Coalition of Congressional Republics

> *"Everybody loves the fuckin' **Coalition**. A big mass of astropolitical tomfoolery and bureaucratic hells, always shifting and changing to compensate for the next big war it wages on itself." —* Hakim Ellis, ICMC veteran
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## General information

### Executive branch

Executive Office of the Secretary General of the Coalition

### Judicial branch

International Supreme Court of the Coalition

### Military branch

 Coalition Forces Authority* Interstellar Coalition Marine Corps
* Interstellar Coalition Space Navy
* Interstellar Coalition Terrestrial Army

## Societal information

### Capital(s)

Central Headquarters of the Coalition
Hong Kong, Asia
 Earth,  Solar System

### Major worlds

 Earth
 Hyperion
 Tellus
 Mars
 Cherub

### Official language(s)

* English
* Spanish
* Korean
* Japanese
* Mandarin
* Hindi
* Russian
* Portuguese

and others...

### Racial groups

* African
* Asian
* European
* Hispanic

and others...

## Historical information

### Founding document

Declaration of the Pan-Solar Coalition Initiative

### Constitution

Charter of the Coalition of Congressional Republics

### Date established

26 June 2077

The **Coalition of Congressional Republics** ( **Abbr.**  ***CCR***), also known simply as the **Coalition**, is a supranational administration that represents and oversees the various nation-states of mankind across the known cosmos of the Silver River Galaxy. Formed from the planetary United Nations in mid-2077 following the Second Martian-Terran War between the UN, the Alliance of Independent States of Mars, and other Solar colonial nations, the nascent CCR aimed to exercise sufficient control over subordinate polities in order to limit wars of potential human extinction. With the revolutionary invention of the Tepiltzin-Csanád Drive in 2083 amidst further advances into terraforming technologies, humanity in its united political state was able to rapidly expand onto the interstellar field; the first extrasolar colony on the planet of Cherub within the Aton star system being established in 2089 signaled the beginning of a new era for humanity.

As the overcrowded masses of the Solar System flocked to newfound pastures, humanity's population began to rapidly expand through a combination of prepared terraformed worlds, womb technologies, government protocols, and the fever of space colonialism. This "Planet Rush" lead to the formation of the foundational colonies that would later yield the Core Systems. However, the Coalition was racked by wars of total destruction; the nations of humanity first were baptized in fire from the Cyber War of the late 2100s, and later the Corporate Wars of the mid 2200s. These wars would weaken the overall government apparatus of the Coalition and lead to the proliferation of the modern megacorporations. This weakening of the central government, in addition to territorial overexpansion from miscellanies of prospective colonists raising settlements across dozens of light years, would inevitably lead to the end of colonial expansion for a century until the advent of the Second Renaissance.

Various insurrectionist groups have risen across the CCR in recent decades - most of which being based within the peripheries of the Coalition. However, in the southern and northern sectors, many infamous pirate fleets and warbands (such as Battlefleet Bahala and the Katon Legion) exploit transport lanes for their own gain. Others have won independence in wars of opportunity, such as the Astral Federation. This has lead to recent expansions of the military, the Coalition Forces Authority, and its subordinate elements in the War on Terror. With signals of extraterrestrial origin sounding from beyond its borders, this military expansion may be justified in the long run.

## Etymology

The origin of the name of the Coalition of Congressional Republics arises from the founding document of the supranational entity, the *Declaration of the Pan-Solar Coalition Initiative,* which was disseminated to the Terran, Martian, and outer Solar populations on the 26th of June, 2077 by local government bodies. The Declaration chiefly spelled in the preamble the following, cementing the CCR's nomenclature:

> *"...with the power invested unto Humankind by its own prerogatives of freedom and livelihood to all persons, henceforth shall all of Mankind be unified under a **Coalition of Congressional Republics**..."*
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## Astrography

The Coalition of Congressional Republics officially occupies a spatial territory bubble at a diameter of 808.16 light years (or a radius of 404.08 light years in all directions from the Solar System), yielding a total claimed territory volume of approximately 276 million cubic light years. With the average star density being 0.004 stars per cubic light year, this entails that the Coalition currently lays claim to around 1.1 million stars within its official territory. Many of these stars are either still not properly surveyed or have no current optimal profit-to-investment ratio for colonization or mining.

Even though the Coalition occupies such a massive amount of space, most of this territory is entirely uncontrolled and unpatrolled with most communications, trade, and travel being relegated to specific trade routes and warp lanes that connect different portions of the Coalition together. The massive subsequent voids that form are known as no-go zones for civilians, due to the large distances away from civilization and the threat of piracy, natural threats, or other issues.

Coalition astrographical expansion has ceased for the most part due to the end of the Planet Rush in the 2200s...

## Government structure and politics

### Branches and organs

#### Executive Office of the Secretary General of the Coalition

Main article: Executive Office of the Secretary General of the Coalition
*Work in progress.*

#### General Congress of the Coalition

Main article: General Congress of the Coalition
*Work in progress.*

#### International Supreme Court of the Coalition

Main article: Supreme Court of the Coalition
*Work in progress.*

#### Coalition Corporate Advisory Committee

Main article: Coalition Corporate Advisory Committee

*Work in progress.*