The Greater Star Commonwealth

The Greater Star Commonwealth of Allied Systems, or the Greater Star Commonwealth, is an authoritarian body of star systems spread across the Milky Way Galaxy. After word of Earth’s reappearance spread across the galaxy, the Commonwealth aided Earth in its’ reconstruction. After the Northstar Rebellion in New York City and the Mercenary Revolts in the Philippines, the Star Commonwealth began to slowly assimilate Earth into their empire.

## Overview

The Greater Star Commonwealth is a collective of independent star systems whose purpose is to expand their empire across the galaxy. After the collapse of much of the Milky Way’s civilization, they emerged as one of the primary dominant forces in the galaxy. They have long had an interest in Earth; however, due to attempts by other forces at invading the planet yielding little success, they decided to watch from a distance. With Earth largely in shambles after The Bloodbath, they saw an opportunity to reshape the world in their image.

The Commonwealth possesses an extensive Starfleet, which they use predominantly to ferry either supplies or manpower across the galaxy. In the case of Earth, this fleet was first deployed as a relief force, carrying the supplies necessary for the Commonwealth to construct their nanotechnology-built Bio-Exchange facilities across the world. After political contentions began to increase, Earth was assigned a standalone fleet, as well as the Terran Monitor, a massive space station in orbit over the planet.

The Commonwealth’s central military force is their Peacekeeper Corps; largely comprised of well-trained, cybernetic Humans, these soldiers currently hold little presence on Earth itself, save for a few dedicated garrisons across the world. However, the Terran Monitor houses roughly 800,000 combat-ready units in cryosleep which can be deployed at any time, and an additional 70,000 are stationed on-board the Commonwealth fleet. In total, roughly 900,000 military units are stationed on Earth; this is but a small sample of the Commonwealth’s vast military power. In addition, to perform regular law enforcement, the Commonwealth deploys the vast Urban Security and Enforcement Arm in Commonwealth-affiliated territories, to perform the menial duties associated with policing Commonwealth cities.

When they first arrived on Earth, the Commonwealth was seen as benevolent; they began the Fledgeling Program, funding the formation of new Human governments across Earth. They also began terraforming the planet en masse, un-doing the damage done by The Bloodbath. Most worked well with the Commonwealth, taking their relief efforts with extensive thanks. Over the next 3 years, from 2023 to 2025. Roughly 5 billion Humans arrived on Earth from all corners of the galaxy, establishing settlements on many other planets on Sol. However, near the end of the 2020s, numerous instances of political upheaval caused the Commonwealth to tighten their grip on the system, causing a long chain of events that would result in the Terran Rebellion.

## Government on Earth

The Commonwealth’s direct administration of Earth had little presence for many years; though the dedicated workforce of the Commonwealth tirelessly worked to terraform much of the planet, and their Peacekeepers remained prepared for deployment in-orbit, Earth itself was almost totally subservient to the will of the Commonwealth in early years. With the Commission for the Reconstruction of Earth overseeing much of the planet and regularly distributing tithes, the Commonwealth was able to focus on other colonies on a galactic scale.

However, in recent years, extensive political upheaval has occurred across the planet. As the Commonwealth’s tithe demands increase, many wish to see Earth completely independent. After the disastrous Northstar Rebellion destroyed parts of New York City in 2027, the Commonwealth began to bring more and more focus to Earth. Though the intent of the Rebellion was to lower the annual Planetary Tax, said tax skyrocketed instead. The Commonwealth’s presence increased on loyalist countries across the planet, and by 2031 a formal ultimatum was put in place: The Commonwealth would maintain complete administration of the planet in one year. Numerous countries were abhorred by this, their concerns about the Commonwealth coming true. In 2032, spearheaded by the Magnolian Republic, almost half of the CRE broke away, declaring their wish for Earth independence. The Commonwealth took this as a declaration of war, and absorbed almost every CRE-aligned territory into their empire; they established two major territories directly under Commonwealth administration, one in Canada and one in the Middle East. Backed by the Holy Russian Empire and the Oceania Federation, two of the largest nations on Earth, the Commonwealth declared the System Re-Administration Act, and formally went to war with Earth by late May, 2032.

## Affiliate territories

The Star Commonwealth, after restoring critical regions on Earth, allowed the remaining populace to form their own political entities. Though they had formally declared Earth a member of their interstellar empire, they allowed Earth to administrate much of its’ own internal affairs-so long as they paid yearly resource tithes to the Commonwealth. As many fledgeling nations arose across Earth, and some that remained since after the Bloodbath fully restored their dominion, most pledged their loyalty fully to the Commonwealth. These nations combined under the Commission for the Reconstruction of Earth, which effectively served as a second United Nations. The CRE, with Commonwealth oversight, went on to prosper. Displayed below is the current list of affiliate territories to the Commonwealth.