The Republic of Alejec

# Introduction

Gliese 581g also known as Zarmina is an exoplanet that orbits the star Gliese 518, 20 light-years from earth. It is now home to 35,000 humans due to the tragic destruction of the earth due to global warming and climate change.

With an average temperature of -35 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit, Zarmina has an icy and windy climate. Zarmina's regions include rocky, icy mountains, frozen rivers and oceans as well as valley fields and compounds for humans and other species. From the frozen rivers and oceans it is very easy to collect that ice and mental for a water resource. As well as native plants such as the Colikale and the Azeret make excellent sources of food for both humans and other native species. Some of the native species from the planet are the Gregory, the Cobuke, and the Gilmina.

Like any civilization, Zarmina needed a government, a way of power and structure within its society. The form of government found within this civilization is a mix of a republic and a mix of a form of government called an oligarchy. Where the people and the citizens have a say on who gets to have the power, and the people will vote on a group of people to lead rather than one person. The founding members of this government, later called The Republic of Alejec, were Cindy, Luke, Jacob, Elle, Elijah, and Adrian. They collectively decided that the people were the priority, they dreamed of protecting the people and nature and prioritized them over money and power. They wanted everyone to have the right to a planet that is beautiful and filled with beautiful energy and clean air. No one for any reason will be denied these rights. Laws were made to the advantage of the people and nature. The laws will be fair and reasonable, as well as the government.

During the Intergalactic War, when civilizations were either siding with the HSB or against it, The Republic of Alejec split and had half fought for the HSB and the other fought against it. This created a civil war-type situation within the civilization. This situation was beneficial for The Republic of Alejec because collectively the council had decided to have a neutral form of power during this war. There were no benefits or punishments when the HSB won.

### Physical Characteristics

The planet Zarmina is a very cold planet to live on. It goes from -24 Fahrenheit to 10 Fahrenheit on the planet. Its orbit is 32 days, so a year on Zarmina would be about a month on Earth. Zarmina is located 20.3 light years away from Earth. Its mass is 3-4 times Earth's mass, so it's a bigger planet to live on. The diameter of the planet is 25,512km. This planet was discovered on October 29, 2010. The planet also has an atmosphere surrounding the whole planet. The CO2 and H2O levels are very similar to Earths. The surface of the planet is mainly covered in ice and rocky land. It snows a lot on our planet, and freezes a lot of its surface. Most of the planet is habitable for humans, you just need to have some really warm clothes that can keep you warm in -24 Fahrenheit. The world of Zarmina is a lot like the planet Hoth in Star Wars. It's very cold, and is surrounded by ice and has little caves. We do get disasters on this planet such as Tsunamis from our ocean.

On Zarmina 8 days lead to a week and 4 weeks are a full orbit. There are no months on Zarmina, but each week has a name. Week 1 is named Primer, week 2 is named Medio, week 3 is named Centrum and week 4 is named Ultimo. We chose to have only 4 weeks each year because the orbit is a very short orbit.

## Species

### Gregorus Rydemry

#### Overview

Each region of Zarmina has been especially catered for both humans and native species. The planet of Zarmina is not only a home for us humans but a home for many native species. Some of the species that call Zarmina home sweet home include the Gregory, the Cobuke and the Gilmina. The Gregories live mostly in the valley regions near the East and West Obice, mostly fields and mountain sides. At night they group and sleep in caves. They sleep in these mountain side caves because in the harsh climate that is Zarmina, it's a safe, warm shelter for them to sleep in. Gregories are social animals that prefer and thrive for being in a large group of fellow Gregories. They use these herds also as a form of safety, they all help and protect one other. They are extremely calm and friendly. They typically try their best to stay away from other species or even other herds of Gregories sometimes, however towards other members of their herd they are very protective and kind, a very strong sense of community within this species.

During the day they spread out and feast on vegetation from the ground. They have a vacuum-like mouth with no teeth to make eating easier as well as less cold as well as tusks to dig deeper to collect plants for food. The Gregories are herbivores so they don't hunt, they only feed on vegetation from the ground. They enjoy small plants such as clower root gems, popylogs and pretty much anything they can find, they're not very picky.  Gregories also  has duck/elephant-like feet. Duck feet have a component that makes it go numb in the cold so they don't freeze. And Elephants have padded feet to make walking with all that weight more comfortable. It has sheep like fur to keep them warm as well as a possibility to cut and use for fabric. They are super strong yet very slow. They would make the perfect forms of transportation.  They can get up to 8-10 feet in size and can live up to 30 years.

#### Gregory Equipment

Because of the strength and friendliness of the Gregories, us humans have used them to transport resources such as food, soil and materials. The three technologies that The Republic of Alejec endorses for the Gregories is a set of 1 saddle and 2 types of cargo cases. Each model is equipped with a layered system (Autonomous Thermal Regulator i.e. ATR) as well as a locking clip. The locking clip is made to be used as hoops to hook your Gregories together as to make traveling in hoards easier (insp. Camel travel lines). The ATR system is built into the fabric that monitors the temperature of both the user and Gregory which regulates (cool or heats) them simultaneously.

