The Federium

The Federium, "Federalis", "Federat", "Federal Republic, "Federal Government". or "Interim Government", was the government formerly ruling Heaven and Culture after human civilization lost the Human-Rqilae war that plunged them into chaos and resulted in humanity as the dominant race in the Afterlife.

With the death and resulting unpopularity of human supremacist, pro-war factions, more moderate groups banded together to form some sort of government in order to negotiate an end to the war and maintain a sense of order. Faced with instability, lawlessness, political and racial extremism, the disappearance of most non-human civilizations from the Afterlife, and the possibility of a second inter-species war, the Federium never truly accomplished what they set out to achieve with a peaceful, prosperous human nation. Limited government power stunted any reforms or projects attempted by the government, and the post-war economy effectively killed the growth from before the war, with mass unemployment at an all-time high and most existing infrastructure destroyed or redirected for wartime production.

By 11935, the combined conditions of unemployment, economic stagnation, and a perceived lack of action from the current administration drove the post-war youth population into three political camps: The moderate, secular New Federal Action movement that wished to reform the Federal system, the right-wing, human supremacist camp spearheaded by the Conservative party and National Party, and the left-wing, libertarian camp that formed in protest. While peaceful at first, all three groups eventually came into armed conflict with both each other and the government. The left-wing camp in particular protested the gunning down of peaceful protesters by both the Federal government and the National Party's paramilitary forces, and the slow and perceived lax punishments on the perpetrators. The right-wing camp on the other hand, protested the multi-cultural and co-existence rhetoric of the Federal government and called for human dominance in parliament.

In 11939, a Conservative party rally in the non-human district in Culture led to the beating and lynching of a 17-year old non-human teenager. Riots broke out across major cities in Heaven and Culture, with both the libertarian militias and Vanguard Front - the Communist Party's militia - deployed in an attempt to defend the non-human communities. In a matter of hours, intense street fighting broke out in Culture, which lead to an uncalculated amount of deaths and martial law being declared.

In 11940, the Federium Revolt began. Conservative and National Party militias joined in rebellion in large cities across the nation, and seized the parliament building in an attempt to install a new government. Libertarian and VF forces rallied in a square leading to parliament and shelled it using a stolen GP14 Anti-Armour Machine Gun gifted by sympathetic Federal Army troops. The gun was later hoisted onto the roof of parliament when the building was taken from Conservative and NP forces, who withdrew after sustaining heavy casualties counter-attacking. Federal rule was restored after a week.

In response, the Federal government exiled the leaders and members of the Libertarian and Vanguard Front from Heaven, and began cracking down on NP and communist parties. Several Federalis Army members who assisted or were sympathetic to them were also exiled. These groups would eventually come to form the Republic, Unity, and Tartarus. This would be the last major uprising in the Federium.

In 12039, rising pro-human sentiment and a resurgence in National Party membership allowed them to win the election under an NP-Conservative banner. The communist party was immediately banned on charges of extremism. Over the next several years, all other parties would be banned and their members persecuted. Military spending was drastically increased and a large portion of industrial output was used in service of military equipment. The Federium was renamed to the "Everempire" or "Empire. Power became centralized, the capital city was moved from Culture to Vonsek, at the heart of heaven. Eventually, the Everempire would become isolationist and leave Culture entirely, which became governed by a mix of banned parties, former Federalis officials, and the local benevolent associations in the area.

With the seceding of Culture from Heaven, the Federium officially met its end.