Azon

Azon (Pronounced Ah-Zohn) is a nation located in the TRAPPIST system, specifically on the TRAPPIST-1e planet. TRAPPIST-1e is a cold planet with an icy terrain. For all of it's current history it has been ruled, administrated, and led by the six founders. These founders children have power as monarch representatives in the government system. When it began, the population entirely consisted of humans who spoke Ancient English and this became the main language in Azon for many years. Eventually, Azon's language became almost a completely different system of speaking all together. This was somewhat due to the slow introduction of local humanoid life into Azon's society, but is mostly attributed to founder Gio. When Azon was taken over by another civilization, Vita Genuit in Statera, they were put under the temporary and strict rule of TOAAC. This rule dissolved in the eventual Azon Cold War.

The preceding nation of the Azon people, America, fell after years of issues, pollution, global warming, and increasing destabilization of the political system led them to flee with the help of the Human Survival Bureau or HSB. They were among many others who left in a similar fashion. Six members of this group of escapees that had specific credentials were made in charge of the original Azon people while they landed on the new planet, who became the original six founders of Azon. They built many of laws and practices the Azon people still use to this day. Soon after arrival the founders were contacted by the HSB and introduced to other civilizations like theirs in a project to protect the human race and make them an interplanetary species.

In the beginning, the founders of Azon were panicked due to the lack of resources. Azon soon took action by bargaining with other groups that they felt closer with. But due to laws from the HSB, Azon wasn’t able to trade with other civilizations. After a while of trying to secretly trade resources through the interplanetary black market, they realized it wasn't enough. Founder Adam, the Minister of War at the time, was able to successfully steal from another group. This was legal in the eyes of the HSB since the group didn’t have supervision of their resources and wasn’t near the resources either. Adam had sent spies on the planet to observe their civilization and track their movement. He waited patiently to attack. When the time was right he snuck on the planet and robbed them of their resources. Getting away with it was another difficult task. He had to hide away while traveling back to Azon without looking suspicious. After special maneuvering with his elite squadron he managed to successfully get away and deliver the resources back to the group. This gave the group a great advantage because at the time no one else had the amount of resources that Azon had. This was how Azon started off strong and made them successful. This trend would end up continuing until the HSB made special laws to keep them in place, but not before Azon had led an organized attack on the HSB's own currency holdings. These actions led a negative outlook towards Azon to fester within others under the Human Survival Bureau.

Azon was well known for being an economical success at their original peak performance. High energy production led to many open expenditures for Azon, although they were a ticking time bomb during this time. Many sought out their downfall, and it would soon come in the first Azon Interplanetary War. This war landed them under the supervision of TOAAC, another civilization on TRAPPIST-1e. Their rule was brutal and unending. Many in Azon lost hope for freedom. Although due to the work of the Minister of Public Affairs at the time, Founder Oren, they were able to enter a state of freedom after a long and challenging cold war against Vita Genuit in Statera. Many Azon historians expected Azon after this to recede into the background, falling back into a state of slight poverty, albeit a free one, but this is not what happened. In fact, it seemed Azon's drive and bloodlust had only increased. They made large headway with infrastructure and technology, and ended up with one of the largest and most successful civilizations after joining the HSB in the Great Rebellion Deterrence War.

## History

### Alien Species

There are 5 species on Trappist -1e that Azon have discovered so far. 1 being the Xantus Aqua yeti, the Xantus is a mammal species that lives in ice caves. They travel in underwater caves and oceans to hunt for prey. They have a similar body structure to a regular homosapien, except they are taller because of the lighter gravity and being in the water. They have physical features similar to a fish and a walrus, they have fins along the spine and forearms. And tusks protruding from the cheekbones. They are passive towards humans until they invade personal space. Another mammal-like alien species found on the exoplanet is called the Homo Novus. There's many physical features that are similar to a Homo Sapien. Almost identical, but the Homo Novus has twice the muscle mass than a regular homosapien. There's an extraordinary alien that the explorers from Azon to which they named the “Eton”. The Eton is an alien that travels across the galaxy in search of planets to feed and breed on. They are able to summon wormholes that will temporally open just for them. The way the summon or make wormholes are unknown, but it is definitely the most effective way to travel such enormous distances. The Xantus Aqua Yeti has been observed to go underneath the Eton and stay with the Eton as it travels to other planets, whether they stay alive or not we don't know. The Eton is over 2000 feet long, and it is believed that some can even get up to 3000 feet long. The Eton causes no harm to humans except for the fact that they feed off the planets minerals.