The saddle; although similar to Earth’s horse saddles, comes in a set of 2, the seat and a harness (for the rider).  Unlike earth’s horse riding equipment, the Gregory doesn’t have the need for metal hooves or padded blankets due to their natural physique. The harness (for human use) however is required for a rider to stay on the Gregory during travel. The seat itself is built with the ATR system (insp. Todoroki's vest and heating blankets)  and has a silicone gridded layer on the upper half (insp. Purple mattress) to support the rider through long trips while still distributing the temperature to only the top half.

When transporting some type of cargo with the Gregory there are 2 types of equipment to look for. The larger cargo equipment is made out of 3-D printed carbon fiber and can hold up to 10,000 lbs. Its base is shaped like the back of a pick up truck and has loops on the side where you can bind your cargo down much like securing your luggage on the top of your car. There's a weighted blanket (equipped with the ATR system) to keep it centered on the Gregory’s back as well as elastic bands to keep it on the Gregory. The small cargo equipment, inspired by the boxy ransel randoseru backpack, drapes over the Gregory and latches on the front and bottom keeping it in place (and has the ATR system built in).

### Cobuke

#### General Info

Another one of the species on Zarmina was named the Cobuke, it is a predator. It stands at 8-12 feet tall, the average height is about 10 feet tall. The color of the species is purple to make it stick out in the snow. It also has 4 pairs of talons on its back to help break down pieces of ice surrounding it. The talons can also help it hunt down Gregory's on the planet for food. These talons are about 5 feet in length. The eyes are yellow on the species to help it hunt down prey at night when it gets dark. The Cobuke lays eggs to reproduce its kind. The eggs take 2 months to hatch. These eggs are mainly a dark purple with white spots on them. They get to about 3 inches in height and 1 ½ inches in width. When the eggs are laid they are immediately put into a nest. The nest is usually about 5 inches wide and 5 inches long and it's made out of small sticks. The nest can usually fit about 3 eggs in it at a time. When the Cobuke hatches it does not grow the talons right away, it takes about 9 months to be able to start seeing them and a year for them to be fully grown. For the species to be fully grown it takes about 4-6 years for it to develop its full height. The Cobuke life span is from 180-200 years.

#### Habitat

We discovered this species lives in a small village surrounded by mountains. The Cobuke lives in hut-like homes. There are around 9 different huts in the village. In each village there are 20-30 Cobukes there. The huts can fit about 3 Cobukes in each hut, maybe sometimes more. The huts are made out of the Gregories fur coat to keep the hut warm. The planet they live on (Zarmina) gets as cold as -24 Fahrenheit and the high is 10 Fahrenheit. It gets very cold on Zarmina but the Cobuke has very warm huts. When they are outside the hut they can put on their fur coat also made from the Gregory. They also have very thick skin which is about 1 inch thick.

### Gilmina

#### General Info

There are three major species on the planet of Gliese-581g. Out of those three, two are humanoids. One of those humanoid creatures is the Gilmina (Gil-saphien-ese), a blue/purplish creature that inhabits a region of the Truci Montibus (Mountains). The Gilmina is a major predator on Gliese-581g, in recent years, the Gregory species population, the primary meat source for the Gilmina, has decreased by almost 15%. On the other hand, the Gilmina eats a lot of vegetation, including the ‘Azeret’ and the ‘Colikale’. In many ways, the Gilmina has influenced humanity's current society. This includes them showing humans ways to start farms, hunt creatures such as the Gregory, and how to defend ourselves against the Cobuke.

#### Etymology

The English ‘Gilmina’ stems from the Old Gilmina word, Gilmia, which itself translates to Blue Skin.

#### History and Evolution

The Gilmina race has changed over time, due to the effects of evolution and natural selection. Studies show that the Gilmina race started out as a bacterial cell. It lived off of other creatures from when they were born till when they died. When those creatures died, the body would rot, creating a more toxic food that the bacterial Gilmina lived off. The Gilmina would then eat the rest of the body, until it became a tadpole. This tadpole on average weighed 1 pound, and was (5 in) in length, (3 in) in width, and (1.5 in) in height. The Gilmina would then continue feeding off other creatures, which would increase its size. Soon once big enough, the Gilmina walked on land and it has evolved since then. Legs, arms, hands, etc. have grown but key features from when the Gilmina lived underwater still exist. This includes gills, fish-like eyes, behavioral patterns, and rarely, a transparent skin.

#### Description

The adult Gilmina’s average height is 152 cm (5 ft.) for males and 142 cm (4 ft. and 8 in) for females. The average weight for the adult male and females is 240 lb. (108 kg) and 200 lb. (90 kg) respectively. Compared to Humans, Gregories, and the Cobuke, the Gilmina have a long life capacity due to the amount of food sources available, the risk of diseases, and due to the genes they collected from eating other underwater creatures. Because of this, the average lifespan of the male and female Gilmina is 97 years and 109 years, respectively.

#### Ecology

The current Gilmina population is estimated to be 1-2 billion as of May 31, 2022, and is considered to be the third most populous creature on the planet, following the Cobuke and Gregory, respectively. This is evident to many Gilmina members dying off due to the Cobuke, starvation, and coldness. While many of the Gilmina race prosper due to sufficient food supplies of the Gregory, Azeret, and Colikale. The Gilmina get their food in two ways, in a group including the females and children when it comes to collecting fruit, and in pairs, when hunting the Gregory so as not to disturb them too much. On certain occasions, the males will bring with them their children to help them learn hunting or the females will do the hunting if the males are busy protecting their homes.

