Still a WIP, but it's a start.

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[b]Faction Name:[/b] 
The Evening Star Confederacy

[b]Faction Government:[/b] 
The government of the Evening Star Confederacy is democratically elected, and is a unique combination of authoritarianism and egalitarianism. There is universal suffrage among all citizens and citizenship is extended to almost all peoples living within the Confederacy, which even includes sentient Artificial Intelligences. All elected officials are voted in through the popular vote via preferential voting, so that the will of the people is what allows individuals to serve in such lofty positions. The head of state is the Supreme Protector, who serves four-year terms and is limited to two terms, while the major legislative body is the National Assembly whose members serve six years and whose term limits on imposed by the city they represent. However, despite such an egalitarian system in place the government has an immense measure of control over the people, though much of the power is handed off to the individual city governments. The government is allowed to do what it must for the good of the state, even things such as the imposing of limits on births and the forced sterilization of those who fail to comply and the appropriation of private property. The only real limits on the power of the government is that which is lied down in the Constitution, but those limits exist predominantly to prevent the system from evolving into a dictatorship. Of course there institutions which exist to prevent government officials from abusing their power, and the punishment for corruption on even the lowest level is death, but there is no system which is free of corruption.

[b]Territory/Claims:[/b] 
The Evening Star Confederacy exists solely on and around the planet Venus, with the majority of its 'territory' being composed of the several hundred aerostat cities. Each one is an amazing thing: a tremendous city of several hundreds of thousands floating through the thick atmosphere of Venus. But no less impressive are the settlements on the surface, though 'settlements' is hardly an apt description for them. They are more like penal colonies where prisoners are forced to repay their doubt through hard labour, typically mining as there is little else to do on the harsh Venusian surface. But other than these there are a few Confederate stations, habitats, and military bases in orbit around Venus.

[b]Culture:[/b] 
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[b]History:[/b] 
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[b]Technology:[/b] 
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[b]Military:[/b] 
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