The surface retained the names of England, Scotland and Wales, but power moved beneath old cities, mines, rail tunnels and defence sites.
Red November accelerated the change. Health controls became civic controls. Construct provided shelter and infrastructure. Anamika controlled treatment and reconstruction. Lockhead protected the new order. Each solved a part of collapse and gained authority through the solution.
London preserved archives, finance and national institutions. It declared itself the First Prefecture. Other hives survived through their own labour and rejected the idea that London had inherited the country.