Imperial Crotosian Front

The Imperial Crotosian Front, commonly known by it's citizens as "The Empire" or "The Front", is a country located primarily on the outer fringes of the Galactic Stage in the "Imperati Star Cluster". It comprises over 35,000 habited worlds across 7000 star systems. Imperial territory borders the Tyariian Federation, Lokarno Empire and several independent human empires. It's territory is split into 21 Segmenta, with each consisting of between 5 and 70 Sectora, depending on the needs of the local administrations. The total population of the Front is currently unknown, although estimates put the total population of the Imperial Front anywhere between 500 trillion and 2 quadrillion, though the latter is extremely unlikely as the Administratii de Popularis claims themselves. Regardless, the Imperial Crotosian Front is the most populous empire in the Galaxy despite being the smallest, which is due to their policy of "Quinti Colonia et Primi Requisitiona". The capital world of the Imperial Crotosian Front is the world of Crotos, which is also the Front's most populous containing a population of 6 trillion human residents residents and another 1 trillion non-human slaves.

The Imperial Crotosian Front was formed in 3464 A.S.E. when a unification agreement named the Lex de Unificum et Militum was reached between the constituent countries of the League of Empires amidst the chaos of the Crotosian Civil War, in which they eventually emerged victorious in 3579 following the Siege of Porta, the last significant holding of the United Crotosian Front. The Imperial Crotosian Front has since become an Absolute Monarchy and Oligarchic Dictatorship built on the principles of Valero-Comradism. It's capital is the planet-wide city on Crotos known as The Core, with a total population of 7 trillion inhabitants, with other major worlds including Edith, Porta, Epirta, Nova Norossia, Osti, Polorum and Desterum. All but one of these individual worlds act as the capital for their own Segmenta, with Edith being a planet under Segmentum Porta, and the site of the largest military conflict so far in imperial records, the Edithian Civil War. The ICF has the second largest economy in the galaxy, although a considerable number of people are considered to be living in abject poverty.

## History

### Early History

The Imperial Crotosian Front was formed in 3464 ASE, under Primus Valerus when a unification agreement named the Lex de Unificum et Militum was reached between the constituent countries of the League of Empires amidst the chaos of the Crotosian Civil War, in which they eventually emerged victorious in 3579 following the Siege of Porta, the last significant holding of the United Crotosian Front. After this civil war, the Imperial Crotosian Front became the sole ruler of the Imperati Cluster, being based on the Principles of Valero-Comradism, a corruption of Viktoran-Comradism. The ICF gradually began to expand its reaches into the Tyariian Cluster as the civil war between the Tyariian Empire and Federation was brewing, obtaining or regaining lost territory though both war and Diplomacy in a period of time now known as the Wars of Reunification (3591-3633). These wars led to mass genocides and enslavement of alien species across the cluster, including most notably the Deliran Extermination, with the period climaxing in the Second War against the Tyariians (3616-3633), which resulted in the orbital mass-nuking of the Tyariian Capital of Proscat Ardeni referred to as the First Tyariian Genocide, which ended the war and this period of Crotosian History.

## Government & Politics

The Imperial Crotosian Front is comprised of 21 territories known as Segmenta, 12 Occupational/Exploration zones, not being considered officially part of the ICF and the Crotosian Sphere. The ICF is the newest member of the galactic stage, due to it being a seperate entity from the United Crotosian Front. It is a Hereditary Oligarchy, in which a small group of entitled nobility controls the Front's politics, with their positions secures by their family treasury. The government is extremely corrupt, with bribing and lobbying being the norm in many aspects of the average Imperial Senator's lives, despite the extreme punishments for such crimes under the Judicium Corruptio.

### Imperial Government

The Imperial Government comprises of 4 branches, all of which are headquartered in The Core:

* The Administratii de Legislatio: The sole ruling organisation of the ICF. There are 3 main levels of governance: the Council, the Imperial Senate and the General Assemblies.
* The Administratii de Popularis: Handles the day-to-day civil affairs, from conducting surveys to running the judicial aspects of civilian life within the ICF
* The Administratii de Militum: Handles the war efforts and movement of military materials and units across the ICF. The Imperial Suzerain is the Princeps Administratii of this branch, and may veto or suggest legislative bills regarding the Imperial Armed Forces by the Administratii de Legislatio
* The Administratii de Corpus: Handles the regulation and taxation of corporations within the ICF. The Administratii de Corpus is however very ineffective, and does not have the power to be capable of controlling said Corporations, who dominate the ICF.

