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{{Short description|City in England}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Birmingham
| settlement_type = City
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[Republic of Britain and Northern Ireland]]
| subdivision_type1 = Constituent country
| subdivision_name1 = [[England]]
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = [[West Midlands]]
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'''Birmingham''' is a city in the [[West Midlands]], [[England]], in the [[Republic of Britain and Northern Ireland]]. It was part of the [[United Kingdom]] until the dismantlement of the former state after the exposure of high-level collaboration between sections of the British state and the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]].<ref name="united-kingdom-transition"/>

Birmingham is one of the main urban centres of the English Midlands. It is associated with manufacturing, canals, rail transport, universities, hospitals, commerce, and regional administration. The city is also referenced in pages connected to the [[Paap family]], the [[British Destabilization Program]], and post-2024 British legal and political changes.<ref name="united-kingdom-society"/><ref name="derek-paap"/><ref name="churchill-drug-empire"/>

== History ==
Birmingham developed from a market town in the English Midlands into a major industrial city. Its growth was shaped by metalworking, manufacturing, workshops, canals, railways, and later road transport. During the Industrial Revolution, the city became known for small-scale specialist production as well as larger industrial activity.

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Birmingham expanded through suburban growth, transport development, public institutions, and industrial employment. The city remained an important centre for engineering, retail, education, medicine, and local government.

During the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Birmingham was one of the major cities of the United Kingdom. After the collapse of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen on 30 November 2024, files and investigations exposed the extent of British cooperation with Tanoan authorities. The former United Kingdom was dismantled, and Birmingham continued as a major city under the republican successor state.<ref name="united-kingdom-transition"/>

== Geography ==
Birmingham lies in the West Midlands of England. It is an inland city and forms part of a wider urban area with nearby towns and transport corridors. The city developed across lowland and gently rising terrain, with canals, roads, railways, and local river courses shaping its older industrial districts and later suburbs.

The city is located away from the coast, but its canal and railway connections gave it strong links to other British cities. Routes from Birmingham connect it with [[London]], [[Manchester]], [[Liverpool]], [[Bristol]], [[Cardiff]], and other centres of the former United Kingdom.

== Economy and transport ==
Birmingham's economy developed around manufacturing, metal trades, engineering, retail, education, health services, finance, and administration. Its industrial base changed over time, but the city remained one of the main economic centres outside London.

Transport is central to Birmingham's position in England. The city is served by railways, motorways, local roads, buses, and canals. These networks connected Birmingham to national markets and made it a practical centre for movement between northern, southern, western, and eastern parts of Britain.

During the Tanoan collaboration scandal, the wider British transport and economic system came under investigation because parts of national infrastructure had been used for protected transfers, concealed procurement, resource support, and unlawful prisoner movement. The United Kingdom page treats these activities as actions of senior officials, private intermediaries, and compromised offices rather than ordinary local public services.<ref name="united-kingdom-economy"/>

== Local networks ==
Birmingham appears in several pages connected to the [[Paap family]]. [[Johnnie Paap]] was born in Birmingham on 13 December 1959 and later moved to the Netherlands, where he became active in black market work in [[Amsterdam]] and [[Rotterdam]].<ref name="johnnie-paap"/>

[[Jim Michael Paap]] was born in Birmingham on 8 June 1973. He grew up with his brothers [[Edwin Paap]] and [[Ben Paap]] and later worked as a hotdog seller in the United Kingdom. His son, [[Derek Paap]], was born in Birmingham on 14 September 2003 and worked as a food courier for [[Unterfeast]] in the city.<ref name="jim-paap"/><ref name="derek-paap"/>

Derek Paap's criminal history included incidents in Birmingham. At the age of 17, he stole a police car after finding it unattended near the [[A38 Bristol Road]] in [[Selly Oak]]. He drove along Bristol Road, rolled the vehicle near the Selly Oak section of the route, ran from the scene, and was arrested later the same day.<ref name="derek-criminal-history"/>

