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@PolybiusDouble posting, but I wanted to make sure you saw. I've added some brief mention of the war with the Llyr Empire, and the Golgothan civil war, though due to the policies of the old Noerfaen Imperial Government, and the small size of the nation, they remained uninvolved except for acting as a neutral trading hub.
The United Noerfaen Commune
"Peace Through Equality."
Ülemveebel(Representative) Sten Illar - The Commune's representative to the Galactic Council
Vanemmaat(Director of the Commune) Timo Oja - Head of State for the Commune
Vanemmaat(Director of the Commune) Timo Oja - Head of State for the Commune
The Noerfaen Solar System is comprised of 6 planets, 3 of which are habitable by the Noerfaen species, and are thus included as Commune Territory. Of the three planets, the planet closest to the sun is Noerfae, the homeworld of the Noerfaen species, and the capital of the Commune. It acts as a trade and government hub, with spaceports constantly buzzing with activity, and a planetwide city providing shelter for many of the Noerfaen species. Reconstruction following the Great Revolution has brought stability and jobs to a world formerly rife with looting, riots, and mass protests. The second world is Heigo, named after the Noerfaen astronomer that discovered the world millennia ago. This world acts as the agricultural center of the Commune, supplying the three worlds with food, crop-based products, and other similar goods. Heigo was relatively unscathed during the Great Revolution, as there was minimal government presence, and thus the residents simply transitioned from one ruling group to the next with minimal protest. The new economic system brought by the Commune has provided more food to be shared among the residents of Heigo, with replication technology routinely being used to help supplement crop growth. The final world is Viljar, again named after a famous astronomer. Viljar is unique in that its sole permanent residents are machines. As a manufacturing world, Viljar is prone to intense pollution. Unable to inhibit or stop the effects, the Noerfaens simply banned permanent residence on the surface, fully automating the manufacturing process, and building space stations in orbit, for cargo and transport vessels to pick up and ship out the produced goods. Occasional environment suit-garbed teams of mechanics and computer engineers are sent down to the surface for maintenance work, and have a 99% rate of safe return. During the Great Revolution, Commune soldiers were forced to detonate explosives in parts of Viljar's megafactories, in attempts to halt the production of weapons by the tyrannical government. These damages have since been repaired, but stigma still remains about the reliability of the machines in these sectors.
The Noerfaens have been a spacefaring race for quite a while, but have not strayed from their solar system in any large numbers as of yet, primarily due to their government history. For as long as documented history can record, the Noerfaen race had been united under one banner, ruled by an Imperial government under control of the Czetzer, with the most recent one being Rait Ruutli, a tyrannical despot bent on cruelty and oppression. The Imperial government had a stern belief in focusing on internal politics, while remaining neutral to the outside galaxy, acting as a trade hub for both sides of any major conflict. The Imperial government also saw both the Llyr Empire and the Golgothan Mandate as too large a threat for the small empire to combat, and thus saw staying uninvolved as the smarter option. This belief allowed the Imperial government to focus solely on the internal workings of Noerfaen society, which led to the small aristocratic ruling class controlling much of the wealth and resources, and an impoverished mass of overworked low-class citizens growing increasingly dissatisfied with their position in life. The Imperial government had sought to keep the Noerfaen uninvolved in galactic politics, avoiding war with the Llyr Empire, and the following Golgothan civil war, instead operating as a neutral trading hub, while also violently oppressing their own citizens. A group of Noerfaen wished to see Ruutli removed, and a more open government established, and formed the Citizen's Commune, a revolutionary group dedicated to the average citizen, with the belief that nobility and royalty should be abolished. Seeking allies for the inevitable civil war, Czetzer Ruutli sought to negotiate a peace treaty between the Outer Alliance and the Golgothans, but this ended in disaster. The Czetzer was assassinated, with the Commune taking credit, but the assailant believed by some to be a Golgothan. With the Czetzer dead, the Imperial government struggled to maintain control as the Commune grew in power and influence, and after a series of failed appeasements, a harsh civil war now known as the Great Revolution broke out. The Citizen's Commune managed to defeat the Empire, abolishing the nobility. After 2 grueling years of work, the Citizen's Commune would reform the government into the United Noerfaen Commune, expressing a firm belief in fairness across both the Noerfaen worlds, and the galaxy. This new government would soon apply for admission in the Galactic Council, and after being accepted would take to the international stage. The Commune is very outspoken against war, but has offered non-military support to the Galactic Council's security members in the fight against the Golgothan Mandate remnants, though they remain skeptical of Severis Velian's claims of peace following the defeat of the Mandate.
The primary species of the Noerfaen Commune are Noerfaen. Roughly about 1.8 meters tall for most members of the species, with an average weight of 85 kilograms, the Noerfaen are a basic bipedal, two-armed species, though their origins seem more reptilian than mammalian, With a snout-shaped face, a forked tongue, and spinal ridges that trace from the crown of their head all the way down to the end of a swishing tail. The Noerfaen have scale-textured skin, with five claw-tipped digits on their hands and feet.
The Commune is rarely a permanent home for other species, and as such there are not significant numbers of minorities. However, those that do exist, thanks to the encouraged belief in equality expressed by the Commune, are treated just the same as any other citizen, provided their documents are in order.
The Commune is rarely a permanent home for other species, and as such there are not significant numbers of minorities. However, those that do exist, thanks to the encouraged belief in equality expressed by the Commune, are treated just the same as any other citizen, provided their documents are in order.
The Noerfaen Commune operates on a simple principle of fair treatment for all beings. Those who contribute more effort and work to society are rewarded appropriately, while those who need extra aide due to disabilities are provided with such. Mistreatment of those in need, abuse of minorities, and war for discriminatory reasons are all things the Commune openly speaks against. While they acknowledge the need for regulation of such technology, the Commune expresses concern about the current method of restricting FTL travel, seeing the potential for warp gates to be manipulated into tools of discrimination or hate.
In the Commune, actual currency is only used to barter with outside entities, such as foreign governments and businesses, visiting off-world traders, and other such cases. On the Commune worlds, all residents from the beginning of adulthood are assigned a finance account and serial number. This account houses credits given for completion of successful work tasks, and is deducted from when payment is necessary for a good or service. Those unable to work due to disability or age have credits paid to them bi-weekly, based on their previous record of task completion, or those of their caretaker/relative if they have never been able to work. Noerfaen leaving the Commune have the ability to withdraw their current credit balance as currency for one or more foreign nations.
The Noerfaen military primarily consists of ground troops and a small Navy. As the Great Revolution was a recent event, the military is primarily composed of trained revolutionary fighters, with the leadership consisting of converted officers from the old military, and as such are more suited to guerrilla warfare and skirmish tactics, both in space and on worlds. The Noerfaen have no expressed wishes for conquest, and regularly speak out against unwarranted expansionism in the international community.
OOC note: I figured, as a single solar system, they'd be a smaller nation, and possibly not even be on the map. I dunno, your call GM