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* FourElementEnsemble: Water.

* FourElementEnsemble: Fire. When it comes to Union relations with galactic politics, the taraigh are the most aggressive out of the big four and the most likely to clash with the Union over various differences (the Union and Dominion having engaged in no less than ''three'' wars). In addition, the Dominion's military uses standard-issue [[EnergyWeapon laser]] and [[KillItWithFire incendiary]] weapons.

* FourElementEnsemble: Air. The chalovei have traditionally built their settlements upward due to the dominant race of chalovei, the metnissi, originating from a continent on Talorei that was historically covered in lush forests and jungles. The chalovei are masters of aerial combat and their fleets rival the Hierarchy's in celestial warfare.

* FourElementEnsemble: Earth. The santhsaunt build most of their cities on mountains, hills, or even underground, and are leading researchers in the fields of agricultural science. Santhsaunt farmers are capable of cultivating any of thousands of species of crops in almost any environment. The santhsaunt are also masters of terraforming, for five millennia having modified thousands of hostile planets into fertile paradises.

* The [[LizardFolk taraigh]] [[RisingEmpire Central Dominion]]: Comprised of the reptilian taraigh, the Dominion boasts the finest ground armies of the four great powers. The taraigh are the most aggressive of the four, competing with everyone else to expand their territory and influence among the galaxy's unclaimed systems. The taraigh are also highly-skilled industrialists, and public works of impressive engineering prowess can found throughout their territories.

[[folder:The Central Dominion and its member species]]
!! The Central Dominion
* Capital: Dahan

* Homeworld: Dahan

The taraigh are a reptilian race native to the planet of Dahan. Taraigh history, until recently, was one of division and conflict; for thousands of millennia Dahan and its star system was fractured into dozens of lesser empires vying for dominance. Around the human 1500s, a mysterious figure known only as the Dominus began appearing in historical records. While information on the first Dominus himself is very scarce, what is commonly accepted fact is that his empire took surrounding rivals by surprise and relentlessly crushed them one by one. Within a few decades, the Gechetem star system was finally unified into one force poised to conquer the galaxy.

* BizarreAlienBiology: Manhaa individuals are comprised of a symbiotic relationship between the manhaa themselves and several small colonies of fungus-like organisms that grow on their bodies. The organisms feed on the oily secretions in the manhaa's skin, and in return partially break down those secretions into nutrients that the manhaa absorb through their skin.
* CreepyGood: They resemble rotting, bipedal insectoid creatures with clumps of mushrooms growing throughout their bodies. Their decayed appearance and the fact that they [[ThePigPen naturally emit a faint odor that humans find somewhat foul]] aside, they are largely content to be part of Sanghanan; humans who become accustomed to them often characterize them as a thoughtful and mild-mannered if somber species.

* Major Worlds: Basilan, Talines, Zhuoshui, Xianyuan, Pasai
* Constituent Species: Humans (81%), iyansi (15%), ongurum (3%)

** Basilan, in the Alexandra system. In addition to being the Republic's most populated colony outside of the Francesca system, Basilan supplies the majority of Sanghanan's agricultural demands and is host to several of the Union's most prestigious biological and chemical research institutes.

* CultureChopSuey: Sanghanan's five largest ethnocultural groups are comprised of [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Filipinos]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Khmers]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Malaysia}} Malays]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Myanmar}} Bamars]] and Han Chinese (mostly from [[UsefulNotes/{{China}} mainland Guangdong]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} Taiwan]]), a vast majority of whom had ancestors who were born and/or raised in the United States and Australia and were already different from their ancestral nations to begin with.

** The enlisted equivalents to privates, corporals and sergeants are derived from medieval Western terms - respectively ''lanseros'' (from ''lancer''), ''armigeros'' (from ''armiger'') and ''palatos'' (from ''paladin'').

** Sanghanic Tagalog and Sanghanic Malay are both no longer mutually intelligible with their Earth counterparts, in part due to extensive linguistic modernization reforms implemented throughout the 22nd century. Both now share a unique writing system developed in the mid-2060s, feature completely rebuilt grammar systems (including the near-elimination of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduplication reduplication]]) and have replaced almost all of their European-language loanwords with new equivalents derived from Old Malay, Sanskrit and Mandarin Chinese.
** Sanghanic Khmer and Burmese still use their respective scripts and retain much of their grammar and morphology, but have a greatly expanded vocabulary thanks to the advent of space travel and artificial intelligence.

