Melorsia Alliance

"United We Stand, Divided We Fall."

### Empires in Alliance

Urgulate, Greeneater, Redclaw, Deerstrich, Dwarflate, Palgulate, Troobatit, Headfeet, Popetaur, Whitedwarf, Grolok, Slugguntor, Eyelung, Purpleworm, Lemonlate, Biglate, Flirgle, Broono, Kook, Troopato, Hivebird, Birdy, DivaBette, Murglbrg, Ashonas, Lord Katmondo, Selznik

### Location

Plutonian, Uranian and Terran wings, small colonies in the Core and Northern wing.

### Enemies

Grox, Anjurpa, Sauroneye, Redbird, Ducky, formerly Dipsye

### Trading partners

Antheran, Argulate, Gigantulate, Far Sectors Conglomerate, Coredredium Alliance.

### Sporecast

http://www.spore.com/sporepedia#qry=ssc-501056533506

**The Melorsia Alliance** is a galactic superpower that has major influence over the Crash Galaxy as a whole. It was formed by the Urgulate, Birdy, DivaBette, Murglbrg, Kirgle, Ashonas and Rammo Empires in the Plutonian wing about 2513 years ago, in the year 128 of the Second Urlegian Era (Year 102,843 AI in the galactic calendar). The Urgulates are the strongest force in the Alliance, and they are the backbone of its military and trading.

The purpose of the Melorsia Alliance is to bring peace and prosperity to the galaxy. If anyone would ever attack the Alliance, everyone would defend their own territories, with attacking and defending other empires being optional but recommended. The members are not allowed to declare war upon each other. If they do so, the offending empire might face sanctions or even expulsion from the Alliance, which is a nightmare to fathom for certain empires, but not so much for others who might've grown jaded of the Alliance over the years.

The Melorsia Alliance has over a hundred member empires, with the most powerful of them being the Urgulates and their closest partners: Deerstrich, Dwarflates, Palgulates, Greeneaters and Redclaws. The Urgulate Empire in particular is a force to be reckoned with even on their own, as they provide about 50% of the total military strength of the alliance as a whole. Their military equipment is also standardized across the whole alliance, and their imperial colours and flag are the same as for Melorsia itself.

Due to the size of their alliance, Melorsia only has few allies outside of their borders. The most notable ones include the Muton Empire and the Confederation of Planets in the Argentum galaxy, whom the Melorsia Alliance financially and militarily supports in the war against the Darkspore. They were also secretly allied with the Po-ter Empire until the latter were forced to join the Gondor Council by the Sauroneye and Fraganlos Empires, badly hurting their relationships in the process. Melorsia is also slightly wary of the Draconian Empire, despite them understanding that they share similar values with one another.

## Policies

### Intergalactic Politics

Despite what outsiders might think of them at first, Melorsia Alliance respects the independence of its member states, and allows them to act on their own in intergalactic politics if necessary. They, however, cannot legally have relationships with empires that the Alliance has declared "rogue states", such as the Sauroneye after they assimilated the Po-ters into the Gondorian Council, the Redbirds for their destructive tendencies, or the Ducky for "breaking the galactic code" with their Duckylion program. Empires who are on "friendly" terms with these "rogue states" are handled similarly as if they had declared war to their fellow allies.

### Social and healthcare

One of the key benefits of the Alliance is the safety it brings to its member states. The Melorsia Alliance Reinforced Fleet (MARF) and the Planetary Guard (MAPG) regularly patrol the systems under Melorsian control, and swiftly act if pirates begin raiding planets or stealing spice from colonies.

Another benefit of Alliance membership is the inclusion of shared healthcare and taxation policies. The rich are heavily taxed but not to the point where they'd prefer moving their businesses to another empire (in order to prevent the formation of "tax havens"), while the Allied governments make sure that the poor are taken good care for and given a place to work in.

Racism is barely an issue within the member states themselves, but they do harbor some suspicion towards non-Melorsian species. Even though technically foreign workers are free to work within the Alliance's borders, gaining any sort of visa to Melorsia's core regions is incredibly difficult to get for foreigners, particularly if they come from known areas of conflict like the Dead Space Zone or the Azedi Belt.

