Democracy of Mars

DEMA Crest

## Political

### Type of Government

Planetary Democratic Government *(de jure)*Revolted Federation Colony *(de facto)*

### Leadership

* Herwig Eizenkot (December 6th 2222 - November 29th, 2223)

## Social/Economic

### Capital/Base

Bartolia, Mars (December 6th 2222 - Between November 17th - 29th, 2223)

## Historical

### Formation

Citizens and administration discontent with the United Federation.

### Date Established

December 6th, 2222 (Diverged from the United Federation)

### Current Status

Destroyed *(Reabsorbed into the United Federation)*

The **Democracy of Mars**, also known as DEMA, was a separatist colonial government which declared independance from the United Federation due to the exclusion policies of the Federal Council, on which Mars had little influence and felt constantly exploited by the Council's two mammoth companies, McDonald & Hayes and Unicorp. The disagreement eventually escalated into the **Martian Independence War** between Earth and Mars, on which the Federation, through employing severe blockades and possessing most of the capable military strength (both heavy firepower, resources and available combat-experienced personnel), prevailed over DEMA.

Although DEMA was defeated and consequently dissolved, several of it's members escaped and formed into their own separatist factions which took solace and terrorize the fringe colonies that the Federation is dependant on, the most notorious of which is the Black Swan pirate group.

## History

### First settlements

The first permanent inhabitants of Mars were scientists, engineers, mechanics and botanist from various space agencies and private corporations.

During the exploring era, which lasted until 2160, the population of the planet were only 1,000.

### Expansion

The planet experienced major waves of immigaration from 2160s to 2190. Most of the new colonist were from India and Central Asia, with an increasing proportion from the state of Utah, US. Many of them came to seeking greater econnomic opportunity based on the newly discovered resources, while some arrived in search of any kind of escape from the Earth's overopuplation.

### City States Alliance

As the Earth's raw materials were running out, the United Nations or in their new name, United Federation placed more emphasis on the martian extraction operations. The administration of all colonial mining, processing and transportation was overseen by the Unicorp corporation.

Although directly administered by United Federation, acting through the Unicorp, the colonies were largely governed by native-born property owners. To protect their economic interest the colonies established the Martian City States Alliance.

During the City States Alliance era (2210 - 2217), the 9 Martian cities had a population of over 300,000.

Largest towns and settlements on Mars
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### Revolutionary War - Bartolia Incident

On November 24, 2222, Herwig Eizenkot, Chief Scientific Officer, who was working with the bartolian Unicorp branch, refused the entry of the delegation of United Federation's Ministry of Resources and Mining Supervisory Board to the Aral mining complex. His act was a great success among the locals and miners who were joined in the Federals pursuit,

The infuriated delegates returned with armed personels to intimidate the bartolians, but quickly realised the numerical superiority of the locals and fled from the area.

News of the Incident quickly spread and the tensions escalated everywhere on the Mars. Support for declaring independence grew fast, the colonists refused the work and showed disobedience towards Unicorp and Federal organizations.

Between 1th and 3th of December, 2222, a meeting, called The First Martian Congress was held by the delegates from The City States Alliance. The Congress was creating a new, independent regional power named the Democracy of Mars a.k.a. DEMA and elected Herwig Eizenkot as Director-General.

## DEMA Navy

Based on the Federation's previous command the Mars had to built 15 millitary vessels, capable of space travelling to protect the logistics routes from any pirate activity. These freshly made ships formed the DEMA Navy, the initial defense and strike force of the planet.

## Trivia

The real reason behind Herwig Eizenkot act, to refuse the entry of the Federal delegation to the Aral mining complex, was most likely the discovery of the Architect's artifact.

## See Also

 * Federation
* Sylon
* Athrael
* Thorun
* Zhogarn