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Sea of Clouds

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{{InfoboxRegion
| image =
| imageBG = #153229
| name = Sea of Clouds
| nameBG = #153229
| color2 = #fff
| type = Interstellar Region
| location =
| subregions =
*[[Sunset Gates]]
**[[New American Colonies]]
**[[Symphony Subcluster]]
**[[Gateway Subcluster]]
*[[Shade of Avalon]]
**[[Star of Albion]]
**[[O'Brien's Rapids]]
*[[McCrae Test and Training Range]]
| star systems = | organizations ='''International Institutions'''
*[[File:LoNFlag.png|45px]] [[League of Nations]]
*[[File:OTOFlag.png|45px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45px]] [[United Americas]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45px]] [[Commonwealth of Nations]]
'''Corporations & Economic Organizations'''
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45px]] [[Bank of Orion]]
'''Scientific & Academic Institutions'''
*[[File:Champlain_Color_1000.png|45px]] [[The Champlain Group]]
'''Violent Non-State Actors'''
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45px]] [[First Monument]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45px]] [[Hollow Kings]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45px]] [[9th Day Movement]]
'''Media & Cultural Organizations'''
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45px]] [[Orion Hockey League]]
| nations =
'''Superpowers'''
*[[File:AmericaFlag.png|45px]] [[United States of America|United States]]
'''Great Powers'''
*[[File:FranceFlag.png|45px]] [[French Republic|France]]
*[[File:PacificStatesFlag.png|45px]] [[Pacific States of America|Pacific America]]
*[[File:TempFlag Waving.png|45px]] [[United Kingdom|Britain]]
'''Regional Powers'''
*[[File:AustralasiaFlag.png|45px]] [[Commonwealth of Australasia|Australasia]]
*[[File:PhilippinesFlag.png|45px]] [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|Philippines]]
'''Middle Powers'''
*[[File:TempFlag Waving.png|45px]] [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
*[[File:QuebecFlag.png|45px]] [[Republic of Quebec|Quebec]]
| state actors =
| non-state actors =
| population =
| references =
|num_organizations=10 Organizations|num_nations=8 States|num_subregions=1+ Clusters, 
7+ Subclusters}}
The '''Sea of Clouds''' is a major region of the [[Orion Arm]] famed for its natural beauty, abundance of habitable worlds, and ease of interstellar travel. It was the first region outside of the [[Local Supercluster]] to be settled by humanity and is today closely associated with the nations of the [[Orion Treaty Organization]].

== Etymology ==
From Latin ''nūbium'' ("sea of clouds"), genitive plural ''nūbēs''. From Proto-Italic ''*nouðetis'', from Proto-Indo-European ''*(s)newdʰ-e-ti-s'', from ''*(s)newdʰ-'' (“to cover”). Cognate with Welsh ''nudd'' (“haze”), Avestan (''snaoδa'', “clouds”), Baluchi (''nod'', “raincloud”).
[[Category:Major Regions]]
[[Category:Orion Arm]]
[[Category:Regions]]

Calypso Deeps

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{{InfoboxRegion|image=[[File:CalypsoDeepsTemp.png|center|350px]]|name=Calypso Deeps|location=[[Local Supercluster]]|star systems='''Core'''

* Odyssey
* Ithaca
* Cyclops
* Siren
* Scylla
* Charybdis
* Roche
* Brujula
* Gonzalo
* Atequera
* Byblos
* Susa
* Palmyra
* Efes
* Persepolis
* Hatra
* Edirne
* Elcano
* Carvalho
* Barbosa
* Serrao
* Quesada
* Mendoza
* Cartagena
* Salle
* Magellan
* Zheng He

'''Outer'''

* Zonda
* Eyipantla
* Antillia
* Cartagena
* Callao
* Encruzilhada
* Cassiterides
* Bacalao
* Callwood
* Haywood
* Chtonia
* Tailwind
* Cyril
* Hughes
* Madona
* Sparrow
* Solomon
* Heinlein
* Lysander
* Arges
* Wisla
* Calla
* Orontes
* Argiriye
* Toros
* Alashiya
* Hattusha
* Cappadocia
* Efendi
* Dhala
* Kalkan
* Ararat
* Menouf
* Bulusma
* Lale
* Umut
* Dersaadet
* Birlik
* Huzur
* Liman
* Ara Nokta
* Kizilirmak
* Manzikert
* Athena
* Dionysus
* Andulela
* Chelif
* Tugela
* Senekane
* Maloti
* Zanahary
* Kalahari
* Ugunduzi
* Tubbataha
* Apasam Kamuy
* Terminus
* Pitung
* Anansi
* Ba Trieu
* Ga-Gorib|nations=* [[File:AndulelaChelifFlag.png|35px]] [[Republic of the Union of Andulela-Chelif|Andulela-Chelif]]
* [[File:CallaoFlag.png|35px]] [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao|Callao]]
* [[File:CallwoodFlag.png|35px]] [[Republic of Callwood|Callwood]]
* [[File:HeinleinFlag.png|35px]] [[Heinlein Colonial Republic|Heinlein]]
* [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|35px]] [[Colonial Republic of Naxos|Naxos]]
* [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|35px]] [[Federation of Senekane|Senekane]]
* [[File:ThasosFlag.png|35px]] [[Republic of Thasos|Thasos]]
* [[File:TurkeyFlag.png|35px]] [[Republic of Türkiye|Türkiye]]|subregions=* [[Golden Horn]]
* [[Hydrus Expanse]]
* [[Magellan Subcluster]]
* [[Pillars of Hercules]]
* [[Senekane Subcluster]]|num_star_systems=89 Star Systems|num_nations=8 States|num_subregions=6 Subclusters|organizations='''International Institutions'''
*[[File:LoNFlag.png|35px]] [[League of Nations]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|35px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|35px]] [[African Union]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|35px]] [[Union of South American States]]
'''Scientific & Academic Institutions'''
*[[File:Champlain_Color_1000.png|35px]] [[The Champlain Group]]|num_organizations=5 Organizations}}
The '''Calypso Deeps''' is a cluster of 89 star systems located in the [[Local Supercluster]]. The cluster includes 16 colonized systems and contains at least 8 countries. With the notable exception of the [[Republic of Türkiye]], all of the nations of the Calypso Deeps are [[Non-Legacy Nation|non-legacy nations]].

== Astrography ==
The Calypso Deeps are situated rimward of the [[Local Cluster]], spinward of the [[Amazonia Cluster]] and [[Sea of Clouds]], and trailward of the [[New Canaan Corridor]].

=== Translight Strings ===
There are a total of 109 charted translight strings connecting the 89 star systems of the Calypso Deeps. 44 of those translight strings are weak and unstable. There are six nexus star systems in the Calypso Deeps, each possessing at least four translight strings converging there: Anansi, Gonzalo, Encruzilhada, Callwood, Menouf, and Sparrow.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%"
|+
!Subcluster
!Astropolitics
!Organizations
!Settlement
!Notes
|-
|[[Encruzilhada Subcluster]]
|[[File:CallaoFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao|Callao]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[Golden Horn]]
|[[File:CallwoodFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Republic of Callwood|Callwood]]
[[File:HeinleinFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Heinlein Colonial Republic|Heinlein]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[Hydrus Expanse]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Magellan Subcluster]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Pillars of Hercules]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Senekane Subcluster]]
|[[File:AndulelaChelifFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Republic of the Union of Andulela-Chelif|Andulela-Chelif]]
[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45x45px]] [[Federation of Senekane|Senekane]]
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="5" |Regional Interstellar Travel
|-
| colspan="4" rowspan="3" |Calypso Deeps - New Canaan Corridor
|Menouf - New Canaan
|-
|Ba Trieu - Shi Yang
|-
|Andulela - Dilmun
|-
| colspan="4" rowspan="3" |Calypso Deeps - Sea of Clouds
|Encruzilhada - Alpha Hydrus
|-
|Tailwind - Hopewell
|-
|Arges -
|-
| colspan="4" |Calypso Deeps - Amazonia Cluster
|Encruzilhada - Alavares Cabral
|-
| colspan="4" rowspan="3" |Calypso Deeps - Local Cluster
|Encruzilhada - Tau Eridanus
|-
|Athena - Daphne
|-
|Terminus - Portunus
|}

== Etymology ==
The Calypso Deeps is named after a nymph from Homer's Odyssey that detained the Odyssey's protagonist, Odysseus, for seven years against his will. Calypso (/kəˈlɪpsoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ, romanized: ''Kalupsō'', lit. 'she who conceals').

== History ==

=== Pre-Colonization Era ===

==== [[Byblos Spire|Byblos Civilization]] ====
The Byblos Spire is a 4km tall obsidian-hued obelisk located in the [[Byblos]] system of the [[Calypso Deeps]]. Although the Spire and its surrounding structures are alien in origin, a 23-year long study has concluded that they are not of [[Scinfaxi]] origin.

== Contemporary Issues ==

=== Piracy In The Calypso Deeps ===
Due to the ongoing threat of piracy in the Calypso Deeps, an estimated 1/3rd of independent captains traveling through the area have outfitted their craft with illegally-obtained armaments and protection systems.

== References ==
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/C4JiYaZM00g/ "Byblos Ruins 'Not Scinfaxi In Origin'"]. ''Champlain Group''.
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/C-SvzUfsqwH/ "Don't Be Fooled. The Corridor Belongs To Türkiye, Not The O.T.O."]. ''Champlain Group''.
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/piracy-surge-in-the-calypso-deeps-forces-independent-captains-into-arms-race "Piracy Surge In The Calypso Deeps Forces Independent Captains Into Arms Race"]. ''Champlain Group''.
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/lost-evacuation-era-coffin-ship-discovered-after-133-years-in-calypso-deeps "Lost Evacuation-era "Coffin Ships" Discovered After 133 Years In Calpyso Deeps"]. ''Champlain Group.''
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/heightened-piracy-warnings-for-entirety-of-calypso-deeps "Heighted Piracy Warnings For Entirety Of Calypso Deeps"]. ''Champlain Group.''
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/ncu-suspends-byblos-spire-research "NCU Suspends Byblos Spire Research Amid Rising Pircacy In Calypso Deeps"]. ''Champlain Group.''

Amazonia Cluster

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{{InfoboxRegion|image=[[File:AmazoniaClusterTemp.png|center|350px]]|name=Amazonia Cluster|location=[[Local Supercluster]]|star systems='''Core'''
*Catedral
*Ipiranga
*Pindorama
*Amazonia
*Caatinga
*Cerrado
*Pico De Neblina
*Abrigo
*Ceibo
*Sereindade
*Saudade
*Poui
*Vespucci
*Salvador
*Ilha De Vera Cruz
*Tiradentes
*Quilombo
*Zumbi
'''Outer'''
*Alvares Cabral
*Pantanal
*Do Amaral
*Panama
*Lima
*Quito
*Bogotá
*Caracas
*Quito
*Viagem
*Kalewtun|nations=* [[File:BrazilFlag.png|35px]] [[Federative Republic of Brazil|Brazil]]
* [[File:GranColombiaFlag.png|35px]] [[Republic of Gran Colombia|Gran Colombia]]|subregions=* [[Bolivar Sea]]
* [[Encontro Das Águas]]
* [[Encruzilhada Subcluster]]|num_star_systems=29 Star Systems|num_nations=2 States|organizations='''International Institutions'''
*[[File:LoNFlag.png|35px]] [[League of Nations]]
*[[File:NAMFlag.png|35px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|35px]] [[Union of South American States]]|num_organizations=3 Organizations|num_subregions=2 Subclusters|subregions-collapsed=|organizations-collapsed=|nations-collapsed=}}
The '''Amazonia Cluster''' is a cluster of 29 star systems located in the [[Local Supercluster]]. The cluster includes 21 colonized systems and two countries: the [[Federative Republic of Brazil]] and [[Republic of Gran Colombia]]. Both of these states are classified as [[Legacy Nation|Legacy Nations]], sharing strong direct historical, cultural, and linguistic ties to nations that once existed on [[Earth]].

