Zahamana Commonwealth (A1-0)

Zahamana Commonwealth Collowe Zahaman Zahamana
Zahamana
Motto	"By the People's Will, it is done."
Founded	723 BBT
Capital	Tiranhold
Key worlds	Tiranhold Nova Gaia Zehiraka
Population	10.2 Trillion
Head of state	King Zolahan III
Head of government	Prime Minister
Major species	Humans Zehans
Language	Zehkran Zomaran Human languages (English and latin as lingua franca)
Military	Zahamana Conglomerated Forces
Intelligence service	Zahamana Special Services

The Zahamana Commonwealth Is a star nation located in the rough center of A1-0, bordering the Tiyanki Territories. It was founded by a union between Humans and the Zehan native to the area after the War of the Hunters. It is most famous for its lush worlds, democratic attitudes, and resilient nature, as well as its role in gaining widespread access to the Tiyanki Territories.

History

Primitive Zehiraka

The first sapient species within the territories of the modern day Zahamana Commonwealth were the Zehan on their planet. They were a purple, bipedal species that had extremely flexible and strong tentacles, which allowed them to achieve similar tool use to humans. They faced little challenge rapidly dominating their planet.

Information Age and beyond

Zehiraka as a planet had relied mainly on static infrastructure for energy, with solar panels being common, but energy from geothermal vents which were very common on the planet was the primary source of energy. With the advent of submarines, the Zomar Empire sought to damage the critical infrastructure of several weaker states, attempting to force them to submit, starting the war known as the Fool's War. Zomari forces clashed with forces from Zehka and their allies, and eventually, the Zomari empire was defeated and assimilated with the help of several internal rebellions, as the populace had little to gain from the war.

The Zomari had taken up a large portion of both the population and landmass of the planet, and their assimilation into the global system put the world of Zekiraka in a perfect place for planetary unification. This is how the first iteration of a Zehani state, the Council of Zehiraka, was born.

First Steps into Space

The Council of Zehiraka made one of its primary goals the exploration and colonization of space. Advancements to make up for resources lost during the war had included widespread asteroid mining, and profiling of neighboring star systems told them that there was a potentially habitable planet in a star system only 10 lightyears away from them, a momentous find. Many Zehirakans were eager to be able to explore and populate an entirely new star system and planet, and scientists pushed for this, hoping to gain knowledge from the colonization effort. However, at current speeds, 10 lightyears would have taken several hundred years, and there was no way to facilitate FTL communication between Zehiraka and this new system.

FTL discoveries and first colonies

Scientists in Zehiraka were able to develop two FTL technologies that enabled the colonization of that planet. Scientists were able to discover that, by bending space, they could circumvent causality and the speed of light, and use it to propel an object "faster than light" in terms of distance traveled. This shortened the time to the planet to mere weeks. However, having weeks between communications could have proved disastrous for the new colony if a resource shortage happened; for this reason, scientists developed a gateway technology. This allowed them to essentially create a controlled wormhole that allowed for near instant travel once the two gates were set up. With this technology, they could ensure the success of this colony.

Around 850 BBT, the first colony, Zelarasta, was founded on the planet of the same name. The new technologies helped the colony thrive.