Democratic Republic of the Straits of Miora

## Foreign Relations

### Allies

Darexi Republic, Silrania, Lumina, Elepharchy, Morlan Confederation, Covenant of Labor, Zerep Union, United Technocratic Republic, Caretaker Nexus, Norioi Technocracy, Federated Life Herd Colonies

### Rivals / Enemies

Grand Imperium

In the year 12,073HE (2073 AD) (1/01/0001.0001MM), the colony ship UNS reliant was lost, falling through the Aspekai gate and arriving in Peritania. of the 200,000 Humans and Iilans onboard, only some 20,000 survived. Using what little power their ship had left, they flew towards an unknown binary star system now known as Prycon, landing on the fourth planet in the system and naming it Miara Cora. The name Miara Cora comes from the founder Mia Ethre's first name and the trinary planet sub-system named Cora. After some six years, five major and seventy-two minor colonies had been founded on the planet and together they wrote out a constitution, binding the cities of Talianos, Marina Moriannos, Caster, Khyben and Excelisia together and unifying the planet in what's known as the Declaration of Excelisia, and what would lay the ground work for the Mioran constitution, known as the Democratica.

## Government

From the founding of the republic, the Democratica set out to create a parliament, legislature and legal system was founded with the central parliament and lower house organised around full, proportional representation and the upper houses made up specialised ministries of elected people of expert knowledge in their fields to ratify laws that cover their areas of expertise. The executive office and representative of the Republic were initially two separate offices, the former given to the chancellor who had a cabinet of elected peers from either the ministry or the parliament and the latter given to the Monarch of the republic, who was elected by popular vote for some fourty years, the candidates typically chosen from people who'd done fantastical services to the republic and it's people. This system started to fall out of favour in the latter years of the republic as a growing movement for the abolition of the monarchy and the representative powers to be equally delegated to the elected offices of Prime minister and Chancellor.

## Contact established

In the year 12,319HE (2319AD) (0255.0021MM) the Mioran government managed to tap into the hypercomms network of the galaxy. They'd, at the time, known of the network for approximately one-hundred years but hadn't decided to establish themselves on the galactic stage given their current technology level and their interest in continuing localised trade with the nearby Norioi Technocracy and Ken'tiaen Guild. On first contact, they quickly became acquainted with the antagonistic Grand Imperium, a nation also founded by Humans from earth, or so it seemed, as well as the Darexi Republic, the Elepharchy, and the nearby Communistical Silranian and Covenant of labor governments.

## Modern History

The Mioran government, through the next ten years, maintained a fairly peaceful relationship with most nations of the galaxy. Most notable was the cosmopolitan nature of the country, famously (or infamously) allowing constant open borders with all nations except in extreme circumstances. The Mioran government also often engaged in covert operations to expodite citizens in foreign nations that were at risk or persecution or danger from their own government or a local group, offering the protection of the republic to all refugees and dispossessed people across the galaxy.

Throughout the early years of the Republic, it was quite well known for retaining a lot of the local cultural heritage of it's civilian population, most notably the languages and traditions of the various cultures that originally inhabited the UNS Reliant. Because of this reason, Mioran signs were often Iridescent, meaning that they'd change language based on the angle you looked at them. This allowed the government to cram the surviving seventeen Human languages into their signs, along with the languages of all other Mioran cultures. This was chosen also to help civilians and migrants new to the area to navigate the cities of the republic as the signs would frequently be updated once a new language was added to the official lexicon.

Following first contact, the Mioran governments first actions were to establish friendly communications with as many nations as possible. The first diplomatic missions lead by Mioran diplomats were sent to the governments of the Norioi Technocracy and the Darexi Republic, as these were nations most openly friendly towards the Mioran government. The government also frequently sent out bulletins the the Hypercomms network, describing Mioran history, literature, life, music and culture, and exploring what different planets in the Republic had to offer to alien life by talking about their histories and cultures.