#### Habitat

The Most common geography where the Gilmina reside is in the mountainous regions of Gliese-581g. Around 52% of the population however reside in the Truci Montibus (Mountains), a private mountain range located north of the planet’s equator. The Mountain range is full of deep canyons and valleys where the Gilmina build their homes into the sides through tunnels, giving them a clear layer of protection against enemies. These homes can be accessed be a tunnel that goes through the mountain, which little holes along the tunnel wall that lead to the Gilmina’s private homes. Some tunnels have been measured to go as far as 1 mile into the mountains, and 0.5 miles below sea level.

#### Behavior

One of the key and most interesting features about the Gilmina is its behavioral patterns. Around other creatures, primarily the Cobuke, the Gilmina show hostile and territorial behavior against them. One reason is that the Gilmina are extremely territorial, protecting the mountain region where they live. Another reason is because the Gilmina constantly fight over food and water sources with the Cobuke. The final reason is that when the Gilmina first started evolving on land, the Cobuke would pick them off. This continued until the Gilmina had fully evolved and was able to defend itself. However, among their own kind, the Gilmina are extremely peaceful and polite, while usually showing signs of aggression to those who wish to pick up a fight. These behaviors also help the Gilmina pick out their mates. The signs of  protection, peace, and smartness can easily attract mates, which helps the Gilmina remain as one of the most populous creatures on Gliese-581g.

Since humanity has landed on Gliese-581g in May 2022, the Gilmina has become less hostile and more open to making an alliance and peace treaties. When humans first arrived on the planet, the Gilmina would attack when they approached the borders of their mountains. When humans learned that they were only attacking because they were approaching their territory, they immediately tried to establish peace between them. The Gilmina were at first reluctant, until humans offered a supply of food that would last them a whole other season. Since this, the Gilmina and the republic of ALEJEC have signed treaties and documents that established protection, peace, unity, trade, protection, and the promises of friendship for the future.

## Government

The government of Alejec was a Parliamentary Republic.. The government structure followed under the council of 6, which was composed of Cindy, Luke, Jacob, Elle, Elijah, and Adrian. Each member of the council was elected by their expertise in their own fields. Each council member was responsible for a different part in managing the national government and country. Stories vary of how they gained power to lead the nation but it is known that it was chosen peacefully between the people.

The Government Of Alejec is, as the name suggests, a republic. Alejec was led by a parliament, which was called “The Council”. How the electoral system works is that the council members are able to be a council member until a new one is needed. In the event one passed away or retired was that a giant group of talented individuals would be gathered and the best ones would be put into an election to see which person would take the new spot.

#### Founding

The most accepted answer was an Election of sorts. During the first hours within landing and basic civilization was built, around 100 people were gathered to choose who or what people would lead the new nation. Once people were gathered to elect who would lead, it was determined that the government would be a democracy with a president/leader and the parliament. It was made that the president would have to have skills of multiple things that would help lead the nation, while the parliament would be made up of members who had skills in certain fields.

It is not known why there was no president but it is often thought that the president was never elected due to members lacking skills. So it was chosen that a council instead would be created with a parliament. The members chosen for the council were Cindy, Luke, Jacob, Elle, Elijah, and Adrian.

Each member of the council was chosen for something special they each were able to perform, which upon being put into place right away got to working towards their jobs.

#### Members of The Council

##### Cindy

Cindy was considered the unofficial council leader by other members and the public. Cindy was a part of the council for her knowledge. Most ideas created by the council to support citizens, new inventions, or other items usually came from the mind of Cindy. Cindy was often busy or sorting documents created to secure that nothing was lost to the cold winds. On the other hand, Cindy was one of the ambassadors for the nation but often did less in that role. More of interacting and making simple deals.

##### Luke

Luke was an unknown case as to why he was elected. It was often known that Luke was missing or off doing other things. Luke was elected most likely for his slickness for stealing items from other nations without their eyes on resources. This kept going on till the HSB started to enforce more rules for stealing. After the stealing laws were starting to enforced by the HSB, Luke turned more into an extra member. What he did after laws were enforced are mostly unknown due to his nature of having a hard time to focus.

##### Jacob

Jacob was the friend and fellow of Luke. Jacob was often more productive than Luke though, and served as the main ambassador for Alejec. Jacob was the head ambassador of Alejec and served his role more after 2 weeks of landing after the Wormhole incident. During the times Jacob was not being ambassador, he was often known as a productive member while also being most likely the exciting member of the group. Often being the sole member to build up relationships with other nations due his galactic fame.

##### Elle

Elle’s role within the council was working with the media. Alejec’s media was lightly mixed, as it was free but whenever the council needed to push a message through the media in important events such as an incoming disaster. Elle was in charge of basically the nation’s newspaper. Outside of working with the media, Elle often worked towards helping Cindy for whenever something was needed and acted somewhat like a secretary. She often put her time and effort into work while she was not working on such tasks.

