Verdan Federation

Campuran Coalition

 Varbudian Union

 Erdathian Federal Republic

 Vernan Empire

 Perin Union

 United Earen

 Bahnag People's Republic

 Vuan Assembly

Flag of the Verdan Federation.

The **Verdan Federation** is a military and economic international federation of various states located in The Silky Way, consisting of many member nations, autonomous territories, and federal districts. The Federation is among the most powerful nations in the Silky Way. It is among the largest nations in the galaxy, having a K2.5 Kardashev rating. The majority of the population of the Federation consists of the five main species of the nation, the Terallans, Varbudians, Campurans, Verna, and Lrenn. Significant minorities consist of the Bahnags, Irkons, and other species found throughout its territory.

A very decentralized state with a society welcoming to other species, the Verdan Federation embraces many different cultures within its borders. Created only 304 years after the first Terallan orbital launch to unify the species, it has gone through many governmental iterations as well as massive size changes. Initially, the then-called Terallan Republic consisted of most of the inner Verda System and had a seemingly perfect democratic government. However, it soon devolved into an autocratic dictatorship as it expanded to the edge of the primary star system. A popular revolution soon ousted this government, and reformed it into a heavily decentralized federation, which it has remained to this day except for that one time.

## **Government**

Initially, the Verdan Federation (then called the Terallan Republic) was created to unite the Terallan species' many colonies in the Verda System. Its government took the form of a unitary republic which gave quite a lot of power to the executive branch. At first this worked great. The public elected virtuous executives who acted in the interest of the species as a whole. But soon the era of virtuous rulers came to an end, and the executives did little for the people of the republic past this point, only enriching themselves and the obscenely rich people who gave them money to run for office.

This came to a head when Kenera Fal was elected through severe gerrymandering, propaganda, and assassinations. Fal wrested control from the rest of the government and established an absolute dictatorship with himself at its head, instituting martial law across the territory of the republic. Fal was universally hated, but any who expressed this opinion were carted off to horrifying torture centers. Soon, a popular revolution broke into his palace, dragged him out, and cut off his wings with axes, ending his tyrrany.

Eventually, a new government was instituted, one that was much more equitable in the eyes of the people. This government is what has existed ever since except that one time. This government is split into three branches: the **Ministers' Council**, the **People's Congress** and the **Great Court**.

### **Federal Government**

The Federal Government of the Verdan Federation is the national government of the Federation. It is divided by the Second Verdan Constitution into three branches, the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, which are to balance each other to ensure that none of them have too much power. These branches are, respectively, the Ministers' Council, the People's Congress, and the Great Court. The judicial branch is positioned around [name], while the other two branches are seated at Teralla.

There are five levels of administration that citizens are subject to: provincial, prefectural, municipal, and communal, from smallest to largest. The provincial division is the largest and can have utterly vast populations. The communal division is the smallest and consists of a single planet or low-population star system, and is where most local government takes place.

#### **Executive**

The Executive of the Verdan Federation consists of a citizen elected to the office of Executor by a general election with every citizen of the Federation alongside their appointed Cabinet. The Executive's purpose is essentially to help enforce the laws passed by the People's Congress, which is done via fairly limited Executive orders which can be unilaterally passed by them. They are considered to be the chief diplomat, have the ability to appoint heads to federal departments, and have the power to deploy expeditionary forces. The Executive of the Verdan Federation also has much greater control over the military as well as greater powers in wartime.

##### **Cabinet**

The Executor of the Verdan Federation, after being elected to the office, nominates various individuals to take part in his *cabinet*, a group of advisors which run various departments. In case of the death of the Executor, there is a chain of succession among members of the Cabinet. Positions in the cabinet are as follows:

* Secretary of State (Department of Foreign Affairs) - Represents the Verdan Federation to other nations, takes care of most foreign affairs stuff
* Secretary of the Treasury (Department of Resources) - Allocates resources for various purposes (formerly allocated money but money isn't a thing anymore)
* Secretary of Defense (Department of Defense) - Runs the Military when the President isn't there, sits around being bored in peacetime
* Secretary of Law (Department of Justice) - Principal advisor to the Executor on all legal matters
* Secretary of Territory (Department of Area Allocation) - Responsible for the management and conservation of most federally-run land
* Secretary of Health and Services (Department of Health and Services) - Principal advisor on all matters of health, education, and general welfare
* Secretary of Construction (Department of Construction) - Plans large construction projects, particularly for habitation purposes.
* Secretary of Transportation (Department of Transportation) - Plans transportation-related projects in particular to help the Federation run efficiently.
* Secretary of Energy (Department of Energy) - Plans construction projects related to energy production, and allocates said energy to various parts of the nation.
* Director of Intelligence (Intelligence Community) - Does top sneaky things to know everything about possible enemies.
* Secretary of Science & Technology (Department of Science and Technology) - Runs large-scale scientific projects to advance collective knowledge of the universe!
* Administrator of Environmental Protection (Department of Environments) - Ensures the protection of nature. Thats it.

