Lunarist, Solarist, and Majani Colonies

#### **Altalo (1992-2309):**

A small population hub in the southern plains below the Honey Jungle, Altalo is a successor state to the British-Wildstate confederation venture, its highly unusual method of colonisation makes it stand out on the Lunar Nearside despite its minuscule size.

Altalo City itself is located on a hill, flanked by the Enpo River on its west and northeast. This strategic position means that the fort city was able to escape great periods of raids, one of the few settlements to do so.

Initially under British rule, it shifted to a Confederacy after 2053, then to a Supervised State following a period of instability starting from 2095 and ending in 2172, after a year of being a Supervised State it became a Federation which it remains to this day.

#### **Bilak Haveno (2112-2172, 2173-2309):**

Bilak Haveno (or Black Harbour, as translated from "Moon-Speak"), is named for its beautiful black sand beaches; it is a rare wild state leftover on the Lunar "Terranside". It gained independence from the American Mandate of the Moon and retained its status as an independent city-state, sans its occupation during the 2nd American Civil War.

#### **Flamigiteron (2234-2300):**

A minor state and one of the sole landlocked states on the Lunar "Terranside", it is unique due to its majority language being the constructed or "new-age" Moonspeak Prime. During the Great Lunar War, it acted as a buffer zone between two hostile states, it was completely helpless. A small population and flat terrain made it an easy target for both sides as troops were massing on their borders.

#### **Majani Theocracy (1978-2300):**

A minuscule religious runoff state, the Majani Theocracy had brief periods of independence prior to gaining full independence on Februrary 20th, 2172, marking the begining of the Second American Civil War.

The Majani people are a highly distinct group of settlers, having both their own lanuage and religion, following a novel and "strange" form of Christianity, considered by most to be a new religion rather than a sect of a current one. They follow a matriarch whose role is analogous to the Catholic Pope. The matriarch is a descendant of Jane Rivera who claims to be the new embodiment of Mary Magdalene.

Despite, the SACW being long over, fighting continues on this island, the theocratic government has tried to gain independence at extreme costs, while the Falkings Republic refuses to relent due to the area being both a strategic position (allowing the state to claim a great amount of territorial waters) and containing vast natural resources.

#### **Monterra (2060-2304, Supervised Government 2304-2309):**

Monterra is the twin-state of Bilak Haveno, its citizens speak a variant of Esperanto closely related to English called "Lunaric".

While lacking natural resources, it has a large claim over strategic territorial waters which contain vital shipping routes, making the nation a prime target for invasions during major conflicts. Yet despite this, it has remain a sovereign state even through the Second American Civil War, but its independence would end following the Great Lunar War and its occupation by the Saunders Farhold.

#### **Popola Respubliko de Aurane (RDA 2034-2110, PRDA 2093-2309):**

Popola Respubliko de Aurane (formerly Respunliko de Aurane prior to 2110), is quite ironically extremely poor. Its name the People's Republic of Gold, is a reference to a bygone era. Early in the colonisation of the region, rumors spread of gold creeks on the island chain, resulting in a gold rush. A small mountainous island in the north of the chain was found to have actual gold creeks. Yet as with all wealth, most of it was poored into buying luxuries and buying/conquering worthless, barren lands. By the 21st century's end, the nation focused on its conquests and to keep the public from rioting.

It was only when the last piece of gold was harvested, the last island conquered, while another child died in a factory while the affluent laughed in their mansions, the people rose up against their wealthy oppressors. What followed was seventeen bloody years of civil war, by the end of it a new nation was born: the People's Republic of Gold. Grand only in its size on the map, its population decimated, industries ruined or moved to safer states, its economy destroyed.

#### **Zema (2033-2300):**

A small, mountainous, and relatively culturally isolated nation, Zema has had difficulties finding relevance on the selenopolitical landscape, this was compounded by its use of Esperanto, considered a "new-age" language. Following the signing of an extensive economic pact between Zema, the Silverhill Republic, and the Saunders Republic, the importance of Zema began to grow. Said pact was also the beginning of economic intertwining that would lead to the Silver Faction's involvement in the Polish Belt War, eventually beginning the Great Lunar War.

###### **Zema During the Great Lunar War:**

As one of the members of Nowe Międzymorze, Zema was an early participant in the Great Lunar War. During the Polish Belt War, the nation used a strategy of active defence, working closely with Indigo tank bridgades to properly defend the frontline, a strategy continued in the Great Lunar War (GLW).