THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BASTONIAN EMPOCRACY
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Motto:
Justice. Prosperity. Equality.
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History
Pre-founding age
Little is known about the Bastonian origin planet. Earth, Sol Prime or Sol III in the Milky Way was home to many civilizations. Britain was one of them. Britain was being pushed back by an Earth originating empire referred to as the “Holy Monarchy” today. These earth empires colonised their home galaxy, creating many distant colonies. Because of their distance and lack of communication, they grew distant from the central governments of earth. One of these governments, led by an immortal emperor who had founded the developed colonial block of Canthrianda, the Holy Monarchy, sought to claim the earth and the valuable biology on which the organic section of the colony had been based on. Britain, fearing for its removal from the galaxy, constructed and launched multiple worldships towards the planet and civilization-rich G-S16 galaxy. As the Holy Monarchy was advancing on its capital. The worldships used the warp drive to travel to G-S16 within a 500 year period.
Founding period and golden age
The British Monarchist State of Culture and Civilization was founded in G-S16 as an imperial totalitarian militarist state. The ruling elite consisted of the original founder of their individual colonies. They cloned themselves so that they would “live forever”. As the population could claim direct or indirect heritage to them, they were accepted into positions of power. The empire expanded rapidly with the technology they had already gained from old Britain. The military quality then also rapidly expanded with the pace of the empire. Most neighbouring nations were at most early-spacefaring nations and were conquered and colonised. The nation was then renamed the Galactic British Empire. The GBE had alien nations within its borders and collected them like cards all in the name of the totalitarian elite and the superiority of their species. Despite this it was a relatively prosperous age for the middle class. As long as they did not opposite the government they could enjoy a life in a nation built on the blood of slaves.
End of the golden age and the great uprising
Once the Galactic British empire had hundreds of systems, dominating the sector with its superior technology. However the clone leaders and royal families opted for a new technology. Instead of cloning themselves, they would become part-machine, either preserving their brain within machine constructs or transferring their consciousness over to a computer. The leaders grew old and weary, losing a certain fire within them. Without the urgency that death created, there was nothing pushing them to achieve and move forward. They became stubborn and lost interest. The empire didn’t only stagnate, it rotted. Widespread poverty, constant famines, limited freedoms and a totalitarian dictator which ignored the cries of their people made the population’s miserable existence a nightmare. Crime levels rose with the high instability and unrest. Riots began and a spark of hope was revealed as surrounding factions, who had historically been robbed of their territory, handed paramilitary groups weapons and supplies. Groups of both military and civilian nature organised miniature governing bodies in defiance in order to push change in their local areas. These bodies merged into larger factions who had control over individual planets. They cooperated with paramilitary groups. Revolutions spread across the empire and it was thrown into chaos, with different factions fighting each other as much as the government. Aliens governments seeking to liberate their species or take territory. Humans attempting to defend their claims or loyalists defending the throne. Lokion, aided by mercenaries and sponsors from the GBE’s enemies, was an important human revolutionary leader, even though he fought the GBE regime, he also fought the alien faction that wanted to tear the GBE apart and take it for themselves. Another infamous group of mercenaries were the Winds of Liberty, a wing of fighter pilots that wreaked havoc on GBE supply lines. It was on the brink of anarchy and the empire crumbled beneath its own weight. The miniature governors turned into warlords that formed territories which they battled over. The HMS Imperial, the greatest ship of the Quadrant was destroyed when thrown into the star of “Blazing Beacon”. The only law was that the strong rule, and the weak obey. But amongst the chaos, Lokion, no longer a human rebellion leader but an admiral, brought back hope once again. He united the little of what was left of the empire’s stable territories and formed a new democratic government after his insurgency on Anrillia. Lokion successfully took control of the Royal Navy in which he had previously served. He formed the Star corps. branch of the military which carried out merciless airstrikes against those who still wrought chaos on his new nation. The people of Lokion’s faction were ruthless. They killed aristocrats mercilessly and Lokions forces bombed the palace on Anrillia killing the royal family inside. He took the Royal Navy and repelled the alien invaders, united with the warlords either through peaceful measures, or crushing them. But the GBE was by all means far weaker and far smaller than during the Golden Age. New independent nations formed in the GBE’s old territory and colonies, distancing from it in time. GBE became insignificant, monitoring the entire galaxy with billions of probes. The GBE recovered their strength until their public reveal when the Bloodcult declared war on the galaxy after over two hundred years. After the shock government was replaced with the democratic one, the nation underwent a free thought campaign. After the first election the new GBE constitution was written and it stated that the nation would never have another authoritarian government. The constitution is considered the most important piece of writing in the empire. Everyone abides by the constitution like it’s a holy script. To preserve democracy, equality, prosperity and, most importantly, justice in the nation. Parties that are unconstitutional are considered extreme and removed. The constitution dictates when the GBE can go to war and when it can’t. It dictates how the democratic government will be run and structured. It states the equality and rights of every sentient being in the galaxy and how immortality and cloning will never be used again.