Elle was often in charge of the media during disasters such as the known tsunami event as an example. Elle often spent time during incoming disasters to prepare a message to the populace for incoming events.

##### Elijah

Elijah served as the most important role for the council, which was economics. At the start of the day, resources gathered from mines, lumber companies, etc. were collected and managed by Elijah. Elijah was elected as a council member due to his resourcefulness and management. Resources were often spent onto future projects in order to increase efficiency in harvesting new or more resources. Elijah’s job was spent most of the time organizing the resource reverse along with managing food, water, and oxygen to the people. During the 3rd week, his job was often taken up by the whole day with the massive amount of resources compared to the week before.

Outside of managing the nation’s resource reverses, he was known for being one of the most productive and supportive members of the council. Often helping out other members who needed help with different things. Either that be media, research, or something else, he often just helped around.

##### Adrian (S)

Adrian was a council member in charge of military affairs. His job was managing the Alejec National Army, which would have been supplying it, managing frontlines, and head commander of the Army. Adrian was elected as one of the council members due to his military mind. Often commanded as one of the smartest military leaders out of the space nations for his war doctrine. His war strategy followed a breakthrough strategy. Planning an assault before launching an attack into any opening the enemy had. Adrian was also in charge of national emergency responses from the council. During disasters that appeared in Alejec, Adrian often created council messages to the people.

During times outside of military issues which was almost everyday, he was a lead researcher into creating new inventions for his nation. Most known inventions such as the VDMs, Oxygen, Energy, Common Material, And Rare Material productions all came out of ideas from him. During times when help was needed, he often appeared to help fellow members.

## Resources

### Stealing

As a growing Civilization there was a need for tons of resources. In order to sustain a civilization people began looking to stealing as an income of materials. During the early stages of developing The Republic of Alejec, they had a reputation for stealing resources from other planets. With this, The Republic of Alejec was able to successfully gain the necessary materials without any consequences. Listed bellow is an excerpt from a journal of an mercenary :

*"One of the many things in our daily routine was stealing. On Zarmina there were 2 people who would pull off heists, sometimes small, sometimes huge; whether from the H.S.B. or maybe the other civilizations. To a mercenary its a tool of survival, simply a way of living. In the beginning, when we were still rookies and just started learning about stealing, we would only steal a little like maybe water or money. At one point we also started stealing from H.S.B and got a lot of money which helped us . Will but as time went on we moved on to more advanced operations like vaults with many resources. However this was only pulled off twice as after our second heist took place the H.S.B went in to lock down and the punishment was much worse. Ever since then we backed off a ton because it was just too risky. However we still did steal but only if the opportunity presented itself. But then our attention started to go toward making there civilizations more successful."*

### Technologies

Alejec boasted amazing early technologic feats and designs early on within their civilization, managing to turn their civilization into a self-sustaining civilization within less than a week. Although nothing was certainly new, it was impressive for the speed and limited resources provided to the small nation. An example of Alejec’s early feats was VDMs . A design of old 18th century crank drills but instead with tracks, a full engine, and a modern drill head. Thanks to the stable environment when the first comers landed, it was a perfect time for researchers to put their time into researching methods for making the nation self-sufficient and move away from the HSB for needs. Though as the people started to settle, things were changing.

Despite the tech created and how fast it was produced by the nation, it soon occurred that researchers would be needed in the field for other purposes. Following incoming disasters that attacked Alejec, research was moved to technology to how to protect their civilization. During this period of technological decline, research slowed to a halt with the only research being performed was a development of more and better energy for the nation. Even with ideas being created, all of them got nowhere but the drawing board and basically impossible ideas.

Alejec civil and space engineering contributed to its legacy development of early success. Thanks to its stable environment of stable weather and air,  Alejec was able to create many inventions for both its outside and inside technologies. Such as their simple design of their radio for receiving communication from other nations. Or for its quick energy production of using rivers for electricity. While civil engineering wasn’t just tech, they proved to create great infrastructure quickly along with homes and buildings for other needs.

#### Oxygen Production

During day 2 of their official landing, the republic decided that due to the new requirements of the planet, scientists were going to be put in charge of cheating a portable oxygen filter. This portable filter would be used by the republic’s explorers and researchers to record the planet’s terrain, creatures, and to begin the republic’s expansion project. These researchers and explorers discovered that the atmosphere contained high amounts of carbon dioxide. So during the production of these Portable filters, this discovery was taken into fact. Two researchers, who wish to remain unnamed, based the filtering of the carbon dioxide on MOXIE, which was used on mars to produce oxygen from carbon dioxide. This provided the general inner workings of the filter, with there being three vents each with  a different use, intake of carbon dioxide, outtake for non-condensable carbon dioxide, and an outtake for dispensing oxygen to the mask that the user is wearing, and to a canister which would hold fesh O2. The process of producing oxygen was simple, where the filtering system would take the carbon dioxide, split it, and purify it until it turned into O2 or something similar. The use of rare materials was confirmed by the scientists to be involved with the building of the portable filter, with the main purpose being that the rare materials would create electronics used for the distribution of the oxygen. The features of the backpack included a tracker on the side for how well the O2 is and the amount produced each hour.