!! Istrian Republic

!! Tagesse Federation
* Capital:

* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Soldier Race]]: At its founding, Istria was unique among the Union's nations for being the only one that restricted voting and holding political office to veterans of the National Service[[note]]Croatian državni servis, lit. "State Service"[[/note]]. Decades of being situated dangerously close to both [[RisingEmpire Dominion territory]] and the lawless Geshwaset Expanse almost cut off from the rest of the Union resulted in a nation that gradually became even more militarized until, by the 25th century, the Istrian Armed Forces became one and the same with the civilian government.

* CultureChopSuey: The Istrians are descended from a corporation founded by [[UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} German]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} Austrian]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Croatia}} Croats]] that failed to join the initial bidding for what would become the first Driessen-Gauthier colony fleet; the company later ended up launching its own smaller flotilla decades later[[note]]ironically under Driessen-Gauthier sponsorship[[/note]]. Two of their colonies in the deeper Geshwaset were founded by ethnic [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian]] settlers and often resemble the [[UsefulNotes/{{Cossacks}} autonomous, semi-military communities of their ancient Cossack ancestors]].

** Vitez[[note]]Croatian for "knight"[[/note]]-class battlesuits, which are compact mechs used to accompany and support mechanized infantry.

* SpaceCossacks: Literally with Zinčenko[[note]]Ukrainian Зінченко[[/note]] and Sokoljuk[[note]]Ukrainian Соколюк[[/note]], two colonies that mark the Union's furthest reach into the inner Geshwaset Region.
** Founded under contract with Ukrainian settlers, the two planets also act as research stations and listening posts bordering space too dangerous to go further into; later the two become important strongholds against increasing Dominion and pirate activity from other side of the Region.
** Due to coming from the most isolated worlds in the Union and in constant yet uncertain threat of attack, Zinčenkan and Sokoljan colonists have since gained a reputation for being eccentric roughnecks.

* CultureChopSuey: The Istrians are descended from a corporation founded by [[UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} German]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} Austrian]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Croatia}} Croats]] that failed to join the initial bidding for what would become the first Driessen-Gauthier colony fleet; the company later ended up launching its own smaller flotilla decades later[[note]]ironically under Driessen-Gauthier sponsorship[[/note]]. Two of their colonies in the deeper Geshwaset were founded by ethnic [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian]] settlers and often resemble the [[UsefulNotes/Cossacks autonomous, semi-military communities of their ancient Cossack ancestors]].

* Capital: Fernan, Francesca system

* Major Worlds: Basilan, Nishimura, Sanghanan, Sakamoto, Baras, Xianyuan, Talisai

During the third wave of human colonization, Tecton grew into a massive multisystem corporation that spanned almost two dozen star systems ruled independently of any government until the late 2300s, when the pressures of interstellar administration strained the corporation's leadership. For two years, Tecton's board of directors (and its most prominent shareholders) raged in debate over whether the corporation needed to formally nationalize itself or not until conflict broke out on Tecton's largest colony Fernan. Four years later, the war that would later become known as the Consolidation ended in a victory for pro-nationalization forces, and the Republic of Sanghanan would join as the newest member of the Union.

** Basilan, in the Alexandra system. In addition to being the Republic's most populated colony outside of the Fernan system, Basilan supplies the majority of Sanghanan's agricultural demands and is host to several of the Union's most prestigious biological and chemical research institutes.

* AnimalMotifs: Water buffaloes and cattle due to them being national symbols of several of Sanghanan's ancestral nations and them representing Sanghanic virtues of industry, diligence, and humility. The Sanghanic flag features a carabao[[note]]"kalabau" in Sanghanic Tagalog[[/note]] skull in its center.
* BioAugmentation: Tecton is known for their pioneering research into genetic, biochemical, and bio-engineering, and every employee is physiologically modified in some way or another, from faster reflexes in pilots to increased muscle mass in construction workers.

* CultureChopSuey: Sanghanan's three founding ethnocultural groups were comprised of [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Filipinos]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Cambodians]] and Chinese (mostly from [[UsefulNotes/{{China}} mainland Guangdong]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} Taiwan]]), a majority of whom were born and/or raised in the United States and Australia and were already different from their ancestral nations to begin with.
** The Republic also has small minority of Pacific Islanders, mostly [[UsefulNotes/NewZealand Māori]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}} Hawaiians]].

