Union of Democratic Solar Republics

Official crest of the U.D.S.R

"*From this day forward, the galaxy shall be ruled not by corporate interests or fanatic zealots, but by the workers who carry our society upon their backs!*"
―General Administrator Vek Valdiin in his speech declaring the formation of the Union of Democratic Solar Republics**The Union of Democratic Solar Republics**, often referred to as just "**The Solar Union**", or the **U.D.S.R.**, is an interstellar republic made up of nearly every known system in the galaxy. The Solar Union is a fully-automated communist society in which droids do the vast majority of labor, ranging from basic factory and construction work all the way to doctors, lawyers, etc. As the droids are non-sentient and therefore have no need for a wage, the **Central Government**, which owns all of the industries, collects the income generated by the automated storefronts, shipping lanes, manufacturers, etc, redistributes it among the citizens as a universal income, and then uses the rest of the income to fund state infrastructure.

The Solar Union's roots lay in the Yavin Revolution, otherwise known as the "Red Revolution", when the Galactic People's Liberation Front, headed by Mandalorian revolutionary Vek Valdiin, overthrew the leadership of the Alliance to Restore the Republic shortly after the fall of the Galactic Empire and siezed power. Before this, the Alliance and the GPLF had been vying for power after splitting due to ideological differences. The Alliance simply wanted to bring back the Galactic Republic, and was much more centrist, whereas the far left GPLF wanted an entirely new form of government, one which would be based around a type of fully automated communism.

The tension between the GPLF and Alliance eventually climaxed in what came to be known as the "Night of the Red Dawn", where GPLF agents systematically assassinated several leading figures in the Alliance overnight, causing the Alliance to fracture and eventually collapse. With the Alliance all but gone, the GPLF took power and immediately started a mass-scale socialization of society, nationalizing industries, centralizing the banks, and eliminating the Empire's various "Free Trade Sectors". The Galactic People's Party was established, and Valdiin was elected as the General Administrator of the Union of Democratic Solar Republics, the Supreme Chairman of the Galactic People's Party, and the Grand Commander of the Galactic People's Liberation Front.

The capital of the Solar Union is Union Prime, which was formerly known as Coruscant, which had been the capital of both the former Galactic Empire and the Galactic Republic. Upon gaining control of Coruscant, the GPLF renamed it Union Prime, as a sign that the Empire had been fully defeated, and the galaxy was now liberated. Once the Union was fully established, one of the first large-scale projects conducted by the Union was the Union Prime Planetary Revitalization Project, which terraformed the planet of Union Prime into an eco-ecumenopolis, revitalizing the planet's once-extinct biological ecosystem and turning the entire planet into one vast, interconnected eco-city.

## GOVERNMENT

The Solar Union is officially a federal one-party socialist republic, based around a form of democratic centralism. It is comprised of the Central Committee, which is headed by the Supreme Chairman (who also holds the offices of General Administrator of the Union and Grand Commander of the GPLF), as well as the Galactic People's Congress, which is made up of representatives from every system in the Union, and acts as the legislature of the galaxy. The Galactic People's Party maintains complete and unchallenged rule throughout the government.

It is the job of the Central Committee to elect the leader every five years, and vote on any extremely important matters, such as amending the constitution. The Galactic People's Congress has the job of enacting new laws, repealing old ones, nominating potential leaders, and otherwise legislating the galaxy.

### Elections

Elections in the Solar Union are largely democratic. Local planetary workers' councils will elect a delegate from within their ranks, the delegate will then be sent to System Councils, where they must vote as instructed by the people who elected them. From there, the System Councils gather at System Assemblies, where they propose legislation, public projects, etc. They then elect a representative from the pool of delegates to represent their system in the Galactic Congress, in which they will propose legislation and vote on galaxy-wide issues. Administrator elections happen in much the same way, except once the delegates reach the galactic level, the Galactic Congress will then vote on which delegates to nominate for the Office, whittling it down to five candidates, one from every sector of the galaxy. The candidates are then put in front of the Central Committee, where they will be given a chance to discuss their plans as General Administrator, after which the Committee will hold a vote on who to elect as the next Supreme Chairman of the Galactic People's Party. A month later, the chosen candidate is officially inaugurated into the Office. All elections for the office of General Administrator since the formation of the Solar Union, however, have remained uncontested, with General Administrator Vek Valdiin holding the office since the government's conception.

## Economy

The Solar Union adopted a type of command economy, in which production and distribution of goods were highly centralized and controlled by the government.

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