Zelvan Regime (A1-0)

Zelvan Regime Raj'eh Zelvahn
Flag Emblem, the Horns of Zelvar
Overview of the Zelvan Regime
Motto	The Goddess wills it!
Founded	~1.700 standard years ago (Zelvar Empire reorganised)
Location	Sector A1-0, (600-600,600-100 lys)
Capital	Zelvar (Zel-An-Tok City)
Key worlds	Kethar Rathar Pishar
Population	Total: 12,6 trillion 1,87 trillion Zelvans 4,32 trillion free residents 6,41 trillion slaves
Head of state	Mother-Empress Irva IV na-Zeltan
Head of government	Grand Vizier Kesh na-Seter
Major species	Zelvans Bessadons Khessam Messeans Sathaung Tvo'lek
Language	Zeluomin Eweno
Key technology	Electrowhip Zelvan Slave Collar
Military	Zelvan Armed Forces
Intelligence service	Zelvan Intelligence Service
Currency	Peggat

"The Zelvan Regime is the first interstellar state of its kind. A state fully devoted to the preservation of the Zelvan hierarchy built on our divine right to enslave."

—Sapa Zelvana Irva IV na-Zeltan during First Contact with the Treecuu Star Empire

The Zelvan Regime is an autocratic star nation in the western fringes of Sector A1-0. It is most famous for its extensive use of slaves to fuel its economy. The Zelvan Regime believes itself to be unique because of this and views other star nations as rather inferior due to their fanatic religious beliefs. However, in a twisted way, the Zelvan Regime will open itself up to other star nations an pry every opportunity to expand their slaving market. Be it through overt or covert means. One thing remains certain though, the Zelvan Regime will try to remain shrouded in its own corner of Sector A1-0.

Etymology

The Zelvan Regime is named for its hierarchical structure that defines its culture. The word Zelvan is derived from Zeluomin and means the "chosen people". It is believed in the Zelvan Regime that the Zelvan species is superior to all other lifeforms and that it is their divine duty to impose their order through means they deem necessary. To signify its authority and the means to petrify their supremacy, the Zelvan have adopted the title of Regime for their slave empire.

History

Pre-FTL

The Zelvan people originated on their lush homeworld of Zelvar, a superearth. From this planet, the Zelvans evolved and built societies similar to many others in the Sector. As the classical Zelvan civilizations built cities of marble and waged war, they used extensive use of slaves. A brutal caste system was put in place that became the foundation of later Zelvan society. Their importance of slavery heavily influenced how their society continued to grow. Book printing and other small technologies only were invented during the industrial revolution because of the widespread use of slaves. Communism too is unheard of in Zelvan planetary history as they brutally squashed any rebellions. The Zelvan eventually even achieved to build a lunar base at the end of their era of strife. This era would end with the arrival of a new religion preached by a Priestess Irva na-Zeltan roughly 1.800 standard years ago.

Zelvar Empire

The Priestess Irva na-Zeltan started to preach a new religion: Zelvanism. It was believed she was a direct descendant of Zelvar's sun and that she spoke with divine right. Na-Zeltan was adamant that new reforms had to be made for the Zelvan people to claim their true destiny. As support grew for the Priestess, who preached that all Zelvans were in fact equal and that they should claim the stars for themselves, even the major Zelvan states had to accommodate for her. For if she turned against them, they feared divine wrath would come to them. Thus Priestess na-Zeltan was able to unify the whole planet under her command, being crowned the Sapa Zelvana, loosely translated as Mother-Empress over the many Zelvan nations. She now ruled the planet indirectly as the many states came to seek hear divine approval. Through whispers and suggestions, the Sapa Zelvana was able to steer an unprecedented technological revolution unseen in Zelvan history. In mere 15 standard years from her crowning, FTL-travel has been achieved. As the societal emancipation of the slaves started to destabilize Zelvan society, it became paramount that the Zelvans enslaved another species. Luckily for them, fate was smiling upon them. The first FTL expedition was sent to their nearest neighbour star Proxana.
There the Zelvans discovered a primitive species on a jungle planet which they had named Sathar. A warrior species of reptomammalians with codes of honour now were the target of the prying eyes of the Zelvans. The Sapa Zelvana proclaimed that this was a sign from the Sun Goddess to finally claim their destiny. An accelerated growth of military expenditure was followed by Zelvan states who now worked closely together as well as on economic and military level. In 4 standard years, the Zelvans had amassed enough ships to transport their armies to Sathar. Their goal? To claim their destiny.

