Confederacy of the Great Attractor

### Area

At least 5 galaxies under complete control, partial control of the Whirlpool, numerous satellite galaxies

## Governmental Information

### Type

Confederated republic
 Stratocracy *(de-facto)*

## Societal Information

### Official Languages

English
 French
 Mandarin

## Historical Information

### Most Major Conflict(s)

Unknown

―The motto of the Confederacy, translated as "If you want peace, prepare for war"

The **Confederacy of the Great Attractor**, often referred to as the **Confederacy**,is a military confederacy and intergalactic superpower located beyond the Great Hydrogen Wall and named for the Great Attractor, a dark matter anomaly at the centre of the Laniakea Supercluster. The Confederacy is known for its sheer strength and its strong bonds with all of the nations under its flag. The Confederacy is made up of many systems and nations that have chosen to join for protection and economic aid.

With a massive area of around five galaxies and numerous satellite galaxies, the Confederacy is one of the largest entities in the Local Universe, and its size makes the Confederacy a superpower. As a result of the protection that it offers, many sub-galactic and intergalactic nations have sought to join in recent times. It is only rivalled by the Intergalactic Commonwealth, which is more economically-orientated than the military-orientated Confederacy. Despite this rivalry, the Confederacy maintains relations with the Commonwealth through the Nexus Council, therefore making the entirety of its territory a part of Council Space.

Historically, the Confederacy has been heavy-handed when it comes to international affairs, often resorting to the use of its military as a means to project power rather than relying so much on diplomacy. However, when the Commonwealth began silencing or disregarding the true power of the Scourge in the aftermath of the Battle of Borealis, the Confederacy's political and diplomatic power began to strengthen, leading to calls for it to reorganize and become a federation. It ultimately became the sole superpower when the Commonwealth collapsed in 5410 and was replaced with the totalitarian Hadronite Empire, with which it maintained an uneasy peace while secretly providing aid and intelligence to the Resistance.

## History

### Background

#### Precursor Civilizations

By the 2900s of the Human Galactic Calendar, only one major civilization existed in the settled systems: the Federated Galactic Alliance, an alliance of spacefaring nations in the Milky Way that united almost all races of the galaxy under one flag. In the late 2100s the Alliance began to expanded beyond the Milky Way and into the Andromeda Galaxy, where they spent the next 600-700 years spreading throughout the billions of star systems of this new galaxy. This expansion came to a point where the majority of the Alliance's population resided in Andromeda, while the Milky Way remained the political centre of the Alliance. These extensive colonization efforts resulted in several major conflicts between the races of the Alliance that almost lead to its collapse on more than one occasion.

In 2367 the Alliance began efforts to colonize the Whirlpool Galaxy via the Bifrost wormhole, establishing several hundred colonies in an attempt to bring the Whirlpool under their control. The Alliance's facistic methods of controlling this distant population resulted in the First Whirlpool War, with the rebellious Frontier Defence Force driving the Alliance from the Whirlpool and establishing the Protectorate of Asgard throughout the southern arms of the galaxy. The Alliance forged a peace agreement with Asgard in the months following the war, forbidding attacks on one another. Asgard fell as a result of the Titan War, which ended in the destruction of the entity known as Leviathan and the creation of the Nexus, a star-sized body composing of plasma-phase element C.

## Demographics

### Population

   The Confederacy of the Great Attractor is home to a significant population at around 55 septillion people, making it the second-largest sovereign nation in the 53rd Century, with a population greater than the Alliance of the Great Wall at 32 septillion but less than the Commonwealth's 77 septillion. Approximately a quarter of the population is enlisted in the Confederate Armed Forces, the single largest standing military in the Settled Systems.

The Confederacy's population has a large human majority, at approximately 55% of the total population being of the *Homo sapiens* species; it is not known if this includes widespread human subspecies such as *Homo sapiens mars* and *Homo sapiens terra*. Because of this majority, the Confederacy is regarded as a human-controlled nation, with all other races generally being regarded as secondary citizens. Tarsi also have a significant population at around 15%, due to the relatively warm relations between tarsi and humans; mavnians, referred to as "batans" in the Confederacy, also have a large minority at around 4% of the population.

### Language

Earth English is the national official language of the Confederacy, with French, Spanish and Mandarin having a significant number of speakers, even among the non-human population. The implantation and use of universal translators by its citizens is required by federal law due to a widespread difficulty in learning alien languages among humans.

## Government & Politics

> *Main Article(s): Government, Confederate Armed Forces*
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### Military

> *Main Artice: Confederate Armed Forces*
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While the Confederacy is legally proclaimed as a confederate republic, it is a *de facto* stratocracy, a form of government headed by military commanders. The Confederate Armed Forces are strongly revered by its population, so much so that conscription for young adults, while not written in law, is considered a coming-of-age tradition. As a result, almost all of the Confederacy's political leaders are strongly affiliated or enlisted in the Armed Forces, giving the military extensive influence in the government.

#### Guardian Corps

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The Guardian Corps is the official name for the Confederacy's space navy, a mighty force of over 2 million active vessels and half a million reserve vehicles, most of which were constructed by the Solus Hierarchy.

## Member States

* Borealis Republic
* West Euclid Alliance
* Kingdom of the Great Veil
* Solus Hierarchy

## Appearances

### Hyperspace: The Cosmic Gospel

#### Part II: The Battle of Borealis

* "Superluminal"
* "Parabellum"
* "Nomads"
* "Indigo Dawn"
* "Glass"
* "Hadron"
* "War Never Changes"
* "The Battle of Borealis"