#### Energy Production

During what is considered day 3 of their landing, the Republic started to notice issues with having their civilization run on batteries, which was the fact they were running out of batteries. Due to this issue, they started to work on the idea of how energy could be created. It was soon hypothesized by a researcher that watermills on earth run via water, which it was then determined that if they reworked water mills to create more electricity than a normal water mill. Using most likely a generator connected to the watermills, it would be connected to power lines and transport the electricity around the village. The water mills were built in rows along fast rushing rivers which with multiple spinning at once generated electricity for the village. It proved an amazing and cost effective tool that was developed quickly. The mills proved to be effective for generating electricity for the small village. Though it soon proved it was only effective for a small civilization. The whole reason on how it is effective is that a single one will be able to produce around 3.8 mil a day.

#### Harvest of Common Materials

Day 3 found that a better source of common materials such as woods and basic metals were in need of much more supply. After the oxygen supply was developed by the Alejecans, it soon turned out that they supposedly were draining more materials than they were harvesting. Research was spent towards developing cheap tools to harvest wood and metals. Which thanks to earth, created pickaxes and axes for cutting down trees and mining. They performed the same way as the originals on earth. Their only real difference was a better handle grip onto them and larger heads due to stronger stone and wood due to the cold. They were made with the handles being wood and iron for the heads. It turned out that the 2 axes performed well for their job in gathering resources in a cheap and efficient way. The estimated amount of materials gathered in a day is around 1-2 tons of metal and wood a day. Which was a perfect amount for the civilization to work through everyday.

#### Harvest of Rarer Materials

By day 4, it was decided that something was needed to start harvesting rare materials. Minerals on Gliese are generally deeper within its crust and the stone is more dense due to the cold. Materials such as titanium, limestone, and more were needed to maintain current items within Alejec’s hands such as their oxygen machine. Researchers aboard the planet soon then made what is called VDMs (Vehicle Drilling Machine). VDMS were a modified 19th century drill that was most likely created due to how well it would perform compared to other proposed designs. What made the drill different from its 19th century predecessor is instead of running on wheels, a crank, and a small line drill, it instead was run onto small tank tracks, a large engine, and a modern drill head about 12 feet tall and about 6 feet long. From the amount of rare materials gathered from these machines, it is theorized that around 500lbs a day were collected. From records about it, it seems to have performed well at its job and only a few have broken down. Tracks were placed instead of wheels to allow it to run on rough terrain. The engine was put in place instead of a crank for obvious reasons, along with the line drill. Due to major costs of the VDMs though, they were soon scrapped/decommissioned due to its high cost according to research teams.

#### Outside Communication

Following the start of week 3 since the colonies landed, what is called the “Wormholes Event” brought upon wormholes all across to the planets due to the refugees. This gave all nations the power to now travel to any other nation where the wormholes were. Having followed this event, the researchers that remained start to quickly find a way to communicate with nations that arrived to them. The smart minds of Alejec soon received the idea of creating a modded 1930’s FM radio. The major changes from the old from the new was larger size of it to accept other types of radio signals that would be possible to receive.

#### Colikale

The Brassica Algentem ( Brassica /ˈbræsɪkə/, Brassicaceae, Cabbage, Algentem, Broccoli) commonly known as Colikale, is a man-made synthetic plant designed for cultivation and consumption in Zarmina's cold climate. Trying to find a way to be self-sustainable apart from the HSB the leaders of Alejec’s biogenetic science lab created one of the first consumable plants on Gliese 581g. The Colikale is the #1 food source consumed in The Republic of Alejec. Based on the broccoli, kale, and cauliflower, the Colikale grows best in colder climates as a root plant and has a tough pink exterior that is influenced by betalain found within the soil of Zarmina. Much like broccoli and cauliflower it grows better in windy and cold weather. Using Human manure to make up for the lack of nutrients found within our planet’s soil, the Colikale thrives within the labs of Alejec’s biogenetic science center.

##### Scientific Study

In Dr. C.Ngu and Dr. Elle’s scientific report the two scientists draft out plans for the early civilization’s next step towards self sustainability. In an interview done by CEJ News Dr. C.Ngu states: “To be honest when we first drafted the plan to make a synthetic plant we couldn’t find a stable way to sustain it properly on a foreign planet. Fortunately we were able to draw inspiration from the character Mark Watney from “The Martian”. His work with the Martian potatoes was our best bet and it luckily worked out in the end.”. Dr. Elle also features in CEJ News’s “Innovating Women progressing the New World” as a botany major, leading scientist.

CEJ News 'Innovating Women progressing the New World'

#### Azeret

##### Overview

The Azeret is one of the many produced items on Gliese-581g that is edible for human consumption. According to research and polls, the Azeret is the second most eaten produce item following the colikale. It has been described to be a dark blue color fruit that can be the size of an average lime from earth that weighs on average 0.2 kg ( 0.440925 lbs). Because it comes from the flower, Azet, the fruit is considered to be an achenes and one of the first examples of an edible item stemming from a plant or flower.  Due to being one of the only confirmed edible foods of Gliese-581g, the Azeret and its flower Azet have been a key role in trading with the Gilmina, research into the biochemicals of Gliese-581g, and offering job opportunities for those who would like to farm the Azeret.

