Regdikan Collective

Art by Rey, based off of designs by Engorn

The sole governmental body of the forayan people for several millenia before they even left their homeworld, the **Regdikan Collective** is a matriarchal unitary state that oversees the collection and distribution of resources across the forayan colonies. In charge of everything from educational systems to collective cafeterias, the Collective was famously described, somewhat incorrectly, by human explorer Tayeb al-Bashir as "Communism, but with bugs."

## History

The Collective has its roots in ancient forayan history, being formally established long before the species had even achieved the technological advancements of industrialization.

## Administration

Command of the collective is broken down into tiers, with each tier commanding a larger scope than the one before it. At the top is the Collective Board, overseeing the entirety of the collective. From there, each tier shrinks in its realm of oversight. Members of each board are called Managers, and members of each council are referred to as Members. Level is also utilized to describe a Manager or Member, for example the Sector-tier Manager Mizi Lin Regdika Koul Nikto Xholde Ser Forayan.

### Collective Board

The collective board is made up of older, experienced female forayans who have worked their way up the tiers of boards and prove themselves deserving of a spot. These women oversee the entirety of the Regdikan Collective from city councils to sector boards, and as such are patient and cautious people. Fifty individuals make up the Collective Board as of 2182.

### Sector-tier Boards

Forayan space is broken down into sectors, each sector governing 2-3 star systems within a cluster. These sector-tier boards enforce commands that come directly from the Collective Board while dealing with sector issues not vital enough to move up the tier list. Sector-tier boards are among the smallest, consisting of approximately 5 members per board.

### System-tier Boards

As the name suggests, system-tier boards oversee the goings-on in an entire star system. Sometimes redundant if there are few planets of value within a system, these boards do not exist in systems with fewer than three worlds. Instead, the oversight of the system is passed directly down to the planetary councils. Typically, system-tier boards are comprised of 10 women.

### Planetary Council

Each forayan colony is administrated by its own planetary council, the size of which is scaled to the population of the colony world. For example, in 2182 the homeworld of Regdika held a population of approximately 22.4 billion lives. As such, the Council of Regdika was made up of 2,243 members. The Council of Perix, overseeing a colony which in 2182 housed only around 849,000 individuals, was composed of 8 members. Values do not scale based on a strict system, only in what proves efficient for administrative purposes relative to global population.

### Regional Council

On larger, more populated worlds, the caverns and surrounding territory inhabited by the forayan are often broken down into efficient, geometrical regions for more effective administration. These regional councils scale with regional population.

### City Council

Cities hold their own councils, which scale with community population.