself. The reason was to defeat the old forces headed by Kirihara behind the government. The six Kyoto families are very important forces and have been controlling the government behind the scenes for decades. In other words, the Suzaku government is actually a puppet government and must listen to the six Kyoto families. Kurahara, who was chosen by the six Kyoto families as prime minister, is not

A person who is willing to do so. He was in order to establish his own power, and he knew very early that Fujido was sent by Kirihara to monitor his spies. As a condition of cooperation, one of the British factions asked Xuanwu to kill Lelouch and Nanali in exchange. Xuanwu decided to kill Nanali, while Lelouch left as a restraining prop. All of this was accidentally heard by Suzaku, who was hiding outside the door. In order to save Nanali, Suzaku killed his father Xuanwu. One of the British factions that cooperated with Xuanwu was a force related to the murder of Princess Marianna.

The British Empire

Main article: Holy British Empire

World map in season 2

The superpower in the work is based on the real British Empire. It is geographically located in the Americas, with the capital "Pendragon". The official language is English and is actually an authoritarian country dictated by the blood relatives of the emperor. Its geographical location and military power have many similarities with the United States in the real world.

Originally located in the Great Britain region of today's Europe, he was defeated by the European civil rights revolutionary forces in the Battle of Trafalgar. Queen Elizabeth III was surrounded by revolutionary forces in Edinburgh. After that, the noble British Duke who was invading the Indians and colonizing in the Americas announced that he would move the British Empire to America.

Currently, it has conquered one-third of the world's territory with its powerful military power. The main territories include the entire America in the real world, Japan in Asia, and New Zealand in Oceania, and some territory in the Middle East. It is also in a fierce battle with the EU in Africa.

EU

Initiated by major European countries, a loose political organization like the European Union was established. It was a country that fell into the "politics of fools" in its speech by the imperial emperor in his speech. Using the federal system, European countries in reality were a state in the federal state.

In episode 22, the "E.U. Central Conference Hall" where the EU leaders gathered appeared.

Now (season 2 a year later) is a hostile country that has been in war with the British Empire for a long time, adopting a democratic political system.

The main territories include: the scope covered by the European Union in the real world (including within Türkiye), as well as the entire African continent, part of Russia's territory, etc.

The EU had excellent generals on the African front, which caused the warring British Imperial Army to fall into a tough battle.

Due to the military strikes in Britain and the relationship between some member states in the United States, the entire EU has fallen into a state of fragmentation.

The Federation of China

Main article: China Federation

It seems that both the history and political system are different from the current China Federation. With the goal of pursuing "wealth equality", the imperial emperor ridiculed as "the country of laziness" in his speech, which means that the communist system is alluded to. In reality, Asian countries are a province in the federation.

The Chinese Federation of Zhu forbidden City

In episode 22, the "Dragon Bite Room", where the leaders of the Chinese Federation gathered, appeared.

The Chinese Federation has the existence of the emperor, but it is powered by eunuchs, handles government affairs, and adopts a communist system.

It is one of the two major forces in the play that openly and secretly fights with the Holy British Empire. Its leaders once took advantage of the opportunity to occupy the Kyushu region of Japan. In the second season, the Black Knights and the Japanese took refuge in Penglai Island.

The main territories include: roughly equivalent to the territory at the heyday of the Qing Empire, the entire Korean Peninsula, the entire Central Asia region, the entire Indian Peninsula (the idea of ​​being independent from the Chinese Federation), and the entire Southeast Asia is the most populous federal country in the world.

The capital of the country is located in Luoyang, and Zhujincheng is the residence of the emperor. In recent years, the country has begun to decline due to the chaos of eunuchs.

Unknown area

The Commonwealth of Australia in Oceania.

Areas around Arabia.

Some situations before R2 begins

The official official novel of the same name in the second season, Volume 1 of the same name, revealed some of the situations before the story of the second season begins.

(1) Time point: The end of the first season was in December 2017, 2017. One month later, that is, in January 2018, Nanali started living under the nominal protection of her father, the Emperor of Britain (actually with partial surveillance at the same time). It was after the Imperial Calendar that she went to District 11 to become the new governor of the Imperial Calendar in May 2018, and the story of the TV animation version R2 was unfolded parallel to the same time.

(2) C.C climbed ashore by himself after Gao Wen crashed and was discovered by Hualian by the sea.

(3) Cornelia resigned as governor of District 11, and her whereabouts were unknown afterwards.

(4) The matter of Nanali's return to China was not immediately made public. There are still some brothers and sisters who are not in the royal relationship with Lelouch. The first prince Odysseus, who is gentle by nature, and the second prince Sul Nigel, who is polite to everyone. After Nanali returned to China, she lived in the Aries Palace, which she had lived in before, was not her previous Aries Palace, but another place.

(5) Because Nanali does not have her own exclusive knight, the emperor specially appointed the sixth knight of the Knight of the Round Table, Ania Ulstrem, as his guard. This practice is very rare. Miss Romal, who assisted the civil servants of the position of Governor General (and responsible for monitoring), was also specially selected by the emperor.

(6) Ania also seems to have an impression of the Aries Palace where Lelouch and their former residence.

Proper noun

(I) Location

Concession

In the play, it is a colony divided by the British Empire in the conquered areas. It means it is close to the colony divided by the great powers in China in the past.