Re-emergence
The GBE always despised the Bloodcult. In a declaration of war to the galaxy, the Bloodcult was met by a direct invasion of its territory in the core. The GBE had officially re-emerged and had formed the first coalition; a mutual trust between nations that were unfamiliar to one another. When the Bloodcult mysteriously went silent during the invasion the coalition served no purpose and it disbanded, but the emergence would have dire consequences on the people. However the first noticeable change was an increase in economic development. As the nation hid away it only traded with a few neighbouring nations and had fallen behind in the galaxy and its own sector.
War with TIE
When TIE (Thrawn’s Infinite Empire) attacked the GSR (German Space Regime) it was Stantines idea of a coalition to defend the GSR. The Reich Shield Coalition was formed, the second coalition. The GBE brought in many allies to the Coalition.
Using a portal, TIE launched a surprise ground assault upon Anrillia, the GBE coreworld. The attack hurt the British economy severely. The GBE launched the assault fleet at TIE’s capital in response. The battle of Yashinda was one-sided with the GBE destroying almost the entire defensive fleet, until the High Imperiums sudden return with reinforcements to Yashinda multiple times stronger than the GBE fleet. Upon the High Imperium’s return, the Royal Navy would not retreat. However the Delta threat launched the Dooms Strike, a massive simultaneous internal bio-bomb attack across the entire RSC. It damaged the GBE’s economy enough to bring them out of the war and the coalition collapsed. To everyone’s surprise, TIE has won the TIE-RSC war, forcing the GBE to pay war reparations. The economic shock from the Doom Strike threw them into an economic crisis.
Judgement day:
The Bastonians were definitely not over their defeat in the war. The GBE formed the third coalition, the Union of Judgement. The GBE’s population had been awaiting Judgement Day since the constitution was written. High minister Kayelin Astra announced Judgement day when revealing the Reckoning fleet and declaring war on Thrawn’s Infinite Empire and the Viridian Remnant once again. The GBE’s great crusade has begun. Ex-TIE admiral Ezekiel and a fleet of the High Imperium formed the Infinite Dominion which attempted to stop the invasion of TIE. They allied themselves with the GSR who had the intentions of fighting the GBE’s allies, the Vaiaelon War Pact. During this time, MISE, the leading economic power at the time, was thrown into civil war. The galactic economy was crippled and Bastonian investments in MISE assets disappeared overnight. The Royal Navy was dispatched to support what now is the Musavian Republic of Independent Systems. They were victorious. After the war, the Bastonian economy recovered and went into an upturn.
One discovery that was made was finding the SAS; a collection of surviving humans of British origin living mostly in one habitat. The SAS was made into the Veiled Protectorate, a location of holy importance to Bastonia. They are a living beacon of Lokion’s vision and empocracy.
Contemporary:
The GBE is currently fighting an offensive in TIE while holding off the remainder of the Pact of the Old Blood. The empocratic party recently won the election and are working on military and infrastructural developments. Due promotion of businesses and technological innovation, as well as foreign investments, the GBE has begun extremely rapid industrial growth that was planned over a decade ago. The acquisition of the MISE IPD technology had accelerated this process.
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Society
Fundamental rights:
Poverty is considered a failure by the government or a crime against the people. This causes hostility towards nations that allow for living conditions that are not acceptable to them. The GBE’s organisations, culture, systems and declarations to prevent poverty, mental illness and homelessness is their masterpiece, and the GBE has entire archives dedicated to plans to give other nations ideal living conditions, often with the inclusion of force. Not only that, in the case that poverty arises, maybe from immigrants that have not taken part in that culture, the welfare state provides for them, supporting those who recently lost their job, cannot find employment or suffer from illness. The GBE has an enormous and advanced welfare state. This is supported by high taxes. Income taxes are proportionally increased with the capital that is earned by any given entity or individual.
