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Free Republic of Americana:

Government Form: Federal Republic

Demographics:
Humans-50%
Dathu-47%
Aldzir-3%

Population: 750 Million

Planet Name and Description: Columbia's sister world of Roseau Is a tropical world dominated by endless seas and countless islands of various shapes and sizes that dot the landscape.

History: 
The initial colonization was a rough process, many losing their lives in the crash that followed. Once the dust settled, proper colonization had begun. Despite Columbia’s near perfect conditions, the planet hid its own share of peril as the settlers had to contend with dangerous new forms of alien fauna, and the native Dathu, who did not take the presence of the colonists too well. Over the first five decades, the political landscape of Columbia would rapidly change as colonial blocs would form Into nations competing for resources amongst both each other and the Dathu Kingdoms, the top three that emerged the strongest were the New Washington Republic, the Cascadian Federation, and the Nova Angeles Collective. 

By 100 A.C., the nations of both Man and Dathu had finally looked to the stars, the next century marking a new age of space exploration as the Columbian nations would seek the stars once more. Once again, this next great leap would lead to rapid colonization efforts as the nations of Columbia spread through all corners of the Americana System, laying claims to whatever they rock or plot of land that was available. 

By the year 210 A.C., relations between the superpowers had boiled over into violence as the Unification War was declared. A brutal war that would engulf all the Americana System for over a decade. Once the smoke had cleared, the New Washington Republic was one of the few left with enough power to force an end to all hostilities, leading to the signing of the Articles of Unification. By the war’s end, the United Republic of Columbia was born. The next few decades would be seen as a calm before the storm, something that the URC would not be prepared for.

By 260 A.C., Columbia would have first contact with an alien species from the outside, a massive fleet of refugee the ships from now dead Yvaok System, the Yulzan, and their subjects, the Aldzir. The arrival of the Yulzan was understandably met with skepticism and mistrust, however, the Yulzan had insidiously slowly built up the trust of the URC and its people, sharing parcels of their technology as a form of “Goodwill”. Such technology leading to radical medical breakthroughs that improved the lives of both Humans and Dathu alike. Their technology in combination of their imposing appearance and the sheer reverence the Aldzir give them, had led to a quickly growing following among the natives, cults worshiping the Yulzan as Divine figures. All according to plan for the Yulzan, as a portion of the populace grew more devoted to them. Ten years after the Yulzan’s arrival, they made their move and launched a series of attacks on Columba and other offworld holdings. With the support of their existing armies, new devotees, and allies among the weakened and bitter Dathu Nobility, Columbia fell before the Yulzan Ascendancy. 

What was left of the URC’s loyalist forces had fled to Columbia’s sister world of Roseau, marking the beginning of a new war against the Yulzan, a war that would still rage on some decades later.

Culture and Society: The Free Peoples of the Americana System are a diverse, traditional, and liberty-mind sort of people, importing old beliefs and traditions from Old Earth, and adapting and reshaping it on their new home, intergrading values and traditions of their xeno compatriots. They are an industrious, adventurous people who all seek a better tomorrow in their own respective image. While not inherently warlike, the people of Americana are no stranger to war, and are always on the defensive, from the lowly citizens, to the most well-trained of soldiers.  

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Governance and Politics: The Americanan Government is split between Three Branches, the Executive Branch, that being the Office of the FRA Chancellor who is both the Head of the Senate and the Commander-in-Chief of the Republic Armed Forces. One of the many tasks of a Chancellor consist of the creation of Laws, the signing of articles of diplomatic importance such as treaties, to appoint judges for the Interstellar Court and so on.

The Legislative Branch, that of which being the Senate. The Senate's main tasks consist of the passing of laws brought forward by the Chancellor, passing or vetoing Legislation by the Chancellor, and are to give consent to enact a Declaration of War. And finally, there is the Interplanetary Court, who are responsible for the enforcement of the Laws created by the Chancellor and passed then enacted by the Senate. IC Judges are appointed by the Chancellor.

Technology Overview: Americanan technological progress had hit certain bumps during the initial colonization of Columbia, Columbian technology reaching to an old earth level, if lagging behind in certain aspects. The ongoing war against the Yulzan has led to some interesting innovations. Among the first were the Combat Frames, humanoid war machines developed to counter Yulzan mechs, followed by improved medical technologies, directed energy weapons, and weaponized nanotechnology, most of which is still in the development stages as the present.

