Leftern Block

## Members

Members (Red), Associates (Orange)

The Leftern Block is among the great alliances of the Galaxy, beginning as a small alliance and gradually expanding into what it is today.

## Core Members of the Block

### Union of Bosscialist Republics (2241)

The UBR initially sought allies as a form of protection since they, due to their massive size, were threatened by conquest of many nations. Finding the right partners they were able to become one of the most dominant empires in the galaxy.

### Seestern Empire (2241)

Initially a peaceful and prosporous people, they made first contact with the UBR and quickly formed an alliance as this would benefit both, as the Block grew, so did the Seestern economy, since they would establish themselfes as a Trading Superpower.

### Buick Empire (2256)

Being a strong empire to begin with, they Proteced the UBR and Seestern Empire from the Lote Domy Empire, which threatened to anihilate them. Performing poor in the centuries to come, roles switched and the thankful nations were now protecting the Buick.

### Eris Order (2316)

The Eris Order joined the Leftern Block in need of protection from the Enlightened covenant after the Hot War and became an important part in encancing the Block's Psionic potential.

### Bench Press Empire (2433)

The Bench Press Empire joined the Block after Conquering the Lote Domy Empire, together with the Leftern Block in the Second Domy invasion. Due to the Seestern heavily supporting them, they eventually became one of the Strongest militaries in the galaxy and took the leading role in the Block.

## Creation of the Leftern Block

The Leftern Block was officialy founded on 05.11.2316, on the Capital World of the Eri. All Four Stateheads were present, the Founding ceremony was among the largest events ever occustrated in the galaxy at the time.

Initially, the foundation of the Block began as an alliance between the UBR and Seestern Empire, where the first sought Protection and the other Economical gain. This beneficial Relationship would intern aid both's technological progress making them viable for early superpower status.

The Buick Empire joined the then Called "Triple Block" in an effort to protect the UBR and Seestern Empire from the at the time very powerful Lote Domy Empire, which was a rival of the Buick Empire. Only with the Aid of the Buick the UBR and Seestern were able to stop the Lote Domy invasion and following the conflicht the Buick are still to this day viewed as guardian angels by the UBR and Seestern, despite their modern state being a disaster.

Plans have existed for a long time to invite the Eris Order into the Triple Block, however, fear of the then much more powerful Enlightened Covenant prevented such plans until the Hot War, where an armsrace between the two federations, now being almost equal in power, led to a larg scale conflict between the two. The Eri were caught in the middle of it and had the most to suffer but seeing the Block investing over 90% of their military into the Eri made them join voluntarily

The Bench Press Empire was originally used as a buffer between the Covenant and Block, yet after continious aid from the Block they grew rapidly in power and eventually joined the Leftern Block during the Second Lote Domy invasion. They eventually got so powerful that they replaced the UBR as the new leaders of the Leftern Block.

## Block Laws

The Leftern Block is a Martial Alliance with the intention of securing each others Existence with Military and economical Aid. Member States are all treated nearly equal with everybody having acces to the Federation fleet. There is no official Leader allthough usually the militarily most powerful Empire manages Laws and leads troops into battle.

### Presidency

Unlike all other federations, this Martial alliance has no official leader even though there are plans underway in initiating a proto government which would turn the Leftern Block into a de facto state which each Empire containd remaining heavily autonomous.

### Joining/Leaving

Pretty much any Empire can join the Leftern Block, as long as it is ready to sacrifice its armed forces for a conflict where they make potentialy zero gain. Leaving is generally considered impossible for core members as they would be quickly forced into remaining.

### War/Military

The Leftern Block focuses heavily on establishing a unified armed force which views the entire Block territory as One Empire where it will defend anywhere equally regardless of nation. If an Empire desires to wage war with a valid reason, the Entire force will be ready to serve it, potentially turning minor powers into superpowers temporarily.

Each Empire has to contribute to the Leftern Block Army with the so called 15% standard. This means 15% of everything military related including funding. All states however surpass this value with the average contribution being around 28% with the UBR leading by far in donating 71% of its assets to the Block.

Military Platoons Are usually mixed, in order to promote a unified culture. Even the Benchus show respect towards their allies.

There are Three Fleeets in service to the Leftern Block, with the Pact Fleet, being presumably the largest algumation of ships in the galaxy, numbering a total of over 1000 ships of various sizes. The Total Ammount of ships contributed puts out a power of around 380K, effectively making the Leftern Block Fleet the 4th most powerful military in the galaxy, when subtracting the donations from the members. About 17 Billion Military personel are employed under the Block's banner.

### Religion

Religion is generally considered as a joke by most Block citizens and is actively supressed. Despite this, the majority of Eri still hold true to their believes and there have been countless incidents between Eri and Block members because of it.

### Art & Culture/ Amenities

The Leftern Block's culture is heavily inspired by Bommunism. Anti Block tendencies are quickly errased by force usually. Media is heavily regulated and all member states have surveilence devices, which respectively only activate if resentment towards the Block is noticed. Otherwise theese devices do not observe the population. The culture is generally introvers as only the Seestern Empire has an interest in expanding their culture. This has led to the Galaxy to precieve the Leftern Block Culture like the Seestern culture, even though that is far from reality.

### Science, Migration and Commerce/ Borders

There is a clause that enforces member states to share military technology. Education and non martial Technological development is handled by each state seperatly, allthough cooperation exists between them. Regardless, this has led to massive technological desparity with The Buick, for example, lacking behind almost a century in technologies.

Borders are allways opened inside the Leftern Block, however, on a galactic map the Block can almost be seen as one Nation because border closures to outsiders apply to the entire Block.

### Tribute

Even though they heavily despise the Leftern Block, the Lote Domy are unoficially tributaries of the Block. They do not share any policies and have no right in commanding the fleet, but they have to annualy pay 30% of their €C revenue to the Block.

### Economy

Each state manages their own economy. Free trade exists among the Block and workers and/or residence may move without borders across Leftern Block Territory. There is a generall pool of €C in the Block's unified Bank which can be used by any member state in an emergency.

The Seestern Empire is by far the largest economy, having a 56% market share in the Entire Block, followed by a shy Bench Press Empire with only 21% market share.

The Bench Press Empire together with the UBR are among the Largest alloy producers in the galaxy.

### Purge/ War Crimes

Usually theese topics were off the table, since no such actions were ever even considered by the Block, but since the introduction of the Bench Press Empire, things have changed.

Deportation and Population controls of Non Block races is fully legal. This has led to much controversy within the galactic commonwealth. The Seestern in particular deported over 2/3 of their non block population to the Lote Domy Empire, causing mass starvation due to overcrowding to the Domy.

War Crimes have also been introduced with the Bench Press Empire, as the Benchus would usually kill their enemies in brutal inhumane ways. This trend has also been copied by other Block Races.

### Natives

There are Three pre FTL races the Leftern Block is currently aware of inside it's borders. The Most advanced out of those is the Schminke Civilization which posesses Two Orbital Stations and has brought its people across their Solar System. It is expected that they will develop FTL travel in the very near future. Proposals are currently underway into interfeering with this process.

NOTE: During the Bunga Crisis, the Seestern Deliberatley anihilated a Schminke Outpost on their moon and the Orbital station orbiting their homeworld, in order to hide them from Bunga. Whether this has influenced their culture is still up for debate. All Schminke peronal has been knocked out via psionic weapon and savely deposited in urban enviroments on their homeworld.