After the Geneva Peace Accords, York became the capital of a war-weary, humiliated Britain under Ed Miliband. York quickly became known as a capital where little was accomplished, and where major decisions were made by the Soviet "political attache." York was placed under martial law in 2008, and remained so after the war. This was primarily due to the massive wave of protests against the government, led by Nick Griffin, and later against the Soviet occupation.