Name of nation: Confederatio Benetico
Species: Multiple due to the immigrant nature of the populace, however as of late the prime component is human.
Description of government: A reaction against the centralizing that most other interstellar species undergo, it is similar, though not identical, to a liberal democracy. As all citizens are of immense means, the government has only one responsibilities; secure the rights of its citizens. Therefore, all legislation is passed via referendum, and executive power is invested in the Doge (in conscious imitation of Earth) and the Federal Senate, a 20 man body (one from each planet) which has 10 year terms. The Doge has a lifetime appointment, and is head of state, but only posseses one significant power, that of Commander-in-chief. The head of goverment is the Principe of the Federal Senate, equivalent to the prime minister. The Federal Senate conducts all foreign policy including the decision to go to war. The decision to launch the missiles must be approved by the Doge and the Principe, or by 8 members of the Federal Senate.
Description of military: The military consists of only two branches, the Strategic and the Tactical Commands.
The Strategic Command is the main focus of the military. It comprises all the missiles silos, all the stealth ships, and capital ships, each of which carry the two weapons of mass destruction, generally named Catalyst and Quark bombs. Catalyst bombs are variable yield. By adding more catalyst, electron decay of the target is accelerated, from a large number of tactical weapons capable of destroying a ship to a small number strategic weapon capable of destroying a clustered fleet (with all electrons decayed in rapid fashion, the nuclei mutually repel and blast at rapid speed, blasting tactical levels of catalyst with them into other ships. Quark bombs are far more destructive, far more expensive and exceedingly rare. They contain strangelets, which convert all matter they touch into the more stable strange configuration, turning whole planets into incredibly dense, hot lumps.
The Tactical Command comprises all lesser ships, planetary defenses, and ground forces.
In general, the navy is extremely potent but small. In a general war with a large civilization, it would lose.
Technological Overview: With its low population, only 100,000, the society is heavily automated. Soldiers are robotic, ships are fully automated (with a small staff of officers giving grand stategic direction or a manual override) (WIP)
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History: WIP
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