## Wrenches

### Civil Unrest

Our society functioned as a perfect society. Members of our civilization all treated each other fairly and equally, they worked together as a whole. However, it was one person of our whole civilization that caused us much damage. We became a target to many other civilizations when Ancient Founder Adam Alhawash became a thief. We were then given 13,000 refugees on our planet to take care of. We had just lost a war against The United States of Kepler 22-B so we lacked the resources that were needed for the people so it only made it harder to feed the refugees.

Unfortunately the government failed to help collect enough resources for our new members and many lives were lost. They had no control over Adam A.’s actions so they became of rage and hunger.  They then realized that there was something that could be done. The society of Azon began a Civil Unrest on May 19th 2022, damage was done to properties and trust in the government was broken. Our civilization hit rock bottom so the government took a stand and began to brainstorm solutions for this big moment in history. The government made a law stating that there will be punishment for thievery, in hopes of stopping Adam.

## Language

The Azonian language, Ch’atacen, was a language learned by the ancient founders when they first arrived on Trappist 1-e. For generations the language has been passed down without getting tweaked. The Ch’atacen language is one the most primarily studied languages because of it’s unique alphabet and sounds. Through the years it has been learned that a member of the Azonian government started making the alphabet in order to please the HSB. He made some letters that looked similar to each other but most of them looked very unique. There are some letters that kind of look like part of a hexagon with other lines in the shape that were stolen from a foreign language that we have no knowledge of.

When he finished the alphabet he needed to make sounds for each so two of his friends made sounds that correlate with each letter and sure enough the HSB was pleased and added to the riches of the Azon civilization. They possessed grammatical features that set them apart from other languages and made their linguistics classification “one of the universe's primary languages”.

### Development

Ch'atacen was developed by Ancient Founder Gio. It was originally developed with the intent of gaining favor from the HSB, but had the resulting effect of speaking with some of the alien lifeforms living on TRAPPIST-1e. Ch'atacen has Ancient English roots but has a grammatical system not reminiscent of any major known language.

### Calendar

The Azonian Calendar is a system to tell the date and time on TRAPPIST-1e. It accounts for TRAPPIST-1e's slow rotation around TRAPPIST-1 and was created by Ancient Founder Oren. It incorporates words with a Ancient Latin origin, separate from Ch'atacen, the national standard language of Azon. Because each "year" or full solar rotation on TRAPPIST-1e only takes 150 hours.

## Society

### Legal Status of Citizens

#### Azonian Women

Azon regards women as equal to men before the law. They continue to receive not only a basic education, but jobs, freedom, and were subject to the authority of solely themselves. Traditionally, Azon agreed that women shall not feel like they owe their body or their rights to men. Women also had the legal rights over their children as they were the ones who gave birth and nurtured the child. In reality, the degree of freedom a woman enjoyed never depended largely on her wealth and social status. Many women ran their own businesses – one woman was a lamp-maker – or had careers as technicians, managers or doctors, these jobs vary but any and every sex was welcome to have a job. Wealthy or not, every woman had the right.

## Government and Military

The government system in Azon was based off the Westminster Government system used in the United Kingdom. There are a few major points of interest within this system including Monarch Representatives, Mayors of Provinces, Minsters, Standard Judicial Court System, Legislative Council, Necessary Services, and No Penitentiary System. The necessary services the Azonian government provides includes but is not limited to, Police Officers, Fire Defense Services, Educational Facilities, and Medical Care Facilities/Services. All of these listed services are available to any citizen free of charge, excluding certain Medical Procedures/Medicines and Private Educational Facilities. These listed services are self-evidently important, and no persons, no matter the circumstances, shall be denied access to them.

### Monarchy

Monarch Representatives, the founders of the civilization’s children retain social importance and direct influence on many matters. In a sense, they are advisors in the government and social figures in the public eye. While they have no direct influence on the affairs of the civilization, their input is considered of great importance.

### Central Government

The Prime Minister is the head of the civilizations government, and a new one will be elected via democratic vote every five years. A Prime Minister can run for a maximum of three terms. While the head of government, they do not have absolute power. The people under their command have the right to refuse orders that they deem unreasonable and unconstitutional, and the prime minister must also refer to the legislative council before making any government decisions. Mayors in the central government are the heads of the different provinces/areas of the civilization. They are each responsible for upholding the government in their respective areas and are under the direct influence of the Prime Minister. Mayors are elected by the citizens of their respective provinces every three years via democratic elections and can run twice. Ministers are not elected officials, but roles acquired by merit within respective fields. Monarch Representatives are responsible for choosing potential candidates and bringing them before at least three High Court Judges in the Judicial Court. Ministers are responsible for the direction of citizens in their allocated fields. The fields include but are not limited to, Direction of Civilization Defense, Direction of the Military, Direction of Public Affairs, and Direction of Infrastructure Technologies.