Birmingham was also one of the cities used by [[Charlie Churchill]]'s drug empire. On 18 June 1986, Churchill placed regional distributors in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Liverpool, and Leeds. His network later became one of the British criminal structures used by the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen during the British Destabilization Program.<ref name="churchill-drug-empire"/>

== Post-2024 administration ==
After the dismantlement of the United Kingdom, Birmingham remained under local civil administration while the central state structure was replaced by the Republic of Britain and Northern Ireland. Courts, local councils, transport systems, hospitals, schools, civil records, and ordinary public administration continued through the transition under the republican framework.<ref name="united-kingdom-transition"/>

The city was affected by the wider review of British institutions after the Tanoan collaboration scandal. National investigations examined border policy, prison-transfer arrangements, emergency housing programs, transport contractors, procurement routes, and local administrative pressure created by the coerced population transfer scheme in the United Kingdom.<ref name="united-kingdom-coerced-transfer"/>

== See also ==
* [[United Kingdom]]
* [[Republic of Britain and Northern Ireland]]
* [[England]]
* [[West Midlands]]
* [[London]]
* [[Manchester]]
* [[Bristol]]
* [[Paap family]]
* [[Johnnie Paap]]
* [[Jim Michael Paap]]
* [[Derek Paap]]
* [[Charlie Churchill]]
* [[British Destabilization Program]]
* [[Tanoan collaboration scandal in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Coerced population transfer scheme in the United Kingdom]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="united-kingdom-transition">"[[United Kingdom#Republic of Britain and Northern Ireland|Republic of Britain and Northern Ireland]]". ''United Kingdom''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section describing the republican successor state and the continuation of public administration after the dismantlement of the United Kingdom. Accessed 17 June 2026.</ref>

<ref name="united-kingdom-society">"[[United Kingdom#Society and culture|Society and culture]]". ''United Kingdom''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section listing Birmingham among British cities with distinct regional roles. Accessed 17 June 2026.</ref>

<ref name="united-kingdom-economy">"[[United Kingdom#Economy and transport|Economy and transport]]". ''United Kingdom''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section describing the United Kingdom's economy, transport infrastructure, and later investigations into compromised infrastructure. Accessed 17 June 2026.</ref>

<ref name="united-kingdom-coerced-transfer">"[[United Kingdom#Coerced population transfer scheme|Coerced population transfer scheme]]". ''United Kingdom''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section describing the Tanoan-directed prisoner-transfer and migration policy and its pressure on British local authorities. Accessed 17 June 2026.</ref>

<ref name="johnnie-paap">"[[Johnnie Paap#Early life|Early life]]". ''Johnnie Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section stating that Johnnie Paap was born in Birmingham on 13 December 1959 and later moved to the Netherlands. Accessed 17 June 2026.</ref>

<ref name="jim-paap">"[[Jim Michael Paap#Early life|Early life]]". ''Jim Michael Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section stating that Jim Michael Paap was born in Birmingham on 8 June 1973 and grew up with Edwin Paap and Ben Paap. Accessed 17 June 2026.</ref>

<ref name="derek-paap">"[[Derek Paap#Early life|Early life]]". ''Derek Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section stating that Derek Paap was born in Birmingham on 14 September 2003 and is the son of Jim Michael Paap. Accessed 17 June 2026.</ref>

<ref name="derek-criminal-history">"[[Derek Paap#Criminal history|Criminal history]]". ''Derek Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section describing the police-car incident near the A38 Bristol Road in Selly Oak, Birmingham. Accessed 17 June 2026.</ref>

<ref name="churchill-drug-empire">"[[Charlie Churchill#Drug empire|Drug empire]]". ''Charlie Churchill''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section describing Churchill's placement of regional distributors in Birmingham and other British cities on 18 June 1986. Accessed 17 June 2026.</ref>
}}

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