Aoshanti Republic

NPC Great PowerAoshanti RepublicS.P.O.A.

**Council:** Senate

 Naissian Legion (5/5)
 Naissian Classis (16/16)

**Government:** *Centralized*
**Taxation:** *High*
**Spending:** *High*
**Debt:** *Maintain Good Credit*
**Military:** *Partial mobilization*
**Economy:** *Dirigisme*
**Trade:** *Try to benefit by it*
**Foreign:** *Continue peace talks*
**Alliance:** *GCTO*

 Overview Population Military Organization

> "*The Senate and People of Aoshtai*"
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> **- S.P.O.A., Motto**
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> "*The Emperor is dead. Long live the Republic!*"
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> **- Aldoros Kancasin, 22 NAC**
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The **Aoshanti Republic**, also known as the AOR, is a society in the Central Concourse region of the Aoshtai Galaxy, the successor to the short-lived Naissian Empire. The Republic emerged after the death of Emperor Veritas III, which triggered a succession crisis where the Senate chose, with widespread international support, to abolish the monarchy.

The Aoshanti Empire is governed by a Senate composed of around five hundred Lessoan crusader princes installed by occupying powers in the wake of the fall of the Ascendancy of the Broken Ring. These princes are committed Republicans, practicing regular and diligent rotations of power, emphasizing republican virtues such as responsibility, self-sacrifice, restraint, and service, and seeking to govern well and fairly.

An important crusading streak runs through the the Senate and other institutions such as the Republican Legions and the Republican Classis, as both religious and republican ideals serve to enervate and discipline their ranks. However, this moral zeal and a general lack of tolerance came to threaten and alienate many within the Empire, leading to its fragmentation into the Lessoan, Lindinian, and Reformed Leagues. As of 23 NAC, the Republic controls most of the former Empire's western principalities, and the Reformed League has evolved into the neighboring Empire of Pomaria.

## History

The Republic is a young state, declared at the beginning of Aresen in 22 NAC. The Senate's decision was expected by parties in and beyond the Aoshanti Concourse to spark civil war. The most immediate effect was the fragmentation of the Lindinian League. Lindinis and the Kingdom of Bonames joined the Republic, while Concatum, Yulae, and Al Teror seceded, and the Apulun League abstained from making any final decision on its status.

Alongside this political upheaval was the Siege of Shesta, a police action led by Ke'ron Armandus against the Reformist County of Shesta. In response, the Reformed League deployed its entire standing fleet to the Shesta system. Minor international auxiliaries joined both sides of the siege. The ensuing Battle of Havan saw the republic flagship temporarily disabled, Executor Ketor Kathura injured, and several commanders and auxiliaries either captured or hospitalized. Skirmishes throughout the wider system continued across the ensuing months into 23 NAC.

## Government

### Senate

Seal of the Senate and People of Aoshtai.
The **Senate** is a legislature composed of five hundred Lessoan princes. It is roughly split between the Moderate and Radical Republican factions. The Moderates consist predominantly of conservative, province-holding princes who wield greater influence and financial power than the Radicals, but are united by mutual interest over ideology. The Radical Republicans consist mostly of backbenchers with little renown, but with a stronger ideological cohesion and zealous streak than the Moderates.

The Moderate faction's activities are coordinated by Mira Armandus, the influential Countess of Clausentum, while the Radicals are headed jointly by Andor Kancasin, the Dux of Coria and Magister Militarium, and Petrus Aponius, the demagogic Tribune of the Plebes. Currently, the Radicals hold a majority in the Senate.

#### Consuls

The **Consuls** are a dual executive office within the Senate, chosen by annual lottery, albeit with an informal agreement that one should be from the Interior region, and the other from the North. Since the transition from an Empire to a Republic, this agreement has expanded to the stipulation that one Consul be of the Moderate faction, while the other should be from the Radical Republican faction.

Each Consul holds a veto power over the other, and the two possess the sole authority to propose legislation to the Senate.

Since the reunification of Concatum, Lindinis, and Apulum with the Republic, the possibility of a third Consulship has been floated, but further talks have largely been put aside in the name of continuity in leadership and focus on the conflict with the Empire.

#### Small Council

The **Small Council** is an advisory body to the Consuls, comprised of senior senators and princes which deliberates proposals prior to votes in the Senate. The Moderate faction holds a majority within the Council.

#### Tribunal of the Plebes

The **Tribunal of the Plebes** is a largely ceremonial institution representing the common people of the Republic. Legislation which passes in the Senate is sent to the Tribunal for symbolic approval by the people, though it has little practical power to block passed legislation. It is headed by Petrus Aponius.

### Civics & local government

The politics of the constituent kingdoms, duchies, counties, and city-worlds of the Republic tend to vary considerably by province. However, following the traditions of pre-Ascendancy kingdoms and the Lessoan League before the Veritas Crisis, city-worlds are governed by a local Senate, while other provinces are governed by their individual title-holders.

Outside the policy passed by the Senate and the powers entrusted it, individual provinces exert a high degree of autonomy in both internal policymaking and diplomacy with each other and outside powers.

### Dictator

The appointment of a **dictator** is an emergency motion available to the Senate under the constitution of the Republic. If appointed, the dictator is entrusted with absolute authority over the Republic for a single year. In the Republic's short history, the motion has yet to be used.

## Astrography

The territories of the Aoshanti Republic within the larger Aoshanti Concourse. The Concatum-ruled segment is colored in a magenta shade.
The Republic shares borders with the Karian Star Republic to the west, the Republic of Naer'si to its south, and the Empire of Pomaria to its east, with the Kingdom of Bonames in *de facto* control of several principalities in the south which are claimed by the Republic. Its core territories are located in the large Etheric cluster of Missionaria, which it shares with Karstedt. The Imperial subject world of Ur'uume is also completely encircled by the Republic's territories.

## Demographics

### Major Planets

*Financial Capital*
*Trade nexus*
*Wastefulness*
*Lax morals*
*Fickle government*
*Deep-rooted aristocracy*
*Four Great Houses*
*Golden deserts*
*Laid-back government*
*Tranquility*
*Hot springs*

*High culture*
*Fashion Capital*
*Home of the Armandus Family*
*National Capital*
*Republican tradition*
*Crusading tradition*
*Choke point*
*Strategic position*
*Ties to the Ecumene*

*Frontier stronghold*
*Beautiful architecture*

Other Planets
The Missionarian worlds of Olicana, Coria, and Ala are also held by the Republic, but have smaller populations, being either agricultural worlds or the sites of incomplete terraforming projects.

## Society & Culture

The culture of the Republic is dominated by Lessoan Aoshanti and their traditional nobility, many of them former exiles, or their descendants, scattered by the Ascendancy over the decades prior to its defeat. In contrast to the Reformists of the Pomarian Empire, the Lessoans are pluralistic and egalitarian, with practices such as slavery outlawed in Republic space.