House of Commons, 1830

specialized General Assembly

No nation had ever reached the height, either in size or population, that the British Empire reached during their victorious age of the 19th century. And yet, this was a time of insecurities and privilege, of revolt, reform, and revolution. Most surprising, or maybe not surprising in the least, all these events centered around a cramped one-room chamber containing roughly 600 men: the House of Commons.

Here, reforms began (or were stifled), and history was shaken by a privileged group of men taken from the landed gentry and the wealthy nobility. Yet these men, top hats on their heads and rotten boroughs in their pockets, tackled some of the most colossal challenges in world history. From the Great Reform Act to Catholic Emancipation to the abolition of slavery across this vast oppressive empire, no group in history had as much authority to completely alter the world map, as well as lives everywhere. But, how could this course have been altered, and can you make your mark as one of these few charged with answering these same challenges? Do you lay down these tools of aristocratic privilege, ensuring a course toward universal equality and franchise, or ensure that British noble tradition lasts another century?