== Astrography ==
The Amazonia Cluster is situated coreward of the [[Encruzilhada Subcluster]], rimward of the [[Argentine Arm]], spinward of [[The Rubicon]], and trailward of the [[Draconis Subcluster]]. It consists of two constituent subclusters: the [[Bolivar Sea]] and [[Encontro Das Águas]].

=== Translight Strings ===
There are a total of 31 charted translight strings connecting the 29 star systems of the Amazonia Cluster. The Ilha De Vera Cruz system is the cluster's nexus, with five strings converging there.
{| class="wikitable" style="width: calc(100% - 372px)"
!Subcluster
!Astropolitics
!Organizations
!Settlement
!Notes
|-
|style="width:15%" {{!}} [[Bolivar Sea]]
| style="width:15%" {{!}} [[File:BrazilFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Federative Republic of Brazil|Brazil]]
[[File:GranColombiaFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Republic of Gran Colombia|Gran Colombia]]
|style="width:15%" {{!}}
|style="width:15%" {{!}}
|
|-
|[[Encontro Das Águas]]
|[[File:BrazilFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Federative Republic of Brazil|Brazil]]
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="5" |Regional Interstellar Travel
|-
| colspan="4" |Amazonia Cluster - Arcturus Subcluster
|Pico Da Neblina - Cassini
|-
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" |Amazonia Cluster - Argentine Arm
|Caracas - Qhapan Ñan
|-
|Pantanal - Gran Chaco
|-
| colspan="4" |Amazonia Cluster - The Rubicon
|Kalewtun - Boreale
|-
| colspan="4" |Amazonia Cluster - Encruzilhada Subcluster
|Alvares Cabral - Encruzilhada
|-
| colspan="4" |Amazonia Cluster - Hydrus Expanse
|Abrigo - Alpha Hydrus
|}

== Etymology ==
The Amazonia Cluster is named after the Amazon Rainforest, Earth's largest rainforest, which once covered over 7,000,000 square kilometers.

== History ==

=== The Cold War ===

==== [[War of the Bolivar Sea]] ====
Conducted in the mid 23rd century, the War of the Bolivar Sea was an armed conflict fought between the [[Federative Republic of Brazil]] and the [[Argentine Republic]]. The [[German Reich]] and [[Italian Social Republic]] supported the Argentine Republic in this conflict.

== Contemporary Issues ==

==== '''[[Federative Republic of Brazil]] - [[Republic of India]] Tensions''' ====
As a part of an ongoing rivalry between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of India, a series of high-profile freedom of navigation exercises have been conducted by the competing nations in one another's [[Interstellar Defense Identification Zone|IDIZs]]. In response to a prior Brazilian operation in the [[Apollo Subcluster]], itself a response to an earlier Indian operation in the [[Encruzilhada Subcluster]], a 210 ship task force was deployed by the Republic of India to the Bolivar Sea. This armada consisted of multiple task groups formed around multiple fleet carriers, and represented one of the largest interstellar deployments of the Indian Navy.

== References ==
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/C9u4wrJRrJv/ "Gran Colombian Army To Test Soviet, Reich Main Battle Tanks"]. ''Champlain Group''.
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/indian-naval-armada-sparks-diplomatic-row-in-bolivar-sea-exercise "Indian Naval Armada Sparks Diplomatic Row In Bolivar Sea Exercise"]. ''Champlain Group''.

Encruzilhada Subcluster

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{{InfoboxRegion|name=Encruzilhada Subcluster|location=[[Amazonia Cluster]]|star systems='''Core'''

* Encruzilhada
* Callao
* Cartagena
* Eyipantla
* Antillia

'''Outer'''

* Zonda
* Brujula
* Roche
* Cassiterides
* Bacalao|nations=* [[File:CallaoFlag.png|35px]] [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao|Callao]]|image=[[File:Encruzilhada_Subcluster.png|center|350px]]|num_star_systems=10 Star Systems|organizations='''International Institutions'''
*[[File:LoNFlag.png|35px]] [[League of Nations]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|35px]] [[Union of South American States|USAS]]|num_organizations=2 Organizations|num_nations=1 State}}
The '''Encruzilhada Subcluster''' is a group of 10 star systems located within the [[Calypso Deeps]]. The subcluster includes one colonized system and one Lon-recognized country, the [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao]]. It is a [[Non-Legacy Nation|non-legacy nation]], emerging entirely in the post-Earth era and is currently in a conflict with the rebelling [[Callao People's Federation]] based out of the city of [[Palomino City Cluster|Palomino]].

== Astrography ==
The Encruzilhada Subcluster is situated trailward of the [[Pillars of Hercules]] and rimward of the [[Amazonia Cluster]].

=== Translight Strings ===
There are a total of nine charted translight strings connecting the 10 star systems of the Encruzilhada Subcluster. Three of these translight strings, those leading further into the Calypso Deeps, are weak and unstable. The Encruzilhada system is the subcluster's nexus, with five strings converging there.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%"
|+
!Star System
!Astropolitics
!Organizations
!Settlment
!Notes
|-
|Antillia
|
|
|
|
|-
|Bacalao
|
|
|
|
|-
|Brujula
|
|
|
|
|-
|Callao
|[[File:CallaoFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao|Callao]]
|
|
|Capital system of Callao.
|-
|Cartagena
|
|
|
|
|-
|Cassiterides
|
|
|
|
|-
|Encruzilhada
|
|
|
|
|-
|Eyipantla
|
|
|
|
|-
|Roche
|
|
|
|
|-
|Zonda
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="5" |Regional Interstellar Travel
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Eridanus Subcluster
|Encruzilhada - Tau Eridanus
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Amazonia Cluster
|Encruzilhada - Alvares Cabral
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Hydrus Expanse
|Encruzilhada - Alpha Hydrus
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Golden Horn
|Bacalao - Callwood
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Pillars of Hercules
|Roche - Charybdis
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Calypso Deeps
|Roche - Gonzalo
|}

== Etymology ==
The Portuguese word encruzilhada translates to "crossroads" or "intersection" in English. It may also be used as a term to figuratively to describe a difficult situation.

Encruzilhada Subcluster

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{{InfoboxRegion|name=Encruzilhada Subcluster|location=[[Calypso Deeps]]|star systems='''Core'''

* Encruzilhada
* Callao
* Cartagena
* Eyipantla
* Antillia

'''Outer'''

* Zonda
* Brujula
* Roche
* Cassiterides
* Bacalao|nations=* [[File:CallaoFlag.png|35px]] [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao|Callao]]|image=[[File:Encruzilhada_Subcluster.png|center|350px]]|num_star_systems=10 Star Systems|organizations='''International Institutions'''
*[[File:LoNFlag.png|35px]] [[League of Nations]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|35px]] [[Union of South American States|USAS]]|num_organizations=2 Organizations|num_nations=1 State}}
The '''Encruzilhada Subcluster''' is a group of 10 star systems located within the [[Calypso Deeps]]. The subcluster includes one colonized system and one Lon-recognized country, the [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao]]. It is a [[Non-Legacy Nation|non-legacy nation]], emerging entirely in the post-Earth era and is currently in a conflict with the rebelling [[Callao People's Federation]] based out of the city of [[Palomino City Cluster|Palomino]].

== Astrography ==
The Encruzilhada Subcluster is situated trailward of the [[Pillars of Hercules]] and rimward of the [[Amazonia Cluster]].

=== Translight Strings ===
There are a total of nine charted translight strings connecting the 10 star systems of the Encruzilhada Subcluster. Three of these translight strings, those leading further into the Calypso Deeps, are weak and unstable. The Encruzilhada system is the subcluster's nexus, with five strings converging there.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%"
|+
!Star System
!Astropolitics
!Organizations
!Settlment
!Notes
|-
|Antillia
|
|
|
|
|-
|Bacalao
|
|
|
|
|-
|Brujula
|
|
|
|
|-
|Callao
|[[File:CallaoFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao|Callao]]
|
|
|Capital system of Callao.
|-
|Cartagena
|
|
|
|
|-
|Cassiterides
|
|
|
|
|-
|Encruzilhada
|
|
|
|
|-
|Eyipantla
|
|
|
|
|-
|Roche
|
|
|
|
|-
|Zonda
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="5" |Regional Interstellar Travel
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Eridanus Subcluster
|Encruzilhada - Tau Eridanus
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Amazonia Cluster
|Encruzilhada - Alvares Cabral
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Hydrus Expanse
|Encruzilhada - Alpha Hydrus
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Golden Horn
|Bacalao - Callwood
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Pillars of Hercules
|Roche - Charybdis
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Calypso Deeps
|Roche - Gonzalo
|}

== Etymology ==
The Portuguese word encruzilhada translates to "crossroads" or "intersection" in English. It may also be used as a term to figuratively to describe a difficult situation.

Encruzilhada Subcluster

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{{InfoboxRegion|name=Encruzilhada Subcluster|location=[[Calypso Deeps]]|star systems='''Core'''

* Encruzilhada
* Callao
* Cartagena
* Eyipantla
* Antillia

'''Outer'''

* Zonda
* Brujula
* Roche
* Cassiterides
* Bacalao|nations=* [[File:CallaoFlag.png|35px]] [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao|Callao]]|image=[[File:Encruzilhada_Subcluster.png|center|350px]]|num_star_systems=10 Star Systems|organizations='''International Institutions'''
*[[File:LoNFlag.png|35px]] [[League of Nations]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|35px]] [[Union of South American States|USAS]]|num_organizations=2 Organizations|num_nations=1 State}}
The '''Encruzilhada Subcluster''' is a group of 10 star systems located within the [[Calypso Deeps]]. The subcluster includes one colonized system and a single country, the [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao]]. It is a [[Non-Legacy Nation|non-legacy nation]], emerging entirely in the post-Earth era.

== Astrography ==
The Encruzilhada Subcluster is situated trailward of the [[Pillars of Hercules]] and rimward of the [[Amazonia Cluster]].

