Koban People's Republic

The flag of the Koban People's Republic

The **Koban People's Republic** is a socialist state located in the Northwest of the galaxy. It borders the West Galactic Anarchic Zone and the Republic of Airec to the south, alongside the State of Webinia and the Kingdom of Supresia to the north.

## Government

Koba is governed by a central People's Council, headed by the People's Chairman. They are elected by a bottom up process of direct democracy, with regional workers councils electing delegates for regional councils. These regional councils then elect planetary councils, whom then elect provincial councils. Each provincial council must send one of its members to the national People's Council. The People's Chairman is nominally elected by the People's Council.

## Economy

The economy of the Koban People's Republic on paper is a centrally planned one, being guided by the principles of socialism and equality. However, currently the KPR is undergoing a phase of highly regulated capitalism in order to build up an economy to eventually be a self sustaining state.

The central government has total control over the natural resources of the various large nebulae that lie within Koban space, having issued Nationalization Order #48 in the Republic's early days in order to have control over the nebulae that were formerly dominated by foreign businesses.

The KPR follows a strict path of industrialization in their major systems, allowing some private business in order to develop faster. Several rural worlds, such as Arindo, Ennia, and Hayesov are currently the prime targets for the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Programs (ERRP), which plans to oversee large scale industrialization of these systems. The frontier territories of the Republic are currently targets of the Six Year Plans issued by the People's Council which aim to develop industries and hyperspace routes to the Koban heartlands.

Leftero, formerly the capital of west galactic commerce and a key trade system, retains some of its old role in an outlined Special Economic Zone where the government is more lenient on business. The old Lefteran Stock Exchange is closed, however, and all companies operating are owned by the government on Seliv. Regardless, Leftero is Koba's chief location to import and export goods.

## Foreign Relations

The foreign relations of the Koban People's Republic are directed by its Foreign Minister and General Secretary.

As a member of the Coalition of Galactic States, it is currently at war with the Empire of Stovachia and is on cordial terms with the majority of other members, with the exceptions being the Arvient Republic and Kingdom of Supresia.

The KPR is currently engaged in a territorial dispute with the Kingdom of Supresia, with the KPR claiming the system of Papeye due to its "Historic status as a center of the people's revolution against the shackles of oppression". The Kingdom of Supresia, however, claims Arindo and Seliv as core parts of the Supresian territories.

The KPR has excellent relations with the State of Webinia, with People's Chairman Timothy Hayes being personal friends with the Mallawa of the Webi, Habbinali. The Treaty of Magabo Bay signed between the two declares that "The Koban and Webi peoples are revolutionary brothers in arms, the liberation of peoples from oppression is the joint goal of their respective peoples."

The KPR's policy towards the West Galactic Anarchic Zone is one of indifference. The central government sees no need to intervene in the territory, determining that a preemptive strike would not be worth the potential territorial gains.