** The enlisted equivalents to privates, corporals and sergeants are derived from medieval Western terms - respectively ''lanseros'' (from ''lancer''), ''armigeros'' (from ''armiger'') and ''palatinos'' (from ''paladin'').
** Officers equivalent to lieutenants are ''tauares'', a recent construction from ''watawat'', a Tagalog word for flag. According to Sanghanic authorities, the official English translation for the term is ''bannerman''.

* LanguageDrift: Sanghanic Tagalog and Sanghanic Khmer are both extremely different from their Earth counterparts, in part due to extensive linguistic modernization reforms implemented throughout the 22nd and 23rd centuries. Sanghanic Chinese is still largely mutually intelligible with Earth and Tianyuan Chinese due to Chinese Sanghanics being far more conservative.

* Major Worlds:

* CultureChopSuey: Aside from their [[UsefulNotes/{{Croatia}} Croatian]] roots, Istrian culture and society contains elements of [[UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} Prussian]] and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany German]] militarism along with the [[DeterminedHomesteader self-reliance ethic]] of the [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Boer Republics]]. Some of their more remote colonies in the Geshwaset Region resemble [[CrazySurvivalist American prepper communities]].
* GasMaskMooks: Istrian soldiers often wear sealed PoweredArmor suits with rather imposing filtration helmets.
* HumansAreWarriors: Even more so than the rest of humanity. At its founding, Istria was unique among the Union's nations for being the only one that restricted voting and holding political office to veterans of the National Service[[note]]Croatian državni servis, lit. "State Service"[[/note]]. Decades of being situated dangerously close to both [[RisingEmpire Dominion territory]] and the lawless Geshwaset Expanse almost cut off from the rest of the Union resulted in a nation that gradually became even more militarized until, by the 25th century, the Istrian armed forces became one and the same with the nominal civilian government.
* MiniMecha: Hetman-class battlesuits, which are fast, agile and intended to lead rapid offensives into weak points in enemy defensive lines as opposed to the [[MightyGlacier mobile artillery pieces that are Sanghanic battlesuits]].

* PoweredArmor
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Soldier Race]]

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!! The Immud-toha
* Capital: Nir-basht, Zhyvana system
* Structure: [[CommieLand Labor cooperatives]]
* Major Worlds: Ahamat
* Constituent Species: Taraigh (99%)

* CreepyGood: They resemble rotting, bipedal insectoid creatures with clumps of mushrooms growing throughout their bodies. Their decayed appearance and the fact that they [[ThePigPen naturally emit a faint odor that humans find somewhat foul]] aside, they are largely content to be part of the Tecton Republic; humans who become accustomed to them often characterize them as a thoughtful and mild-mannered if somber species.
* DyingRace: The manhaa were discovered on their mostly-empty homeworld by Tecton explorers who cracked open several of their sealed underground shelters; millennia of living in closed environments gradually degraded the once-robust species into withered husks of their former selves. After integration into Tecton society, the manhaa have begun to enjoy a cultural and social renaissance; a growing number of manhaa scientists are also eagerly contributing to Tecton genetic engineering research efforts in the hopes to restoring their species to their original physiological state.

* PerfectPacifistPeople: Even after becoming a member species of the Tecton Republic, most of them shy away from conflict after millennia of physical decay and regret over their ancient wars. The few manhaa who serve in the Tectonic military are found in non-combat roles such as logistics and administration staff.

* OneNationUnderCopyright: Several nations, in their early years. Like the Tecton Republic, they each gradually formed nation-state governments as their colonies grew and developed into industrialized worlds. ''Unlike'' the Tecton Republic and their [[GreatOffscreenWar violent Consolidation]], they did so peacefully.

!! Tecton Industries, later Tecton Republic

Tecton has grown in the decades since into a massive multisystem corporation spanning little over two dozen star systems ruled independently of any government. While lacking the sheer manpower of other factions, Tecton compensates by commanding vast resources at their disposal, such as divisions of well-trained, highly-skilled troops, a wide arsenal of advanced technologies and industries, and several of worlds rich and abundant in raw materials. In the recent decades, Tecton's expansion has given it an increasingly diverse population as more and more aliens join for various reasons, including the Union's assorted client races, the [[ProudMerchantRace anhayat]], and, interestingly, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork a tiny minority of taraigh]].