### Administrative Divisions

*Main Articles: Departii de Segmenta, Departii de Sectora, Departii de Principalia*

The Lex de Aquisitioni Territoria of 3620 A.S.E divided the Imperial Crotosian Front into three distinct administrative zones known as Segmenta. This law is still in place today, with alterations to the quantity and scale of each individual Segmentum. These are each run by a Departii de Segmenta, which oversees all matters of administration within their assigned Segmentum. Each Segmentum is further divided into between 5 and 70 Sectora. These are then divided up into Principalia. Each Principalia may elect a Representative to represent them in their Departii de Sectora, who then holds the position either until death, or promotion while acting as the de facto Praetor de Terra of the capital of the Principalia they represent. The nine modern Segmenta are the following:

* Segmentum Domum
* Segmentum Apathicum
* Segmentum Iridium
* Segmentum Porta
* Segmentum Lordasia
* Segmentum Ferlonia
* Segmentum Gerdassia
* Segmentum Aboratia
* Segmentum Hispanica

Citizenship is granted only to Humans born within Imperial territory in an Imperial Birthing Facility. Non-Humans or Sub-Humans are automatically considered either newborn Servusi or Subjectus Exterminati. However, exceptions are made if a foreign human serves in the Imperial Armed Forces for ten years minimum, or a Magnus Administratus bestows citizenship upon any sentient life personally.

### Foreign Relations

*Main Article: Foreign Relations of the Imperial Crotosian Front*

The Imperial Crotosian Front has no powerful diplomatic ties or trade agreements with any one empire outside the Crotosian Sphere. This is due to the constant wars for dominance undertaken by the Administratii de Militum and the Imperial Armed Forces. However, the Administratii de Legislatio has continually been attempting to improve relations to a point where no threats of unified incursion may take place. The ICF has embassies on approximately seventy foreign human empires, most notably the Polarian Federation and the Ajex Confederacy. These are managed and occupied by the Imperial Army.

The Imperial Crotosian Front is the acting leader of the Crotosian Sphere. It handles all settlements within the alliance and including trade disputes, territorial disputes, while also also guaranteeing the defence of its 34 members. The Foedus Tyariiana is an unstable defensive pact between the Tyariian Federation and the ICF to contain the Lokarno Empire. However, the Crotosians often fight wars with the Tyariians over territories and the hatred for one another has never ceased, with it if anything, growing stronger.

### Military

*Main Article: Imperial Armed Forces*

The Imperial Armed Forces of the ICF consists of 10 service branches under 4 Services: The Army Service, comprised of the Imperial Army and Imperial Guard, the Navy Service, comprised of the Imperial Marines; Imperial Navy; and Imperial Star Corps, the Guard Service comprised of the Royal Guard; Praetorian Guard; and the Death Guard and the Operation Services, comprised of the Imperial Intelligence and Covert Operations. The Armed Forces of the ICF are controlled by the Administratii de Militum and managed by the Exercitus Tribunalis. The Supreme Commander of the IAF is the Imperial Suzerain. The Imperial Armed Forces are charged with defending all imperial territory against the ICF's adversaries, securing Crotosian interests outside of imperial territory and enforcing the imperial law and rule across imperial territory. There is also considerable Imperial Guard presence in the territories of Crotosian Sphere Member states

The total number of serving personnel is measured to be an estimated 5.876 trillion personnel across all branches except for those under the Operation Services for obvious reasons. The Imperial Crotosian Front has the largest military in the Galactic Stage. There is an extensive conscription program across all worlds in order to fuel the Crotosian war machine, employing 7.5 billion new recruits every new year during peacetime and another 230 billion during wartime. The IAF has played a crucial role in the rise of the ICF, from the establishment of the organisation in the Lex de Unificum et Militum, they have overcome the countless numbers of challenges and setbacks presented to them over the past millennia.

## Economics

Crotosian Economics are extremely complex, with the economy being dominated by the Corporations. The currency of the ICF is the Crotosian Credit and the Aureus.