=== Translight Strings ===
There are a total of nine charted translight strings connecting the 10 star systems of the Encruzilhada Subcluster. Three of these translight strings, those leading further into the Calypso Deeps, are weak and unstable. The Encruzilhada system is the subcluster's nexus, with five strings converging there.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%"
|+
!Star System
!Astropolitics
!Organizations
!Settlment
!Notes
|-
|Antillia
|
|
|
|
|-
|Bacalao
|
|
|
|
|-
|Brujula
|
|
|
|
|-
|Callao
|[[File:CallaoFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao|Callao]]
|
|
|Capital system of Callao.
|-
|Cartagena
|
|
|
|
|-
|Cassiterides
|
|
|
|
|-
|Encruzilhada
|
|
|
|
|-
|Eyipantla
|
|
|
|
|-
|Roche
|
|
|
|
|-
|Zonda
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="5" |Regional Interstellar Travel
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Eridanus Subcluster
|Encruzilhada - Tau Eridanus
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Amazonia Cluster
|Encruzilhada - Alvares Cabral
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Hydrus Expanse
|Encruzilhada - Alpha Hydrus
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Golden Horn
|Bacalao - Callwood
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Pillars of Hercules
|Roche - Charybdis
|-
| colspan="4" |Encruzilhada - Calypso Deeps
|Roche - Gonzalo
|}

== Etymology ==
The Portuguese word encruzilhada translates to "crossroads" or "intersection" in English. It may also be used as a term to figuratively to describe a difficult situation.

The Rubicon

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{{InfoboxRegion|name=The Rubicon|location=[[Elysian Fields]]|star systems='''Core'''

* Petrarca
* Capriccio
* Avanti
* Kitiya
* Mdina

'''Outer'''

* Boreale
* Aurelia
* Vivaldi
* Sardus|nations=* [[File:AureliaFlag.png|35px]] [[Federation of Aurelia|Aurelia]]
* [[File:BorealeFlag.png|35px]] [[Colonial Republic of Boreale|Boreale]]
* [[File:KitiyaFlag.png|35px]] [[Colonial Republic of Kitiya|Kitiya]]
* [[File:TempFlag Waving.png|35px]] [[Mdina Colonial Republic|Mdina]]
* [[File:PetrarcaFlag.png|35px]] [[Petrarca Colonial Republic|Petrarca]]|image=[[File:Rubicon Temp.jpg|center|350px]]|num_star_systems=9 Star Systems|num_nations=5 States|organizations='''International Institutions'''
*[[File:LoNFlag.png|35px]] [[League of Nations]]|num_organizations=1 Organization}}
'''The Rubicon''' is a group of nine star systems located at rimward edge of the [[Elysian Fields]]. The subcluster includes six colonized systems and at least six countries, including the [[Federation of Aurelia]], [[People's Republic of Kitiya]], [[Mdina Colonial Republic]], [[Colonial Republic of Boreale]], and [[Petrarca Colonial Republic]]. These states are all classified as [[Non-Legacy Nation|non-legacy nations]], emerging entirely in the post-[[Earth]] era.

== Astrography ==
The Rubicon is situated rimward of the [[Elysian Fields]], spinward of the [[Acadian Expanse]], coreward of the [[Sunset Gates]], and trailward of the [[Argentine Arm]].

=== Translight Strings ===
There are a total of 10 charted translight strings connecting the nine star systems of The Rubicon. The Avanti system is the subcluster's nexus, with four strings converging there.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%"
|+
!Star System
!Astropolitics
!Organizations
!Settlement
!Notes
|-
|Aurelia
|[[File:AureliaFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Federation of Aurelia|Aurelia]]
|
|
|Capital system of Aurelia.
|-
|Avanti
|
|
|
|
|-
|Boreale
|[[File:BorealeFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Colonial Republic of Boreale|Boreale]]
|
|
|Capital system of Boraele.
|-
|Capriccio
|
|
|
|
|-
|Kitiya
|[[File:KitiyaFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Colonial Republic of Kitiya|Kitiya]]
|
|
|Capital system of Kitiya.
|-
|Mdina
|[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45x45px]] [[Mdina Colonial Republic|Mdina]]
|
|
|Capital system of Mdina.
|-
|Petrarca
|[[File:PetrarcaFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Petrarca Colonial Republic|Petrarca]]
|
|
|Capital system of Petrarca.
|-
|Sardus
|
|
|
|
|-
|Vivaldi
|
|
|
|Disputed System
|-
! colspan="5" |Regional Interstellar Travel
|-
| colspan="4" |Rubicon - Bolivar Sea
|Quito - Boreale
|-
| colspan="4" |Rubicon - Acadian Expanse
|Sardus -
|-
| colspan="4" |Rubicon - Sunset Gates
|Aurelia -
|}

== Etymology ==
From Latin ''Rubicō'', ''Rubicōn'' (“the Rubicon”), possibly from ''rubeus'' (“red, reddish”), from ''rubeō'' (“to be red”). "Crossing the Rubicon" is an idiom meaning to pass a point of no return. It is an allusion to the Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar’s crossing of a river in northeastern Italy, indicating his intention to begin a civil war.

== References ==

# [https://www.champlain.group/news/75000-troops-amp-200-aerospace-craft-to-reinforce-french-presence-in-the-aurelian-gate "75,000 Troops & 200 Aerospace Craft To Reinforce French Presence In The 'Aurelian Gate'"]. ''Champlain Group''.

The Rubicon

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{{InfoboxRegion|name=The Rubicon|location=[[Elysian Fields]]|star systems='''Core'''

* Petrarca
* Capriccio
* Avanti
* Kitiya
* Mdina

'''Outer'''

* Boreale
* Aurelia
* Vivaldi
* Sardus|nations=* [[File:AureliaFlag.png|35px]] [[Federation of Aurelia|Aurelia]]
* [[File:BorealeFlag.png|35px]] [[Colonial Republic of Boreale|Boreale]]
* [[File:KitiyaFlag.png|35px]] [[Colonial Republic of Kitiya|Kitiya]]
* [[File:TempFlag Waving.png|35px]] [[Mdina Colonial Republic|Mdina]]
* [[File:PetrarcaFlag.png|35px]] [[Petrarca Colonial Republic|Petrarca]]|image=[[File:Rubicon Temp.jpg|center|350px]]|num_star_systems=9 Star Systems|num_nations=5 States|organizations='''International Institutions'''
*[[File:LoNFlag.png|35px]] [[League of Nations]]|num_organizations=1 Organization}}
'''The Rubicon''' is a group of nine star systems located at rimward edge of the [[Elysian Fields]]. The subcluster includes six colonized systems and at least six countries, including the [[Federation of Aurelia]], [[People's Republic of Kitiya]], [[Mdina Colonial Republic]], [[Colonial Republic of Boreale]], and [[Petrarca Colonial Republic]]. These states are all classified as [[Non-Legacy Nation|non-legacy nations]], emerging entirely in the post-[[Earth]] era.

== Astrography ==
The Rubicon is situated rimward of the [[Elysian Fields]], spinward of the [[Acadian Expanse]], coreward of the [[Sunset Gates]], and trailward of the [[Argentine Arm]].

=== Translight Strings ===
There are a total of 10 charted translight strings connecting the nine star systems of The Rubicon. The Avanti system is the subcluster's nexus, with four strings converging there.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%"
|+
!Star System
!Astropolitics
!Organizations
!Settlement
!Notes
|-
|Aurelia
|[[File:AureliaFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Federation of Aurelia|Aurelia]]
|
|
|Capital system of Aurelia.
|-
|Avanti
|
|
|
|
|-
|Boreale
|[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45x45px]] [[Colonial Republic of Boreale|Boreale]]
|
|
|Capital system of Boraele.
|-
|Capriccio
|
|
|
|
|-
|Kitiya
|[[File:KitiyaFlag.png|45x45px]] [[Colonial Republic of Kitiya|Kitiya]]
|
|
|Capital system of Kitiya.
|-
|Mdina
|[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45x45px]] [[Mdina Colonial Republic|Mdina]]
|
|
|Capital system of Mdina.
|-
|Petrarca
|[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45x45px]] [[Petrarca Colonial Republic|Petrarca]]
|
|
|Capital system of Petrarca.
|-
|Sardus
|
|
|
|
|-
|Vivaldi
|
|
|
|Disputed System
|-
! colspan="5" |Regional Interstellar Travel
|-
| colspan="4" |Rubicon - Bolivar Sea
|Quito - Boreale
|-
| colspan="4" |Rubicon - Acadian Expanse
|Sardus -
|-
| colspan="4" |Rubicon - Sunset Gates
|Aurelia -
|}

== Etymology ==
From Latin ''Rubicō'', ''Rubicōn'' (“the Rubicon”), possibly from ''rubeus'' (“red, reddish”), from ''rubeō'' (“to be red”). "Crossing the Rubicon" is an idiom meaning to pass a point of no return. It is an allusion to the Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar’s crossing of a river in northeastern Italy, indicating his intention to begin a civil war.

== References ==

# [https://www.champlain.group/news/75000-troops-amp-200-aerospace-craft-to-reinforce-french-presence-in-the-aurelian-gate "75,000 Troops & 200 Aerospace Craft To Reinforce French Presence In The 'Aurelian Gate'"]. ''Champlain Group''.

Template:SmallPowers

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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:100%"
|-
! Small Powers of the Orion Arm
|-
| colspan="1" | [[File:BanjunaMaharaFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Free State of Banjuna-Mahara|Banjuna-Mahara]] | [[File:BorealeFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Colonial Republic of Boreale|Boreale]] | [[File:CallaoFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Bolivarian Republic of Callao|Callao]] | [[File:CallwoodFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Republic of Callwood|Callwood]] | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Independent Republic of Grobnitsa|Grobnitsa]] | [[File:HeinleinFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Heinlein Colonial Republic|Heinlein]] | [[File:HolySeeFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Holy See]] | [[File:KumasiFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Kumasi Colonial Republic|Kumasi]] | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Mdina Colonial Republic|Mdina]] | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Mediana Colonial Republic|Mediana]] | [[File:MessisFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Independent State of Messis|Messis]] | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Colonial Republic of Naxos|Naxos]] | [[File:PetrarcaFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Petrarca Colonial Republic|Petrarca]] | [[File:SailastraFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Commonwealth of Sailastra|Sailastra]] | [[File:SalamisFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Salamis Colonial Republic|Salamis]] | [[File:ThasosFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Republic of Thasos|Thasos]] | [[File:ValVerdeFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Colonial Republic of Val Verde|Val Verde]] | [[File:VesperFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Republic of Vesper|Vesper]]
|-
|}