### Military

The military in Azon was originally run by Minister of War Adam. At first the military was no more than a small militia of government enlisted soldiers, but eventually they became one of the largest and most fearsome forces under the HSB. Once under the cruel regime of TOAAC, their military was ordered to recede to barely a portion of its once strength, but years later after the Azon Cold War their military returned stronger than ever before.

#### Soldiers

Each soldier carried a short spear, called a stick. This was their main weapon. They also carried a 'pilum' (javelin), a helmet, armor, shield and a pack with supplies. Soldiers were rigorously trained to march long distances, fight in precise formations, and kill expertly with all the weapons they carried.

### Law and Courts

The Judicial Court System in our Civilization is similar to the one that was used in Ancient England. There is three main court branches. First, the General court takes care of most civilian crimes and affairs, High court deals with larger-scale issues/crimes and is made up of High court judges and Monarch representatives. The high court answers to the legislative council, which advises on certain laws and sentences. To become a judge, one must spend an extra five years of schooling dedicated to understanding the legal systems and upholding a just system of justice. Judges to be must also spend time learning about the correctional system that the Judicial Court System relies upon. To become a High court judge one must have been working in the General Court for at least fifteen years, and spend an extra six months of schooling after being selected for the position. High courts judges will be selected after doing extensive research by legislative council representatives. The legislative council is made up of Ministers, Legislative Judges, and elected officials. Each province gets to vote on two elected officials to join the house of representatives. Re-election is held every 3 years. Among other powers, the legislative council makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce, and controls taxing and spending policies. The council is also directly above the High Court in the Judicial Court System.

To become a legislative judge, a high court judge who is deemed worthy must be selected by Monarch representatives that bring them before the entire current Legislative Council. Every single member must vote on the high court judge. The position of legislative judge is a lifetime position and held with great honor and importance. The civilization laws are split into three parts; Foundational, General, and Legal. Foundational laws are unchangeable laws that represent the core ideals of civilization. Every person in a position of authority must refer to these laws before making decisions. These laws are also seen as rules of life for all peoples and are held in high regard. General and legal laws are changeable by the Legislative Council, and withhold the direction for the entirety of the Judicial Court System.

## Economy

The economy of Azon had anything but a easy start. The economy was nowhere near the prowess of others at the time, and Azon relied almost solely on the HSB for resources. Eventually, the ancient founders had a breakthrough with their scientific team and they began making lots of materials for our civilization. This was the most prosperous time for the Azonian people because of thier rapid growth. By the next few years they had become the largest holder of natural energy of any civilization under the HSB, and had similar success farming materials. Though, this did not last for long enough, and Azon fell into economic ruin after the first Tyrant war. The first Tyrant war was against the fearsome dictator Isamu Thung, otherwise known as “The Great Opressor.”

After this, Azon struggled to pull themselves back together for many years because of their strict subjugation under TOAAC, but eventually they managed to pull together the credits for a counter attack, starting the second Tyrant War. Isamu “The Great Opressor” Thung used what were described as "cowardly" tactics to win against Azon a second time, including burning down civilian villages and the genocide of most of Azon’s refugees. This loss ignited a burning fire within the people of Azon to gain victory over others, no matter the cost. With thier newfound economic growth they maintained one of the largest militaries until the great clash of the Rebellion Deterrence, attacking various civilizations, although none of them amounting to much.

Eventually, the HSB reached out to Azon in search of defense against the Rebellion, a group of civilizations that had banded together to take over the HSB. Unfortunately for the Rebellion, the price the HSB offered was too great. This made Azon’s economy explode, with growth in every possible area. This also made Azon’s population the largest it had ever been- over one hundred thousand- and all the refugees that were killed by Isamu “The Great Opressor” Thung no longer mattered. This level of economy continued until today, where Azon still stands as a large economical behemoth.

### Currency

The currency used by Azon is the HSB standard currency, Human Survival Bureau Credits, or HSBC. Trading resources is not an official currency by viewpoint of the Azonian Government, but it is still widely used by the people to trade with each other and merchants from other civilizations, most notably TOAAC, the closest civilization to Azon.

## Architecture and Engineering

### Ministers

The Minister of Infrastructure and Technologies and the Minister of Public Affairs work close together provide adequate responsibilities for the construction of new buildings and progress within the Engineering field.