** Basilan, in the Alexandra system. In addition to being the Republic's most populated colony outside of the Fernan system, Basilan supplies the majority of Tecton's agricultural demands and is host to several of the Union's most prestigious biological and chemical research institutes.
** Xianyuan[[note]]Chinese 藓园, lit. "moss garden"[[/note]], a small but rapidly-growing outpost on the edge of Tecton space. Xianyuan's largest continent is home to various species of highly-prolific lichen analogues, though almost all of them are toxic to humans. The planet's scattered settlements are comprised of sprawling mega-greenhouses that use the continent's highly-fertile soils.
* AnimalMotifs: Water buffaloes and cattle due to them being national symbols of several of Tecton's ancestral nations and them representing Tectonic virtues of industry, diligence, and humility. The Tectonic flag features a carabao[[note]]"kalabau" in Tectonic Tagalog[[/note]] skull in its center.

* CultureChopSuey: Tecton's three founding ethnocultural groups were comprised of [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Filipinos]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Cambodians]] and Chinese (mostly from [[UsefulNotes/{{China}} mainland Guangdong]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} Taiwan]]), a majority of whom were born and/or raised in the United States and Australia and were already different from their ancestral nations to begin with.

** Officers equivalent to lieutenants are ''tauares'', a recent construction from ''watawat'', a Tagalog word for flag. According to Tectonic authorities, the official English translation for the term is ''bannerman''.

** TCC (''Tecton Consolidated Command'') designates commissioned military starships regardless of Directorate origin.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: Other militaries make widespread use of energy weapons, but Tecton forces prefer to deploy railguns and coilguns. They still use energy weapons when tactically advantageous to do so.
* LanguageDrift: Tectonic Tagalog and Tectonic Khmer are both extremely different from their Earth counterparts, in part due to extensive linguistic modernization reforms implemented throughout the 22nd and 23rd centuries. Tectonic Chinese is still largely mutually intelligible with Earth and Xinjihui Chinese due to Chinese Tectonics being far more conservative.

* MechaMooks: Due to having much less soldiers to spare than most of their rivals, Tecton relies heavily on autonomous and [[RemoteBody surrogate]] frames to supplement their ground forces.
* MightyGlacier: Tecton was a corporation that focused more on protecting their territory than offensive warfare (as the interstellar governments do), and their combat doctrine reflected that. Even after the Consolidation, Tecton forces are ponderously slow, but they possess formidable weaponry and considerable protection and are incredibly hard to dislodge once they're entrenched in a position.
* MiniMecha: Tecton battlesuits, which run the gamut from slightly larger than powered armor to about two stories tall. Smaller battlesuits are especially effective in urban and jungle warfare, being infantry-sized fire-support platforms that are able to go to places that conventional vehicles are too big and unwieldy to reach while still carrying a veritable arsenal of heavy weaponry and boasting considerable protection. Civilian variants of these suits for commercial, industrial and agricultural use are also prevalent.
* OurWeaponsWillBeBoxyInTheFuture: Due to the ubiquitous use of powered armor, Tecton weapons are larger and heavier than their contemporaries (notably compared to the Republic's and Alliance's arsenals).
* PoweredArmor: Tecton soldiers are clad in heavy powered exoskeletons. Civilian workers also make frequent use of exoskeletons for labor.
* SettlingTheFrontier: Tecton-built and crewed colonization ships are a common sight in frontier space. Their largest to date is the one deployed by the Mayari Directorate to wrest control of the garden world of Francesca from local pirate gangs.

* MiniMecha: Hetman-class battlesuits, which are fast, agile and intended to lead rapid offensives into weak points in enemy defensive lines as opposed to the [[MightyGlacier mobile artillery pieces that are Tecton battlesuits]].

* SettlingTheFrontier: As of the 2600s, Istrian forces are conducting a colonization campaign in their side of the Geshwaset Expanse, aided by Tecton and Tagesse fleets as they expand throughout their own sides. All three efforts are opposed by the various independent communities and pirate bands in the region, some of which are covertly funded and backed by the Dominion.