#### National consensus

The 67th national consensus took place approximately a month after first contact, but this was the most memorable as it was the first to be open to the entire galaxy to watch. The consensus featured a two stage collection-then-narrowing system. In the collection stage, which is conducted over nine and a half years, starting at the end of the last consensus, ideas and opinions on government policy, actions to take, and new policies to implement are fielded from the Mioran population and then fed into the mainframe. In the narrowing stage (the last six months of the consensus) common and frequently stated opinions, as well as nonsensical and insulting comments are factored in. If the responses are generally similar or the same, they are tallied towards the final goal. Protest opinions are also counted and used as a general popularity measure of the consensus and the government. These tallies are kept secret however, to avoid swaying the vote, and elimination of each distinct idea takes place until five generally popular policies for each factor of government are left. These factors are then voted on, the tallies then added on afterwards to factor into the final opinion poll.

Its worthwhile to say that several important delegates from foreign nations decided to observe the event as it took place. The Darexi delegation stating "It's always wonderful to encourage democratic debate! Our assembly works on the same manner." Whereas the Grand Imperium delegate Lexius Voltatus stated "Such a confounding and byzantine system only serves to weaken a state. It's baffling your nation has survived this long."

#### The Republic and Religion

Religion was generally accepted and tolerated in the Republic, however there were often incidents of irreligious violence that plagued the streets of the cities of Karicosma, in the galactic south-eastern parts of the Republic. Often these riots were conducted by minor atheistic factions who believed allowing religious tolerance allowed for barbaric and backwards practices to be accepted in the Republic. This often wasn't the case, but this did lead to the eventual ban on street-preaching, an ancient practice in which religious followers would espouse their views on the streets of the republic.

#### Wars with the Imperial Federation

The largest antagonist to the republic aside from the Grand Imperium was the Imperial federation, a former minor nation sandwiched between the Democratic Republic and the Pillars of Picarssii nebula. On the 7th of July, 12,321HE (2321AD) (6/30/0257.0021MM) the Imperial Federation declared war on the Democratic Republic and the small neighbouring nation known as the Enfare conglomerate in an attempt to conquer territory from the two. Joining forces with the neighbouring Morani Kingdom and with Aid from the Norioi Technocracy and the Darexi Republic, the forces managed to push the Imperial federation back. This conflict lead to a complete instability in the Imperial government as the God King Cadraccia Matterepoccia was killed in the Battle of the titans when the Grand republic fleet's DRSS Homestead, a citadel-class ship, engaged the capital ship Thronus Dei in fierce close-quarters combat.

These weren't the first conflicts with the Imperial federation though. Throughout the history of the Republic, four seperate wars had been fought over the disputed territory on their borders. The second war proved to be particularly bloody for the Republic, where it lost the system of Syrinade to the Federation who then chose to carpet-bomb its planets of Lucia and Mendora, killing all inhabitants and rendering them barren wastelands.

Funilly enough though, with the leader of their government gone and the discovery of multiple other nations discovered, the Federation dissolved and migrated away, choosing to settle in multiple foreign powers who were more ecclesiastical than their neighbours. Some chose to settle in the Republic too, as well as the nearby, spiritual Morani Kingdom.

#### The Grand Imperium

Since first contact, the Republic had severely tumultuous and tense relations with multiple Imperial nations across the galaxy, but none more so than the Grand Imperium. After initial contact, the Imperium and Republic often butted heads on moral, philosophical, and governmental issues such as the form of government the republic used, the stratified society of the Imperium compared to the free and equal society of the Republic, and the treatment of prisoners. The last was most prevalent after a sequence of terrorist attacks in the Republic caused by far right extremists put the capital city of Talianos on lockdown for a day. The reformist outcome seemed to baffle Imperial diplomats who couldn't fathom how this could possibly lead to justice. The Republic famously retorting with "A prisoner can never learn from their mistakes if they're dead."

