Lunar States

# **Lunar Colonisation:**

The colonisation of the moon began approximately 55 years after the technology for space transportation was discovered in 1864. The first colonist on the moon, Louis-Hubert Folkshire, was of mixed French-British descent and his mission was spearheaded by those nations.

While some scholars debate whether this constitutes a colonisation attempt, the consesus remains that this was the first.

Other disputed initial colonisation attempts are:

* A failed 1922 German mission, which ended after all 15 colonists died due to a major crop failure after setting up their camp.
* A falsified 1919 American landing.
* The 1923 French-British mission to Louis-Hubert Folkshire's camp, which saw the population become self-sufficient.
* The first settlement to reach over 150 people [by the Germans in 1923] (The second most populous settlement having had 49 at the time).

## **Population:**

Due to rapid colonisation and population growth, the lunar population increased rapidly and in 2042 the moon had already reached a population of just over 300 million people. These people were a mixture of those with extreme wealth and those of extreme poverty.

An important milestone was reached in 2127, when the moon first exceeded a population of a billion. In 2161 the population had increased to approximately two billion, contributing approximately 12% of the system-wide population (19+ billion).

## **Lunar Partitions:**

**The Partition of a Thousand Souls:**

The Partition of a Thousand Souls was signed in 1910, after weeks of the Great Powers (Great Britain, Germany, France, and the United States) drawing straight lines on inaccurate maps. Most lands were granted to the British, reflecting their status as the leading world power. Germany gained great swathes of land due to its status as a rising (yet untested) power and is considered to have achieved the most (aside from Britain) out of the partition. France contested the partition, as they felt pushed aside in favor of the rising German and American states.

**The Partition of Ten Thousand Souls:**

The Partition of Ten Thousand Souls was signed in 1915, almost precisely 5 years after the signing of the first partition. It amended Japan, Holland, Austria, Russia, and Belgium to the original treaty alongside granting swathes of land for colonization. The partition caused Britain to lose much of its formerly claimed land and left France, Russia, and Britain with a sour taste in their mouths.

## **List of Colonisers:**

* Austria
* United States
* Argentina
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Britain
* China
* Netherlands
* Ethiopia
* France
* Finland
* Germany
* Greece
* India
* Indonesia
* Italy
* Japan
* Nigeria
* North China
* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Serbia
* South China
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey

**Complex Coloniser past:**

* Benin (GCEU)
* Burkino Faso (GCEU)
* Burundi
* Cameroon (GCEU)
* Catalonia
* Denmark
* Ghana (GCEU)
* Ivory Coast (GCEU)
* Kenya
* Korea
* Lunarism
* Majani
* Nigeria (GCEU)
* Norway
* Rwanda
* Solarism
* Tanzania
* Togo (GCEU)
* Uganda
* Zaria (GCEU)

**Notable Religious Groups:**

* Shia
* Sunni
* Jewish

**Notable Rebel Groups:**

* Majani
* Zaama
* The Rangers

## **Non-Former Colonies/Complex Colonial Past:**

**Honey Commune:**

The Honey Commune or "Golden Commune" was at one point the largest commune among the wild states. Its territories were located within the Sargent State and lasted a hundred years, before it was overrun and crushed by the Sargent State military.

**Lunar Mandate (1977-2300):**

A region claimed to be given to those following Islam by God in the 19th century. While the region has shrunk with time, the idea has not been forgotten nor "went away". The stabilization of borders ushered in a new era for the Lunar Mandate, with scientific literature and secularism blossoming, but since the Second Great Depression small religious extremist groups have been eying their former territory in envy of what their state could have been.

**North Gyr Republic (2181-2300):**

The North Gyr Republic gained independence after a year of brutal fighting. The English speaking people in the region, invigorated by the recent American Civil War began to rise up and demand independence. It was not difficult for weapons to seep into the region, allowing independence to be achieved swiftly albeit through messy means.

**Zolotaya Respublika Rossiya (2243-2300):**

A large group rebelling against Nowa Polska, located in the southern parts of the country.

**Zaama:**

A group of people in northern New Brussels, they have a history of secessionist and revolutionary movements, and its people wish to gain independence from their French "overlords" in the south.