TFL/Collective of Rodina

# The Collective of Rodnaya

* Most Common races: Overwhelmingly human
* Government: Communist autocratic oligarchy
* Systems controlled: Lenin's Star
* Total population: 2 million
* Notable trade policies: Rodnayans cannot own private property, so all trade is with the Collective government
* Other notable quirks: As a poor, underpopulated nation that struggles to feed itself, the Collective is an unattractive waypoint for trade.

The Collective of Rodnaya is the neo-Communist, collective government that controls the 3 habitable plants of Lenin's Star.

## Customs and Traditions

### Faith

There are no organized religions recognized by the government of The Collective. As such, no material resources are dedicated to temples of any kind. Groups are technically free to gather in community buildings for entertainment, which could in theory include religious practice, though the permitting process is not quick.

### Information

Locally generated news is entirely produced and distributed by the government. Though it is not illegal to possess files from outside sources there are hard coded file format security features that make outside files very difficult to access for the average citizen.

### Daily life

According to the official media feed, Pravda, most members of The Collective are hard workers happy to do their part for the betterment of their community and free of cares about the need to fund the essentials of life. This is true to varying degrees throughout the system. Outsiders see the Collective in ways similar to how most modern Americans view the Amish.

## Politics

The Collective has a Politburo, consisting of representatives from each established town on each world. Most meetings are virtual, but there is a body of nominated representatives resident in Moskva. Though the structure is constitutionally communal there is a fairly wide variation in the availability of non-essential goods throughout the system, with the highest concentration on Be generally and in Moskva specifically.

### Armed Forces

All men and women between the ages of 20 and 25 are part of the Army, giving a nominal fighting force of about 450,000. This is unrealistically high due to many issues including service exceptions for critical work and education, frequent training shortfalls, and lack of operable equipment.  Most effort is spent on planetary defense weaponry and non-FTL naval patrol craft. From the outside perspective, the primary defenses of Rodnaya are its remoteness and the lack of anything valuable enough to be worth the expense of taking.

## Economy

All production is the property of The Collective. Goods are distributed through a complex social credit system. There are no banks available to the populace on any of the three worlds. Governmental banking primarily revolves around paying for imports. Barter is forbidden because there is no private property, but most officials know that it occurs and turn a blind eye unless they have some reason to make an example of someone.

### Visitation & Travel

Travel outside of the few Mosvka trade enclaves is restricted to citizens of The Collective and approved, supervised visitors. Trade enclaves offer visitors access to fairly priced local goods, or outrageously priced imports.

Very few Collective citizens leave the system. Rodnayns claim this is because everyone is happy and there is no desire to leave. Some outsiders point out the fact that without private property almost no Collective citizen could afford to purchase passage on one of the relatively few trading ships that would take passengers from the system.