Sathaung Wars

The joint military venture by the Zelvan states was something unseen before in their history. The full power of Zelvar had begun to enslave an entire new species. Zelvan forces arrived on the planet and started brutal campaigns to enslave and demoralize the Sathaungs. The Sathaungs were true warriors however and didn't give their planet and people so easily. This took the form of many different conflicts all over the planet's largest continent which later became known as the Sathaung Wars. These wars lasted for roughly 7 standard years and were grounds for Zelvan technological experimentation which lead to the Zelvan electrowhip and slave collar. These inventions gave the Zelvans the upper hand over the primitive Sathaungs and ended the now attrition suffering campaign. The Zelvan's first subjugation was a complete succes.

Reformation into the Zelvan Regime

The Zelvans who saw the martial prowess of the Sathaung first hand were nothing short of impressed, but the Zelvans who remained on Zelvar expected that the Sathaungs now be used as slaves for themselves. The major powers were starting to import the Sathaungs and bring them under the iron grip of renewed slave masters. It was during these troubled times that the Sapa Zelvana made her move to attain divine power. She put more and more pressure on the Zelvan states as she proclaimed loudly that after this divine mission to Sathar, she would have to lead the Zelvan people as their formal leader. The major powers tried to discredit her, but her cult following was too widespread. Support for the Sapa Zelvana had grown too large and if the major powers moved against her, they would surely fall. When the last of the Zelvan states crowned her as their head of state, she merged all governments into one planetary superpower that now even controlled the planet of Sathar as her own personal domain. This act made her the absolute ruler and if people spoke against her, she used a group of elite Sathaung warriors to liquidate them. The Zelvan Regime also gave the Sathaung a special statute after their greatest Warchief gave his own service as well as that of his people to the Sapa Zelvana personally. From now on they would be the main fighting force of the Zelvan Regime and they would soon be needed.

Eastern Subjugations

Again the Zelvans were taken from their chance of gaining slaves. Some started to call out the Sapa Zelvana as a hypocrite, but they were quickly silenced. Proclaimed to have died because by divine wrath. However, the Sapa Zelvana knew she had to push on into the stars to satisfy her people's decadent needs. For decades they continued to build and expand their new interstellar empire. 11 standard years from the Sathaung Wars they discovered another primitive species on the planet Raular, the Tvo'Leki, The Zelvans now unleashed their hordes of Sathaungs and swiftly enslaved the Tvo'Leki. The males were now the main working force of the Regime and their women became prized possessions due to their perceived beauty. The Tvo'Leki took the Regime by storm and brought a new wave of prosperity to the Zelvan people. With their decadent desires now fulfilled, the Sapa Zelvana's ideology became manifest and a new age of Zelvan history began. One where they would rule over the stars. The remaining 20 years of Sapa Zelvana Irva I's reign focused on the consolidation of their new domain and building the necessary infrastructure to keep the slaves from revolting on the Zelvan controlled planets. After the first Sapa Zelvana's death, the Regime turned to her daughter, Nara, to lead the Regime. She adopted an expansionist policy and continued to push east and claim more and more star systems for the Regime. This rapid expansion also brought new opportunities when they encountered the Bessadons and Messeans. Two species who had just achieved FTL-travel and sooner or later were bound to meat each other due to their close proximity. To prevent a coalition from forming, the Zelvans made pre-emptive strikes and invaded their homeworlds. Again a new wave of slaves was brought to the empire, but control seemingly was to ran out of control due to the massive population influxes. To prevent this from happening, the Zelvans decided that the subject species could help in maintaining their own enslaved population. And so the tactic of divide and enslave was born which still stands to this day.

Astrography

An overview of the Regime's realm and administrative sectors.

Military

Main article: Zelvan Deterrence Forces (A1-0)

Culture

Religion

Main article: Zelvanism (A1-0)

Demographics

An overview of the population spread divided across the sectors.

Species

See also: List of species in the Zelvan Regime (A1-0)

Settled Worlds

See also: List of major worlds of the Zelvan Regime (A1-0)