Common Republic of Colestia (A1-0)
Common Republic of Coletisia | |
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 Flag | |
| Motto | "Learn from the mistaken past, act for a good present, and work for a greater future" |
| Founded | 17 532 BBT |
| Location | Sector A1-0 |
| Capital | Silvalia |
| Key worlds | |
| Population | 90 trillion |
| Head of state | - |
| Head of government | - |
| Major species | Colestians |
| Language | Colestian |
| Key technology | Subatomic fabrication, Terraforming, Singularity Warp Drive |
| Military | - |
| Enemies | - |
The Common Republic of Coletisia is a spacefaring nation located in the extreme north of Sector A1-0. Most of its territory is largely uninhabited since colonization efforts are just starting. The nation is pacifist and posesses no military forces. The Republic as a whole has mastered the technology of Subatomic fabrication, which is majorly relied upon to produce consumer goods and materials.
Etymology
History
Natural history
The origins of the Common Republic of Colestia reach back into its inhabitants' natural history, which is one rarely seen in sentient species in the Sector. The Colestians' world underwent a mass extincion around 10 million years BBT, which is commonly know as The Great Eruption, where a flip in the magnetosphere of SIlvalia, their home planet, caused increased seismic and volcanic activity. This led to a short burst of temperature worldwide, which increased the average by as much as 3°C or 5,4°F, driving around 40% of Silvalia's biodiversity to extinction. This warming was however short lived, as the volcanig gases and ashes quickly blocked the sunlight from their home star, *insert star name here*, and caused an ice age, lasting almost 2 my, which wiped out 85% of the remaining species on Silvalia. After the ice age, only small, generalist species of plants, animals and fungi alike remained.
But evolution acted quickly, and the large amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere a global warming effect and the evolution of massive tree-like organisms many times larger than any tree seen on earth. These organisms spread quickly and created a gigantic rainforest ecosystem that covers most of the planet. In this ecosystem, whatever species survived the mass extincion, thrived and diversified into countless forms and species.
Among these, two were especially interesting. One were the Colestians - arboreal sapient plantoids that collected in large tribes for skill sharing and protection. The other were the Ventari - another tree dwelling sapient species, but this one was carnivorous, specialised to hunt and feed on the Colestians, and couldnt sustain themselves on other species.
Pre-modern history
The first marks of civilisation created by the Colestians or the Ventari dates back to 17 500 BBT, when the first buildings and structures were built. While most civilizations develop because of agriculture, eusocialism or tribalism, the sapient species had a diffrent incentive.
Both the Colestians and the Ventari developed and progressed civilisation for the same one reason, and thet is to wage war. The early history of both of these species is stained by a bloody military conflict, not for resources, land, or control, but for survival. Since the Colestians were prey to the Ventari, their relationship of constant fighting or chasing carried over into the civilised era. The Colestians' nation back then was the High Kingdom of Colestia, ruled by the royal bloodline known as the Trevarians.
They were in charge of the nation for its entire pre-modern history. The first of their lineage swayed masses by the prospect of fighting back the Ventari, instead of running away. And they retained that vision for their entire period of rule, to the point where it developed into an obsession to exterminate the enemy. This mostly resonated withing the majority of the public in the first 2500 years of the nation's existance, which granted it stability and balance, as well as manpower to wage the seemingly neverending war.
Modern history, The People's Revolution and The Day Of Extinction
In the beginning of Colestia's modern history, around 15 029 BBT, people started to question the morality of the war, and along with promises in the technology of genetic engineering in both Colestia and the Grand Empire of Ventaria, the prospect of feeding the Ventari without hunting became feasable. This sparked protests and revults against the Trevarian royalty, which culminated in a full-on coup agaist the High King.
The coup known as the People's Revolution took place in 15 000 BBT, as a culmination of the frustration and anger of the Colestian population at the High King. At its start, in the early morning, the revolutionaries, counting around 3 million, stormed military warehouses and stole military equipment, then proceeded to launch an attack at the royal palace. Upon hearing about the revolution, the High King, hwo was fanatic about the war, knowing he didn't have much time left, gave an order to launch a massive nuclear attach at the Grand Empire of Ventaria, to fulfil his last wish - end the Ventari.
The coup ended up being successful, as the High King was overthrown and later killed, but it was a bitter sweet moment, because as for the King's last order, the Ventari were no more. After the event and a week of mourning, new reforms were made in the nation, to make sure something like this would never happen again. and so, the old government was abolished, and the new one was astablished, which still remains to this day (OOC: check the politics section for that)