* CitadelCity: Goliad, the headquarters of the Cazaran Armed Forces. Unlike the

* UnitedSpaceOfAmerica: Descended from a pioneer fleet sponsored by a Texan corporation that colonized the Cazares Rift region. The Commonwealth later gained independence after several mining colonies revolted against what they perceived to be

* ColorMotif: Orange and white.

* CultureChopSuey: The Confederation is descended from a colonization effort by several Dutch, Belgian and Swiss corporations that eventually formed their own sovereign governments.

* ArtificialMeat: Before the merger, a subsidy of Nishimura's company made a few forays into lab-grown meat. Even after the transition, cultured meat is one of the Republic's most notable exports.

* ColorMotif: Black, orange and white. All three colors are present on their flag and insignia.
* CultureChopSuey: Tecton's three founding ethnocultural groups were comprised of [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Filipinos]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Cambodians]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} Chinese from Taiwan]], a majority of whom were born and/or raised in the United States and Australia and were already different from their ancestral nations to begin with. Centuries of divergence on their colonies has created an even more thoroughly-blended society not helped in the least by some of their leaders developing a ForeignCultureFetish and appropriating aesthetics from other cultures.
** The Republic also has small minority of Pacific Islanders, mostly [[UsefulNotes/NewZealand Maori]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}} Hawaiians]].
* FantasticRankSystem: Tectonic military ranks are derived from medieval Western terms: the equivalents to privates, corporals and sergeants are respectively ''lanseros'' (from ''lancer''), ''armigeros'' (from ''armiger'') and ''palatinos'' (from ''paladin'').

!! Istrian Empire

* HumansAreWarriors: Even more so than the rest of humanity. At its founding, the Istrian Empire was unique among the Union's nations for being the only one that restricted voting and holding political office to veterans of the National Service[[note]]Croatian državni servis, lit. "State Service"[[/note]]. Decades of being situated dangerously close to both [[RisingEmpire Dominion territory]] and the lawless Geshwaset Expanse almost cut off from the rest of the Union resulted in a nation that gradually became even more militarized until, by the 25th century, the Istrian armed forces became one and the same with the nominal civilian government.

Currently the following novels are listed for writing when the author gets the necessary time and inspiration:
* ''The Titan of the West''
* ''The Great Behemoth''

Other ideas in the same universe that may or may not be written:
* ''If You Want It Done Right...''

** In turn, within the Union the humans and iyansi are both a higher-tech species to the ongurum, and all three species, being spacefaring, are this to the [[FrogMen prouam]] and the ica.

* FrogMen

** This also carries into in-universe media, especially [[FantasyKitchenSink fantasy settings involving all three species]]; one highly-popular novel features a human sword-and-shield paladin, an iyansi psychic mage and an ongurum crossbow-wielding ranger as its heroes.

* CultureChopSuey: The Tianyuanese are descended from

* ForeverWar: Got dragged into a 30-year conflict with the anhayat House Tua after multiple diplomatic incidents and increasingly-heated espionage attempts between both sides.

!! Nova Ukrayina
* Capital: Antonovsk, Zhyvana system

* CultureChopSuey: Aside from the obvious [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian]] roots, Novuk culture and society contains elements of [[UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} Prussian]] and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany German]] militarism along with the [[DeterminedHomesteader self-reliance ethic]] of the [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Boer Republics]]. Some of their more remote colonies in the Geshwaset Region resemble [[CrazySurvivalist American prepper communities]].
* GasMaskMooks: Nova Ukrayintsi soldiers often wear sealed PoweredArmor suits with rather imposing filtration helmets.
* HumansAreWarriors: Even more so than the rest of humanity. At its founding, Nova Ukrayina was unique among the Union's nations for being the only one that restricted voting and holding political office to veterans of the National Service[[note]]Ukrainian Державна служба, lit. "State Service"[[/note]]. Decades of being situated right next to both [[RisingEmpire Dominion territory]] and the lawless Geshwaset Expanse almost cut off from the rest of the Union resulted in a nation that gradually became even more militarized until, by the 25th century, Nova Ukrayina's armed forces became one and the same with the nominal civilian government.
* MiniMecha: Hetman-class battlesuits were developed in parallel with their Tecton counterparts, but are generally faster, more agile and intended to lead rapid offensives into weak points in enemy defensive lines.

