Federation of Lanua

The Federation of Lanua is a federation of Outer Colonies planets and moons, concentrated around the Doggerbank System. Named after the region of space it's situated in, the planet of Doggerland achieved independence following the loss of contact with surrounding UEG and UNSC forces in the region due to the Human-Covenant War. Over the course of the 2540s, exploration teams were sent out, discovering other colonies that had also lost contact with the UNSC, uniting to form a strong economic and political alliance. 
By 2553, the Federation included 10 worlds, with a total population of just 93 million people, when contact was reestablished with the UNSC. Whilst not pleased that the region had declared independence, the remoteness of the sector in regards to the new colonial frontier, and the stretched resources of the UNSC, meant that Lanua was able to continue as a free nation, outside of the UNSC's reach. The 2550s for the Federation included the expansion into several more planets, and the establishment of diplomatic relations with both the Theban Commonwealth and the Commonwealth of New South Wales. The onset of the 2560s and the Created Crisis has led to a realisation within the Federation that they need to protect themselves from outside threats, and have begun an expansion of their military and the strategic goal of finding new allies, in the fractured and isolated realm of the Outer Colonies.
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==History==
Founded in 2476, the Doggerbank System was colonised by colonists of Dutch origin, from the planet of New Amsterdam. Finding its feet fast as a world rich in titanium and silver, by 2499 it had grown to the two other habitable planets in the system, New Utrecht and Julianna. New Utrecht found itself as the new hub for the system, as its lush environment and obvious advantages (being the closest planet to the La Grange slipspace point) ensured it expanded at a much faster rate. By 2520, the system had a population of 18 million people, which would only grow as the Human-Covenant War began.
On the outer edges of the Outer Colonies, yet not so far as to be considered abandoned, the Doggerbank System was on the opposite end of the Covenant's offensives through humanity's colonies. This however meant that she would take on an astounding amount of refugees from other planets, leading to a huge inflation of the population. As the 2530s moved on, the Covenant edged closer to Doggerland, and the small UNSC forces in-system prepared for a final stand, but it never came.
The Covenant were not interested in pursuing any human remnants into that area of the Outer Colonies until they had dealt with the main force of humanity, and as such left that region of space for later attacks. This had the effect of cutting off Doggerbank from outside contact, and by 2540 they believed that the UNSC had fallen and they were alone. This did not perturb the planetary government, however, and sent out exploration teams to neighbouring systems, where they found that the Albadore and Brotonis Systems had also been bypassed. Assuming the worst, in 2542 the three systems united to form the Federation of Lanua, a disorganised collective of space-states that had a united foreign and defence policy, but operated as independent worlds domestically.
The new government of the Federation were determined to find other surviving human colonies, and pushed forward into the unknown regions to find other colonies that had survived, such as the Curacao System in 2549. They halted expansion with the inclusion of Curacao into Lanua, as they heard rumours that the UNSC was still fighting, albeit losing badly, and so they began to prepare their defences for what they thought would be a renewed Covenant offensive.
In 2552, however, the Covenant would be defeated on the cusp of victory, as Lanua finally reestablished contact with the UNSC. Admittedly the UNSC were quite displeased with the idea of another independent nation free from their control, however with the resurgence of an Insurrection that was determined more than ever to win their freedom, and the incursion of Covenant remnant factions into former UNSC territory, the United Earth Government (which took over from the UNSC's wartime governance) would ignore the peaceful conglomerate of nations that didn't seem to wish the UEG any more harm. 
Whilst this acceptance of their existence would be tested with Lanua's expansion into the Lifte and Gelderland Systems, relations had cooled somewhat by 2556, when the two signed a mutually-cooperative trade treaty, and opened a UEG consulate in Lanua's capital city, New Batavia. They also attempted to create a relationship with the Commonwealth of New South Wales and the Theban Commonwealth, with some success with the latter, but icy ignorance from the former. This would change, however, with the Created Crisis. 
Cortana's uprising and the fracturing of UEG territory meant that Lanua once again found itself on its own, as they shored up defences once again for a perceived attack that would never come. As Cortana's short-lived domain fell apart in 2560, Lanua would send an envoy to the previously distant Commonwealth of New South Wales, where they re-evaluated their relationship. By 2562, the two nations signed the Curacao Accord with the Ectanus Command, solidifying a beneficial trade treaty and creating strong ties with the two other remnant nations. 2563 would be the defining year of Lanua post-Created Crisis. Meeting with the Commonwealth and Ectanus on the planet of Cilicia, they would sign the Treaty of Cilicia, a mutual-defence agreement that would later act as the basis for the creation of a military alliance later that year, to be discussed and organised on the planet Gateway.
They would sign the Glasslands Declaration, securing their claims in the war and founding the Glasslands Defence Initiative, a military and defensive pact between the three of them to secure their borders and come to their aid in time of war. The treaty also led to the creation of the Organisation of Human Nations, a forum for nations in the Outer Colonies to gather and diplomatically discuss foreign agenda. The first Secretary-General of the organisation would be a Lanuan, former head of the secretive Bureau of Ordnance Disposal (Lanua's intelligence organisation) Robert Malhenny.
As of 2569, the Federation is a stable, prosperous nation in space. Whilst not as economically powerful and as expansive as the Ectanus Command, or as militarily geared as the Commonwealth, they are nonetheless an important part of the GDI and as such will play an important role in the Outer Colonies in the years to come.