The educational system is completely free. In fact, students get subsidies from the state for being students. This allows for students to pay off rents in areas where a desired school is by themselves; increasing the opportunities to go to more prestigious schools. Who gets into a certain school or university is decided only by the grades of the student or and/or an entry test. The morals and schools are designed to, together with the good living standards, craft loyalty and educate the people in the ways of democracy. As good education is so accessible and widespread, the population is highly educated. The education isn’t only accessible though, it is mandatory up until the third year in gymnasium. Healthcare is also free and the national healthcare services ensure fast and high quality treatment. There are private options for healthcare to allow for a wider reach, competition, more jobs and hospitals and the option for those who can afford it. Poverty is extremely rare and the Bastonian state has ensured that all citizens have all basic rights; food and water, shelter, security, freedom of expression, equal treatment, democracy, healthcare and education as their constitution demands.
Intelligence:
Since the GBE has declared its hate for oppression, it’s kept to a minimum. But all nations must oppress. Organizations like MI8 and MI9 censor prompts to violence against different races, prompts for terrorist attack and propaganda employed by authoritarian nations or terrorist organizations. MI8 is a state organisation that protects the nation from foreign threats, while MI9 focuses on threats within the nation and is subject to a large number of conspiracies.
War- and conventional crimes:
War crimes are strictly unallowed. While there is a list of war crimes in G-S16, the GBE employs its own list of war crimes for its own forces. As of yet, the current government in the GBE has committed no major war crimes in accordance with its own law, unless counting defecting extremists. The punishment for war crimes is one of the harshest in the nation and the current only way to get the death penalty other than being a slaver. As written in the constitution, the GBE is hostile to foreign use of war crimes even within conflicts in which it is not involved. This may cause interventionism. The nation has a rehabilitory policy on punishment, with a low crime rate on most mid-rim worlds. Prison is actually pretty pleasant and is considered a place to learn, not be punished. The GBE has seen rising gang violence. Due to alien drugs resurfacing and refugee restrictions being lifted, most low-cost-housing areas have seen quite dramatic increases in crime rates.
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Biology
Human: The main species of Bastonia. The GBE human is rather adaptive. Rare GBE humans have high psionic potential. Most psionics are offered large amounts to join the military, often the SSS. The GBE humans are genetically modified, for increased intelligence, decreased stubbornness and increased ability to see things from other perspectives and more adaptiveness for other gravitational and atmospheric environments. As well as heightened senses and higher resistance to radiation and implant related conditions. A few unintentional side effects occurred in the early gene-modding of the species. They have the ability to “close their ears” to lower the volume of sound they hear. The average GBE human lifespan is 140 Earth years. The Bastonain humans, like all other citizen species, have enhanced organs and an advanced immune system that will deploy biophages. However due to a couple of centuries of stagnation and relaxation, higher-class humans from the golden age, great stagnation and the uprising have passed on traits such as laziness and unwillingness to be subordinate to the general population of humans. These traits have partly contributed to the high standing and power of workers unions in the GBE.
Ash'ka'nach: A race of slightly furry people with brown-orange-ish skin and a long horse-like face. Nicknamed "Ka", they come from the nation formerly known as the Free Marketing Confederation or ‘Aschal’ in their standard language. Their homeworld, Quasar, has the highest percentage of non-human inhabitants in the empire at 76%. Ka typically are straightforward, honest and determined. Though their negative attributes include being self-absorbed. Ach’ka’nachi are larger and heavier than humans. Males average at 213 cm, females at 198 cm tall when extending the spine.
Ienf: A formerly primitive race, forced to be enlightened by the golden age GBE, some may be found roaming around. They have two “claws” by their mouth much like an arthropod. They have four small beady eyes and brown beige-ish skin and scales that protrude from their main body and shield certain areas such as their chest and back. Ienfs possess very little strength, however their long and abundant fingers and musculature around the fingers and hands allow them to work multiple tasks at once with precision.