##### Etymology

The English ‘Azeret’ stems from the Old Gimina word, Azret, which translates to Brave and Assembly. The translation means this because it has been passed down from generation to generation through the form of myths and beliefs, that the fruit can provide to those who it finds worthy strength, knowledge and Bravery. It was also passed down that you could only obtain these abilities by eating a certain variant of the fruit, Lez Azeret.

##### Variants

The most common version of the Azeret that both humans and gilmina’s eat is the Bazbau Azeret. This Bazbau Azeret is described as a Navy Blue Lime sized fruit that is reported to smell like a mix of Citrus, Basil, Cedar, and Lime. How it compares to the sacred Lez Azeret is due to the differences in the Azet flower both from and to the fruit's physical appearance. When looking at both versions, the most noticeable difference is that the Lez Azeret and its Flower have spots over them. Since the fruit is a dark blue color, these spots can be from a very light shade of blue to white. Since the flower is a white, these spots can range from a light gray to a blue like the Azeret fruit.

##### Products

The azet flower is a special and important flower, when boiled and cooked up, it can provide a calming and healing sense if the person digesting is sick. It has also been used as a medicine applied on wounds that can stop bleeding, infection, and give the human body a kick start towards repairing itself. While both versions have the same symptoms, the Lez Azeret can provide a stronger and apparent reaction to defend against illness and injuries.

##### History

The History and development of the Azeret is widely unknown and speculated. Sources from the Gilmina Race and experts in the Studying of Gliese-581g have reported multiple different stories and theories. The most common and widely believed include that the fruit was the result of the Gilmina mixing some of their body parts and liquids with the pollen in the flowers. One has been that one of the pollinators, a small fly like creature, was mixed up in its genes and spread them to the flowers. Another theory is that climate changes and planet cycles on the planet have influenced the Azet to produce fruit, similarly to the relationship between the moon and the ocean on earth.

##### Cultivation

The process of cultivating the Azeret needs to be done with preciseness. Many attempts to grow the Lez Azeret have been unsuccessful due to many thinking they can obtain the advanced effects by raising it a different way. This has been proven wrong many times and should not be practiced. To grow the fruit you do not need a certain temperature or location. The Proper way to cultivate the Azeret, no matter what version, is first taking a piece of bark off the trees that the flowers grow on. This is because, on the inside of the bark, there are seeds so that when the tree dies, the seeds can be carried away by the wind. Once having those seeds, planting them in the open of a field will help. Since the seeds aren’t affected by the snow and coldness of the planet, they grow quite fast into a flower. Once a flower, spraying palm oil and providing a small amount of shade will help the flower digest the oil. Once the flower has digested the oil, the pollon will then foam up and create a mass that becomes the Azeret fruit.  The trees where the seeds can first be harvested are located along the Crucis River and its bifurcations, located north of the Silvestria Forest, where the Cobuke Reside.

The Azeret fruit and Azet flower are a crucial part of the ALEJEC Republic civilization. This applies to things such as Economy, agriculture, pop culture, population growth, medicine, and more. What could have been the reason why the Gilmina and humans started a war has turned into one of the ways both communicate and trade. It is and always will be, one of the ways how Humanity has survived and endured.

## History

### General info

Zarmina is a civilization far away from earth that was ahead of its time and went through many changes such as natural disasters to a revolution of brilliant ideas that changed their planet forever. It was like a revolution of some sorts.

One major event that happened in Zarmina is a tsunami based on the destruction of outer areas. We found a  media article about the tsunami. The city created water canals throughout the city to prevent damage. According to the media response it says that” Luckily since we came up with a diversion plan by allowing the water to flow accordingly, therefore, there were only a couple of people killed and around 100 wounded and for the city, there was not a lot of harm done except for minor things.” According to this their plan went as planned as only 100 people were harmed out of the whole city. It seemed that with this tsunami came a timeline of events such as the harbor collapse which was an economic recession. This was because the tsunami, although it didn't destroy the city, it destroyed all the crops outside of the city. Adding on to it, they also took on 34,000 refugees from other unsuccessful civilizations.

This all made Zarmina spiral down however there was hope, “This just in, Our representatives have just made a contract with the H.S.B. The H.S.B. has agreed to give us tier 4 Food, water, and oxygen for 2 weeks as well as tier 3 for everything else. To help with what we hope to be a revolution.” Since the H.S.B which we think is the ruler of all planets actually helped them out since they were kind enough to take on this many people so they were receiving many resources with a contract that would give them enough time to rebuild their crops to become self-sufficient. With this over the years they went into the revolution and came up with amazing new inventions more advanced than earth.

### Tsunami

A catastrophic event that happened in zarmina was a tsunami that struck our town. Tsunamis are mostly caused by earthquakes by tectonic plates moving under water at 500 miles per hour, but as the sea floor becomes more shallow the water has nowhere to go but up making the wave then causing destruction to anything in its path.

However, luckily it seems that the city had created diversion plans. Which was when they would create waterways throughout the city that would divert the water to make sure they wouldn’t hit buildings. It seems like their plans were successful as there seems to be no damage. There still seems to be minimal damage. However the damages outside of the city were much worse as the crops in the outer fields were completely destroyed. 85% of crops were destroyed and the people were beginning to go into panic.

