Polaris Federated Worlds (Factbook

## Polaris Føderale Verdener

Polaris Federal Worlds

The Federal Flag, formerly exclusively flown on federal territories or Federal military bases

### Government:

Federal Parliamentary Republic (with various subordinate government types)

## Demographics

### History:

Founded 171 years after surfacingDue to celebrate it's 50th year since unification

## Misc.

### I.D. Code:

(PFW)

The Polaris Federated Worlds (PFW) is a Federal Parlimentary republic located in the Polaris constallation. Within this federation you have a collection of eight worldstates under it's jursidiction. These include the capital world of Ly'n, the corporate haven To're, the combined agricultural collectives of Al'pin among others.

The Lorilortle race are the only sentient species within the PFW at present and with the limited contact with the galaxy outside they were potentially the only remaining intelligent organism known. They are a species of self modified reptilians ordinarily covered in a layer of electro reactive goo that helps them survive in surface enviornments.

## Etymology

The name of the state is in direct reference to the form of government that the state presides over, and the star that half of the 8 world states within the federation orbits, Polaris itself.

## History

(Current year in the PFW calendar is 300 A.S. (After Surfacing))

### Pre-history (23 000 B.S.)

The oldest remnants of PFW civilisation were discovered deep underground in a until then abandoned cave system. In there they already found limited tool usage and nest clusters. This primitive form of Lorilotle society already had strong family structure at the core of their gatherings as well as making small permanent settlements.

### Early cities age (9 000 B.S.)

By 9000 B.S. the first Lorilotle city caverns are etablished and straiting to guide expansions of future settlements

### The Subterrainian golden age (1 000-400 B.S.)

As the dust had settled from the Continental Unification a golden age started where technology and

### The Genetic Revolution (300-0 B.S.)

The era when the Lorilotle started working on their project to finally expand into the

### The Surfacing (0-70 A.S.)

After decades of preperation for this event the Lorilotle race had finally gone through their engineered evolution and were ready to breach the surface en-masse.

### Age of expansion (70-223 A.S.)

After having comfortably settled on the surface, and after the first two generations had been born on the surface there was little stopping the curiosity of these young that now felt invincible.

### Federation Era (231-Present (301 A.S.))

Establishment of the Federation based on the Polaris Accords. A joint army, navy, and aerospace corp was established in 232 A.S. as a part of the enforcement mechanism of the new Federal Government.

## Demographics

### Basics of Lorilotle biology

Lorilotle are a medium sized humanoid reptilian species, standing at an average of 5ft 5in (165 cm) and weighing in at roughly 155 lbs (65 g) with a fully applied slime coat, refered to as exogoo. They are amphibious by nature and can breathe under water for on average 1-2 hours. In addition their biology allows them to adapt well to varying gravitational pressures, or lack there of making devices such as flight suits borderline redundant.

They are a genetically modified soft skinned reptilian covered in a thick layer of exogoo which they maintain the shape of through their electrokinetic abilities. This exogoo is at the thinnest points is around 1 inch (2,5 cm) thick and can be manipulated down to a molecular level through the inate electrokinetic abilities of Lorilotle. It can also conduct the electrical impulses sent from the internals of Lorilotle through it with shocking precision which has made the exogoo a core part of their means to interact with their technology. The exogoo around their forearms and hands is thicker than normal for the body since it is often manipulated to form complex structures like hands or interfaces.

The exogoo itself is generated from a seemingly swollen and sort of stubby tail that secretes the exogoo which is shaped through the electrical impulses. This is a skill that is passed along to youth from their parents and successful manipulation of this important exogoo structure usually occurs around the ages of 8 to 10 depending on technique and the child themselves.

### Langauge

Lorilotan is the spoken and written language of the PFW. Though local varieties prevail and are given equal recognition to the federal standad there have been attempts to make a consolidated form of the language, but this cultural project has yet to produce a truly universal written form.

### Family structure

The family is a crucial part of every Lorilotle's life. Romantic partnerships are frequent, and usually lead to the couple having eggs within a year of their relationship stabilising. Most families have between 1-3 eggs per clutch, and there tends to be between 2-3 clutches of viable eggs in a lorilotle female's lifetime. This usually leads to rather large families with a minimum of 4 offspring in each family. These offspring are tended to carefully by their parents for the first 10 years of their lives when their young simply cannot apply and control their own coat of slime.