==Government==
==Territory==
===Doggerbank System ===
The Doggerbank System is the economic, political and judicial capital of the Federation. With three habitable planets (Doggerland, New Utrecht & Julianna), it is the most populous system in the Federation, with 38 million people. There are also several moons in the system, which serve as shipbuilding yards and large mining complexes. The planet New Utrecht is also the location of the Federation's secretive Bureau of Ordnance Disposal, Lanua's equivalent to the Office of Naval Intelligence. They are the nucleus of the Doggerbank Autonomous Republic within the Federation.
===Albadore System===
The Albadore System is the Federation's military capital, with the military's main fleet base, dockyards, factories and military training camps and institutes located on the two habitable planets in the system, Anchor and Maastricht. It is also a tourist hotspot, with tropical coastlines and a huge coral reef on Anchor several thousand square kilometres in size. It has a population of 23 million, with the majority living on New Maastricht. The capital city of the system is Earlenberg, and they make up the Albadore Autonomous Republic within the Federation.
===Brotonis System===
A system within the Tropicale Autonomous Republic, Brotonis contains four planets and moons habited by Lanuan citizens, and a privateer base, operated by the Daniella Group. With 20 million citizens spread across the system. Due to the small size of the planet's population, it is joined by the Curacao System, a system of roughly equal size. The planets are mostly tropical environments and archipelagos, hence the Tropicale in the name of the autonomous republic it is located within. The system's economy is mostly stimulated by the large reserves of Helium-3 on the moon Jimala, which is sold to domestic and inter-galactic corporations.
===Curacao System===
The Curacao System is the capital system in the Tropicale Autonomous Republic, due to its strategic importance. With a single habitable planet, it has a population of 14.5 million people. Curacao has a very diverse environment, with snow-capped mountain ranges, large deserts, lush jungles and grassy plains. This has led to the planet being known within the Federation as 'The Jewel'. Its strategic importance comes from it sitting on slipspace lanes that lead to almost every other system within the Federation, and a dozen other foreign colonies, making it a hotspot of trade and economic activity. Curacao is currently experiencing a migration and economic boom, as refugees from other Outer Colony planets flock to the world in the aftermath of the Created Crisis.
===Lifte System===
The Lifte System is part of the Federation's Madena Autonomous Republic, linked with the Gelderland System. With a population of 16 million people, it is a sparsely populated place, with just 3.8 million citizens on the system's capital planet, Antilles II. Split across Antilles II and four moons, the system mostly contributes to the Federation through its mining exports of titanium, silicon, copper and petroleum. It's also one of the more isolated systems in the Federation, existing on the edge of explored slipspace lanes. This isolation allows it to be a lot more autonomous than other systems and the Federation's many republics, acting essentially as an independent client state. As long as the Federation receives raw materials, they ignore Lifte's often aggressive independent behaviour.
===Gelderland System===
The Gelderland System is the newest member of the Federation. Home to three habitable moons and an asteroid mining colony, the system has a population of 19 million people, and supplies the Federation with large amounts of consumer goods appliances coming from the factories in the system. It is also the main supplier of deuterium to the rest of the Federation. Its overreliance on protection from the LVF, however, has led it to be one of the more vulnerable members. It is part of the Madena Autonomous Republic.
==Military==
The military of the Federation of Lanua is the Lanuan Volunteer Force, or LVF. Consisting of 2.1 million servicemen and women, the force is devoted to planetary defence and the overall protection of the Federation's planets. As such, most of the force's manpower is consolidated in the Lanuan Maritime Patrol, a large force consisting mostly of small destroyers, frigates and corvettes, geared towards anti-piracy activities. The ground forces of the LVF, the Ground Corps, whilst small, are well-trained and decently-equipped, and are supplemented in their organisation and activities with each federation member's planetary militia. The LVF also has a small but experienced cadre of former ODSTs operating as a special operations force, which can conduct reconnaissance, search-and-destroy and guerilla warfare operations behind the lines of any potential enemy.
The Federation of Lanua is a member of the military alliance known as the Glasslands Defence Initiative. Headquartered on the Commonwealth of New South Wales planet New Corinth (along with the more diplomatic Organisation of Human Nations), the GDI consists of Lanua, the Commonwealth and the Ectanus Command. The three nations form a staunch military and economic partnership, with their total territory combined governing over 1 billion people, 77 planets and a GDP of over $392 trillion UEG credits, and are all committed to each other's mutual defence via the Treaty of Cilicia. 
==Foreign Relations==
===United Earth Government===
Originally, the relationship between Lanua and the UEG was stable and cooperative, if not friendly. With the existence of a UEG consulate in Lanua's capital, and a treaty signed in 2556 agreeing to mutually-beneficial trading pacts, relations were warming, until the Created Crisis hit in 2558, disrupting their communications and causing the UEG to fall to Cortana's rule. Upon her downfall in 2560 and the reorganisation of the UEG in 2561, the Hartmann Plan essentially ensured that whatever cooperation they had before the Created would fall to the wayside, as the UEG contracted and became an isolationist shell of its former self. As such, Lanua has turned to other powers for collaboration and economic cooperation.
=== Commonwealth of New South Wales & Ectanus Command===
The Commonwealth and Lanua have begun improving relations as the 2560s go on. Whilst the Commonwealth originally towed the UEG's line in terms of cooperation with the renegade planets in the 2550s, with the short-lived Created Crisis disrupting the UEG's control of the Outer Colonies and their withdrawal to the Inner Colonies, the Commonwealth has found themselves in need of partners. In 2562, the two nations would sign the Curacao Accord with the Ectanus Command, cementing a solid trading relationship that has continued to thrive throughout the 2560s. The two would be founding members of the Glasslands Defence Initiative along with Lanua, committed to defending all members of the pact and countering aggressive actions of the Free Systems Pact.
===Theban Commonwealth===
===United Rebel Front===
==Culture==