Republic of Borealis

The **Republic of Borealis** was the centralized government of the planet Borealis in the Human Worlds, while also having overseen other Borealan-colonized worlds such as Ion, Aurora, New Augustine, and Pisces. This constitutional parliamentary republic formed from the Borealan Civil War during the year 5957 ASA, when former Sentinel and Lord Danton Stone of the noble House Stone was killed and subsequently deposed of his power over Borealis.

## Organization

### Executive Branch

The executive branch was headed by an elected **Prime Minister**, who was able to serve up to two five-year terms. This Prime Minister served as the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Borealis.

### Legislative Branch

The legislative branch of the Republic of Borealis took the form of a **Tricameral Parliament**, composed of three parliamentary chambers that represented the three distinct groups of Republic citizens:

* The **Chamber of Nobility**, composed of representatives from each of the Borealan Noble Houses and their vassals.
* The **Chamber of Commonfolk**, composed of representatives from the other parts of the planet's previously established hierarchy, be it community leaders or everyday citizens deemed worthy by their neighbors to be elected.
* The **Chamber of Provinces**, composed of representatives from Borealan colonies such as Ion, Aurora, and Pisces.

## Society and Culture

Because of its existence as a government that was formed out of the ashes of a violent revolution, the Republic of Borealis underwent a great level of growing pains in regards to how Borealan society adjusted to the change in leadership. As a result, Borealan citizens had mixed opinions on the role of the government. Some who favored the nobility (or who were nobles themselves) argued that their power was too significantly diminished. Others who wanted the voices of the people to be heard argued that the nobility should have been stripped of all their power entirely, with some even advocating for the death of the nobility. These class tensions persisted throughout the history of the Republic of Borealis for at least several decades.

There was also public controversy regarding the nature of Borealan colonies like New Augustine and Aurora, both of which had unsettling foundations in terms of colonial treatment towards the planets' natives. The question on the legitimacy and ethics of these two colonies would be an oogoing debate in Republic politics.

## Astrography

Primarily, the Republic of Borealis operated on the planet Borealis itself, which was situated in the western reaches of the Human Worlds and, as such, within the broader eastern Outer Core region of the galaxy. The Republic's reach extended to the rest of the Borealan System, which included the moon of Pisces.

Other Borealan territories were seemingly sprinkled throughout the Cassiopeia Galaxy. The colony of Aurora was located tens of thousands of light years from Borealis in the northeastern Central Expanse. Although not fully a Borealan colony as it maintained its own level of sovereignty, the planet Ion was located near the eastern edge of the Inner Core, closer to Borealis than Aurora was. The colony of New Augustine, called the world of Thal'devo by the planet's natives, was located in the northern Outer Core. The frozen penal colony of Hailstorm was located in the Ice Quartz Sector, south of Borealis.