According to this article they seemed to have a very well organized ”Our government will have a platform with accurate and true information that everyone will have the right to view. And other media platforms are allowed to comment, opinionate and spread any info they want however the most reliable source will be our government platform. As well as a place where others can donate and provide support for those in need.” This shows that the government is being supportive to the people by telling them the truth and not what they want to here.

### Economic Recession

After the tsunami, it led to a huge collapse in the economy. A lot of our resources were swept away by the water in the outer parts of the city. In order to make sure that people are aware of what is happening and how our economy is struggling, the media will start to inform the public about new programs to help people. While not trying to say up front there is an issue with our economy. We are going to first start with adding $52 billion into the market. Next we are going to cut taxes and increase household demand. Then we are going to cut spending free resources for investment and job creation. Then that would lead to more opportunities to restart the economy.

### Bring to light

#### General info

Because of the economic collapse within the republic of Alejec, inventors, researchers and scientists within the civilization created and discovered many ways to improve the republic of Alejec as a whole. This caused a shift from simple manufacturing and production to more advanced and productive technologies to better our trade and production systems. This also led to better transportation and communication throughout the galaxy and other planets. The government found new ways to better the laws and how to serve the people. This also caused an improvement within our technology that provided more job opportunities, as well as a jump in the economy. Along with improvements within technology, the government made changes and improvements to better the citizens, and the economy and improve society as a whole.

#### Epidemic

Following the Harbor economic crisis, the V.Alvum epidemic (From Latin *V.*, **Venenum**, “poison”, and *Alvum*, **alvus**, “stomach”) was a global pandemic of an Enterococci bacteria type that originated in Alejec’s biogenetic labs. With a mortality rate of 49% to 62% the harbor epidemic affected the livelihoods of many individuals and is recorded as a Segway for the evolution of the Bring to Light Era.

##### Causes and contributing factors

Through the first weeks of testing and screening of V.A patients it was quickly discovered that the people were suffering symptoms akin to severe food poisoning due to Enterococci bacteria. Government officials as well as the National Infectious Disease Public Health department (NIDPH) questioned if the epidemic was a result of the tsunami terror or the lack of hygiene an early civilization could provide. Soon after NIDPH had been able to trace the disease back to one of the main Alejec biogenetic labs which was one of the major food supply facilities feeding the population the Colikale. The foreign soil used to grow the synthetic plant contained a multitude of toxic bacteria that weren’t compatible with the human body resulting in adverse poisoning symptoms. Although the cause of the disease was identified fairly early, due to the economic crisis the residents of Alejec were buying out the pharmaceutical drug, vancomycin , at an unusually fast rate. It became harder to supply vancomycin to the masses with the low medical supply and the skyrocketing prices. As the supply ran out more patients came rolling in and this time with a new variant. People had started to develop VRE bacterium  (Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci).

##### Vaccine and Aftermath

Leading biomedical scientist, Dr. C.Ngu and her team began weeks of research to find a new antibiotic variant to counter the now widespread VRE bacteria. In her journal, A Doctor's Diary: Discovery of Vancomycillin , Dr. C.Ngu recounts her experience in developing the new groundbreaking antibiotic, Vancomycillin (/ˌvaNGkəˈmīˈsilən/).  Vancomycillin helped lower mortality rates of VRE to 18% making it Alejec’s brand-new over the counter drug that can be used for virtually any infection. Vancomycillin was a wonder drug that was easy to mass produce and uses the bases of Penicillin and Vancomycin to defeat and further prevent foreign bacteria, specifically VRE, from spreading without letting it grow resistant to the antibiotic.

##### Conclusion

With Vancomycillin as the new cure-all, it was much easier to produce and distribute its benefits to the masses at a cheaper cost. As Alejec’s first medical achievement Vancomycillin became the main commercial antibiotic used by all doctors of Alejec; the pharmaceutical department was thriving. With every drug prescribed, Vancomycillin not only helped flatten the curve of the epidemic but raise the economy, making it recognized as the start of the Bring to Light Revolution.

Without Dr. C.Ngu’s research team, NIDPH predicted that Alejec’s pandemic would have lasted another 2 years not including the irreparable effects and consequences that would have to take more effort and time to restore.

#### Vancomycillin

Vancomycillin, an antibiotic created by Dr. C.Ngu using DNA-based bioengineering to help fight the enterococci outbreak, V.Alvum. Vancomycin is also referenced in her journal, A Doctor's Diary: Discovery of Vancomycillin, where she records the journey of achieving Vancomycillin.

##### Medical usage

The main use of Vancomycillin was to cure and further prevent the enterococci virus from spreading. Nowadays it has become the penicillin of the new world and is a common antibiotic used by doctors to cure virtually any infection with the low risk of antimicrobial resistance. With the penicillin genome Vancomycin can be taken orally or through injection without losing its effects like vancomycin. Vancomycillin, like most antibiotics, attacks foreign bacteria in the body through the cell wall and kills it off. Before the bacteria dies Vancomycillin disrupts cell wall synthesis to further prevent it from coming back stronger and  resistant which eliminates the chances of a variant.

