New League of Sovereign Republics

The (NLoSR), formerly known as the League of Sovereign Republics (LoSR) or League of Free Republics, is an alliance of worlds in Imperial Space formerly controlled by the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum. Throughout its history, Aeldrum has intervened in the internal affairs of the League, such as by blockading the country and forcing a regime change after the failed assassination attempt of Sevrar Orvhim during the 450s, or in the late 430s when the Republic of Chelonia (backed by Aeldman funds and arms) invaded the League to restore a pro-Aeldman regime.
== Overview ==
The League of Sovereign Republics is principally an economic and defensive alliance for the preservation of member autonomy against Aeldrum. Some half of the republics (including the Republic of Ireland) are former Aeldman colonies, and all have at some point been Aeldman client-states.
== History ==
The League was formed at a low point in Aeldman power and competitiveness at the tail end of the Fialta-Shantine War, before the revival of Aeldman colonial fortunes with the opening of the Pin-Jump. The League reformed as the "New League of Sovereign Republics" after it was occupied by Aeldrum during the regime of Serene Doge Guillarme du Montreal in .
== Society ==
League members must satisfy certain democratic and social standards, intended as part of a charter to prevent division and exploitation by foreign influencers. 
=== Religion ===
Historically, the majority of religious citizens in the League worshiped Idolmar, though most of the republics are pluralist and tolerate a variety of religions (the Bank of Valdos and other Church-Institutions operate with some difficulty owing to the general suspicion of League governments toward foreign power). The governments of the sovereign republics are all de jure secular, a model largely inherited from their former Aeldman colonizers.
== Relationship with Aeldrum ==
Geographically, the League was historically surrounded by Aeldrum and thus forced to operate on cordial terms with its colossal and encompassing neighbor. In this respect, by the early 5th century A.U. nearly a century of relative peace had encouraged significant economic reintegration, and the increasing racial pluralism of the Serene Duchy had also improved cultural and social ties to the League of Sovereign Republics. Though ever-wary of Aeldman expansionism, and committed to an “interior-first” plan of trade among members, the member republics settled into a semi-comfortable mercantile routine as an autonomous element of the vast Aeldman trade network.
This relationship with Aeldrum changed significantly following the Aeldrum Devolution Crisis of the late 5th century, with the NLoSR afterwards bordering the Republic of Chelonia and the Minor Republics rather than bordering the Serene Duchy directly, and being now only one of many former Aeldman territories within the Aeldman economic sphere.
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