Crangus:
A species with loose and hanging green skin and a shrinkled face. Their hair only grows a couple of millimetres and is white with exceptions like brown facial hair on younger Crangus. The average lifespan for a Crangus is 170 earth years and their intellect is superior to those of Bastonians humans. Crangus have a powerful circulatory and chemical system. Crangus can heal their body at a rapid rate and repair damages in the brain. This system requires specific chemical compositions. As a result of this Crangus need to preserve energy and repair their degrading skin by sleeping for 11-18 hours (half of the day) depending on the length of the day. They are also sensitive to changes in the chemical composition of various parts of their bodies. Due to this, Crangus are very sensitive to cybernetics.
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Culture
Philosophy and religion:
The general philosophy of Bastonia is closely tied to their political viewpoints. They see things from an empacratic perspective. Essentially that which helps others is good and that which hurts others is evil. The philosophy is very much based on having empathy for others. One of the scriptures that underlines this is the constitution. While not technically being a religion, the constitution and the empocratic ideology are very much present in the beliefs of the Bastonians. The constitution does not describe how to live lives though and is rather used for political guidings. Bastonians can freely practice any religion given that they are lawful. Most religions within Bastonia are monotheistic. While not the same religions, a majority of their followers believe that the other monotheistic religions believe and experience the same god, just simply from other viewpoints.
Hierarchies and classes:
Bastonians are avid believers of equality between all people. The only prominent hierarchy is the economic one, which can be seen as a social hierarchy in a way. While the government fiscal and subsidy policy makes the GBE highly equal with an enormous middle class, the rapid growth of corporations has created a large and wealthy entrepreneuring class. Despite this the Bastonian schooling system allows for high grade education to be given to economically disadvantaged children.
Cars and ships:
Ownership of hovercars is standard for many families/adults in developed inner-worlds. Loans are taken or rent is paid to afford hovercars. Your average family car will last about 8 years before needing to replace parts or being replaced. Cars are only used for travel across a planet if there are skyroads of course. Though GBE transport infrastructure is focused on public transport. Vacuum mag-lev railways, metros, sky-busses and massdriver bullets dominate local transportation. Ships however are used for space travel between planets. Your average inner-world family does not own a ship. They are most common for mid-to-outer-rim worlds. Traders, haulers, transporters etc own ships or just people who don’t want to pay for space flights throughout the GBE and the galaxy. They might do space travel as a hobby, or do exploration. Companies and private people may charge to transport people to different planets. There is a small minority of people who live on their ships. 50 years previously this minority emerged by modifying large fighter craft in order to be livable and transport cargo which is where the term ‘frighter’ (fighter-freighter) was created..
Food and drink:
The GBE’s food culture is diverse as many different cultures were brought to the GBE during the expansion and the golden age. GBE food is often stereotyped for being based around different types of cheese and artificially grown meat. The average lunch is a savoury packaged meal from a corporation similar to a fast food meal, prepped in a heat-point-oven for approx. 20 seconds at home. Breakfast typically is a large high-calorie meal with a diverse selection of things to eat. Commonly people like to go out late to eat dinner in one of many restaurants from hundreds of different cultures. Sweet foods in the GBE are often packaged snacks. The higher GBE citizen does not care much about food being “unhealthy” as they use advanced medicine and nanomachines to eliminate or remove excess fat and sugars. Alcohol was deemed as a danger by the state. Bars and pubs are still commonplace in the empire, but there is a regulation on the percentage of alcohol a drink can have.
Education:
GBE is a nation in which a lot of people continue studying beyond the mandatory school point to get a higher form of education. Like many school systems, the schools of the GBE are flawed. Universities are infamous for giving their students a copious amount of work. There is a lot of debate around education systems and rules.
Ancestral influence:
The GBE is obsessed with old Britain. Its history, its artefacts. Anything. Their flag and their name are in honour of the valiant men and women who gave up their lives, so that the GBE can continue their legacy. True selflessness. Does the GBE even consider itself worthy of the title? Do they live up to the name? That’s what they’ll strive for. Most artefacts of old Britain have been lost or destroyed. Most information in archives and books has been lost, deleted, altered, locked, the location of the Milky Way unknown. The GBE swore to never forget their sacrifice, and as such began the obsession with anything British. The Veiled Protectorate, formerly the SAS is therefore one of the most important discoveries in Bastonian history. The Protectorate is sacred to them.
