Sol Republic

The Sol Republic includes Earth, Mars and Luna in its borders as well as the slowly dying colony of Europa. Citizens in the Sol Republic are generally well educated though their level of income is questionable. In the Sol Republic there are definite distinctions between the rich and poor with a relatively small middle class of citizens. Despite this, even the poor are considered well off compared to most other poor citizens in other factions since the Sol Republic's economy is incredibly strong.

Life within the Sol Republic, especially on Earth, is fairly comfortable. Most citizens can afford an apartment even when living in relative poverty. The poor apartments of the Republic are often only supporting a single family and include a limited AI that prepares meals, cleans via the use of drones and provides reminders of appointments, alarms and waking up the household for work and school. Almost everyone knows how to perform menial tasks like metalworking which is a common task in places such as Earth or Mars; the former of which is an ecumenopolis. All citizens are educated privately with poorer citizens who are unable to afford education receiving a government stipend rather than the government paying for schools directly, reducing overall taxation on its citizens while maintaining efficiency within the schooling system.

Most worlds within the Sol Republic are urbanized worlds with many manufacturing plants and refineries. Through current technology, most industries are over ninety percent efficient; heavily reducing the amount of pollution they produce. When combined with government and privately funded ecological cleanup industries, as well as the advent of fusion power becoming prevalent, pollution is all but eliminated from the globes that the Sol Republic controls.

## Holidays and Events

### Liberation Day (2118)

Liberation Day is celebrated on January 6th each solar year primarily in the Sol System though many other star systems also celebrate this holiday. It is one of the few holidays that is recognized almost universally across the United Systems Confederacy as an official holiday. The celebration is about the liberation of Earth from its Nell invaders who took the planet by storm nearly a century before and laid waste to much of the world. Each year, on Liberation Day, the Sol Republic will fire the Canadian Defense Installation into a specialized target. In Europe, an old M1 Abrams main battle tank is driven through the streets which was once driven by the now Emperor of Virginia Jaxon Henderson. The tank was used in one of the final battles of the war and was instrumental in the defeat of the Nell landing forces that managed to make it past the initial strike on their fleet. For the Sol Republic this holiday marks their hard-won freedom from Nell invaders during the Liberation war, a particularly important holiday in their culture.

### Emergence Day (2120)

Emergence Day is celebrated on April 29th of each solar year in the Sol System. Primarily it is celebrated by Earth-born humans as the day that humanity ascended from the Earth after the Nell Invasion. It is marked by the first starship capable of FTL that was launched into space and generally celebrated with festivals. Though it is a holiday, it is not recognized as a holiday enough to give most people the day off by the Sol Republic. Nevertheless, most companies will still allow their employees to go home early if nothing else.

### Armistice Day (2121)

Armistice Day is held in remembrance of the end of the war that unified Mars and Earth into a singular government. During the initial invasion onto Martian soil, soldiers suffered staggering losses that made their way into the millions within the first hour of the conflict from the combined deaths of civilian collateral damage which made up almost half of the dead. Even to the modern era on the terraformed surface of Mars old battlefields are still being reclaimed and destroyed husks of vehicles, corpses clad in old armor and downed starships can still be found in relatively good condition. Though this holiday is not celebrated throughout the USC it is often celebrated by Earth born humans and Martians alike with drinking games, the firing of old guns in a military salute fashion and prayers from the devout to bless the passing of those soldiers who fought one another. Since that day wounds have healed and rivalries between Earthlings and Martians have ceased except for some die hard loyalists to either side.

### Unification Wars (2172 - 2188)

The Unification Wars were less war and more conflicts and skirmishes though many colloquially refer to them as the 'wars'. In this time period, a number of galactic powers such as the Sol Republic, the Virginian Empire and a handful of lesser nations waged war on one another in the beginning for the first four years. With casualties mounting well into the millions within the first month of the conflict the official war soon ended less than two years into the fighting with no borders redrawn and white peace declared. Afterwards, the powers that were began to engage in trade disputes, negotiations, alliances and so on that eventually culminated into the formation of the USC. Lost colonies were quickly added to its ranks, especially industrialized ones, a unified fleet was risen and together these worlds set out to bring others into their alliance.

During the Unification Wars, many countries contributed to a growing concern for public health and safety such as the production of clone soldiers. The Sol Republic made extensive use and strides in their improvements. The first batch of cloned soldiers, though they were never deployed in the Unification Wars and were created long before it, were the Alpha series who were cloned from a selection of individuals and then implanted into surrogate mothers. This batch of clones was widely regarded as 'still human' despite the method in which they were created. When an Alpha series clone was of an age that the Republic deemed necessary, typically around the age of adulthood for most usual soldiers, the Republic took them from their parents and trained them to fight. Next came the Beta series who were given significantly less time with their parents and often taken away shortly after birth. While Alpha series clones maintained some social standards and were often considered 'normal', the Beta series showed significantly less empathy though they were manufactured in the same manner. Charlie series and Delta series followed this model of production though they had minor improvements from the last series of clones namely in genetic enhancement rather than any significant change in training regimen.

Echo Series Clone Commandoes

## Star Systems under this Faction

### Sol

Earth

Luna (The Moon)

Mars

Venus