Military Overview: The combined three hundred year history of the old pre-unification colonial states and the old United Columbian Republic was a turbulent affair, with the interplanetary Unification War forcing a military build not seen since the twilight days of Earth. The years following the war’s conclusion saw major reduction and downsizing in military capacity. At the time, a large military was no longer needed in peacetime, a standing military nonetheless, was needed, just to for safety precautions.  The day the Yulzan attacked and seized Columbia, the newly reorganized Free Americana Armed Forces proceeded with a new mass buildup, preparing for a long, brutal wat against the Yulzan.

Yulzan Ascendancy:

Government Form: Theocratic Empire

Demographics:
Yulzan-1%
Aldzir-25%
Humans-44%
Dathu-30%

Population: 934 Millon

Planet Name and Description: Columbia is an Earth-like world dominated by vast oceans. Thousands of islands both big and small dot its surface and as well hosting several medium-sized continents. Once the heart of the United Columbian Republic, now serves as the throneworld of the Yulzan Ascendancy.

History: The Yulzan's origins can be traced back to the Yvaok System, on their Homeworld Yulzonus. For many centuries, the Yulzan were people of both war and science, often crafting new ways to counter each other, or modifying each other to strengthen themselves, much to their own detriment. Their centuries of internal conflict had reached a fiery conclusion, as a very nearby star had gone supernova, and within the next century, all of the Yvaok System would be engulfed in flames. The last century had been filled with even more conflict as a massive sleeper fleet was being constructed.

Not all of the Yulzan would escape the inferno to come and fought tooth and nail to assure their own survival. The resulting war and extensive modifications made to themselves had led to a massively dwindled population. In a cruel irony, their fight to survive had resulted in a massive genocide of their own making, both the strong and the weak remained in few numbers. 

Once the fleet was completed, what was left of the Yulzan, along with their servants, the Aldzir, had all went into a deep sleep as the ships departed from the Yvaok system. Centuries, maybe even millennium had passed since their departure, all that was known, their home was long gone, all traces of their civilization erased from the face of the galaxy. Only to add to their troubles, the ship systems within the sleeper fleet begun to malfunction, some ships going dark, drifting in the void, others simply veering off into their own path to parts unknown. 

Regardless, the A.I. driving the fleet pressed forward to find a suitable world to call home, and soon they would find it. The sleeper fleet had entered the Americana System, the world known as “Columbia” proving to be an excellent world for the Yulzan to settle.

The only problem of course, was that this system was claimed by another. However, once the leaders had awoken, this was seen as less an obstacle and more an opportunity. The Human colonists, and the native Dathu would prove as useful assets. The Yulzan shared their heartbreaking story to the leaders of the URC, and with much reluctance, were allowed to stay. 

Their plans were set in motion as the Yulzan, piece by piece, shared their technology to the URC, slowly gaining their trust, and soon a following had developed among the people. Humans and Dath alike started seeing them as more then just aliens, but as something truly divine, working in the Yulzan’s favor.

Many other Yulzan had studied the past history of Columbia, the Unification War catching their eye. Despite the dissolution of the Kingdoms of Datheon, the Dathu nobility had been allowed to remain, but their reach, power, and territories that they had before was severely limited by the new government. This festered bitter resentment among the powerless nobles, something that can be used to the Yulzan’s advantage.

Months before the Yulzan’s takeover of Columbia, meetings between the High Ascendants and the various Houses that would hear them out would be arranged, sharing their plans of invasion, and if they were to be successful, with the Houses support, they would be granted their old powers once more. Many took the offer, looking for one last chance to restore the old order of things.

The day came when the Yulzan attacked, their Aldzir and Machine armies marching through the streets, supported by new devotees and the various household guards. Within a few weeks, Columbia fell to the might of the Yulzan Ascendancy, cementing themselves as her new masters. Over two decades have past since that fateful day, the Yulzan continuing their war for dominance for the Americana System.

Culture and Society: For the common citizenry, the Ascendancy focused on devotion and order. Most loyal citizens of the Ascendancy strive to become faithful servants of the Yulzan, and to be worthy one day to ascend and be among with their Gods. Within Yulzan Space, the people are offered two daunting choices, accept the Yulzan as their true Gods, and they will live a life of supposed prosperity and security within the major cities, where all their needs will be met, and all their ails taken care of. The promise of comfort and a better life being a rather insidious ploy to further crush any will to resist the Yulzan’s rule. Those that reject their offer are caste off to the slums and wilderness, forced to survive on their own in squalor.

