The Interex

*The Interex is primarily an interstellar tribute empire, allowing its member worlds to largely govern themselves as long as they recognise the supreme authority of the Senate. Every world of the Interex must also pay the taxes levied on them in the form of men and materiel that is known as the Tithe. These resources go to the service of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces which keep the Interex united and safe, as well as the myriad organizations that runs the Interex. The Tithe supports the overall economy of the Interex by redistributing resources where needed, usually to shore up one region where conflict is raging by drawing resources from more peaceful areas.*

## Lore

The story of the Interex's homeworld began by a fleet of Endless on a temperate, resource-rich world that emitted strange energies. For decades great effort went into the uplifting of the planet's inhabitants. Once the planet was largely colonized and controlled, an inevitable–but no less shocking–event occurred: The Great Catastrophe. This planet-wide, inter-dimensional conflict occurred at such a level that might have led to total extermination of life, and the Endless were wise enough to pull back from this collective suicide. Nevertheless, the planet was united in a series of great conflicts called the Unification Wars. The dominant force at the end of the wars, known as the Concordat of Unity, imposed it's will upon the entirety of the planet through a mixture of political one-upmanship, veiled threats, and moral persuasion.

Advanced technology have thus been developed under a single body that put a great deal of effort into it, and space exploration occurred at a rapid rate. The Interex launched probes to distant bodies within nearby star systems, and as technology advanced, the next steps to the stars were inevitable.

### Leadership

The Interex is led by an inter-national organization named the Senate.

The men and women who comprise the members of the Senate are individuals that represent every single one of the Interex's mixed bag of nation-states, although there are several positions which does not represent a single nation (such as the Schutzdienst and the Wehrmacht, for example). These leaders, more often than not, are the heads of state as well as the government themselves. They are responsible for ensuring everything runs smoothly, each nation happy, and the problems of the citizens dealt with. Their orders are theoretically absolute, but in practice, these decrees can be vetoed if it is deemed harmful to the continued existence of the Interex.

### Homeworld

The first Endless starships arrived millennia ago, landing on a green, virginal–and empty–planet of breathtaking, fecund wildernesses. Today, Evimeria proudly shows its pioneering, frontier past as it tamed the wild lands and storm-wracked seas, its landmasses now brimming with mighty industrial swathes and vast urban powerhouses. Above, starship yards orbit the conquered world, as the Interex prepares to take its glorious civilization to the rest of the galaxy.

## Traits

### Magic

Magic is the name given by Interex Mages for the invisible, and strange energy which flow across the galaxy. This ancient, inter-dimensional force is a form of harnessable energy that can be used to manipulate powers beyond those of mortal ken. Its influence upon the galaxy is often bizarre, unforeseen, and random, just as reality affects it in bizarre, unforeseen, and random ways. It can be said with a degree of certainty that magic will always change elements of the mortal realms that it comes into contact with, but it’s difficult to anticipate what form this change will take. Magic bends and unbinds the physical laws of the mortal plane and can remake all things into things and processes that otherwise shouldn’t exist.

## Member Nations

The Interex is an unitary superstate comprised of many nations. These nations, most of the time, engage in minor (or sometimes major) rivalries rather than progress further. When time comes to truly unite, teeth-clenched teamwork is the norm among them.

### Altwelt

* **The Reiksbund** - Alternatively known as the Empire, the Reiksbund is the largest and most powerful nation of the Altwelt. The Reiksbund is a founding member of the Interex.
* **Bretonnia** - Bretonnia is a republic located in the Altwelt, west of the Grey Mountains and the Empire. Bretonnia was a land of chivalry and honour, however this must be balanced against the poverty and oppression of its peasantry. The latter ended with the incident known as the Bretonnian Revolution.
* **Kierus** - Kierus is a kingdom located to the north-east of the Empire and is separated from the Chaos Wastes to the north by the Troll Country. It is the most frontier, northerly civilised nation in the Altwelt.
* **Latea** - Also known as Latio, Latea is a republic in the southern parts of Altwelt, lacking a central government. It shared a common language and culture, but it was once politically divided in several city-states. The city states had varying forms of government - some were republics while others were principalities.
* **Espania**

### Ostwelt

* **Cathay** - Alternatively known as the **Celestial Empire**. The Empire of Cathay

## Trivia

* Of course, the Interex's name came from Warhammer 40,000. The Interex are based off of the United Empire from Endless Space, but mostly came from Warhammer Fantasy Battles.
	+ In short, it's an attempt to "40k-ify" Warhammer Fantasy.

* The Interex logo is that of Command and Conquer Tiberium's Global Defense Initiative faction.