Cardassian Union/High Kingdom of Vanue

The Cardassian Union, formerly the High Kingdom of Vanue is a one party authoritarian

state neighboring the Othosaz Pact and Kingdom of Golarion.It is a nation racked by civil wars and ethnic violence by the two resident species, the cardassians and the Vanusians.

### Governmental Structure

The Cardassian Union is controlled by one political party, the Vanue Forward Party, a militaristic and jingoistic political faction of Cardassians. The Union ruled by a President, who holds the position for life. The president is usually chosen by cardassian military commanders who are members of the VFP. The position of prime minister is usually delegated to vanusian collaborators though they have no say on governmental affairs and are only used to placate opposition from vanusians still loyal to the former royal family. During the old kingdom most of the ruling upper class which included nobles and high ranking officials were usually vanusians though some cardassians were allowed to hold such ranks nevertheless vanusians held prejudice against them. After the coup, most vanusians were stripped of their titles and power however some managed to keep their titles and land by making deals with the new regime though the Union still curtailed their influence in the government.

### Society

Many alien migrants passing through the country described it a totalitarian police state. Any opposition is immediately quashed and all media is constantly being monitored and/or censored for any sign of dissent. Since the VFP  coup, Cardassians enjoy a wide range of freedoms compared to their counterparts. During the old regime, cardassians carried similar rights but were harassed and often subservient to a upper and middle class Vanusians. Now the sides are reverse, as vanusians are slowly seeing their rights stripped away. Mostly all Vanusians citizens are under constant surveillance for any sympathies with the old government.

History

Most of Vanusian and Cardassian history is intertwined with each other. Evolving on the same planet, Vanue, they consistently fought each other for dominance and resources. This was the case until a Vanusian king named Varuta unified the various nations of Vanusians under him leadership through diplomacy not war. Unifying the vanusians alarmed the still fractured Cardassian nations, assuming that Varuta sought to conquer them. An alliance between the various nations formed as they sought to strike the first blow in a perceived conflict between the two sides. That war however never came. Varuta, a peace loving king, brought the Cardassians to the table to discuss an agreement of power sharing. His skill negotiations help integrate most of the cardassians alliance members into the now unified kingdom though there were holdouts. Several cardassians state resisted his attempts at peaceful consolidation and therefore conquered for their “best interests”.

Qvorite enslavement & White Revolution

With unification achieved, the kingdom expanded outward as they colonized several surrounding systems. This brought them to the attention of the growing Qvorite Authority who was expanding rapidly in their region of space. Their First contact war was quick and decisive, which the Qvorite enslaved the Cardassians and Vanusians. The Qvorite forced the Cardassians to strip-mine their homeworld for valuable resources while the Vanusians became house servants for Qvorite nobility. For over a decade, both species toiled under the Qvorite boot hoping to get a shot a revenge and freedom.

Before the white revolution began, rarely did the Cardassians and vanusians revolt. The Cardassians only revolted once as miners fought the Qvorite security forces on Vanue after giving them the barest necessities to eat and to mined resources with. Only equipped with drills, hammers and basic explosives, the cardassians tried to overthrow their Qvorite masters on several mining stations but were ultimately crushed. The Cardassians would eventually hold a lasting grudge against the Vanusians which they believed offered no help to free their homeworld. Not to say the Vanusians were fighting their own battles as they used more subtle means of resistance. Poison, sabotage, and espionage were used to strike a serious blow against Autocracy forces. Most of their work however will go unnoticed from the overall conflict brewing on the horizon.

The Vanue sector was largely ignored by Saggub and his revolutionaries as the the territory was newly established and its people were not yet known to the wider Galaxy. Without any outside support, the Vanue rebellion had barely resources to fight Qvorite forces stationed in the region. The resident governor, Karhta,