Template:ReichMilitary

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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; text-align:left; font-size:90%;"
! colspan="3" | [[Armed_Forces_of_the_German_Reich|Armed Forces of the Greater German Reich]]
|-
! Leadership
| colspan="2" | [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]] - Armed Forces High Command
|-
! rowspan="4" style="width:15%;" | Services
| style="width:20%;" | [[File:HeerFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Heer]] - German Army
| style="width:65%;" | [[Heerluftkorps]] (Army Air Forces) • [[Heerfernraumkorps]] (Army Interstellar Forces) • [[Spezialkräfte des Heeres]] (Army Special Forces) • [[Fallschirmspringer des Heeres]] (Army Paratroopers) • [[Panzerkommando des Heeres]] (Army Armored Corps) • [[Heeringenieurkorps]] (Army Engineering Corps) • [[Reichsmarinedienst]] (Reich Maritime Service)
|-
| style="width:20%;" | [[File:LuftwaffeFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Luftwaffe]] - German Air Force
| style="width:65%;" | [[Luftlandekorps]] (Airborne Ground Forces) • [[Fernraumstreitkräfte der Luftwaffe]] (Air Force Interstellar Forces) • [[Spezialkräfte der Luftwaffe]] (Air Force Special Forces) • [[Fallschirmjäger der Wehrmacht]] (Wehrmacht Paratroopers) • [[Weltraumsicherungskommando]] (Orbital Defense Command)
|-
| style="width:20%;" | [[File:KriegsmarineFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Kriegsmarine]] - German Navy
| style="width:65%;" | [[File:GermanyMarineForcesFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Marineinfanteriekorps]] (Marine Forces) • [[Luftflotte]] (Fleet Air Arm) • [[Kampfschwimmerkommando]] (Naval Special Forces) • [[Marine-Logistikkommando]] (Fleet Logistics Command)
|-
| style="width:20%;" | [[File:ReichColonialLeagueFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Reichskolonialbund]] - Reich Colonial League
| style="width:65%;" | [[File:GermanyColonialLeagueNavyFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Kolonialflotte]] (Colonial League Navy) • [[File:GermanyColonialLeagueArmyFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Kolonialheer]] (Colonial League Army)
|-
! rowspan="7" style="width:15%;" | State Paramilitary Forces
| style="width:20%;" | Reich Chancellery
| style="width:65%;" | [[File:GermanyChancelleryProtectionCorpsFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Kanzleischutzkorps]] (Chancellery Protection Corps)
|-
| style="width:20%;" | Reich Finance Ministry
| style="width:65%;" | [[File:ZollgrenzschutzFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Zollgrenzschutz]] (Customs Border Guards)
|-
| style="width:20%;" | Reich Ministry of Transport
| style="width:65%;" | [[File:GermanyRailwayProtectionCorpsFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Bahnschutzkorps des Reiches]] (Railway Protection Corps of the Reich)
|-
| style="width:20%;" | Reich Postal Ministry
| style="width:65%;" | [[File:GermanyPostalSecurityCorpsFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Postschutzkorps]] (Postal Security Corps)
|-
| style="width:20%;" | Reich Labour Service
| style="width:65%;" | [[File:GermanyConstructionCombatCorpsFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Baukampfkorps]] (Construction Combat Corps)
|-
| style="width:20%;" | Reich Foreign Office
| style="width:65%;" | [[File:GermanyEmbassyGuardFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Konsulatwache]] (Embassy Guard)
|-
| style="width:20%;" | Reich Interior Ministry
| style="width:65%;" | [[File:GermanyTeNoFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Technische Nothilfe]] (Technical Emergency Corps TeNo) • [[File:GermanyOrderPoliceFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Ordnungspolizei]] (Order Police) [[File:GermanyUrbanProtectionPoliceFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Schutzpolizei]] (Urban Protection Police) • [[File:GermanyGendarmerieFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Gendarmerie]] (Internal Troops) • [[File:GermanyAdministrativePoliceFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Verwaltungspolizei]] (Administrative Police) • [[File:GermanyMunicipalPoliceFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Gemeindepolizei]] (Municipal Police)
|-
! style="width:15%;" | EFNV Paramilitary Forces
| colspan="2" | [[File:GermanyPartyChancelleryGuardFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Kanzleiwache des Führungsrates]] (Party Chancellery Guard) • [[File:GermanyNMKFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Nationaler Motorkorps]] (Volksstaates Motor Corps NMK) • [[File:GermanyVFKFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Volksfliegerkorps]] (Volksstaates Aerospace Corps VFK) • [[Volksfernraumkorps]] (Volksstaates Interstellar Corps VFRK) • [[Organisation Todt]] • [[File:GermanyProtectionDetailFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Schutzkommando]] (Protection Detail)
|-
! style="width:15%;" | Stahlhelm
| colspan="2" | [[File:GermanyStormtrooperFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Sturmtruppen des Stahlhelms]] (Stormtroopers) • [[File:GermanyAirAssaultCorpsFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Sturmfliegerkorps Stahlhelm]] (Aerial Assault Corps) • [[File:GermanyInterstellarLegionFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Fernraumlegion des Stahlhelms]] (Interstellar Legion) • [[File:GermanyEngineeringBrigadeFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Pionierkorps Stahlhelm]] (Stahlhelm Engineering Brigades) • [[File:GermanyBodyguardRegimentFlag.png|text-bottom|x14px]] [[Leibstandarte Stahlhelm]] (Bodyguard Regiment)
|-
|}

Postschutzkorps

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{{Organization|flag=[[File:GermanyPostalSecurityCorpsFlag.png|center|315px]]|country=[[File:GermanyFlag.png|30px|text-bottom]] [[German Reich|Germany]]|other-names=''Postschutzkorps''|type=Paramilitary Organization|role=Satellite defense|part-of=[[Reich Postal Ministry]]}}
The '''Postschutzkorps''' (English: '''Reich Postal Security Corps'''), is a [[German Reich|German]] [[Organizations|paramilitary organization]] with a mission to protect the vast satellite infrastructure behind the Reich’s public and private networks. It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the [[Reich Postal Ministry]].

== History ==

=== Dead Hands Incident ===
In 2285, the Postal Security Corps disabled two converted frigates being operated by the [[Dead Hands]] criminal organization after they had fired on Postal Security Corps vessels, assuming them to be unarmed.

{{ReichMilitary}}

==References==
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/pirates-mistakenly-target-elite-reich-paramilitary-forces-are-swiftly-destroyed "Pirates Mistakenly Target Elite Reich Paramilitary Forces, Are Swiftly Destroyed"]. ''Champlain Group''.

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Petrarca Colonial Republic

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{{Nation|image=[[File:PetrarcaFlag.png|center|315px]]|name=Petrarca Colonial Republic|area=*Petrarca Planetary System|capital=*Petrarca Planetary System|classification=[[Small Power]]|lon-status=* [[League of Nations|Member State]]}}The '''Petrarca Colonial Republic''', commonly known as '''Petraca''', is a [[Non-Legacy Nation]] located in [[The Rubicon]]. It is a [[Small Power]], a [[Colonial Republic|colonial republic]], and a member of the [[League of Nations]].
{{SmallPowers}}

Colonial Republic of Boreale

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{{Nation|image=[[File:BorealeFlag.png|center|315px]]|name=Colonial Republic of Boreale|area=*Boreale Planetary System|capital=*Boreale Planetary System|classification=[[Small Power]]|lon-status=* [[League of Nations|Member State]]}}
The '''Colonial Republic of Boreale''', commonly known as '''Boreale''', is a [[Non-Legacy Nation]] located in [[The Rubicon]]. It is a [[Small Power]], and a member of the [[League of Nations]].
{{SmallPowers}}

Astropolitics

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'''Astropolitics''' (used interchangeably with '''Interstellar Geopolitics''' or just '''Geopolitics''') examines how the interstellar geography of the [[Orion Arm]] influences nations and their interactions. It serves as a framework for analyzing foreign policy, using astrographical factors to interpret, explain, and anticipate political behavior on an interstellar scale. Heavily rooted in the concept of political power, this field of study provides a foundation for analyzing nations at the international level.

In the Cold War-dominated final years of the [[Timeline|23rd century]], astropolitics is defined in near totality by the four-way struggle between the [[Orion Treaty Organization]], [[Axis Powers]], [[Communist Interstellar]], and [[Co-Prosperity Sphere]], with non-participant nations largely consolidated into the [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. These interstellar blocs are led by the [[United States of America|United States]], [[German Reich]], [[Soviet Union]], and [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] respectively, the four superpowers, and made up of lesser Great Powers, Regional Powers, Middle Powers, and Small Powers.

While nation-states remain the primary actors driving astropolitics, an increasing percentage of countries are now considered satellite states to varying degrees within the larger strategic competition. [[Conflicts|Proxy wars]] are widespread across the Orion Arm, rooted in local conflicts fueled and escalated by the interests of the superpowers or nations within their respective blocs. The increased interconnectivity across the Arm also enables actions taken by [[Organizations|megacorporations]], [[Organizations|non-state entities]], and sometimes even [[Notable Figures|individuals]] to potentially shape astropolitics, igniting chains of events that can escalate far beyond their original scope.

As a consequence, the traditional state-centric order of the post-evacuation era is evolving. International organizations like the [[League of Nations]], megacorporations, and non-state actors increasingly compete with nation-states for influence, a development often described as a form of [[new-medievalism]]. Many megacorporations, and some non-state actors, command greater resources than middle or small powers, further blurring the lines that once clearly defined interstellar politics.

=Superpowers=
'''See Also:''' [[Potential Superpowers]]

'''Superpower''' describes a sovereign state that holds a dominant position, characterized by the ability to exert influence and project power across the Orion Arm. They excel in every component of state power: '''demographic, economic, military, technological, political, and cultural strength''', as well as diplomatic and soft power. Traditionally, superpowers are preeminent among the great powers. While other states are able to project power across the Orion Arm, the influence of the '''superpowers''' is so significant that no major action '''can''' be taken by the international community without first considering their positions.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;"
! style="width: 7.5%;" |State Flag
!style="width: 25%;" | Common and Formal Names
!style="width: 12.5%;" | Membership Within the League of Nations
!style="width: 20%;" | International Organization Membership
!style="width: 5%;" | Legacy Nation
!style="width: 30%;" | Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty
|-
|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:AmericanFlag Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''United States''' – [[United States of America]]
|style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
* [[United Americas]]
|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:SovietFlag Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Soviet Union''' – [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]
|style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:CominternFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Communist Interstellar]]
* [[Arusha Pact]]
|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
* The Soviet Union claims, but does not control, the planetary systems governed by the [[Międzymorze Commonwealth‏‎|Intermarium.]]
|-
|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:GermanyFlag Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''German Reich''' – [[Greater German Reich]]
|style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[Axis Powers]]
|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:JapanFlag Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Japan''' – [[Empire of Japan]]
|style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:SphereFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
* [[Axis Powers]] (Observer Status)
|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid #e7cc75; width: 100%; border-left: 10px solid #e7cc75; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top;"
|-
|style="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 10px; | [[Image:Champlain_Color_1000.png|40px]]
|style="vertical-align: top; padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px; text-align: justify; | '''Criteria For Inclusion:''' The methodology for classifying nations as [[Superpower|Superpowers]], as outlined in this document, combines established criteria with the Champlain Group's proprietary analysis, incorporating both historical and contemporary qualifications. These include; extensive astropolitical influence, significant military capabilities with interstellar operational reach, a robust and diversified economy, and advanced technological prowess. Strong diplomatic and cultural influence is also considered. In recognition of the paramount role that interstellar territories play modern power dynamics, the number of undisputed territorial claims on star systems is also considered.