Language:
Historically the national language of the GBE would be Anglish (known as Inglish, English, Earthspeak). But as to adapt to the galactic front British schools have shifted into teaching galactic standard as the first language. The state declared G-S16 galactic standard as the national language of the GBE 14 years after the re-emergence. The other major official languages of the GBE are Neo-latin and the standard language of the former Ach’ka’nach territories, Ekalach.
Drones:
Since drones do the most work the GBE has established a culture to create jobs out of it. A lot of people own drones for farming, exploration, mining or recon. They might send it out for its designated mission as a side job, or one can own an entire army of drones and do it for a living. Due to this, maintenance jobs are some of the most common jobs for any Bastonian living on developed worlds.
Agriculture:
The most common forms of agriculture are corporate city farming and large-scale agriculture farming. Corporate city farming usually involves tight packets of rooms with perfect conditions within, on top of or under buildings in a residential area. Vertical farming is also common on high-density planets. Typically they are fully automated with drones handling the plants. The other form of agriculture is done over vast sections of land. Typically a farmer will use large automated machines to harvest an area of genetically modified crops, or they will release drones and genetically modified pollinators over an even bigger natural landscape to harvest fruits, berries, oils and other naturally occurring resources. Genetically modified animals do exist but they are a dying industry as lab grown meat is more popular.
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Government
Government type:
The empocracy is a liberal indirect representative democratic republic (despite the monarchist symbolism). While public voting may be demanded by the directory, the legislative branch represents the people indirectly. The democratic processes have been balanced with the media to keep insight into the decision of the politicians. Since democracy has been declared a sentient right by the state and constitution, the democratic process may never and can never be stopped and altering it is a long and complicated process.
Leaders:
The head of government of the empocracy has the title of High Minister while the head of state is the Chairperson. The chairperson is a nonpolitical person who acts as a way to get decisions made. They will make sure the voting happens on time and will act as a moderator in council discussions. A decision proposed by the High Minister must be approved by the council, as such the High Minister does not have legislative power. Instead, it is their task to form and lead the executive branch. The High Minister is a part of the directorate. The parties must vote and form a directorate every election. The High Minister works alongside their ministers within their respective ministries.
Structure:
Decisions are made by the council, which are selected members of the different parties. The seats are determined by a proportional representation system. The more votes a party has, the more seats it has in the council. There are a total of 549 members or seats in the council. The council is subdivided into committees which gives them certain bargaining and discussion privileges in their topic. The war committee consists of experts on war and military. If a question regards war, they will have a discussion between them and present their conclusion to the council before the main discussion begins. The parliament is separately divided by the domestic sectors proportionally to the population of the said sector by having politicians that represent those sectors. The directorate is the government's executive branch. The current High Minister is Kayelin Astra who was the former Minister of war and sits in a majority government with her block, the red block. Smaller decisions and general things on individual topics are made by respective ministries. The largest ministries are the ministry of war, the ministry of foreign relations and the ministry of politics. The ministries are controlled by a minister. The ministries are divided into smaller departments. A department's leader is called a director.
Parties and their percentage of council seats:
Galactic Empacratic Party, Kayelin Astra: 31%
Inner Prosperity Party, Akhstafa Khactro’ch: 27%
Social Democrats, Burnius Everin 18%
Party For Peace And Prosperity, Darrin Contran: 10%
Multiculturalist Front, Traxian Gordon: 7%
Liberation Party, Sandicate Darshing: 5%
Other: 2%
The Empracratic Party, Social Democratic Party and Multicultural Front are in the directorate with no supporting parties, meaning that they have a majority government.
