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[i]Name:[/i] The Unitary Supreme Kingdom of Makhinas (commonly abbreviated as [b]USKM[/b]) 
[i]National Emblem:[/i]The royal crest of the Bur-Hina line 
[i]Population:[/i] ~900,000,000 
[i]Head of State:[/i] Her August Majesty Queen (or [i]Pad[/i]) Ámahaçal Bur-Hina VI 
[i]Speaker of the Parliament:[/i] Beig Hém Dasi II 
[i]Government:[/i] Demi-executive parliamentary monarchy 
 [hider=Government] The government is structured around the demi-executive monarchy which is 
	checked by a parliament. Despite their popular image as cosmopolitan 
	merchants, the Makhina are still only beginning a reluctant experiment with 
	liberalism. Indeed, less than 100 years ago the planet was convulsed by a 
	brutal civil war between Royalists and Populists whose scars are still healing. 
	The result of the conflict was a victory for the Royalist party--however, the Queen, 
	in an act of propitiation towards the still incensed populace, deigned to defer some 
	part of her powers to a legislative body, which eventually became the Atlas 
	Parliament. Their relationship remains uneasy, at best. 
	The monarchy is an ancient and puissant tradition to the Yagbu species. Allegedly, 
	the royal line is descended from Yuhanó, the son of the union between the goddess 
	Yambalaç and the Blind-Wander-King, who led his disparate race in their shuffling 
	across the dunes. Yuhanó purportedly cured the Yagbu of their blindness and was 
	anointed as the King-Made-God. The royal traditional still smacks of ritual 
	to the pious Yagbu, and the monarch is venerated as the vessel of the 
	beneficence of Yambalaç. However, extensive contact with other worlds has cooled 
	the fervor of most Yagbu, and the notion of God-King or God-Queen is one that is 
	gradually, if surreptitiously, falling out of favor. 
	The seat of government is the palace-city of Makhina, located in the more clement, 
	and partially terraformed northern hemisphere of the planet. It is a planned city, 
	designed around the celebration of the moons, which is the Yambalaçi aspect. 
	The Lunar Fastness, thus, is the royal residence, and is said to be of a nigh 
	unparalleled grandeur--though certainly the Emperor would wholeheartedly desist. [/hider]

[i]Description:[/i] [hider=Description] A small territorial power with far reaching commercial consequence, the USKM sits at a critical junction between Covenant space and Duchy territory. 
 For centuries, the USKM has been known as a shrewd and successful trading power, their merchants creeping their way into every nook and cranny 
 of the galaxy. Though it may not be a martial empire, the USKM has assuredly built a commercial hegemony in which all nations are fiefdoms. 
 Despite the earnest warnings of its best military advisors, the USKM, however, has never insured this vast trade network with an equally puissant 
 martial force. Their military is, at best, bare-bones; and the USKM, despite a past patchworked with internal conflict--vast planetary empires, subjugation,
 genocide--they are not desirous of territorial conquest. Rather, they use their voluminous wealth as an impetus for further commercial growth, as a means 
 to fuel massive terraforming and industrial projects, and to bolster its trade fleet. The military, in the face of such things, is but a trifle.
 Thus, it fell rather easily to the invading All-Party force. In a manner of days, the force smashed the pitiful resistance of the USKM and walked past the threshold 
 of the Lunar Fastness, capturing the Queen and her household in her apartments, and eventually consolidating the rest of the royal family and Parliament. 
 In the eyes of the Yagbu, the transorganics had committed the ultimate sacrilege: stepped foot upon the hallowed sands of Makhina, the same ground upon which
 the lunar goddess Yambalaç had birthed Yuhanó from the seed of the Blind-Wander-King, where Huali had shaped their people from three grains of ozí rice--a privilege
 reserved only for members of the Yagbu race. Without out any other course, Queen Ámahaçal capitulated to Covenant occupation. However, the monarchy was restored 
 by the Covenant, in an effort to make it appear to the outside that the USKM had joined the Covenant of their own volition and were providing subsidies to the war effort--an
 act of propaganda. The Covenant continues to control the UKSM as a puppet government, and maintains a large occupying force. They have consolidated Hanapa's
 Hanapa's shipyards, and all the while use the planet itself as a staging ground for their thrusts into Duchy space. However, surreptitiously, an underground resistance 
 movement is beginning to be kindled, and soon will set the desert ablaze. [/hider] 
 