'''Note:''' [[Organizations#International_Organizations|Supranational Unions]] are not considered superpowers under this framework.
|-
|}

= Great Powers =
'''See Also:''' [[Potential Great Powers]]

'''Great power''' describes a sovereign state that maintains a major, sustained capacity to influence astropolitics and project power across multiple regions of the Orion Arm. Great powers possess broad capabilities across the core components of state power: demographic, economic, military, technological, political, and cultural, reinforced by effective diplomacy and soft power. Within their spheres of interest, great powers can easily shape outcomes, but generally require partners to coerce or deter a superpower. In the modern phase of the Cold War, they form the backbone of major alliances and act as principal balancers within the international system.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;"
! style="width: 7.5%;" |State Flag
! style="width: 25%;" | Common and Formal Names
! style="width: 12.5%;" | Membership Within the League of Nations
! style="width: 20%;" | International Organization Membership
! style="width: 5%;" | Legacy Nation
! style="width: 30%;" | Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:EastAfricaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''East Africa''' – [[East African Federation]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:CominternFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Communist Interstellar]]
* [[Arusha Pact]]
* [[African Union]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:BrazilFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Brazil''' – [[Federative Republic of Brazil]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:NAMFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
* [[Union of South American States]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:WestAfricaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''West Africa''' – [[Confederation of West African States]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
* [[African Union]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:FrenchFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''France''' – [[French Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:ItalyFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Italy''' – [[Italian Social Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[Axis Powers]]
* [[File:RomeFlag Waving.png|30px]] [[Pact of Rome]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:ChinaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''China''' – [[Republic of China]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:SphereFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
* Competes with the [[Chinese Soviet Socialist Republic|Chinese SSR]] for recognition as the legitimate Chinese Government.
*
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:IndiaFlag_waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''India''' – [[Republic of India]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:NAMFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
* [[Commonwealth of Nations]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Intermarium''' – [[Międzymorze Commonwealth]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:NAMFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
* Competes with the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]] for recognition as the successor government to several former Eastern European states.
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:IndonesiaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Indonesia''' – [[Republic of Indonesia]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:SphereFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:PacificStatesFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Pacific America''' - [[Pacific States of America]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
* [[United Americas]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:AbyssiniaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Abyssinia''' – [[Imperial State of Ethiopia]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[Horn of Africa]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TurkeyFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Türkiye''' – [[Republic of Türkiye]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:SpainFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Spain''' – [[Spanish State]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[Axis Powers]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:UARFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''U.A.R.''' – [[United Arab Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:NAMFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
* [[African Union]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Alpha Centauri''' – [[United Centauri Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[African Union]]
* [[Solar Treaty Organization]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Great Britain''' – [[United Kingdom]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
* Security Council
|
* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
* [[Commonwealth of Nations]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|}

= Regional Powers =
'''See Also:''' [[Regional Alliances & Coalitions]]

'''Regional power''' describes a sovereign state whose influence and ability to project power are concentrated primarily within a specific region of the Orion Arm. Regional powers may not possess the full range of capabilities of great powers, but they maintain significant strength across major components of state power. Within their region, they can exercise coercive influence over neighbors, though their ability to act independently on the Arm-wide stage is limited. In the Cold War system, regional powers are often aligned with superpowers or great powers, though some have entered into independent coalitions. They serve as pivotal actors in local contests and as critical partners within larger alliances.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;"
! style="width: 7.5%;" |State Flag
! style="width: 25%;" | Common and Formal Names
! style="width: 12.5%;" | Membership Within the League of Nations
! style="width: 20%;" | International Organization Membership
! style="width: 5%;" | Legacy Nation
! style="width: 30%;" | Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:AcadiaFederationFlag Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Acadia''' – [[Federation of Acadia]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:ArgentinaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Argentina''' – [[Argentine Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Axis Powers]] (Observer Status)
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:AustralasiaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Australasia''' – [[Commonwealth of Australasia]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
* [[Commonwealth of Nations]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:AureliaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Aurelia''' – [[Federation of Aurelia]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:BulgariaRomaniaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Bulgaria-Romania''' – [[Union of Bulgaria and Romania]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Axis Powers]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
* Competes with the [[Bulgarian Soviet Socialist Republic|Bulgarian]] and [[Romanian Soviet Socialist Republic|Romanian SSRs]] for recognition as a legitimate successor government.
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:ChariMakasaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Chari-Makasa''' – [[Solidarité of Chari-Makasa]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Fourth International]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:ChileFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Chile''' – [[Republic of Chile]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Union of South American States]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:GranColombia_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Gran Colombia''' – [[Republic of Gran Colombia]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Union of South American States]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:CubaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Cuba''' – [[People's Federation of Cuba]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:CominternFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Communist Interstellar]]
* [[Arusha Pact]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:Hungary_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Hungary''' – [[National Republic of Hungary]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Axis Powers]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:KoreaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Korea''' – [[Republic of Korea]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:SphereFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:ManchuriaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Manchuria''' – [[Empire of Great Manchuria]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:SphereFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:MexicoFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Mexico''' – [[United Mexican States]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:PakistanFlag Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Pakistan''' – [[Islamic Federation of Pakistan]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:NAMFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:PhilippinesFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''The Philippines''' – [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:PortugalFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Portugal''' – [[Portuguese National Federation]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Axis Powers]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Sirius''' – [[Sirius Federation]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[African Union]]
* [[Solar Treaty Organization]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:SwedenFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Sweden''' – [[Kingdom of Sweden]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Federal Nordic Cooperative]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Tau Ceti''' – [[United Provinces of Tau Ceti]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[African Union]]
* [[Solar Treaty Organization]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:ThailandFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Thailand''' – [[Kingdom of Thailand]]

| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:SphereFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:VegaRepublicFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Republican Vega''' – [[Democratic Republic of Vega]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:CominternFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Communist Interstellar]]
* [[Arusha Pact]]
* [[African Union]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:FederalUnionVega_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Federal Vega''' – [[Federal Union of Vega]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Axis Powers]]
* [[African Union]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:VietnamFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Vietnam''' – [[Empire of Vietnam]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:SphereFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:VirngrundFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Virngrund''' – [[National Republic of Virngrund]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
* Currently engaged in the occupation of Saint-Joseph.
|}

= Middle Powers =
'''Middle power''' describes a sovereign state with limited capacity to project power beyond its immediate region, yet sufficient resources and stability to exert meaningful influence in international affairs. Middle powers do not rival great or regional powers in comprehensive strength, but may maintain niche advantages such as economic specialization, diplomatic networks, or cultural influence that allow them to shape outcomes disproportionate to their size. They may provide valuable contributions to military, political, research, or economic coalitions, and frequently act as mediators in disputes between larger states. In the Cold War system, middle powers are essential secondary actors: too powerful to be ignored outright, yet unlikely to be decisive on their own.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;"
! style="width: 7.5%;" |State Flag
! style="width: 25%;" | Common and Formal Names
! style="width: 12.5%;" | Membership Within the League of Nations
! style="width: 20%;" | International Organization Membership
! style="width: 5%;" | Legacy Nation
! style="width: 30%;" | Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:AppiaFlagWaving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Appia''' – [[Appian Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:RomeFlag Waving.png|30px]] [[Pact of Rome]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:AndulelaChelifFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Andulela-Chelif''' – [[Republic of the Union of Andulela-Chelif]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:NAMFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
* [[African Union]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:ApolloFlag Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Apollo''' – [[Apollo Federation]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
* [[Planetary state]] located within the Apollo system.
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:ArtemisFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Artemis''' – [[Artemis Colonial Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
* [[Planetary state]] located within the Artemis system.
* Ongoing territorial disputes with the [[Callisto Colonial Republic]].
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Arcturus''' – [[Union of Arcturan Republics]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:CastineFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Castine''' – [[National Republic of Castine]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Free Acadia]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:CallistoFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Callisto''' – [[Callisto Colonial Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
* [[Planetary state]] located within the Artemis system.
* Ongoing territorial disputes with the [[Artemis Colonial Republic]].
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" |'''Eridani''' – [[Eridani Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
* [[Planetary state]] located within the Epsilon Eridani system.
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:FinlandFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Finland''' – [[Republic of Finland]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Federal Nordic Cooperative]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
* Competes with the [[Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic|Finnish SSR]] for recognition as the legitimate Finnish Government.
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag Waving.png|center|150x150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Ireland''' – [[Republic of Ireland]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:JunoFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Juno''' – [[United States of Juno]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:KhalistanFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Khalistan''' – [[Federation of Khalistan]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:KitiyaFlag Waving.png|center|150x150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Kitiya''' – [[People's Republic of Kitiya]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:MongibelloFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Mongibello''' – [[Independent State of Mongibello]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Axis Powers]]
* [[File:RomeFlag Waving.png|30px]] [[Pact of Rome]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''New Canaan''' – [[Republic of New Canaan]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:NorwayFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Norway''' – [[Kingdom of Norway]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[Federal Nordic Cooperative]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | Yes
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:QuebecFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Quebec''' – [[Republic of Quebec]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Senekane''' – [[Federation of Senekane]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:NAMFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
* [[African Union]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:SilvanusFlag_Waving.png|center|150x150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Silvanus''' – [[Silvanus Colonial Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
* [[Planetary state]] located within the Silvanus and Dea Dia systems.
* Ongoing territorial and ideological disputes with the [[Tetus People's Republic]].
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TetusFlag_Waving.png|center|150x150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Tetus''' – [[Tetus People's Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
* [[Planetary state]] located within the Silvanus system.
* Ongoing territorial and ideological disputes with the [[Silvanus Colonial Republic]].
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Tianyuan''' – [[Tianyuan Republic]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
* [[Planetary state]] located within the Epsilon Eridani system.
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:VestaFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Vesta''' – [[Republic of Vesta]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
|
* [[File:NAMFlag.png|text-bottom|30x30px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
| style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
|
|-
| style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:WhitehallFlag Waving.png|center|150px]]
| style="padding:10px" | '''Whitehall''' – [[High Republic of Whitehall]]
| style="padding:10px" |
* Member State
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= Small Powers =
'''See Also:''' [[Shared Sovereignty]]

'''Small power''' describes a sovereign or semi-sovereign state with limited capacity to project power beyond its own borders and little influence in shaping events outside its immediate astrography. Small powers typically lack the comprehensive resources of larger states, but may retain modest strengths in specific areas such as commerce, technology, or cultural output. Their security and prosperity often depend on alignment with stronger powers, participation in international institutions, or integration into regional coalitions or systems. In the Cold War system, small powers are frequently the objects of competition between larger states, yet they can exercise agency by leveraging geography, alliances, or specialized capabilities to secure their interests.
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!style="width: 5%;" | Legacy Nation
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|style="padding:10px" | '''Callwood''' – [[Republic of Callwood]]
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|style="padding:10px" | '''Mediana''' – [[Mediana Colonial Republic]]
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|style="padding:10px" | '''Petrarca''' – [[Petrarca Colonial Republic]]
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|style="padding:10px" | '''Sailastra''' – [[Commonwealth of Sailastra]]
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|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:SalamisFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Salamis''' – [[Salamis Colonial Republic]]
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|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:ThasosFlag Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Thasos''' – [[Republic of Thasos]]
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|style="padding:10px" | '''Val Verde''' – [[Colonial Republic of Val Verde]]
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|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
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|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:VesperFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Vesper''' – [[Republic of Vesper]]
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|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
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= Frontier Powers =
'''See Also:''' [[Far Frontier]], [[List of Far Frontier Systems By Population]]

'''Frontier power''' describes a sovereign or semi-sovereign state located on the outer reaches of the Orion Arm, beyond the established cores of interstellar civilization. They are typically isolated, with smaller populations, limited economic strength, and restricted capacity for interconnectivity. The influence of frontier powers rarely extends beyond their own boundaries, and they exert little to no impact on astropolitics within the Arm as a whole. In many cases, they are only partially sovereign, with authority shared, or contested, by corporate or other interests that can operate without meaningful oversight. Historically ignored by larger states and markets alike, frontier powers are beginning to draw attention as megacorporations seek unregulated opportunities. In the Cold War, they represent a new and growing theater of competition.
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|style="padding:10px" | '''Ash Point''' – [[Ash Point Colonial Administration]]
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|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Blakeburn''' – [[Blakeburn Colonial Union]]
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|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Glasswall''' – [[Colonial Republic of Glasswall]]
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|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Kovach''' – [[Commonwealth of Kovach]]
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|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
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|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Reunion''' – [[Reunion Colonial Republic]]
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|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
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|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Three Saints''' – [[Three Saints Colonial Administration]]
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|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
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|style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; height:110px" | [[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|center|150px]]
|style="padding:10px" | '''Vorma-St. Monica''' – [[Colonial Union of Vorma-St. Monica]]
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|style="text-align:center; padding:10px" | No
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Kurugallu Civilization

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The '''Kurugallu Civilization''' was a civilization that existed on the planet of [[Kurugallu (planet)|Kurugallu]] in the [[Urgulu Planetary System]].

