Phillip I of New Britannia

Phillip I of New Britannia was the eighth Monarch of New Britannia. Prior to his ascension, he had been New Britannia's ambassador to the Britannian Empire after the withdrawal of the former's invasion of the latter, earning a high degree of influence within its borders as New Britannia steadily rose above Britannia in might. While New Britannia still had a smaller population than the entire Britannian Empire, the Britannians were deeply divided and some factions felt that the unity of New Britannia was worth submitting to over their own realm. While these sentiments were not enough to secure true territorial defections, many of these factions began emigrating, melding into New Britannia and making it more powerful whilst making Britannia more united than it had been but less populous and less mighty economically and militarily. Phillip ultimately wielded a level of power in Britannia that was, despite New Britannia's rising influence, ahead of his time for a New Britannian monarch. He ultimately oversaw an era of peace between the two nations, and while he never officially ruled any territory in Britannia, let alone hold its throne, he was the most influential figure in its lands, though not sufficiently to be able to dominate the oligarchy of power that had taken hold within Britannia. All the same, his influence secured many lucrative trade deals, some of which were mutually beneficial while many others favored New Britannia. In New Britannia itself, Phillip, like his father, oversaw an age of expansion for both his population and his territory. He himself had little directly to do with the policies ensuring this, though his trade deals with the Britannians and his ability to sway many to immigrate to New Britannia played a large role in their success. He would ultimately never marry or produce any known offspring, and was generally content with the notion of leaving the throne to his brother or nephew. The former ultimately occurred when he died in 128, with his brother becoming James II.