* SettlingTheFrontier: As of the 2600s, Novuk forces are conducting a colonization campaign in their side of the Geshwaset Expanse, aided by Tecton fleets as they expand throughout their own side. Their efforts are opposed by the various independent communities and pirate bands in the region, some of which are covertly funded and backed by the Dominion.

* Constituent Species: Humans (68%), iyansi (24%), ongurum (7%)

* UnitedSpaceOfAmerica: Descended from a pioneer fleet sponsored by a Texan corporation that colonized the Cazares Rift region that later gained independence after several mining colonies revolted.

* CultureChopSuey:

* BioAugmentation: Tecton is famous for their pioneering research into genetic, biochemical, and bio-engineering, and every employee is physiologically modified in some way or another, from faster reflexes in pilots to increased muscle mass in construction workers.

!! Rivington Commonwealth
* Capital: Sacramento, Chelsea system

* Constituent Species:

* UnitedSpaceOfAmerica

* ForeverWar: Got dragged into a 30-year conflict with the anhayat House Tua
* ProudScholarRace:

* Major Worlds: Roenhorst, Veldhuisen, Zéphirin, Gerhardt, Delhausse, Gavilán,

* BoldExplorer: They have a much stronger celestial tradition than other humans, and many frontier colonies are often founded and/or populated by Driessen-Gauthier volunteers.
* DeterminedHomesteader: In frontier systems claimed by the Union, it's not uncommon for small, privately-funded Driessen-Gauthier
* CultureChopSuey: The Confederation is descended from a colonization effort by several Dutch and Belgian corporations that eventually formed their own sovereign governments. Their political and administrative structure is modeled heavily after [[UsefulNotes/{{Switzerland}} that of Switzerland]], and they likewise have a similar ethos of political isolationism, a preference for diplomacy, and an emphasis on exporting manufactured goods.

* This also carries into in-universe media, especially [[FantasyKitchenSink fantasy settings involving all three species]]; one highly-popular novel features a human sword-and-shield paladin, an iyansi psychic mage and an ongurum crossbow-wielding ranger as its heroes.

* ForeverWar: Got dragged into a 30-year conflict with the anhayat House Tua; it started out as border skirmishes along a resource-rich

** The Republic also has small minority of Pacific Islanders, mostly [[UsefulNotes/NewZealand]] Maori and Hawaiians.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: While anhayat have as varied natural skin tones as humans, modern anhayat have a much more varied palette due to a trend of skin dyeing among several Houses that started centuries ago.

* Capital: Dahan Dogirum

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: A CultureChopSuey of the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire Roman Empire]], [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Imperial Japan]], and [[UsefulNotes/PreColumbianCivilizations the Aztecs]].

* Homeworld: Dahan Dogirul

The taraigh are a reptilian race native to the planet of Dahan Dogirul. Taraigh history, until recently, was one of division and conflict; for thousands of millennia Dahan Dogirul and its star system was fractured into dozens of lesser empires vying for dominance. Around the human 1500s, a mysterious figure known only as the Dominus began appearing in historical records. While information on the first Dominus himself is very scarce, what is commonly accepted fact is that his empire took surrounding rivals by surprise and relentlessly crushed them one by one. Within a few decades, the Gechetem star system was finally unified into one force poised to conquer the galaxy.

* FourElementEnsemble: Fire. When it comes to Union relations with galactic politics, the taraigh are the most aggressive out of the big four and the most likely to clash with the Union over various differences (the Union and Dominion having engaged in no less than ''three'' wars). In addition, the Dominion's militaries use standard-issue [[EnergyWeapon laser]] and [[KillItWithFire incendiary]] weapons.
* HeavyWorlder: Dahan Dogirul has 1.6G and is comparatively drier and hotter than Earth. As a result, most taraigh phenotypes are, on average, only 168 cm (5'5") in height but have high stamina and endurance.

* Major Worlds: Earth, Nuon, Apsikaavu, Shamash, Sumi-sathes, Mazu, Hyozotam

* ArtificialMeat: Lab-grown meat has replaced conventional animal husbandry almost entirely, due to economic advantages (meat vat facilities produce a lot more food while taking up significantly less time, space, effort, and resources than ranches or farms) and ethical considerations (over the perceived cruelty of raising animals for slaughter).