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Economy:
Economic system:
The GBE has a mix of socialist and capitalist ideas. The government has moderate control over markets to prevent monopolies and to destroy companies which are immoral for the sake of monetary gain or using people for their own advantage. A system similar to Rhine capitalism is used to force companies to compete, awarding innovation and low prices. The government also is completely responsible for the production and distribution of essential services such as education and healthcare. Though private businesses dominate the distribution and cooking of food. The state often owns large shares of large companies in each essential market to compete with the privately owned companies. Currently, the growing demand for products and the expansion and development of colony worlds as well as the new availability of military grade materials and their production facilities, the GBE industry is rapidly growing. So is the amount of businesses. State welfare such as subsidies for poverty, unemployment and new companies, create business opportunities by decreasing risk of economic issues in case a business fails. These businesses have started profiting by using a growing market to sell internationally. With more corporations wanting to produce products cheaply, the construction industry, which had grown during the reconstruction efforts after the dooms strike, has begun constructing factories and industry rapidly. The increase in businesses has not only increased the need for innovation, but curbed unemployment, increasing the population purchasing power. With a lowering of inflation, the business boom is likely to cause a new golden age for the GBE. These companies have significantly increased the exports of Bastonia as well as providing for innovation within their fields of technology.
Focal industries:
Due to the limited demand and large number of established massive corporations within the nation, a lot of businesses aim to compete in the international market straight off the bat. The largest exports of the GBE are secure cyberware and security systems, electronics, processed and artificial materials (including those based on intermatter), pharmaceuticals and culture exports. Since a lot of the jobs in the GBE are taken up by drones, the GBE has an enormous amount of entertainment and culture workers. The film and show industry is massive with interactive, holographic, neural and live entertainment. The alien cultures brought a massive variety of food. Bastonian hybrid cuisine is one of the main services exported from Bastonia. The nation is also large on tourism. In addition, the very potent and growing economy causes high rates of foreign interest. Anrillia is extremely significant in the economy. It has a variety of secure cyber-bank transaction centres, stock market exchanges and home offices. Anrillia provides services for many forms of investment.
Infrastructure and transport:
GBE territory is covered in a net of civilian warp lines, gateways and interdiction. Apart from the systemwide interdiction and the blockade, the GBE has several classified interdiction strips that block off many routes to parts of GBE space apart from civilian lines, which are still stopped at certain points for security reasons and for tolls. For quicker travel the GBE has a network of gateways. Each gateway can be remotely shut down in case an enemy attempts to use it. The gateway net is currently being expanded for easier transport. High power laser lines are being constructed like a type of space railway. When transporting objects from a planet's surface, mass drivers are used effectively to catapult ships, parts, goods, resources etc into space. Space tethers are utilised to cheaply distribute supplies and resources around a system cheaply. Skyhooks are the cheaper option for transporting ships and supplies across a system. These are often found in less developed systems or as a cheap local transport alternative.
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Worlds:
The empocracy has 53 developed systems. Each system has 1 or 2 populated planets and some other planets are used for mining. Systems are often referred to as their main planet name, such as the Gelu system, unless they’re a larger system such as Novetera. Systems that inherit planetary names are usually followed by ‘Solaris’ to specify the star system itself. Keep in mind I cannot specify every planet, Just because the planet doesn’t exist here doesn’t mean the GBE doesn’t possess it.
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Coreworlds
Xolvia:
(art by Marco Gorlei, not mine)
system: Eteruo
moons: three
This coreworld is the main planet of military production and the evolution of technology in the Galactic British empire. Factories cover the entire surface. It was made a production world because two of its moons are rich with resources for military ships and advanced technology. If the Empire had the money and resources, this world could crank out an entire armada. Xolvia houses a large number of shipyards and habitats in orbit.
The planet is very grey with an orange tint.
Anrillia:
system: Novetera
moons: one
This is the political and social centre of the empire. It has most of the iconic buildings and the largest population of all the planets in the nation, which means the British state gets most of its income from this planet. The Council sits there. Almost the entire land surface is covered in the city. The great city has three levels. The upper levels do not block those under them but are more like massive balconies. They often connect to the tall buildings and connect via bridges. Most platforms don’t exceed 7500m2. The streets have green bushes, plants and trees and there are plenty of green spots. One can often spot a red banner with the British lion on. The winter often coats everything with a thin layer of snow if you’re above the equator. The only surface not covered by buildings are parts of the ocean. It is the trade and market capital of the sector. The planet's surface has massive markets, companies, empires come here to trade.
The city centre is one of the GBE’s ten great wonders.
Ismo:
system: Eteruo
moons: two
The capital of military bases and academies. This planet is used more by the army as most of the ships shouldn't have to travel from the other planets. All the reserves are located there. The planet also has significant production. Size is 3 and gravity 5.