Tokyo Concession

The Tokyo Concession was the main administrative center and colony of the British Empire in Japan, and was converted into a fortress city. In episode 23, Zero and the Rebels began to launch an offensive against the Tokyo Concession at midnight, and the floor of the Concession also began to collapse at this moment. In episode 24, other concessions were mentioned: Hiroshima Concession and Sapporo Concession.

Gathering area (ゲットーOriginal form: Ghetto)

In the play, it refers to the area where Japanese citizens conquered by the British Empire live. There are a large number of building ruins left by war, and most of the residents live in poverty. Place names are actually Japanese place names, but they are not used in Chinese characters but are changed to Katakana.

Ghetto was originally Italian, initially referred to the area where Jews lived in isolation, but also used to call it slums, which means that the lower classes concentrated residential areas.

Outer ring of ring line 5 (outer ring line 5)

The former JR Yamanote line of Japan. It travels clockwise and looks at the Yamanote line as a circle. On the right circle is the Tokyo Concession (Tomorrow) where the people of the British Empire live, and on the left is the dilapidated and poor Japanese settlement area like ruins. It is the place where the first meeting between Zero and Hualian's rebellion forces belonging to. According to Hualian, on the right side, what you see is "the city of the British. The city of the robbers built on our sacrifices" and on the left is "our city, which was squeezed out by the British and became a city of ruins."

Shinjuku Residence Area (Shiujiujiuゲットトー)

Lelouch, C.C. and Hualian were chased by the Imperial Army. Due to the massacre in the name of a sweeping massacre, the local Japanese residents, regardless of gender, age and age, were killed or injured.

Saitama Residence (Saitas イタゲットトー)

In the city of Saita (さいたま) in the city of Saita (日たま), a small-scale resistance organization Yamato Alliance (日ぞえ Alliance), Cornelia ordered a massacre in the name of sweeping, and even if the locals were innocent, they were killed wildly. Because Zero (日)'s combat was not comprehensive enough and the organizational strength was weak, the resistance forces of Yamato Alliance were wiped out by Cornelia.

Ashford Academy (translation name 1)/Ashford Academy (translation name 2) (アッシュフォード Academy)

The fictional school that appears in the play.

Ashford Academy

Alamein Front (エル?アラメイン El Alamein)

In Chapter 9, it was mentioned that the front line where the British Empire was fighting with the EU was located in North Africa. This place was also the key battlefield for the Nazi German general, Field Marshal, and Erwin Rommel, known as the "Desert Fox" to fight the US-British Allied Forces during the Second World War.

Narita Lianshan (Narita Lianshan)

In the setting, it seems to be located near Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and is the base of the Japanese Liberation Front. There is a villa on the top of the mountain. Zero led members of the Black Knights here on the weekend, saying it was a place to carry out mountaineering activities. In fact, Cornelia gathered more than 100 KnightmareFrames here and launched an unprecedented huge offensive, preparing to annihilate the Japanese Liberation Front in one fell swoop.

Clovis Amusement Park (Classico)

In Chapter 15, C.C. The place where he agreed to meet with Mao has various amusement facilities. Mao seems to like this amusement facility, which is the main feature of the amusement park.

roof garden

In Chapter 16, Euphemiya and Cornelia are resting in the garden. They are located above the back of the huge castle and are constructed by Clovis. The height is far beyond the height of all surrounding buildings, as if they were in the air, so you can see the endless blue sky.

Shengen Island

The island that appears in Chapter 19 is set near Shigen Island. Zero and Euphemiya, Hualian and Suzaku have experienced the adventure of surviving in the wild. There seems to be not many wild animals and edible plants on the island, so Zero and Euphemiya can only barely satisfy their hunger with fruits. On the other hand, there are rich fish resources near the island, allowing Hualian and Suzaku to enjoy a rich grilled fish survival meal.

In addition, there are ruins found by British royal families such as Shunigel. Seizing these relics is also one of the purposes of the British Empire's army invasion around the world.

Kyushu (キュウシュウ)

Located in the southern end of Japan, very close to the Chinese Federation. In real world history, due to geographical location, this area and the surrounding areas are often springboards or buffer zones for attacking the Eurasian continent. In Chapter 19 and 20, the Chinese Federation took advantage of the British Empire being busy fighting with the Black Knights and was unable to split up, and sent General Cao to lead the troops of the Liaodong Military Control Zone to cross the sea to support Atsushi Sawazaki, a member of the former Shumu Cabinet member, to occupy the Fukuoka base and establish a government.

(II) Identity

11(イレヴンEleven)

In the play, after the British Empire conquered Japan, it was collectively called the despicable title of the general Japanese.

Honored Britons (Honored リタニア)

People from nations other than the British can obtain titles after going to the official agency of the British Empire to handle some kind of formalities, but it seems that most poor Japanese in the residential area cannot handle such formalities. Honors Britons will still be discriminated against by the British, and they are therefore regarded as traitors by their own people. Suzaku is one of them.

Pure Blood Pie

It is insisted that the British Empire army could only be composed of the British.

Knight (きし)

Royal Knight Medal

The British usually call the driver of KnightmareFrame a knight, and it is also used to call the British royal family who are responsible for the selection of knights when they take office as governor or deputy governor.

(III) Organization

Personal Guard (しんえいたい)
To be continued...