= Etymology =
Due to their discovery on the planet of Kurugallu and the lack of information on any endonyms, they are named after the planet on which their remains were discovered.

= Extent =
Kurugallu civilization was spread across thousands of boreholes and a network of tunnels and chambers within. As the history of the Kurugallu progressed, their population would bury deeper into the planet.

= Boreholes =
Kurugallu tunnel entrances are marked by intentionally designed boreholes on the surface. These boreholes are usually over 1 km in diameter with a ring of structures along their sides. These boreholes are made up of thousands of levels and tunnels providing access to chambers, some of which are as large as modern stadiums.

== Borehole 0814 ==
''Main article: Borehole 814''

Borehole-0814, also known as the “Gateway to Hell,” is a quarantined borehole discovered in 2279 located in the Northern Wastes just beyond the 38th parallel on a salt flat. Borehole-0814 is unique for being surrounded by a perfectly circular field of tall, black, jagged spikes up to 323 meters in height jutting out of the ground. There have been many reports of humans experiencing negative physiological symptoms from being in the presence of these spikes. Scientists believe that these spikes were made by the Kurugallu to serve as a warning to others. In 2285, hundreds of scientists entered Borehole 0814 as part of the joint [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[Republic of India|Indian]] [[Mandhatri 85]] expedition, which sought to study the architecture and possible functions of the site.

= Discovery and History of Excavation =
Remains of the Kurugallu civilization were first discovered during the early interstellar age when human explorers arrived in the [[Well of Embers]].

= Biology =
The Kurugallu were an extraterrestrial, carbon-based species dependent on oxygen, nutrients, and water to survive. The existence of art in the form of paintings, sculptures, and reliefs suggest that the Kurugallu were a sentient species and research shows that they understood the concept of mortality.

In regards to physical appearance, the Kurugallu looked most like a cross between Terran termites and crustaceans and were roughly the size of an adolescent human. They moved around on six pairs of legs, some of which ended in claws such as a large front pair that could be manipulated as tools and/or weapons. Their bodies were divided into four major segments with between eight and 23 secondary appendages attached that gave the Kurugallu a tactile sense of environment as well as motor controls. They additionally possessed antennae with delicate sensory bristles that allowed them to detect minute changes in the air as well as vibrations that would be unnoticeable to humans.

Research suggests that they had senses superior to that of humans, though they perceived sounds, smells, and touch in different ways. They also had compound eyes which provided them a wide field of view and low-light vision, though they could not perceive some wavelengths that humans can.

= Culture & Society =
There is an academic debate over whether or not the Kurugallu were an individualist society or if they had some form of “gestalt consciousness.” While it’s known that the Kurugallu operated in a communal manner in many aspects, such as working together in communities, archaeological discoveries of paintings, statues, and reliefs carved into the halls of ceremonial chambers indicate that they had some sense of personal identity and socially transmitted knowledge.

Kurugallu society also existed in a state of “perpetual total mobilization,” able to seamlessly shift between militaristic, expansionist, economic, and scientific pursuits as circumstances demanded, described by some researchers as “like a machine shifting gears.”

== “Caste System” ==
Variance in Kurugallu biology suggests that their society had some form of a “caste system.” While this term is not a perfect representation of the system, it is the closest description that humans have. Thousands of strains have been discovered, with differences in physical ability and intellectual acuity between each one. While parts of this structure were artificially imposed and manipulated by the Kurugallu as their culture and technology advanced, such as the ability of one strain to transition to another through artificially-assisted metamorphosis, there was almost certainly some kind of naturally existing hierarchical framework.

Archaeologists have grouped these strains into five overarching castes: labor, soldier, scholar, priest, and reproductive, based on their roles within Kurugallu society. It’s important to note that these terms are the closest human terms for these roles and they did not neatly fit into the human concept of these roles.

= Technology =
The Kurugallu were technologically advanced, with extensive genetic modification and cybernetics capabilities. Mechanical augmentation was common, though likely extremely painful and permanent, with some remains showing signs of chipping and subsequent puncturing of internal organs. Some of these augmentations were embedded deep inside of the body, making removal destructive to the bearer. There is ongoing academic debate on whether or not this was due to design flaws or a deliberate means of control. Additionally, they extensively used genetic engineering to modify members of their own species to perform specific tasks, though some of these processes resulted in strains that were unable to survive in a natural state. They've also been shown to have utilized biological computers specialized for complex problem-solving and logic, invented highly complex machines. It's been confirmed that they were a spacefaring species.

= Government =
While the Kurugallu did not have a government in a conventional sense, each of their castes had “quartermasters” that collectively guided the Kurugallu through mass communication and control. These quartermasters came from distinct strains of Kurugallu, one born in ten million, who had heightened instincts and awareness.

= Chronology =
It’s believed that the Kurugallu are not indigenous to the planet for which they are named due to a lack of genetic similarities between their remains and the native flora and fauna of the planet. This is supported by the boreholes being only a few thousand years old and all carved within a short period of time. Paintings, sculptures, and relief carvings are the only records of Kurugallu history that exist.

== Early History ==
The first Kurugallu communities emerged on their homeworld and progressed through a series of ages loosely analogous to the agricultural and industrial revolutions coupled with a series of events that archaeologists struggle to categorize.

== Golden Age ==
At some point in Kurugallu history, there was a kind of “transformation” or “rebirth” that resulted in a “golden age” of development and expansion.

== Interstellar Colonization ==
Towards the end of their golden age, the Kurugallu are believed to have settled on their eponymous planet, sometime between 600 and 2,000 years ago. Within two centuries of their arrival, the Kurugallu in the Well of Embers began to experience a gradual decline.

== Decline ==
Kurugallu remains show gradual degradation in the sophistication and ubiquity of cybernetics alongside signs of systemic violence. These findings are backed by discoveries of disposed remains from this era that suggest Kurugallu society was slowly unravelling amidst widespread disorder and desperation.

= Collapse & Extinction =
Archaeological evidence suggests that the Kurugallu went extinct as a result of rapid societal reorganizations across its castes, resulting in either mass death or deformation due to the constant artificial metamorphosis. Some theorize that this came about due to a lack of quartermasters among their population, either from attempts to create more or the result of their absence and resulting lack of guidance. It was after these events that their birthing chambers and technologies critical to the artificial metamorphosis process began to experience widespread failure. According to most researchers, a behavioral sink manifested within the Kurugallu in the aftermath, occurring across three stages A, B, and C.

== Stage A ==
The first stage of the Kurugallu’s collapse and extinction saw a new social order violently emerge as the greater caste system broke apart. Exoskeletons from this era show an absence of both cybernetics and genetic modification as well as extensive physical harm such as fractures, deep lacerations, and crude repairs. It was during this time that traditional burial ceremonies and processes were abandoned in favor of simply dropping the corpses down the hollow cores of each borehole. Additionally, the higher levels of the boreholes seem to have been abandoned with the Kurugallu concentrating in isolated clusters inside of smaller chambers deeper underground. Aspects of society continued to break down as the Kurugallu began to behave more violently towards one another.

== Stage B ==
In the second stage, the different castes began to behave more erratically and self-destructive. The soldier and labor castes began to experience periods of extreme lethargy followed by periods of equally extreme violence, even within their own ranks, which resulted in widespread death of the population. At the same time, the strains of the reproductive caste which were able to move around independently retreated further into the boreholes, attended to by what remained of the priest caste. Communities were formed around the remaining fertile Kurugallu, existing on the edges of the main host. While they were mostly ignored, they occasionally attacked rival communities, presumably to seek better nesting sites. The scholar caste began to isolate themselves to small groups, if they were in any at all, around the vast machines that now lay abandoned. Some of the scholar caste from this period have also been found on the surface of the planet near the crane structures. It is believed that very few of the scholars survived stage B and that they were the first of the Kurugallu to become extinct.

== Stage C ==
In the third stage, the Kurugallu’s automated food sources which they had relied on to feed themselves began to fail, triggering mass starvation and death across what remained of the species. The survivors attempted to migrate once more, moving around in dense living colonies of tens of thousands due to a developed dependence on social clustering. These migrations through the Kurugallu’s tunnel systems resulted in further deaths due to crowding and stampeding. When groups of Kurugallu confronted each other during these migrations, extreme violence ensued between the two, causing further population loss. This period also saw cannibalism become a more common practice, as victorious Kurugallu colonies would consume the defeated for sustenance. In situations where these groups broke into chambers housing what remained of the reproductive caste, they would consume the young, even those in larval form. This resulted in the reproductive caste beginning to direct aggression towards their own young as a result of these acts of aggression, driving newborn and immature Kurugallu out into the labyrinths where they were unable to survive. The increased aggression that resulted from declining access to food, resources, and increased exhaustion and stress culminated in the Kurugallu’s extinction.

= Reported Strange Occurrences =
Stations and outposts, particularly those constructed on the edges of boreholes, have reported strange occurrences - especially in their deeper levels: damaged or missing sensors and recording equipment, detection of strange vibrations, and dozens of recordings of biological sounds resembling sizzling grease.