(Growth Rate =+15%)

### Education

The educational system of the Polaris Accord has been a core institution of society for generations. It is also one of the few things all parties of the Accord have agreed to have a broadly common doctrine for. Its primary purpose has been to create a citizenry capable of participating both in federal and world state society ever since its inception.

The educational system is built to teach the youth to be loyal to the PFW, but also to dutifully participate in their world state’s  political system. This can differ greatly between world states as certain systems demand more or less participation from their citizens. All citizens are to be educated to the extent that they can meaningfully participate in Federal referendum in case such things are triggered.

Basic subjects covered by this system includes the following:

* Language (LG)
* Mathematics (MM)
* Natural Sciences (NS)
* Social Sciences (SS)
* History (HI)
* Electrokinetic Theory and Application (ETA)
* Technological Praxis (TP)
* Health and Wellbeing.  (HnW)

Education usually starts fairly early with one year of preparatory education at the age of 4, long before the young have even developed their protective goo layer. This perparatory education lasts for a year and encompasses basic literacy and math, but primarily focuses on socialising with the cohorts that are to become their future fellows. The early education facilities are set up to accommodate this. Such facilities are also used to complete the first 5 years of the primary school education of the young Lorilotle where simplified versions of the topics mentioned above are taught to them. The 6th and 7th grade are largely focused around showing the young the world outside the carefully controlled environments that they required before they could apply their own goo coating.

With their newly gained ability to have a coating, field trips are more common and courses relating to their electrokinetic abilities are expanded upon and emphasised. ETA and TP get a stronger emphasis as the youth have now entered into a new and important stage of their life.

After 7th grade they graduate into Secondary School which aims to consolidate knowledge of and further expand upon the topics to fit their maturity and growing proficiency. The secondary school lasts from the 8th to the 10th grade and after the final exams the student is now qualified to join adult life on paper. But of course the vast growth of technical jobs and the need for those more technical skills have made the Tertiary School encouraged to the point of being effectively mandatory.

Tertiary School has maintained a large selection of courses, in most cases they are specific to the Tertiary School in question. All tertiary schools have the option of a Pure Theory Course that grants the student the necessary credit to attend the grand Universities of the Federation. Other popular courses will be listed bellow:

* Sale, Service, and Tourism
* Industrial Technology and Production.
* Media and Information Technology
* General Cultures Course
* Electrical and Digital Engineering.

All of the above mentioned do branch out into specialisation, starting with a general topic is mostly to help instill the sense of interconnectedness their chosen specialisation with other parts of the field they will work in. Another extension of the federal program to make the citizenry more connected and united.

The PFW's Universities are few, but with a large capacity for students and plentiful campuses with various specialisations. Among these universities there are two that stand out, Ly'n Federal University (LFU) and To’re University of Trade (TUT). There is a notable rivalry between these two institutions.

In places where universities are either too big of an expense or not deemed as awfully necessary you find the Quaternary schools. These smaller institutions are usually private in nature, but get partial funding from the federal government and local world state government to make it affordable for students. Most of these offer courses that have an essential function in society like social workers, teachers, and apothecaries, but other popular courses include media production, hobby engineering, and arts. Even people on Ly'n or To're might choose to attend such schools if they have particular interests they want to pursue. On the Ly'n and To're these Quaternary schools are often more focused on cultural studies and low prestige studies that are selected out of passion more than practicality.

#### Ly'n Federal University

LFU is the oldest institute of Higher education in the PFW with roots dating back to the Subterranean Golden age. It was through scientists educated in this institution that the Genetic revolution was even possible and the federation as a whole owes it's existence and modern understanding of the universe to them. Currently the university has expanded to encompass the majority of the higher education campuses on Ly'n itself. It's sheer size and prominence has granted the university constitutionally binding guarantees for federal funding which at large is used to hire and pay the faculty and maintain the vast amount of campuses.

