Name of nation: The Eternal Union
Species:
Iscandarian
The Iscandarians are a humanoid species, there average strength and height is about that of the humans. The Iscandarians appearance has a wide variety of colors. Hair and eyes can be anything across the spectrum. Their skin usually is a more white color, with a few rare individuals having silver skin, and their skin noticeable veins, that flow with colors. These colors represent their unique ability, magic, flowing through there veins. There are 4 types of Iscandarians, each with different abilities with magic.
The first type is the Earthen. The Earthen cannot tap into magic directly, but do have a strong affinity to plants and animals, and tend to have a lot more strength then the other types. They tend to be farmers and laborers; however there is a few well known Earthen Philosophers and scientists. Another thing of note is that the colors flowing through there vein tend to be green and darker colors, however they can still have any color flowing through there veins.
The second type is the Sentinels. Much like the Earthen they cannot tap into magic directly, however they also are unique physically as they each possess a large pair of white wings, often said by other races to be angelic. Normally these wings would not be enough to carry them, however there magical talent lets them fly with these, and fast to. They can also manipulate the weather of the worlds they are on. They are typically warriors, and also manipulate the weather for farmers.. They veins usually flow with a more cloudy white and blue, but like others they can be any color.
The Casters are the third type. They can tap into magic directly, and are important as there spells allow them to defend the empire, and help farmers with fertilization and water. They are the scientists, diplomats, and bureaucrats of the Union, and also serve the roles of battlemages and Archmages, Archmages being Casters of great magical ability. Their veins typically flow with the colors of silver, pure glowing white, and sometimes rainbow, although rarely.
The final are the Immortals. These are a combination of all 3 types, and there abilities are greater than that of any 3. They are created when someone is thought to have committed deeds that go above and beyond. They are called the Immortals as they are biologically immortal, however they can still be killed, but it is more difficult to do so. Another important part is that the Immortals also become the leaders of the Union, as the Princesses or Princes, and are considered Demi-Gods in the eyes of most due to their power being considered a representation of the Goddess that all Iscandarians worship.
Gamilas
The Gamilas are a warrior race, they are humanoid. Iscandarian beliefs dictate that the Gamilas were created by the same Goddess that created the Iscandarians. They have magic similar to that of the Iscandarians, but cannot tap into it directly and don’t have the same veins as the Iscandarians. They are an avian-species, with feathers covering their body. The colorings vary, but the patterns are similar to that of Human Mythical Griffons. They have wings, but they are not as fast as the Sentinels, and there magical talent is there great speed, strength, and the ability to fight. There homeworld, named Corus Prime, is a sister world to Alas Prime, the homeworld of the Iscandarians.
Description of government: Absolute Theocratic Monarchy
The Eternal Union is led by Princesses and Princesses, which are the Immortals. The Union does have freedoms though, and it technically doesn’t describe itself as a monarchy. There are elections, but the Prince and Princesses and the power to dissolve these institutions at any time. The Freedoms can best be described as those in the US bill of rights, but they are much more strongly held onto due to Iscandarian beliefs.
Description of military: The Eternal Union’s military is heavily focused on a defensive doctrine, and it originally was a small forced. However after meeting and annexing the Gamilas, it evolved into a medium-sized force. They have agreed that peace is still preferable, but if necessary they will use their military for peace-keeping. The Eternal Union’s military prefers fast heavy hitting weapons and lasers, along with a few AoE weapons. Due to magic being a nice shortcut it us combined with technology, dubbed magitech, and is effective. Even there FTL is magic based. The grounds forces use augmented forces, with both cybernetics and genetic modification, along with non-augmented forces, and a large air-force for support. So called Synths are also used, which are creatures of both Cybernetic and Genetic engineering. There is also usage of a highly encrypted comm channel for most military operations.
Ground forces mainly use magic, explosive, and mass accelerators(Think ME weapons). While the space forces use energy, magic, explosive, and rail-guns.
Technological Overview: As mentioned the Eternal Unions heavily uses Magitech. Magitech is the combination of magic and technology, and allows for seamless and easy interaction between the two. Magitech can be found everywhere, and is even used in cybernetics and energy generation. The Eternal Union also has made lots of progress on the fronts of genetic modification, as well as cybernetic augmentation. They have also combined the two to form Synths, which are quite deadly. They are also good at terraforming, mainly with magic, and while they do not have the best weapons there shielding tech is thought to be some of the greatest in the galaxy.
The Eternal Union is quite advanced, and due to their culture and ideology continue to progress.
Cultural Overview:
The culture of the Eternal Union focuses on a few specific ideals, harmony, peace, liberty, and freedom. While the other 3 are obvious, harmony is defined as the state of little to no problems, no conflict, and eternal peace. This is what the Eternal Union wishes to work towards, a utopia. Combined with magic the Eternal Union is well on to this path, as with magic they can easily harvest and farms lots of food, eliminating the need to charge for such things. A majority of these ideals, and what their culture is centered around comes from the Solar Church, there religion.
The Solar Church believes in one goddess, she is referred to by 4 names. The Eternal Mother, the Guardian or Goddess of Harmony, and Faust. Most followers refer to her as the Eternal Mother, as she is thought to be eternal, and that she treats the Iscandarians and Gamilas, who she created, as her children. She was thought to have risen from Stardust, and that she created the Iscandarians and Gamilas with Stardust, thus inspiring the popular phrase “From Stardust we come, to Stardust we fall”. Another belief is that everything is from Stardust, and that everything is eternal and must become Eternal. As such burials are conducted by launching the dead into a Star, thus returning them to Stardust. Before space era these burials were conducted by burning the body and that putting the ashes in a ceremonial urn, which was then launched into the sky by a special spell, and later it would contact a star. Of note is that Faust, in their bible at least, said that the Iscandarians would guide all sentient to a Union of Harmony under one flag, and that to do so the Iscandarians need to ascend. As such they are fine with augmentation and rapid progress as it is necessary for ascension in the eyes of the Solar Church.
Most Eternal Union citizens also follow the Solar Church, even with the right to freedom of religion. The reason is that while no other religions are discriminated against, the State endorses it, and uses it to maintain the Union under a single common doctrine and culture.
History: The Iscandarians had a relatively peacefully history. There was little conflict, and from the beginning the Solar Church was dominate. Its doctrine and ideology were appealing, and were it thrived little, if any crime, existed. The society was very prosperous.
When the Industrial Era came about, or as its was also known the Magitech era, due to the sudden rise of it, a Caster by the name of David managed to unite all Iscandarians under one banner, the banner of the Eternal Union. He became the first immortal, and when he did those around them described a light coming down, and guiding him to his ascension. Immortals under the system led this Eternal Union. Later a Sentinel by the name of Aaliyah invented some of the first forms of space travel, and guided the civilization to the discovery of the Gamilas. She was crowned as the second Immortal.
The Gamilas when found were a very warring civilization. They were close to destroying themselves via atomic weapons. The advanced Iscandarians intervened and stopped them. While they resented this as the Iscandarians disarmed them and forced peace, the Iscandarians sent missionaries, and overtime they curbed there warring nature. They were brought into the Eternal Union.
The rest of the Eternal Union was rapid advancement of technologies, as well as expansion. Two more Immortals were crowned, the Earthen Orion for a live-saving cure to a deadly magical disease, and a Caster named Adeline for a massive contribution that was the FTL system currently used.. At current they have 606 ships, divided into fleets of 101, and are spread across 19 planets. They have so far deemed themselves alone, but they will be proven wrong…