There are also incidents of terrorism by organizations like the Controllers of Time, an apocalyptic cult which desires for the Alliance's destruction so its member states "could experience rebirth through chaos". The Golden Guild and NeoLiz Corporation are also known to operate in their regions, thanks to the help of these terrorist organizations.

### Culture

Melorsian culture has traditionally been that of self-isolation, as the Alliance had regularly closed its borders in times of crisis, like during the Melorsian-Grox War where the Alliance fought against the Grox that were provoked by Captain Urgus breaching the latter's borders in his journey to Liskus's core.

Change to the isolationist policies of Melorsia as a whole changed with the Collision Protocol of Minen-4, which enacted a set of law-changes which made it easier for foreigners to access Melorsia's territories, and vice versa. However, it also rekindled some of the tensions between the member-states of the Alliance as a whole.

In general Melorsia has members from all the known imperial archetypes, and in most cases they know to operate in a sense of consensus. That is to say, it wasn't always the case. Around 1000-2000 years ago, in the alliance's infancy, Melorsia had problems with "rebels" who grew disillusioned with the Urgulates in particular and their leading role in the alliance. Not much is remembered of these empires these days, but they had a key role in some of the current policies of the Alliance, even to this day.

In terms of media that the Melorsians consume, it is generally in form of television shows, movies, stage plays and even some cartoons. Books are also a popular form of media, although their popularity has dwindled in the last few decades.

### Diversity and the Commonwealth

In terms of the different species of the Alliance meeting each other, they generally do so at special trading planets, governed directly by the Alliance as the "Commonwealth of Melorsia". The Commonwealth is home to many of the "minor" members of the alliance, whose empires had either collapsed or had no other place to live in other than the common trading planets of the Alliance.

### Governing Bodies

In addition to the leadership of their member states, Melorsia Alliance itself has also a government of its own, which governs over the general structure and policies of the Alliance itself. At the top of the power structure is the President's Office, which is currently held by Ergon Erigonsson (elected to office in 105,355 AI). The President is elected through the Galactic Conference (known also as GK or G-Con), which is a meeting between the leaders of all the member species in the alliance, held every 5 years at the planet New Domino.

Through this extraordinary meeting, member allies each get their own turn to speak about their pressing matters, which can involve anything from solving crises and border disputes to theological debates about gods and other psionic entities. At the end of each conference a new president is elected, unless the sitting president has the trust of G-Con for the maximum duration of three 5-year terms, after which a new president *must* be elected from the representatives of the member-states.

Outside of "G-Con", there is also the Congress, which deals with the every-day matters of the Alliance and exceptional crises that threaten the safety of the Alliance. The President *must* be present during all meetings of the Congress and G-Con, otherwise they will face an impeachment trial for mishandling their duties as the Alliance's President.

In addition to the Congress there is also the Council of Leaders, which consists of the leaders of the major member-states of the Alliance. Through this body the empires are able to be directly in contact with each other, regardless of the Alliance's presence. The president by law cannot partake in these meetings, but they are able to send in a representative to heed their word to the leaders in question if there's a need for it.

### Agencies

Part of the secret to the Alliance's power lies in its agencies. They act independently outside of the allies' own militia, and work as the mediator to keep the disputes between the member-states as low as possible. As such, some of the agencies in question have special powers and influence which could even rival some of the larger members of the Alliance.

The Reinforced Fleet, for example, can deploy anywhere in the universe if given orders by the Alliance, although longer journeys to places like the Finnverse, for example, naturally take a long time to complete, even with their experimental metadrives which are faster than regular Melorsian warpdrives 100-fold.

The Investigation Network (MAIN) has the legal right to investigate any empire or military that they choose by the Alliance's mandate, which they, for example, used against the Draconian Empire to investigate their actions shortly after the Messenger Incident.

The Galactic Intelligence agency, known as MAGI for short, is probably the most powerful of these organizations. They have the mandate to cover any special operations of the Allied military, while also tending to the Allies' censorship measures to prevent things like the rise of Termina from leaking to the larger galaxy. MAGI in particular is led by three mysterious individuals, known only by their code names "MAGI-01", "MAGI-02", and "MAGI-03". Nobody except the head captain of the Urgulate Empire knows their true names or appearance, but ever since the times of Urgus Sr, they've had the tendency of disappearing when the galaxy needed them the most...