Martian Axis

The Axis of Martian Republics, more commonly known as the Martian Axis or simply Mars, is the dominant political, military and economic confederation of 8 independent governments and 2 semi-autonomous city-states - Kepler and New Mecca - that occupies roughly 30.5 million square km of the planet Mars. Terra and Elysium are the largest of the planet-side republics, with 550,000 (roughly half of that in Kepler City) and 275,000 in population a piece. The Independent State of Ares Landing is the largest and wealthiest of the Martian Republics, with more than 870,000 Ares Landers and 6 military starships Ares Landing is sometimes considered a great power unto itself. The Martian Axis was more of a middle-power or regional power in the Asteroid Belt and parts of Earth (Arabia, Greece and the United Republics), sometimes referred to as "Martian Earth" yet was larger than the United Saturnine Republics and many times larger than the dozen or so moon-states inhabited by various Jovian species or AI. Arabian Mars was considered a dependency of Arabia on Earth, and was thus internationally unrecognized as part of the Martian Axis.