== References ==

# "[https://www.instagram.com/p/C9nKVuyyvXZ/ Joint British-Indian Expedition Into Alien 'Gateway To Hell' Will Be The Largest Yet Attempted]", ''Champlain Group''
# [https://youtu.be/E6D31-kY-GQ?si=WrXW4A7iyLOsFoZQ "The Gateway To Hell"]. ''Champlain Group''.
# "[https://www.champlain.group/news/joint-indian-british-expedition-mandhatri-85-enters-gateway-to-hell-on-kurugallu Joint British-Indian Expedition Mandhatri 85 Enters 'Gateway To Hell' On Kurugallu]", ''Champlain Group''

Federation of Acadia

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{{Nation|image=[[File:AcadiaFederationFlag.png|315px]]|name=Federation of Acadia|head-of-government=Elizabeth Bracket|head-of-government-title=Prime Minister||classification=[[Regional Power]]|lon-status=* [[League of Nations|Member State]]|memberships=* [[File:OTOFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[Orion Treaty Organization|OTO]]|government=Federal republic}}

The '''Federation of Acadia''', commonly known as '''Acadia''', is a [[Non-Legacy Nation]] located in the [[Acadian Expanse]]. A [[Regional Power]], it is both a member of the [[Orion Treaty Organization]] and the [[League of Nations]].

== Etymology ==
The name Acadia derives from the Ancient Greek pastoral utopia of Arcadia, which has celebrated in poetry and art since at least the 3rd century BCE.

== History ==

=== [[Acadian Wars]] ===

The Acadian Wars were a series of interrelated conflicts fought between 2274 to 2283, with minor branches of the fighting continuing into the present day. With roughly 12 separate belligerents, stated aims encompassed wars of independence and ideology together with more limited ethnic and religious fighting combined with several insurgencies. In 2278, an American-led military intervention succeeded in the partial restoration of the Federation government and the concession of several star systems as newly sovereign states. Within the greater [[Cold War]], the conflict saw extensive involvement by the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]], [[German Reich]], and the [[Orion Treaty Organization]].

== References ==

# [https://www.champlain.group/news/pro-democratic-forces-reinforce-famed-skyscraper-stronghold-amid-fascist-advance-in-acadia "Pro-Democratic Forces Reinforce Famed Skyscraper Stronghold Amid Fascist Advance in Acadia"]. ''Champlain Group.''
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/united-americas-heavy-missile-strikes-target-fascist-aligned-forces-in-acadian-expanse "United Americas heavy missile Strikes Target Fascist-Aligned Forces in Acadian Expanse"]. ''Champlain Group.''
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/axis-air-defense-systems-concealed-on-freighter-bound-for-fontclair-warzone "Axis Air Defense Systems Concealed on Freighter Bound for Fontclair Warzone"]. ''Champlain Group.''
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/shells-hit-fontclair-international-starport "Shells Hit Fontclair International Starport"]. Champlain Group.
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League of Nations Security Council

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*[[File:UnitedArabRepublicFlag.png|45px]] [[United Arab Republic|U.A.R.]] [[File:NAMLogo.png|text-bottom|15px]]
*[[File:TempFlag_Waving.png|45px]] [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] [[File:OTOLogo.png|text-bottom|15px]]}}
The '''League of Nations''' '''Security Council''' is one of the principal organs of the [[League of Nations]], charged with maintaining interstellar security. Its powers, as defined in the Covenant of the League of Nations, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, international sanctions, and the authorization of military action. The LoN Security Council (LoNSC) is the only League institution with the authority to issue binding resolutions on member states.

Membership in the Security Council is reserved for the most powerful states in the [[Orion Arm]] and is often considered a hallmark of [[Astropolitics|Great Power]] status. Most resolutions require a simple majority, with some requiring a two-thirds vote.

== References ==

# [https://www.champlain.group/news/vote-looms-on-alpha-centauris-security-council-ambitions "Vote Looms On Alpha Centauri's Security Council Ambitions"]. ''Champlain Group.''

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Pact of Rome

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{{Organization|flag=[[File:RomeFlag_Waving.png|center|315px]]|name=Pact of Rome|num_members=5+ Member States|membership='''Great Powers'''
*[[File:ItalyFlag.png|45px]] [[Italian Social Republic|Italy]]
'''Middle Powers'''
*[[File:AppiaFlag.png|45px]] [[Appian Republic|Appia]]
*[[File:MongibelloFlag.png|45px]] [[Independent State of Mongibello|Mongibello]]
'''Small Powers'''
*[[File:TempFlag Waving.png|45px]] [[Independent Republic of Grobnitsa|Grobnitsa]]
*[[File:MessisFlag.png|45px]] [[Independent State of Messis|Messis]]|type=*International Institution
*Economic Organization
*Military Alliance}}The '''Pact of Rome''' is an international organization with member states across the [[Orion Arm]]. It is affiliated with the [[Axis Powers]]. It is led by the [[Italian Social Republic]].

== Sacala Air War ==
The Pact of Rome is currently engaged in a mostly aerial war over the Amalfi world of Sacala following a lightning invasion and subsequent capitulation of the Amalfi system's prior superpower, the Federation of Sacala. Of the thirteen countries present on the world, the Pact of Rome and its allies have occupied three of them. This conflict has notably attracted the participation and interest of a wide array of [[Private Military Company|private military companies]], many backed by the other powers of the Orion Arm in order to support their interests or undermine the Pact's without becoming directly involved and risking an outright confrontation with the Pact of Rome or its [[Axis Powers|Axis]] allies.

Pact of Rome

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{{Organization|flag=[[File:RomeFlag_Waving.png|center|315px]]|name=Pact of Rome|num_members=5+ Member States|membership='''Great Powers'''
*[[File:ItalyFlag.png|45px]] [[Italian Social Republic|Italy]]
'''Middle Powers'''
*[[File:AppiaFlag.png|45px]] [[Appian Republic|Appia]]
*[[File:MongibelloFlag.png|45px]] [[Independent State of Mongibello|Mongibello]]
'''Small Powers'''
*[[File:TempFlag Waving.png|45px]] [[Independent Republic of Grobnitsa|Grobnitsa]]
*[[File:MessisFlag.png|45px]] [[Independent State of Messis|Messis]]|type=*International Institution
*Economic Organization
*Military Alliance}}The '''Pact of Rome''' is an international organization with member states across the [[Orion Arm]]. It is affiliated with the [[Axis Powers]]. It is led by the [[Italian Social Republic]].

== Sacala Air War ==
The Pact of Rome is currently engaged in a mostly aerial war over the Amalfi world of Sacala following a lightning invasion and subsequent capitulation of the Amalfi system's prior superpower, the Federation of Sacala. Of the thirteen countries present on the world, the Pact of Rome and its allies have occupied 3 of them. This conflict has notably attracted the participation and interest of a wide array of [[Private Military Company|private military companies]], many backed by the other powers of the Orion Arm in order to support their interests or undermine the Pact's without becoming directly involved and risking an outright confrontation with the Pact of Rome or its [[Axis Powers|Axis]] allies.

United States Navy

2026-07-08T06:59:35Z

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{{Organization|country=[[File:AmericaFlag.png|text-bottom|x15px]] [[United States of America|United States]]|abbreviation=USN

U.S. Navy

Union Navy

Continental Navy|type=Navy|role=Interstellar warfare|establishment=13 October 1775 (510 years)

(As the Continental Navy)}}
The '''United States Navy''' '''(USN)''' is the interstellar service branch of the [[United States Department of Defense]].

== History ==

=== Pre-First Scinfaxi War ===
The history of the United States Navy divides into two major periods: the "Old Navy", a small but respected force of sailing ships that became notable for innovation in the use of ironclads during the American Civil War, and the "New Navy" the result of a modernization effort that began in the 1880s. The United States Navy claims October 13, 1775 as the date of its official establishment, when the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution creating the Continental Navy. With the end of the American Revolution, the Continental Navy was disbanded. Under the Presidency of George Washington, merchant shipping came under threat in the Mediterranean by Barbary pirates from North Africa. This led to the Naval Act of 1794, which created a permanent standing U.S. Navy. After the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy was at peace until the Mexican-American War in 1846, and combatted piracy in the Mediterranean and Caribbean seas, as well as fighting the slave trade off the coast of West Africa. In 1845, the Naval Academy was founded at old Fort Severn at Annapolis, Maryland by the Chesapeake Bay. In 1861, the American Civil War began and the U.S. Navy fought the small Confederate Navy with both sailing ships and new revolutionary ironclad ships while forming a blockade that shut down the Confederacy's civilian coastal shipping. After the Civil War, most of its ships were laid up in reserve, and by 1878, the Navy was just 6,000 men. In 1882, the U.S. Navy consisted of many outdated ship designs. Over the next decade, Congress approved building multiple modern steel-hulled armored cruisers and battleships, and by around the start of the 20th century had moved from twelfth place in 1870 to fifth place in terms of numbers of ships. Most sailors were foreigners. After winning two major battles during the 1898 Spanish-American War, the Navy continued to build more ships, and by the end of the Great War had more men and women in uniform than the British [[Royal Navy]]. The Washington Naval Conference of 1921 recognized the Navy as equal in capital ship size to the Royal Navy, and during the 1920s and 1930s, the Navy built several aircraft carriers and battleships.

=== 23rd Century ===
In conjunction with the [[Orion Treaty Organization]], the U.S. Navy has super capital ships deployed to the [[Local Supercluster]] due to the region's strategic significance.

Under the Greene Administration, the U.S. Navy began a naval expansion to 70,000 ships to fulfill a campaign promise made by President Greene. This expansion has been met with accusations and concerns of cost overruns and cronyism.

== References ==

# [https://www.instagram.com/p/C17yC5ZSbgP "U.S. Shipbuilding on Track for '70,000 Ship Navy'"]. ''Champlain Group''.
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/axis-powers-overtake-oto-super-capital-deployment-losupcom "Axis Powers Overtake OTO 'Super Capital' Deployment — LOSUPCOM"]. ''Champlain Group''.
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/suspected-us-black-fleet-vessel-tracked-entering-restricted-meadowlark-system "Suspected U.S. “Black Fleet” Vessel Tracked Entering Restricted Meadowlark System"]. ''Champlain Group.''

United States Army

2026-07-08T06:59:17Z

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{{Organization|country=[[File:AmericaFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[United States of America|United States]]|name=United States Army|abbreviation=USA

U.S. Army

Union Army

Continental Army|type=Army|role=Terrestrial warfare|establishment=14 June 1775 (510 years)

(As the Continental Army)}}
The '''United States Army''' is a branch of the [[United States Armed Forces]] primarily responsible for land-based military operations.

== History ==

=== Pre-First Scinfaxi War ===
The U.S. Army's origins trace back to the colonial militias of [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s colonies in New England, which were military units usually organized at the town level. The first major war fought with these militias was King Philip's War, also known as Metacomet's War, of 1675–1678. The system of continuous military service in North American colonies would later provide Britain with a reliable pool of colonial manpower in the French and Indian War of 1754–1763. In the years leading up to the American Revolution, these colonial militias would be prepared and organized to fight British regular forces and protect anti-British "provisional governments" formed in the colonies. During the American Revolution, some of these militias would be organized into the Continental Army, the primary military force of the Continental Congress.

In the 19th century, the U.S. army would be deployed to fight Britain once again in the War of 1812, wage war with Mexico in 1846–1848, and defeat the self-proclaimed "Confederate States of America" from 1861–1865.

Throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, the U.S. Army would support American expansion westward through protecting settlers and establishing forts. As part of this, the Army participated in the expulsion of First Nations from their homelands in North America in wars such as the Seminole Wars, Cherokee-American Wars, and Dakota War. Many of these conflicts involved mass killings such as that of the Wounded Knee Massacre on 29 December 1890.

In 1935, the United States Army, along with the Philippine Constabulary, evacuated and established a quarantine around Iloilo City after reports of residents being terrorized by unusual wildlife and rapidly spreading exotic plant life.

=== 23rd Century ===
In response to the prospective dissolution of the [[Federation of Acadia]], U.S. and [[OTO]] forces intervened in the conflict to strengthen the Federation's position.

United States Army

2026-07-08T06:26:51Z

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{{Organization|country=[[File:AmericaFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[United States of America|United States]]|name=United States Army|abbreviation=USA

U.S. Army

Continental Army|type=Army|role=Terrestrial warfare|establishment=14 June 1775 (510 years)

(As the Continental Army)}}
The '''United States Army''' is a branch of the [[United States Armed Forces]] primarily responsible for land-based military operations.

== History ==

=== Pre-First Scinfaxi War ===
The U.S. Army's origins trace back to the colonial militias of [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s colonies in New England, which were military units usually organized at the town level. The first major war fought with these militias was King Philip's War, also known as Metacomet's War, of 1675–1678. The system of continuous military service in North American colonies would later provide Britain with a reliable pool of colonial manpower in the French and Indian War of 1754–1763. In the years leading up to the American Revolution, these colonial militias would be prepared and organized to fight British regular forces and protect anti-British "provisional governments" formed in the colonies. During the American Revolution, some of these militias would be organized into the Continental Army, the primary military force of the Continental Congress.

In the 19th century, the U.S. army would be deployed to fight Britain once again in the War of 1812, wage war with Mexico in 1846–1848, and defeat the self-proclaimed "Confederate States of America" from 1861–1865.

Throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, the U.S. Army would support American expansion westward through protecting settlers and establishing forts. As part of this, the Army participated in the expulsion of First Nations from their homelands in North America in wars such as the Seminole Wars, Cherokee-American Wars, and Dakota War. Many of these conflicts involved mass killings such as that of the Wounded Knee Massacre on 29 December 1890.

In 1935, the United States Army, along with the Philippine Constabulary, evacuated and established a quarantine around Iloilo City after reports of residents being terrorized by unusual wildlife and rapidly spreading exotic plant life.

=== 23rd Century ===
In response to the prospective dissolution of the [[Federation of Acadia]], U.S. and [[OTO]] forces intervened in the conflict to strengthen the Federation's position.

United States Navy

2026-07-08T06:26:33Z

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{{Organization|country=[[File:AmericaFlag.png|text-bottom|x15px]] [[United States of America|United States]]|abbreviation=USN

U.S. Navy

Continental Navy|type=Navy|role=Interstellar warfare|establishment=13 October 1775 (510 years)

(As the Continental Navy)}}
The '''United States Navy''' '''(USN)''' is the interstellar service branch of the [[United States Department of Defense]].

== History ==

=== Pre-First Scinfaxi War ===
The history of the United States Navy divides into two major periods: the "Old Navy", a small but respected force of sailing ships that became notable for innovation in the use of ironclads during the American Civil War, and the "New Navy" the result of a modernization effort that began in the 1880s. The United States Navy claims October 13, 1775 as the date of its official establishment, when the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution creating the Continental Navy. With the end of the American Revolution, the Continental Navy was disbanded. Under the Presidency of George Washington, merchant shipping came under threat in the Mediterranean by Barbary pirates from North Africa. This led to the Naval Act of 1794, which created a permanent standing U.S. Navy. After the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy was at peace until the Mexican-American War in 1846, and combatted piracy in the Mediterranean and Caribbean seas, as well as fighting the slave trade off the coast of West Africa. In 1845, the Naval Academy was founded at old Fort Severn at Annapolis, Maryland by the Chesapeake Bay. In 1861, the American Civil War began and the U.S. Navy fought the small Confederate Navy with both sailing ships and new revolutionary ironclad ships while forming a blockade that shut down the Confederacy's civilian coastal shipping. After the Civil War, most of its ships were laid up in reserve, and by 1878, the Navy was just 6,000 men. In 1882, the U.S. Navy consisted of many outdated ship designs. Over the next decade, Congress approved building multiple modern steel-hulled armored cruisers and battleships, and by around the start of the 20th century had moved from twelfth place in 1870 to fifth place in terms of numbers of ships. Most sailors were foreigners. After winning two major battles during the 1898 Spanish-American War, the Navy continued to build more ships, and by the end of the Great War had more men and women in uniform than the British [[Royal Navy]]. The Washington Naval Conference of 1921 recognized the Navy as equal in capital ship size to the Royal Navy, and during the 1920s and 1930s, the Navy built several aircraft carriers and battleships.

=== 23rd Century ===
In conjunction with the [[Orion Treaty Organization]], the U.S. Navy has super capital ships deployed to the [[Local Supercluster]] due to the region's strategic significance.

Under the Greene Administration, the U.S. Navy began a naval expansion to 70,000 ships to fulfill a campaign promise made by President Greene. This expansion has been met with accusations and concerns of cost overruns and cronyism.

== References ==

# [https://www.instagram.com/p/C17yC5ZSbgP "U.S. Shipbuilding on Track for '70,000 Ship Navy'"]. ''Champlain Group''.
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/axis-powers-overtake-oto-super-capital-deployment-losupcom "Axis Powers Overtake OTO 'Super Capital' Deployment — LOSUPCOM"]. ''Champlain Group''.
# [https://www.champlain.group/news/suspected-us-black-fleet-vessel-tracked-entering-restricted-meadowlark-system "Suspected U.S. “Black Fleet” Vessel Tracked Entering Restricted Meadowlark System"]. ''Champlain Group.''

United States Army

2026-07-08T06:26:04Z

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{{Organization|country=[[File:AmericaFlag.png|text-bottom|30px]] [[United States of America|United States]]|name=United States Army|abbreviation=U.S. Army

USA

Continental Army|type=Army|role=Terrestrial warfare|establishment=14 June 1775 (510 years)

(As the Continental Army)}}
The '''United States Army''' is a branch of the [[United States Armed Forces]] primarily responsible for land-based military operations.

== History ==

=== Pre-First Scinfaxi War ===
The U.S. Army's origins trace back to the colonial militias of [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s colonies in New England, which were military units usually organized at the town level. The first major war fought with these militias was King Philip's War, also known as Metacomet's War, of 1675–1678. The system of continuous military service in North American colonies would later provide Britain with a reliable pool of colonial manpower in the French and Indian War of 1754–1763. In the years leading up to the American Revolution, these colonial militias would be prepared and organized to fight British regular forces and protect anti-British "provisional governments" formed in the colonies. During the American Revolution, some of these militias would be organized into the Continental Army, the primary military force of the Continental Congress.

In the 19th century, the U.S. army would be deployed to fight Britain once again in the War of 1812, wage war with Mexico in 1846–1848, and defeat the self-proclaimed "Confederate States of America" from 1861–1865.

Throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, the U.S. Army would support American expansion westward through protecting settlers and establishing forts. As part of this, the Army participated in the expulsion of First Nations from their homelands in North America in wars such as the Seminole Wars, Cherokee-American Wars, and Dakota War. Many of these conflicts involved mass killings such as that of the Wounded Knee Massacre on 29 December 1890.

In 1935, the United States Army, along with the Philippine Constabulary, evacuated and established a quarantine around Iloilo City after reports of residents being terrorized by unusual wildlife and rapidly spreading exotic plant life.

=== 23rd Century ===
In response to the prospective dissolution of the [[Federation of Acadia]], U.S. and [[OTO]] forces intervened in the conflict to strengthen the Federation's position.

Republic of Vesta

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{{Nation
| image = [[File:VestaFlag.png|center|315px]]
| name = Republic of Vesta
| motto = "Together We Flourish"
| anthem = "The Morning Will Come"
| capital = Vestalia, Vesta System
| largestcity = Vestalia
| area= *Vesta Planetary System
| government = *Stellar Republic
| legislature = '''House of Vesta'''
*Upper House: Senate
*Lower House: Chamber of Representatives
| independence = *Colonial Republic: August 16th, 2159
| population = 283,100,000 ([[Population|2285 estimate]])
| languages = *English
*Spanish
*French
*Arabic
*Bengali
*Tamil
*Hindi
| currency = Vestan Credit
|memberships=*[[File:NAMFlag.png|35px]] [[Non-Aligned Movement]]|classification=[[Middle Power]]|roundel=[[File:VestaRoundel.png|90px]]|demonyms=Vestan|lon-status=* [[League of Nations|Member State]]}}

The '''Republic of Vesta''', commonly known as '''Vesta''', is a [[Non-Legacy Nation]] within the [[Juno Reach]], with its territory comprising the [[Vesta Planetary System]]. It is the most populous nation in the Juno Reach, home to 283.1 million people. It is a [[Middle Power]], a member of the [[League of Nations]], and of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. It is characterized by its diverse cultural heritage, shaped first by its origins as a [[Colonial Republic]] and later by its status as a [[Sanctuary Worlds Program|Sanctuary World]] during the [[Evacuation of Earth]]. Originating from the [[Vesta Civil War]] against the [[League of Nations Mandate for the Vestan Colonies]], it is a [[stellar republic]] modeled on the [[Commonwealth of Vega]]. Vesta has actively worked to position itself as the successor to leadership within the [[Pan-Solar Movement]], hosting the largest economy in the Juno Reach, with key industries including agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and tourism.

== History ==

=== The Modern Dark Age ===

==== Civil War ====

Starting in 2154, shortly after the [[Interstellar Dark Age|disruption of Interstellar communications]], the League of Nations Mandate for the Vestan Colonies entered a period of collapse. What began as prolonged riots and strikes soon escalated into a full civil war that engulfed all of Vesta. The conflict concluded in 2159 with the establishment of the Republic of Vesta.

==== [[Second Solar War]] ====

During the Second Solar War, the Republic of Vesta joined the [[United Solar Federation]] in its conflict against the [[Solar Treaty Organization]]. The war lasted from 2229 to 2232 and concluded with the surrender of the [[Commonwealth of Vega]].

== References ==

# [https://www.instagram.com/p/C77BkkCvnDU/ "Vesta to accelerate militarization of the Agenoria system ahead of SATO expansion"]. ''Champlain Group''
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/C-YFhUFRax4/ "German Warship's Unexpected Visit To Vesta Fuels Speculation"]. ''Champlain Group''
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/DARGtrHviub/ "Vestan Aerospace Fighter Shot Down In Contested Flora System"]. ''Champlain Group.''
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/DAbas_Huq6x/ "Vesta recalls its ambassador to Juno as League of Nations takes sides"]. ''Champlain Group.''
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/DCnF_h5JUo6/ "Republic of Vega Recognizes Tetus Revolutionary Government Will Provide Arms & Cash"]. ''Champlain Group''
# "[https://www.champlain.group/news/vestanorbitalexpansion Vestan Orbital Expansion In Disputed Agenoria Signals Military Buildup]", ''Champlain Group''
{{MiddlePowers}}

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