Outreach projects started to formulate from the Republic side during the wars of the Umbral Vanguard. Famously, the Grand Republic fleet (The primary and largest fleet of the Miorans) joined with the First fleet of the Darexi Republic on large scale aid missions to bolster the front lines in Gogan and Grand Imperium space. This was shortly after the cessation of hostilities between the Grand Imperium, the Gogan Imperium, and the Cooperative Federation of Cultures in coordination with the Elepharchy. The conflict, dubbed the Kingslayer wars by Mioran Historians, came about after the CFoF formed to combat the rise in imperial aggression. War was briefly declared to return the Elepharchy back to its native government after it was conquered by the two Imperiums and threatened the Darexi Republic.

Rather quickly after the war, the Outreach programme saw the expeditions of the Mioran princess and Chancellor to Grand Imperium space to meet with the Emperor of the Imperium. After some... questionable interactions between the three leaders, the gesture of good faith was returned by the Grand Imperium, with Imperial vessels landing on the Northern Avenue and approaching the Mioran Parliament, Crossways Tower (Also known as the Towers of Crossways). In the main chamber of parliament, the Emperor psionically throttled the house into submission, demanding the Akikoba system as price for the later Nuknuk crisis, threatening war if they didn't comply. At this time, the Mioran government had also suspended its membership of the CFoC in order to make the Grand Imperium with its forces in combatting the Nukkaribbu threat.

#### The Nukkaribbu wars and the Mioran Nukkaribbu crisis

In the later years of first contact, the Grand Imperium and neigbouring Gogan Imperium brought attention to a rising galactic crisis in the Galactic North, coming from the Sacrosanct Order of Nukkaribbu. The devourers of flesh, as they were known by the Mioran Naval Core, eventually declared war on the galaxy with their intention to "feed their garden". At this point, The Grand Imperium, Gogan Imperium, ASS (Alliance of Scientific Supremacy), CFoC and the Democratic Republic all rallied together to provide a unified defence against the oncoming swarms of Nukkaribbu.

Conflict started on the Grand Imperial border, with Starships from the Grand Republic and West Republic fleet slamming into the front line of Nukkaribbu swarms along side the First and Second Imperial Fleets. After some progress was made on the western front by the Atharian forces, Landing parties were coordinated under imperial command. It was often remarked that, despite the situation, Mioran admirals often found their imperial colleagues would try to side-step or override their commands, eventually they reluctantly agreed to one Grand Imperium general being in charge.

This was where the Mioran Nukkaribbu crisis started. The government black site, Starbase Appestine in the Akikoba system, was chosen as the site for the Nukkaribbu project. This project was designed to find a way to unilaterally genetically engineer Nukkaribbu to make them more passive. However the project backfired. After realising what the Republic was up to, the Nukkaribbu initiated the psionic offensive, awakening all Nukkaribbu currently in transit and causing the Miorans to accidentally spread Nukkaribbu forces across the eastern half of the galaxy. Many nations condemned the Mioran government for their unilateral actions here, however some later critics condemned the Grand Imperium for not allowing the Miorans enough of a voice, causing them to take this action independently.

The action itself is one the Mioran armed forces were used to conducting. In most Mioran conflicts, as many prisoners as possible are captured and rehabilitated, the idea being to reform and re-educate those they were warring with and to provide a means of good faith at the peace negotiations, with the release of the Millions of prisoners captured by them.

Regardless, the government oversight had caused the deaths of millions of aliens across the eastern side, including some from the allied territories in Norioi and Darexi space. The conflict however had a much larger impact on Mioran space, when Starbase Appestine, the DRSS Lostwithiel and, later, the planet of Orioko were all overrun by Nukkaribbu, causing the Grand Imperium to step in, wiping the planet of all life and starting again. This is when the Imperial government returned the diplomatic visit, the Emperor throttling the Mioran parliament, and the government ceding control of Akikoba, renamed to Aeternus, to the Grand Imperium. Aeternus was then heavily fortified by the Grand Imperium, establishing a bastion in the centre of the system and building a gateway directly to Imperial space. The Imperium at the time stated that this

The conflict eventually ended when the system of Nukkaribbu was purged by coalition forces and the entire order collapsed. The devastation to the republic, however, had been severe. And as typical of most Mioran wars, a grand wake was held, endorsed by the state to morn the loss of the war past. Death in the republic was often seen as a massive deal, and most Miorans are accustomed to choosing their own time of death. So war for the Miorans was often seen as a solemn thing, and a pointless waste of life unless it was necessary to protect the masses.