The Yulzan themselves are much different breed then their devotees. The Yulzan follow a form of Ancestor Worship, and do truly believe themselves to be divine, seeing themselves as gods in the flesh. Long ago, there are few tales that speak that the Yulzan once worshiped a Pantheon, one that soon, they rebelled against. The first among them, the Godslayer, struck down the King of the Gods, the resulting war leading to the Yulzan’s victory, crowning themselves as the most Divine, the Godslayer seen as the most revered of their kind.

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Governance and Politics:The Yulzan Ascendancy is a theocratic state ruled under the High Ascendants. Who both function as the supreme governing body, even among the Yulzan, and central figures of worship by the lower citizens. Below the High Ascendants is the Grand Primarch, a religious and political figure who is responsible for the daily functions of the Ascendancy. Assisting and working under the Primarch are the Council of Precentors, an assembly made up of the most senior members of the Ascendant Church and the Bureaucracy. Under or inbetween of these bodies are the Ministries. Each Ministry has a specific task or role within the Ascendancy, be it handling more mundane affairs, to defense, to law enforcement. The most notable being the Ministry of Inquisition, who are charged with trying and convicting heretics, rebels and criminals. The Ministry of War of course, directs and commands the Janissary Legions and Fleets.

Technology Overview:Shortly after the Yulzan arrived, they offered parcels of their technology to the Columbians, mostly in terms of medical technology, nanotech, gene-therapy, and the sort. In truth these bits of technology were the few that can be easily replicated, the military technology more difficult to recreate in their current conditions, a fact that for a while, was kept from the Columbians. Military wise, the Yulzan make use of varied military drones of various sizes, directed energy weapons, and cloaking technology. 

Military Overview: The Ascendancy’s military is split into two massive branches: The Janissary Legions and the Throne Guard. The Janissaries and Throne Guard, are responsible for both planetary and deep space operations, the “Navy” falling under the jurisdiction of both the Janissaries and Throne Guard, classified as either the Janissary Fleet Command or the Throne Armada. The Janissaries consist of the loyal non-Yulzan forces, Humans, Dathu, and Aldzir. Unlike the Throne Guard, the Legions and Fleet Command are forced to use more lower grade tech equipment and ships on par with the FRA Armed Forces. The Throne Guard however, are the Elite, their ranks filled by the holy warrior caste of the Yulzan, and at their disposable, they command Yulzan Warmachines and ships that have become a rare commodity on the battlefield, and are often held in reserve and are deployed as a last resort.

Humans

The majority population of the Americana System. Unlike most colonies, the humans of Americana have remained for the most part, pure of any drastic, species-altering genetic or cybernetic modifications.

Dathu

Southerner, Northerner, Islander
Native to Columbia, the Dathu are an amphibious species with mammalian traits. The Dathu are an antiquated people with a similar culture to the Middle Ages of Old Earth. Their society ruled by nobles, lords and kings. After the Kingdom of Dathon had dissolved by the end of the Unification War, the Dathu holdings were annexed by the newly established United Columbian Republic. Decades of cultural exchange had led to a new generation of Dathu adapting to human philosophies, much to the distress of the traditionalists. The Dathu are separated into subgroups, the pale Northerners, adaptable Islanders, and the hardy Southerners.

Aldzir

Vaguely insectoid in nature, the Aldzir hailed from the Yvaok System, same as their masters, the Yulzan. The majority of the Aldzir were conquered centuries ago by the Yulzan, serving as foot soldiers in the internal conflicts among the Yulzan Lords in a bid for unification. When the Great Cataclysm scorched the Yvaok System, the Aldzir were spared from extinction along with their masters, having a place in the Grand Sleeper Armada. Looking from afar, one would find it difficult to distinguish between a male and female Aldzir. The females having a slightly thinner build than a male.

Yulzan

An Ancient species hailing from the Yvaok System, the Yulzan stand at average, three meters tall, towering most of the species in Americana. They were and continue to be the masters of exotic sciences, subsects of the species dabbling in cybernetics, nanotech, and in the case of their cousins, the Yyasum, genetic engineering and other biotech. Despite the knowledge they have amassed and how far they’ve advanced, it all came at a dire price. The sheer arrogance of the Yulzan blinded them to their own folly, augmenting themselves over many generations, extending their life span, phasing out certain biological functions. Ceaseless generations of augmentations had resulted in the Yulzan becoming infertile, no longer capable of natural procreation.  They became nothing more than biotechnological machines, forced to maintain their dwindling population through the means of cloning or vat-grown young.
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