##### Side effects

Although Vancomycillin is like a cure-all wonder drug, Vancomycillin is just as susceptible to allergies like any other drug. Like penicillin, about more than 15% of people report to be allergic to Vancomycillin when that is in fact not the case. In the instances that there is a serious allergy (<0.3%) most people are prescribed  Cephalosporin C instead which was common practice in the medical field on Old Earth. Studies show that Vancomycillin allergies originate in people who are already allergic to penicillin which may be the cause.
Common adverse drug reactions (ADR) associated with use of Vancomycillin are diarrhea, hypersensitivity, nausea, rash, neurotoxicity, urticaria, and superinfection. For the unlucky few that have infrequent ADR, symptoms can include  fever, vomiting, erythema, dermatitis, angioedema, seizures (especially in people with epilepsy), and pseudomembranous colitis. In the case someone has a Vancomycillin allergy or Type III hypersensitivity (immune complex hypersensitivity) some symptoms that may occur are rash, nausea, difficulty breathing, or abdominal pain. Severe allergies must be treated immediately as the reaction could escalate to anaphylaxis. If someone is showing signs of severe allergic reaction please perform emergency first aid and seek medical attention immediately.

#### Inventions

This machine they used was somewhat like a ship. It was about 50 feet wide and 70 feet long not including the net, the net was used for collecting the right asteroids. This ship would go into space and blow up an asteroid that has the right resources. After that it would fly through it collecting all the pieces and then going back to the planet to deposit what it just had delivered.  The development for this ship was created to make the asteroids easy to collect but also to survive the climates' cold temperatures of 10 degrees Fahrenheit. So antifreeze needed to be placed in the right spots to prevent freezing. But then we also needed stuff to prevent overheating when going through the atmosphere. The project took about 10 years to make along with multiple drafts but after enough time it was finally done. The ship was made The Roano.

A new way to create energy mainly works with water. It starts with separating the water from a flowing stream of water. For example a river, first you collect some water from the stream then you separate it into a separate place. Second you shock the water and it separates into hydrogen and oxygen. Lastly, you take the hydrogen and store it into battery-like items. Then you can either store it and save it for later or you can use it towards the items that need energy.

#### Double play

During the HSB war, Alejec split in half for who is fighting for who. During this somewhat civil war, 2 war journals were written. The first war diary is from a Rebel Corporal which was discovered under the dirt where the battle took place. The 2nd entry is a journal from an HSB war veteran who published his war diary as a book to the people of Alejec and explains his view of the war.

"*The war was separated into two sides, one was the side against the HSB council and its followers. The other side were the people against the HSB. They were fighting for the way they wanted to rule over the resources. So we sided and played a game of capture the flag. All the different civilizations went to the side they agreed with and fought. We started thinking of our game plan and decided we were going to try and get the flag knotted in the goal so it would be harder to steal. Then the countdown started and we got ready to run, steal and protect. A lot of people from both sides were thrown in the prison because they started rushing right away. Some people decided to start rescuing some people from prison. Some failed and were taken into prison and some succeeded and rescued some people from prison.  Later on in the game some people started getting out of prison because they were being more sneaky walking towards the prison. Then they slowly started capturing more and more people from the side against HSB. Once they were able to get more than half in their prison they started rushing in. They slowly pulled the flag more and more closer risking getting caught and taken to prison. Finally towards the end they had the better numbers as in more people. They slowly started taking over the other side and started rushing in even more. Then finally took the flag out of the place and brought it about 40 yards. There was a lot more rushing in and they grabbed the flag and started throwing it around looking for open people that wouldn't get captured. Finally someone caught it and ran to the open field and succeeded in bringing it to the other side. The HSB council and their followers ended up winning. They decided to spare the lives of the people who were caught and who were fighting to take down the HSB council. Overall this was a very slow war."*

This is the 2nd diary from the HSB Supporter

*"On one of the occasions where a few allies and I were in the Rebels prison, the rebels flag had been moved closer to the border dividing the rebel and HSB sides. There were at least 10 Rebels surrounding the flag at this moment. We were able to sneak past the rebels to get back to our side to plan our next plan as the flag was at least 10 yards away from the border. I then had the idea to pretend to be one of the rebels around the flag, then when they were all distracted, to steal the flag and hopefully bring it closer to the border or across it by myself.*

*Luckily none of the rebels noticed me crossing the border and joining the circle. A few rebels spotted me, and asked me if I was one. I lied and said ‘No’. I was surprised when they decided to nor investigate further and continued talking. Once I had infiltrated the circle, I waited a minute or two until one of the allies decided to run across the rebels' side. This caused a commotion and distracted the rebels around the circle giving me the opportunity to shine. So as fast I could, I ran into the center of the circle and grabbed the flag. I remember that I tried my hardest to run as fast as I could. The rebels noticed this and decided to follow me. I remembered that I was halfway in between the border and the rebels when one of them grabbed me. I immediately stopped running, but because of the motion and how fast this was happening I let go of the flag in a tossing-like way. But before the flag touched the ground, a Mr Gavin Carter ran up to me and grabbed the flag. No one could stop him but just watch as he ran onto the HSB side of the battle and carried it to our victory."*