#### Post-Nukkaribbu

The Republic after the events of the Nukkaribbu wars was a changed nation. After experiencing such a loss to their population, there was a massive initiative to improve Mioran Military technology. The government pursued the current solar-cell composite used on their starships, adding reinforcements to the composites design and improving the energy capture potential of the cells themselves, allowing the ships to survive with less of the ship in tact. They also pursued more advanced shield and engine systems, designed to make their ships faster and more manoeuvrable in combat, lastly investing in better hypercoil technology which allowed plasma fired from the ships weapons to be more powerful generally.

The Most significant event post-Nukkaribbu was the construction of the Indus Dyson Sphere. Project Ignis, as it was called, was inspired to create a better energy source than the current Antimatter reactors dotting Mioran planets across the Republic. The sphere itself generated enough energy to power the republic twice over once it was completed. As of today it still exists, though is currently claimed by the Silranian government.

Post war, diplomacy resumed but there was growing resentment in the Mioran populace as the government had seemingly "rolled over" to the Grand Imperium, handing them a very strategically important system. Despite full transparency from the government, there was still discontent at the situation and a movement eventually started to protest the Imperial actions and demand they return the system to Mioran control.

The Grand Imperium was reportedly outraged by the actions of the Mioran civilians, since they knew exactly how the government had come to give the system to them, and were even more enraged when the Mioran government seemingly stepped aside and even quietly endorsed this massive movement. This culminated in the The Mioran chancellor, along with several members of the Akikoban Freedom Movement (AFM) to depart on the DRSS Pentyre for the planet of Divinitus Rex, formerly Orioko.

#### The Republics fall

On the 17th of March 12,329HE (2329AD) (2/32/0265.0022MM) The Grand Imperium collapsed. With the Starbase in Aeternus seemingly going quiet, the Miorans reclaimed the system, renaming it to Akikoba and the planet to Orioko. Curiously the planet was completely abandoned at this time. Over the span of two months, the republic re-established control over the system populating the planet of Orioko in a massive movement.

At this point, Starbase Appestine was re-established as well and research commenced again. Spurred on by the newly discovered Cirani, the Mioran government invested heavily in genetic material, particularly in the creation of new forms of life. The research was designed to experiment with the new forms and materials life could take, furthered by the new kinds found on alien worlds they'd discovered. Approximately a month after the Appestine was re-established, the DRSS Valiant reportedly discovered a curious form of life that could consume other life to create more of its own. These "Dust motes" as they were called were transported to the Appestine for further analysis. After months of experimentation, the scientists found that an enzyme in the creatures DNA allowed it to absorb and rewrite the DNA of other alien creatures, as a method of reproduction. One infamous experiment concluded that the process could be massively sped up, allowing the creature to rapidly expand and overwhelm whatever it encountered.

At this point it's believed that an act of sabotage by one or more of the scientists on the Appestine, believed to be former agents of the Grand Imperium, allowed the motes to escape. Given the Republics lack of knowledge of Imperial systems, it used the Imperial starbase's Transit Hub in the Akikoba system to jump through all currently active hyperlanes, subsequently infecting all Mioran systems simultaneously, as well as those of the Ken'tiaen guild, and wipe all life off those planets.

This process activated Republic Initiative One: Lockdown. All citizens were mandated to leave Mioran space withing 24hrs, causing a mass exodus of the surviving ships to leave Mioran space, with the Hypercomms network being used to vacate all AI from any and all software in the republic bar the fortress network and to completely lock down all Hyperlanes to prevent travel between any system in the republic outside of warp. After the 24hrs was over, the warp net was established to prevent starships from accessing the territory.

This almost total collapse of Mioran society left many stranded and alone, wandering in space over night with no direction. This action lead to the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Miora by then Commander Darron Morris-Clyde of the DRSS Eulissia.