Spartan Commissariat

**The Spartan Commissariat**, officially known as **The Military Republic of Sparta**, is militaristic nation on the tepid moon of Juda Primaris, Arias. The line between civil administration and the military is blurred where they are generally one in the same as many young children are trained in the art of combat and survival as the government follow many old doctrines of the original Spartans.

## History

After the "Great Exodus", a strange wormhole appeared on route to the Alpha Centauri System that sucked up every single ship of the forty-two fleets. This included the Polo Flotilla, that has been flung into a section of a new galaxy full of stellar phenomenons and stranger anomalies that makes the galaxy beautiful, but very deadly to those not native to the Poseidon Galaxy. Everyone on the ships, including one of the armed battleships, *The Spear of Sparta*, woke-up to find themselves in a completely different galaxy altogether. However, despite seeing the new beauty and full of dread of finding themselves in a strange galaxy, they started to mutate. The first to succumb and die from their mutations was the admiral, who died in the most horrific way. Captain Coronato La Fazia of *The Traveling Venetian*, called an emergency meeting.

Coronato La Fazia suggested that they use the experimental augmentations while probes survey and find the best places to settle. All the captains agreed, including Nik Andrellis of *The Spear of Sparta*. Yet Nik believes the best way to survive is through military action while having his people take in bio-organic implants that can be used to not only guarantee their survival, but also make them into super soldiers. Many of these implants and augmentations include reinforced bone structure, muscular enhancements, color sharpness increased to the retina that also allow night vision, neural altercations for faster reaction time, increased adrenaline, boosted perception, strengthen cardio-vascular systems, greatly increased oxygen intake and retention. Thus, the creation of The Spartans.

Once the probes are done along with the creation of transhuman races, they all split and settle upon wherever is the best location to establish new civilizations. The Spartans of The Spear of Sparta settled on the continent of Mani on the tepid world of Arias. A very beautiful world where the leaves of many plants and grass are in a variety of colors such as green, yellow, orange, red, blue and most commonly, purple. After nineteen years of establishing a new nation and Nik Andrellis making new doctrines to ensure survival, the Spartan Commissariat. A military nation where victory over the elements of the new galaxy they are in means everything.

In 130 AL, the Spartan Commissariat came across the Japorea Empire and their species, the Sinoas. Both sides recognize each other's military strength as they get into skirmishes in certain areas of the planet. Not for dominance of control, but in order to gain true combat experience. Nearly half the skirmishes between them ended in draws with barely any victories as they both keep getting stalemates. Both the Spartan Commissariat and the Japorea Empire saw each others' strengths and fully respect each other.

That respect later became part of the Juda Federation in 200 AL. That respect is a fine example of two rivals becoming friends as they explore the new frontiers alongside many others.

## Culture

The Spartan Commissariat is nearly identical to the culture of the original Greek city-state, Sparta. At the age of eight, Spartan children (boys & girls) enter a rigorous government-sponsored education, military training and socialization program. Yet unlike the original Spartan system, they are also educated in various fields including science, agriculture, mining, etc. in order to keep the nation going. At the age of twelve, the children are taken to a special training ground that is comprised of wilderness where they have to survive one whole year in the wild. Battling against the elements and hunt and kill any animals that they find in order to survive in such harsh conditions. Those that survive are no longer children. They come back as adults.

In the Commissariat, the highest ranking officers are elected to be in-charge of most civilian administrations. This includes the day-to-day necessities such as agriculture, education, science and many more after being elected. Anyone can vote for any of the highest ranking officers to lead or be members of the executive or legislative branches. Not only do the officers have to have a good service record, they also have to gain the trust and loyalty of the populace.

The Spartan Commissariat is well-known for a great deal of military movies where a squad or a lone soldier fight against the odds and treated as heroes. Yet some can get a bit more "sci-fi" with the hero/heroine dealing with alien adversaries that want to cause genocide but also allied with those that fought against tyranny.

The people of the Spartan Commissariat are a very proud warrior people that absolutely refuse to surrender, refuse to retreat and cannot accept defeat.

## Economy

Despite being a military nation, a nation still needs an economy to keep itself going. That main currency is the Tekar.

The major source of income for the Commissariat is surprisingly agriculture. They still have some of Earth's old crops, but the Spartan Commissariat also use new kinds of crops that can be found on Arias. These include strange purple apples with the insides having a taste and feel of butter yet have a sweeter taste than regular apples, some form of orange wheat that is used in all sorts of baked goods that have a more finer taste than regular wheat. Yet there is also a form of green wheat that has a bit of a bitter taste to it yet its chemical make-up is rather similar to artichokes. The "bitter bread" is used as appetizers to make the taste receptors believing the main course is wonderfully sweet but it is used by amateur chefs to hide their flaws.

Other agricultural goods include oil from old Earth olives and pickled olives. There are also two other crops that are similar to olives with the red ones have a more flammable oil while the blue ones have a lesser oil content and burn slower. The red olives may have a wonderful scent, but doesn't taste very good. And the last known agricultural good is wine. The Commissariat is highly well known for making the best kind of wine from the strange berries and fruits found on Arias that come in a wide range of colors and tastes. Yet the most prize is the Standing 300, which has the greatest taste that reign as king of all wines with a price of three billion Tekars (which is an equivalent of $800,000,000,000,000.00 per bottle).

## Politics

The administration is comprised of military officials that have distinguished themselves in military service. The Commissary-General does hold absolute authority but shares it with the National Council and the National Assembly.

For one to became an elected official, they have to go through at least twenty years of military service and climb through the highest ranks. Not only they have to distinguish themselves and climb the ranks, but also have to gain the trust of not just their fellow comrades-in-arms, the people as well. The idea is to prevent corruption and to prevent the same mistakes of the past. However, there were only two cases of corruption among the National Assembly and the National Council. Both ended with a firing squad along with their fellow conspirators with their corpses still hanging in front of the National Assembly building.

## Geography

The Spartan Commissariat are on the tepid moon known as, Arias, on the continent, Mani. The main capital is located on Hercules Bay, a large bay with red sand beaches to the east and green sand beaches to the south. No one knows why the beach is divided between the two colors, but it does make for an attractive tourist attraction. The mainland itself is lush and fertile with a wide array of plant life that show-off a colorful display. To the northwest of Mani, there is a large desert comprised of violet sand, which was once a sea that washed up sand made from quartz and manganese garnet deposits with a few areas of violet salt clinging to the remains of drying up ponds of sea water.