#### **People's Congress**

The People's Congress is the legislative branch of the Verdan Federation. It consists of 313 seats held by members elected for a 7 year term. Each representative represents a small district within the Federation, although some districts are incredibly densely packed and difficult to divide, and so send multiple representatives. The People's Congress proposes and passes laws which apply to the citizens of the Federation, which generally concern matters involving financial, military, and administrative policies.
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#### **Great Court**

The Great Court of the Verdan Federation is the highest court in the nation, based in orbit around Alera Asenis's barycenter although it can move if need be. The Court is composed of a group of 20 people randomly chosen from the graduation rolls of various law schools, although the People's Congress retains the ability to remove them if they act against the best interests of the Federation. They use this power whenever necessary, as Kenera Fal packed the court 17-3 to always rule in his favor before his death, after which this rule was added to the constitution.

Members of the Great Court have a term length of 10 years, after which a new batch of 20 is randomly selected from the graduation rolls. The aforementioned law schools from which the Great Court draws its members are all located within the capital systems of the Federation, drawing much-deserved criticism of unrepresentativeness. Work is being done to fix this.

### **Local Government**

The VF is divided into 51 *states*, which are organized into 27 provinces, 11 cantons, 5 republics, and 8 territories, plus one federal territory and two special territories. Each state elects a governor, except the 5 territories who are appointed one by the executive, except one of them who passes the governor title through a dynasty, forget it its complicated. States are created by a special law passed by the legislature of nation, allowing for its admission into the Verdan Federation. Then a prospective state must make a constitution, and then the People's Congress passes a law which makes them an actual state. One of the five territories does not exist on this spectrum however. The Kelinea Confederacy consists of several nomadic Terakela tribes which have never asked to become an official state, and are a foreign nation in all but name.

Each state sends a delegation to the People's Congress corresponding to their size. Most only send one, except for the Kelinea Confederacy which doesn't bother despite the fact that they are allowed to. Seriously they should put the Confederacy into a different category altogether at this point there's too many exceptions. States recieve the right to propose and vote for legislation in Congress, whereas territories only receive the basic right to participate in debates. The creation of new states involves special congressional sessions.

* **Provinces**

Relatively large-population states. Their powers are given by Congress, which varies the degree of independence granted to each sector. They are ran by locally-elected councils, who then elect a governor who essentially serves as a mini-executive for that province.

* **Republics**

Republic are created to mirror a nation-state which joined the Verdan Federation with a dominant population of a species not found in the Federation beforehand, such as the . Their powers are given by the Federal Government, which include the establishment of their own official languages, government systems, and internal policies; however, federal policies have the right to override them because otherwise what would be the point? Republics have the highest autonomy of all states in the VF's administrative hierarchy, except for that one confederacy thing. Republics can choose to transition to provinces to earn more authority in the Federation as a whole if they so choose.

* **Cantons**

Cantons are the smallest states in the VF by area. They are created to house a single planet or densely populated star system which would otherwise drown out the voices of the province that it is located in. As citizens on these worlds may have different needs than those in the greater provinces, they are given their own representation. An exception is the Uran Canton, which appears to be ridiculously huge and populated by almost no one, which confuses political scientists everywhere.

* **Territories**

Territories are regions of space that are partially or fully administered by the Federal Government. They have the least amount of autonomy in the administrative hierarchy of the VF, and are usually regions that recently joined the Verdan Federation. There is an exception in the form of the Kelinea Confederacy, which is positioned just outside the Verda Stellar Neighborhood and has existed longer than most states, yet has never asked to be fully admitted and are a foreign nation in all but name. They do not even bother to send anyone to the senate, and ironically have much more autonomy than anyone else.

Territories usually form by some major state within the Federation sending out some sort of colony to a region of uninhabited space. This colony is administered by the state which sent it out, effectively being an exclave of that state until its residents pass a referendum to cease this state of affairs. Then it is controlled by the Federal Government. Once it reaches a certain size, it can pass another referendum to officially become a province.

### **Examples**

#### Cantons

* Verda
* Altara
* Katheria System
* Quantis System
* Starrial System
* Dernar System
* Cyga System
* Tauka System
* Rossa (special Canton, under quarantine and restricted to researchers)
* Klein System
* Kaxor System

#### Republics

* Bahnag People's Republic (Quantis System)
* Kedrinan Union (Kedr System)
* Perin Union (Perin System)
* Republic of Avor (Avor System)
* Lekna (Lekna System)

## **Area**

The Verdan Federation's territory is found in and around the Verda Stellar Neighborhood and contains roughly 1000 stars. Roughly 90 percent of it is held under the control of four major species: The Terallans, Varbudians, Campurans, and Verna, split roughly evenly between then. The remainder is either disputed, controlled federally, or controlled by various small species which elected to join later on. The Federation's territory is heavily colonized, with only the most barren systems such as Leol being mostly ignored.

## **Diplomatic Relations**

Broad goals for foreign policy are dictated by the People's Congress, just like regular policy is. Whenever something important comes up, the Congress votes on it and decides what to do about it. Carrying out these goals is the responsibility of the Executive Branch.