* MultipleGovernmentPolity: The Union itself, at the highest level, is a [[TheAlliance military alliance and economic union]] between several interstellar nation-states, and its responsibilities are restricted to defense against external threats (such as the [[HigherTechSpecies Big Four]] and the [[HegemonicEmpire palegan]]), managing the vast integrated market comprised of almost a dozen economic blocs merging together, and delivering mail. Over the decades, however, the increasing demands of interstellar administration and dozens of (sometimes simultaneous) wars with outside threats pressured the Union into gradually centralizing into a [[TheFederation more conventional federal republic]].
** TheFederation: The [[UnitedSpaceofAmerica Rivington Commonwealth]] and the [[CommieLand People's Celestial Initiative]]
** TheRepublic: [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Nova Ukrayina]] and the post-Consolidation [[DeterminedHomesteader Tecton Republic]].
** OneNationUnderCopyright: Tecton Industries was a recognized member of the Union for almost a century before they underwent the Consolidation in the late 2300s and became a more typical sovereign state.

!! Tecton Industries, later Tecton Republic
* Capital: Fernan, Francesca system
* Structure: [[OneNationUnderCopyright Closed corporation]], later becomes a [[TheRepublic unitary republic]]
* Major Worlds: Basilan, Nishimura, Sanghanan, Sakamoto, Baras, Xianyuan, Talisai
* Constituent Species: Humans (81%), iyansi (15%), ongurum (3%)

Tecton Industries began on Earth from two different businesses: Titan Energy, an American nuclear energy company led by Victor Fernandez, and the Nishimura Group, a Japanese experimental agriculture firm founded by Hikaru Nishimura. With the two heads of the companies being university friends, the two corporations collaborated frequently on various research efforts in sustainable industry and agriculture. After a series of successful projects in the 2040s they agreed to a merger, naming their new conglomerate Tecton Industries.

Tecton has grown in the decades since into a massive multisystem corporation spanning little over two dozen star systems ruled independently of any government. While lacking the sheer manpower of other factions, Tecton compensates by commanding vast resources at their disposal, such as divisions of well-trained, highly-skilled troops, a wide arsenal of advanced technologies and industries, and several of worlds rich and abundant in raw materials. In the recent decades, Tecton's expansion has given it an increasingly diverse population as more and more aliens join for various reasons, including the Union's assorted client races, the [[ProudMerchantRace anhayat]], and, interestingly, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork a tiny minority of taraigh]].