#### To're University of Trade

While initially founded as a trade school it rapidly expanded on the second Lorilotle colony of To're. Unlike LFU, TUT founded most of it's campuses and does not receive federal funding directly. The institution has been funded through donations from the various guilds on the planet and through a notably higher admission fee than what LFU requires. This initially makes LFU seem like a better choice, but the people of To're know that if you ever wish to succeed economically on their planet one needs the connections afforded by the TUT. Through their wealthy donors the University has been able to offer competitive wages for professors.

## Government and Politics

### Government structure

The Polaris Federated Worlds is a Federal Parlimentary Republic consisting of 8 semi-autonomous worldstates. Each worldstate a number of parlimentary representatives proportionate to their population and economic importance.

### Internal Politics

Political parties are largely considered unnessary as the various world states usually enbody various political ideologies, and the movement of people to various world states is usually considered changing the vote to shaping the Federal Parliment more in line with the government of that world state.

### Military

One of the chief policies to ensure the stability of the Federation is to maintain a strong standing federal military, the Polaris Federal Defence Force (PFDF). To this end there is a standing order to conscript and/or recruit roughly 2,5 percent of the PFW population to serve in the armed forces for at least two years within specialisations that suit them. This leaves them with a current manpower pool of roughly 525 000 000, with 100 000 000 of these in active service doing various tasks for the mlilitary. Everything from logistics, maintainance, and combat personell is covered by this manpower pool. Most of these recruits will not have to every fire a weapon outside of a gun range because of the high logistical burden of many of the PFDF's

#### PFA (Polaris Federal Army)

The entire combat arm of the PFA are either armoured infantry or Mech units. All in all, roughly one quarter (26%) of all enlisted members of the PFA are Mech pilots making the majority support personell like Military Police, engineers, and misson control.

##### Mech Command

Mech command is the primary military army of the PFA and the branch that contains the majority of it's firepower. The common mech formation of 4 mechs, a lance, is repeated amongst the majority of the PFA's mech command with various specialties and roles. Any collection of 4 lances are subordinate to aand is company lead by a singular command lance. Moving up to the battalion level you'll find the battalion command staff, an engineer company, a military police company, and a signal company all attached to a further 4 companies of mechs.

#### PFN (Polaris Federal Navy)

Void defence is a major concern for all interstellar nations. Even during peace time there is a neet to maintain secuirty an stability in the territory. To this end there are the main PFN and the World State Militia Fleets (WSMF). The Polaris Federal Navy's primary directive is to maintain the supremacy for the federal government as to ensure that no major void wars are waged between the World States and general defence against the speculated threats against to the Federation. World State Militia Fleets on the contrary are primary of local space policing and general secuirty in each World State's Exclusive Economic Zones.

#### PFAC (Polaris Federal Aerospace Corp)

Though most formations of this branch are assigned to the PFN there is a notable amount stationed as planetary defence. The planetary defence and support role is where their part as an indepent branch truly comes to the fore. In this role the PFAC acts in a smiliar role to the WSMF but with more of an ability to conduct presicion strikes on planets if needed.

### Law Enforcement and Crime

Policing in the PFW is split into several degrees of centralisation for it's enforcement. On the low est level you have local police forces for cities and sherifs for settlements. Next step up the hierachy we find the regional police headquarters who govern over any potential regional laws. World State Police Headquarters is the final level of legal enforcement for any given world state's unique laws. Above this there is the Federal Police who dish out justice for any violation of federal law.

## Economy

The general economy of the PFW can in the shortest terms possible be described as a Mixed Economy. There is a social safetynet, but you are still encouraged to participate in the market for your income.

### Agriculture

The primary backbone of the PFW Agricultural sector is fungal growths and aquaculture. The omnivorous nature of the Lorilotle made it necessary to cultivate marine life like fish that was found in the underground lakes on their home world of Ly'n for their protein consumption. Meat from terrestrial creatures is a more novel part of the diet that only entered it relatively recently as a colonial necessity, but has been growing in popularity among youth in general.

The traditional agricultural production is mostly focused on growth of various types of fungus in large underground complexes with a few placed on the surface for species of fungus that require that. Aquacultural production was traditionally done in underground lakes, however after the surfacing there have been several breakthroughts in making offshore aquacultural plants which have increased the output of the fishfarms significantly.

