Kornati

Kornati was a planet in the Talbott Quadrant of the Star Empire of Manticore, the sole inhabitable world of the Split System.
== History ==
Kornati was originally colonized by settlers of mainly Central European and Balkan heritage, who named their planet after a Croatian archipelago on Old Earth. The colony evolved into a poor star nation whose political system was controlled by a group of oligarchs which resembled the Republic of Haven's legislaturalists.
In the early 1920s PD, a large majority of the Kornatian population voted in favor of a willing annexation by the Star Kingdom of Manticore, in order to keep the Solarian League's Office of Frontier Security from taking control of the area. A former Kornatian member of Parliament, Agnes Nordbrandt, led the so-called Freedom Alliance of Kornati (FAK) into a brutal terrorist campaignThis campaign was secretly supported by the OFS and Manpower Incorporated. aimed at deposing the existing government and preventing the annexation. ()
After ratifying the annexation at the Constitutional Convention on the planet Flax, Kornati became a member world of the Star Empire of Manticore; all its inhabitants became Manticoran citizens, and subjects to Manticoran Imperial law. ()
== Government and politics ==
In the early 1920s PD, Kornati had a planetary parliament which the National Redemption PartyThe NRP was founded and lead by Agnes Nordbrandt until she founded the FAK. and the Reconciliation PartyThe KRP was lead by Vuk Rajkovic around 1920 PD., were part of. The leader of the executive branch was the Planetary President, while his or her Vice President was the leader of the opposition. ()
Bernardus Van Dort stated that Kornatian society was originally quite democratic, with strong civil rights. In the 80 or so years prior to the Constitutional Convention, the economy stagnated, the underclasses swelled in number and the system came to be dominated by a caste of oligarchs, most notably represented by the Kornatian Democratic Centralist Party and the Social Moderate Party. The ruling class had little interest in sharing political or economic power with the lower classes, or providing the investment needed for economic growth. ()
The Parliament was unicameral and made up of elected Deputies. There were various standing committees and special committees. The Standing Committee for Constitutional Law was empowered to vote out a motion of impeachment against the Planetary President, after which the Parliament as a whole would vote. This presumably applied also to Cabinet secretaries and other officials.
== Military ==
The military force of Kornati was called the Kornatian Defense Forces. The commanding officer held the rank of General. ()
== Notable Kornatians ==
* Agnes Nordbrandt, leader of both the NRP and the FAK
* Vuk Rajkovic, leader of the Reconciliation Party and Vice President around 1920 PD
* Aleksandra Tonkovic, President until 1921 PD
: See here for a list of known Kornatians.
== References ==
Category:Planets
Category:Manticoran Planets
Category:Star nations
Category:Star Empire of Manticore
Category:Kornati
Category:Talbott Cluster