Antaka:
system: Novetera
moons: none
Though outshined by the glory of Anrillia, Antaka’s significance is not to be understated. Its rings have valuable resources and its surface is more natural. there’s still forests and rivers, waterfalls and tropical islands integrated beautifully into the massive cities and light industry (with mainly refineries in distant industrial areas) that cover 50% of the surface. The planet's environment is diverse and different throughout the entire planet thanks to its strong electromagnetic field.
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Inner-rim worlds:
Brightus:
A pleasure planet, for vacations. Though not as beautiful as Giathia Prime, this world's environment is controlled to an impressive degree for tourists. Brightus’ cities provide a rich experience for those who don’t want to sit on a beach all day. The Brightus system is home to the Erusikam belt where mining operations are conducted. The planet houses many beautiful environments inside paradise domes, though the planet's natural beauty lies in the rich jungles.
Diherf:
Important mining world in the inner rim. Has high amounts of neosteel and Arcite. It has no breathable atmosphere and the people live on floating platforms or paradise domes. The planet is small and houses and small population of mainly workers.
Petov:
A multi-environmental planet with a large population. Production is also high and developing. Is home to an aggressive Feline known as the Petcat. Petovs capital city is called Tanphis. Petov is home to the great wonder: The Ice City. The northern part has frozen over in an incredible landscape of ice clear as glass. The sky often lights up in blue and yellow light shows by particles from the blue sun hitting the atmosphere.
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Mid-rim worlds
Giathia Prime:
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A mountain-lake-forest hybrid, Giathia Prime is considered the naturally most beautiful world in the GBE. It has important resources often used in military-grade tech. It has large cities and is one of the GBE’s most important planets for income. The planet is paradise, the mountains reach to the skies and waterfalls and lakes flow through the planet. This world also houses plenty of refineries. It’s the main hub for tourism and modern architecture.
Melody Prime:
A tropical world with a harsh environment. It is a massive supporter of food as the large variety of animals and tropical fruits provide a large part of the GBE’s food production. Melody Prime is also Bastonias largest exporter of pharmaceuticals and medicine. Melody Prime is known for Port Onnius, a major GBE military base, lies in the Melody system.
Catrina IX:
Catrina nine is a cold rocky planet with important resources and low-g refineries. Due to its low gravity, certain industries thrive here. However it means that its atmosphere is too thin for people to breathe. Its people live in habitats on the ground and in orbit. The habitats are covered by “bubbles” of carboflexglass which are the precursor to the paradise dome. Trains carry people from different habitats to others.
Grace Prime:
A continental world undergoing an ice age. The southern part houses a large population as the northern part has various research bases studying the strange reasoning for the sudden ice age while the southern half is home to multiple prestigious academies. There is also notable advanced industry such as electronics and ship parts.
Idien:
A continental world with many different cultures and specialisations. Idien is a centre for the enormous Bastonian cultural exports industry. This planet is moderately populated and a popular destination for tourists and merchants. A lot of trade is conducted here between merchants. Idien was formerly a world on the edge of the Ach’Ka’Nach territory.
Returx V:
The fifth planet in the Returx system. It appears to be an ocean world but the navy jams scans of this world. The planet has a military presence and ships trying to get close are intercepted. Civilians are not permitted to visit.
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Outer rim worlds:
Gelu:
An outer rim arctic world with a breathable atmosphere. Has multiple bases and is an all-round kind of planet. It is an important forward operations base for the GBE forces being the closest point to their former rival “The Planetary Coiss’oa Hegemony”. Under its thick ice it has common resources. It also has important listening posts on
Quafui:
An agricultural world with vast fields and hills. The planet has massive dome environments for growing or raising animals, crops and fruit. Near the equator, unlike the rest of the planet, has warm beaches and vast island networks and small local cities.
Woln:
Rapidly developing desert world with a prominent industry in construction and medical equipment.
Gate:
A continental colony with a central warp gateway network and interstellar travel infrastructure. The colony itself is a rapidly growing and highly educated world that requires a large amount of supplies from other parts of the nation.
Vulcan:
Vulcan is a world with a major military dockyard and has the outermost military operation point within the GBE’s territory. The world itself has no specialised and is still developing. Vulcan was previously attacked by the Pact of the Old Blood.
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