Antares Assembly

The Antares Assembly was an international organization created in an attempt to promote cooperation among the nations of the Antares System. In 202 A.L. it was reformed into the Antares Confederacy.

## History

In 149 A.L. the nations of Antares established regular contact with one another, marking the first Reunion Day. However, the 11 surviving sites had developed differently over their isolation and the sense of fellowship that had existed among the pioneers of the Earhart Flotilla had been greatly eroded.

The Antares Assembly was created in 152 A.L. as an idealistic attempt to remedy this and Zahur Akinjide became the Assembly's first President. The purpose of the Antares Assembly was to act as an intergovernmental forum to promote peace, security and a united Antares. However, political friction with the Assembly grew almost immediately and several of the system's most powerful nations began manoeuvring to assume leadership of the Assembly. As a result, within a decade of the Assembly's founding the Federation of Jut Fareed, the Republic of Retiva, and the Republic of Chengatai, each established their own competing supranational unions. These were the Association of Antares Nations, the Antares Community and the Ariko Pact. These supranational unions competed with each other for political clout, and attempted to win over the other nations of Antares. In response to this the Republic of Maltuan, the Republic of Sabmadi, the Free State of Sagallo, and the Union of Thanh-Jenal, established the Non-Aligned Movement of Antares. Competition between these blocs led to the Antares Assembly becoming increasingly gridlocked and ineffective with many of the initiatives of the Assembly, such as the Earhart project, subjected to continual political interference.

By the 180s the Non-Aligned Movement had emerged as the most dominant of the competing supernational organizations and by 189 A.L., Jut Fareed, Retiva and Chengatai, had become the last nations not to join. In comparison to the gridlocked Assembly the Non-Aligned Movement had begun introducing sweeping laws and reforms that promised to further integrate its member nations. On September 4th, 191 A.L., the last three holdouts were unofficially accepted into the Non-Aligned Movement, which, as a face-saving measure was immediately dissolved. Instead, the Antares Assembly underwent a complete reform, adopting both the structure, laws and decorum of the Non-Aligned Movement. Veto-power, and other benefits enjoyed by its largest nations, were likewise removed from the institution. With Jut Fareed, Retiva or Chengatai no longer able to impede the decision made by the Assembly, the first real talks of a system-wide unification began.

After years of negotiation the Antares Assembly was officially dissolved on April 2nd, 202 A.L. Simultaneously, the Confederate Republic of Antares were formally established.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.templin.institute/news/2020/8/11/referendum-on-the-national-flag-of-antares
2. ↑ https://www.templin.institute/news/2020/11/13/front-page-of-the-sagallo-courier-november-13th-210al
3. ↑ https://youtu.be/ZZsG\_OiVsGk?t=866
4. ↑ https://www.templin.institute/news/2020/11/13/front-page-of-the-sagallo-courier-november-13th-210al
5. ↑ https://youtu.be/ZZsG\_OiVsGk?t=990