[i]Capital Planet:[i] [b]Makhina[/b]
 [i]A planet dominated by the endless Tchanu Desert, a vast expanse of dune, 
	 tableland, scrub, volcanic plain, tamarisk fields, and salt pan, unbroken save for shallow 
	 endorheic lakes, The planet is reserved for members of the Yagbu species 
	 only--trespass by foreigners is a heinous crime, punishable by death. Principal city is the 
 eponymous metropolis and center of government, Makhina.[/i]
[i]Satellites:[/i] [b]Inoké[/b] 
 [i]The largest of Makhina's two satellites, Inoké is the principal commercial mechanism for the USKM, 
 serving as the port-of-call for all incoming and outbound trade vessels as well as the home of all 
 non-Yagbu residents of the USKM. Other than Yagbu, Inoké has massive expatriate communities, 
 mostly wealthy tradespeople and corporate moguls. Especially large is the community of augmented
 humans. The moon was heavily terraformed, making it overabundantly verdant and tropical. A number
 of foreign cultivars have been introduced to the moon to great success.
 The chief city, Isé-of-the-Waters, sits upon the titanic artificial Lake Bhampa, from which all of the moon's rivers 
 draw their source.[/i] 
 [b]Hanapa[/b] 
 [i]A glorified lunar industrial complex, the engine 
	 which fuels the USKM trade enterprise. Gas and mineral mines, large manufacturing
	 centers, shipyards, and even terraformed farm land dot its surface. Though the 
	 planet itself produces the lucrative and ubiquitous foodstuff of Makhins, ozí
	 rice, without the larger scale operations of Hanapa, the commercial might of 
	 the USKM would have been nipped in the bud early on.[/i]
[i]Species:[/i] The Yagbu 
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 [hider=Physiognomy][i]Physiognomy:[/i] The Yagbu's outward physiognomy is surprisingly similar to human beings--however, their internal makeup differs greatly. Firstly, they have the remarkable capability of retaining water through a collection of four internal pouches called [i]yama[/i]--an incredibly useful and obviously adaptive trait that allows them to 
 thrive in a massive desert with scarcely any potable water sources. The glands of the [i]yama[/i] collect the waters from any solid food sources that are consumed, and
 certainly from any liquids, processes them, and retains them. Studies have shown that, with a stable food source, the Yagbu could live their entire lifetimes without drinking 
 a drop of water, and often do. Additionally, the incredibly smooth skin of the Yagbu does not excrete perspiration, retaining even more moisture. However, because of this, 
 and despite their incredibly adaptations to their endemic climate, the Yagbu easily overheat. Thus, their dwellings are often deep underground. 
 The Yagbu display sexual dimorphism, with the females having darker skin, lighter eyes, flatter ears, greater height, and generally rounder proportionality than their male 
 counterparts. However, unlike other humanoid races, the Yagbu species has a third gender: [i] makati [/i]. They are not totally sentient, but do definitively have Yagbu DNA. They are seen as life-givers, minor gods, and are venerated in shrines and temples. Yagbu males and females are naturally sterile, and require a third party, the makati, to fertilize the female ovum and the male sperm. The female, thus, does not bear the pains of childbirth often encountered in other humanoid species. Rather, the makati gestates and births the fetus--up to 10 at a time. [NEEDS MORE EXPLANATION. COMING SOON: MORE ON YAGBU BIOLOGY, LANGUAGE, CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND HISTORY][/hider]

[i]USKM Military[/i] 

[b]Ground Divison[/b] 
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[hider=USKM Winged Captain][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/nervelanguage/Dreaded_Purple_by_Shimmering_Sword_zpsf6ade3d7.jpg[/IMG][/hider] 
[hider=USKM Sappeur][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/nervelanguage/red_lightning_legionnaire_by_shimmering_sword-d38sz7d_zpsd8773ac2.jpg[/IMG][/hider] 
[hider=USKM Heavy Winged Trooper] [IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/nervelanguage/medium_power_armor_by_shimmering_sword-d30wsf5_zps4d2fde37.jpg[/IMG][/hider] 
[hider=USKM Winged Echo Corps] [IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/nervelanguage/Mass_Element_by_Shimmering_Sword_zps0e2dc938.jpg[/IMG][/hider] 
[hider=USKM Intrepid Guard (Royal Household Guard)][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/nervelanguage/Last_Man_Standing_by_Tabnir_zpsd72e4928.jpg[/IMG][/hider] 
[hider=USKM Echoblade Corps][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/nervelanguage/elemental_perseverance_by_shimmering_sword-d6dsyye_zpscd7f83be.jpg[/IMG][/hider] 
[hider=USKM Mechanized Infantry][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/nervelanguage/iieie_zps11bbc5e5.jpg[/IMG][/hider] 
[b]Space Division[/b] 
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[hider=USKM Orbital Fighter] [IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/nervelanguage/fighter_3d_commission_by_adamkop-d6owxm7_zps8ba2b3c0.jpg[/IMG][/hider] 
[hider=The HPAM Keímas][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/nervelanguage/paladin_battleship_by_vattalus-d6smnk2_zps219b33c9.jpg[/IMG][/hider]

I'm going to be updating this tomorrow with a LOT more information. More on Yagbu biology, culture, history, society, and language, as well as an explanation of the Makhinas military, as well as some concept images to give you all an idea of how some of the locations appear (especially Inoke). However, I am just too tired tonight to finish this, but would like to put it out in the playing field and let you guys work with a little bit before I fill out more of the details and empty spaces in between. Sorry for the kind of truncated post but I hope that at least gives you an idea of the USKM and how you can work them into the setting.