### Industry

The industrial output of the PFW is mostly centred on Ly'n, To're, Or'kan, and Tor'baal. These worlds produce the majority of industrial goods for the Federation and it's military forces. To're deserves special mention here as the entire planet has been made into a production centre for almost any good that the PFW could need, with the notable exception of raw food projuce which is has had to import from other worlds.

### Energy and Transportation

Power production in the PFW is largely nuclear, using fusion power as their exclusive form of powerplant. Fusion power has thus far satisfied all power requirements for the PFW's civilian side, and most of the military requirements, bar increasing the size or number of the engines.

#### Planetside transportation

Public transportation dominates PFW settlements and cities with raised mag-lev railways and personalised mecha for any movement outside of cities and official infrastructure.

#### Void logistics

Plasma fusion thrusters are the primary mode of movement. This is achieved primarily through using [insert fuel] to cause a reaction with the power

## Culture

### Philosophy

The general philosophy of the lorilotle is tough to define as it pulls in various directions within the PFW. Some argue for state level communal collectivism, while others are staunch capitalistic individualists. As per most things in the PFW there is a middle ground standard in place on Ly'n where a individualist thought and majority communal living meet, in a strange community of individuals. It is a general expectation to help out in your local community, but not all conform to this idea either.

### Literature

Most PFW literatrue is published in digital format with fictional graphic novels and scientific literature being most popular.

### Music

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### Cuisine

Lorilotle diet is mostly consisting of fungal growths and marine life. As such the damp caves and underground farming complexes of Al'pin and the vast and bountiful oceans of Reg'n are vital to meeting the Lorilotle dietary needs.

A common dish from ages past is the simple dried and salted Ly'n Silver Back fish cut into smaller cubes and served with pickled common cave mushrooms. This simple dish was the staple dish from all Lorilotle in the time before the surfacing. Presently it is used as a in the PFA and PFN due to its long shelf life.

Certain colonies of the PFW have also started to eat the fatty meats of various Kaiju and other fauna in dishes mixed with edible local flora. This gave rise to a dish of seared Linnorm meat placed between sturdy leaves from domestic Stra'and Cabbage and topped with condiments and seared mushrooms. This Stra'and delight is making it's rounds to various cafés and street kitchens and is rapidly becoming a favoured dish among the youth.

(Until first contact baking will be a barely explored culinary art)

### Cinematorgraphy

Visual media in the PFW has two primary branches, the factual and fictional.

#### Documentaries

The first and most popular are the maticulously researched documentaries. They cover wide ranges of topics in depth to try to satiate the curiosity of the Lorilotle citizenry. Due to the almost instinctual draw to more information and knowledge that Lorilotle have this genre and its popularity there are frequently screenings of documentaries.

The most prominent documentaries in the PFW has continued to be nature documentaries. Among the nature documentaries one producer stands above the rest, Dagfinn Amundsen. His compassionate and wholesome explorations of planetary biospheres has sparked a high degree of interest in xenobiology and the exploration of habitable worlds in hope of getting a first hand glimpse of something novel and new in nature. Amundsen's works has also inspired politicians of the PFW (with the notable exception of the To're Corporatocracy's leadership) to strengthen environmental preservation efforts where it is possible.

#### Animation

Fictionalisation of reality does have it's place in Lorilotle cinematography, however it isn't nearly as popular as documentaries and often gets ironiously criticised for "lack of factual accuracy" by its detractors. Animation has warded off most critiques that fictional media normally get in Lorilotle society through its unique aesthetic that distinguishes it from reality. Most Lorilotle animated series rarely reach the cinema but are enjoyed at home as personal entertainment instead.

Prominent sub genres of animation are the so called super mecha genre were willpower and concepts like comeradery push mechs beyond their physical limits to achieve great feats. This genre is often seen as childish by people, though few Lorilotle mech units can say that they weren't fans of such shows in their youth. Hence there has been a lot of lances of mechs carrying Insignia and iconography from various super robot shows.

### "Sports"

#### Mech Racing

The contestants in this sport are encouraged to modify their mechs for maximum speed and preferably with non-lethal weapons.