The English Republic is a military organization from the novel Metro 2033: Britain.

It is a quasi-democratic state that practices slavery. It controls parts of the London Underground stations, including the main city terminals, and about thirty surface outposts across various corners of Britain. It possesses a large army, powerful weaponry, and armored vehicles.

The idea of creating a new state from the ruins of a once-great empire belonged to a former British Army general named Handel. In the very first years following the Third World War, he formed a new parliament from the residents of nearby metro stations, promising them resources from declassified military depots—of which the capital of the former United Kingdom had enough to create a semblance of civilization in a short time.

The Republic expanded so rapidly that no one, not even the parliament, knew exactly where their territory ended. Furthermore, due to the complicated post-war situation, an accurate census could not be conducted. According to Colonel Mayers, the Republic includes all stations north of St Pancras, several stations in the south, and about thirty outposts across the country.

Starting in 2030, the strengthened Republic began dispatching well-equipped scout detachments to various parts of England, sometimes venturing as far as the Scottish border. By raiding unprepared settlements, slavers captured men, women, and children, subsequently transporting them via trucks to a transfer base in Sheffield, where they were later loaded onto trains and taken to London via the restored railway.

The official emblem of the Republic is the image of the red Cross of Saint George on a black background, framed in white. This suggests that the English Republic sees itself as the successor to pre-war England, which used the same cross as its national flag.

POLITICS The Republic owes its prosperity mainly to prisoners from other cities, specifically captured by slavers across the entire territory of post-nuclear Britain. The government of the English Republic considers slavery a necessary and temporary measure.

Despite the English attempt to make their state more democratic, in terms of governance, the Republic more closely resembles the regime of Benito Mussolini. Moreover, the state itself exists only as an idea, and all that remains of the former English Republic is just the name.