* AgriWorld:
** Basilan, located in the Francesca system. In addition to being the Republic's most populated colony outside of the Fernan system, Basilan supplies the majority of Tecton's agricultural demands and is host to several of the Union's most prestigious biological and chemical research institutes.
** Xianyuan[[note]]Chinese 藓园, lit. "moss garden"[[/note]], a small but rapidly-growing outpost on the edge of Tecton space. Xianyuan's largest continent is home to various species of highly-prolific lichen analogues, though almost all of them are toxic to humans. The planet's scattered settlements are comprised of sprawling mega-greenhouses that use the continent's highly-fertile soils.
* ArtificialMeat: Before the merger, Nishimura's company made a few forays into lab-grown meat. By the 22nd century and after, Tecton offers various products to the cultured meat market and even after the transition, cultured meat is one of the Republic's most notable exports.
* BioAugmentation: Tecton is famous for their pioneering research into genetic, biochemical, and bio-engineering, and every employee is physiologically modified in some way or another, from faster reflexes in pilots to increased muscle mass in construction workers. The most heavily genetically-modified individuals are referred to as "maginoto",
* CultureChopSuey: Tecton's three founding ethnocultural groups were comprised of [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Filipinos]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Cambodians]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} Taiwanese]], a majority of whom were born and/or raised in the United States and Australia and as such were already different from their ancestral nations to begin with. Centuries of divergence on their colonies has created an even more thoroughly-blended society[[note]]Tectonic Tagalog and Tectonic Khmer are both extremely different from their Earth counterparts, in part due to extensive linguistic modernization reforms implemented throughout the 22nd and 23rd centuries. Tectonic Chinese is still largely mutually intelligible with Earth and Xinjihui Chinese due to Chinese Tectonics being far more conservative[[/note]], not helped in the least by some of their leaders developing a ForeignCultureFetish and appropriating aesthetics from other cultures.
** Since their early history, Tecton leaders have had a tendency to use [[AncientGrome Classical]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{TheMiddleEast}} Mesopotamian]] mythology and history for some of its institutions due to many of them growing up in Western cultural backgrounds: "Tekton" is an Ancient Greek word for a craftsman, while their military ranks are derived from medieval Western terms: the equivalents to privates, corporals and sergeants are respectively ''lanseros'' (from ''lancer''), ''armigeros'' (from ''armiger'') and ''palatinos'' (from ''paladin'').
* FantasticShipPrefix:
** TCC (''Tecton Consolidated Command'') designates commissioned military starships regardless of Directorate origin.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: Other militaries make widespread use of energy weapons, but Tecton forces prefer to deploy railguns and coilguns. They still use energy weapons when tactically advantageous to do so.
* MagneticWeapons: Railguns and coilguns are a common armament, ranging from man-portable anti-tank weapons to spinal-length main guns on capital ships.
* MechaMooks: Due to having much less soldiers to spare than most of their rivals, Tecton relies heavily on autonomous and [[RemoteBody surrogate]] frames to supplement their ground forces.
* MightyGlacier: Tecton was a corporation that focused more on protecting their territory than offensive warfare (as the interstellar governments do), and their combat doctrine reflected that. Even after the Consolidation, Tecton forces are ponderously slow, but they possess formidable weaponry and considerable protection and are incredibly hard to dislodge once they're entrenched in a position.
* MiniMecha: Tecton battlesuits, which run the gamut from slightly larger than powered armor to about two stories tall. Smaller battlesuits are especially effective in urban and jungle warfare, being infantry-sized fire-support platforms that are able to go to places that conventional vehicles are too big and unwieldy to reach while still carrying a veritable arsenal of heavy weaponry and boasting considerable protection. Civilian variants of these suits for commercial, industrial and agricultural use are also prevalent.
* OurWeaponsWillBeBoxyInTheFuture: Due to the ubiquitous use of both powered armor and genetic augmentation, Tecton weapons are larger and heavier than their contemporaries (notably compared to the Republic's and Alliance's arsenals). However, it also makes them clumsy and unwieldy when handled by unarmored, unaugmented humans.
* PoweredArmor: Tecton soldiers are clad in heavy powered exoskeletons. Civilian workers also make frequent use of exoskeletons for labor.
* SettlingTheFrontier: Tecton-built and crewed colonization ships are a common sight in frontier space. Their largest to date is the one deployed by the Mayari Directorate to wrest control of the garden world of Francesca from local pirate gangs.
* ThemeNaming:
** LocationThemeNaming: Their ground vehicles are named after Slavic places, such as the [[TankGoodness CT9 Kharkiv main battle tank]] and the [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier CM12 Chernihiv infantry fighting vehicle]], both named after cities in [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukraine]].

!! Nova Ukrayina
* Capital: Antonovsk, Zhyvana system
* Structure: [[TheRepublic Stratocratic republic]]
* Major Worlds:
* Constituent Species: Humans (96%), ongurum (3%), iyansi (<1%)

* CultureChopSuey: Aside from the obvious [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian]] roots, Novuk culture and society contains elements of [[UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} Prussian]] and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany German]] militarism along with the [[DeterminedHomesteader self-reliance ethic]] of the [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Boer Republics]] with hints of [[CrazySurvivalist American prepper cultures]].
* GasMaskMooks: Nova Ukrayintsi soldiers often wear sealed PoweredArmor suits with rather imposing filtration helmets.
* HumansAreWarriors: Even more so than the rest of humanity. At its founding, Nova Ukrayina was unique among the Union's nations for being the only one that restricted voting and holding political office to veterans of the National Service[[note]]Ukrainian Державна служба, lit. "State Service"[[/note]]. Decades of being situated right next to both [[RisingEmpire Dominion territory]] and the lawless Geshwaset Expanse with no allies save for the Tecton Republic resulted in a nation that gradually became even more militarized until, by the 25th century, Nova Ukrayina's armed forces became one and the same with the nominal civilian government.
* MiniMecha: Hetman-class battlesuits were developed in parallel with their Tecton counterparts, but are generally faster, more agile and intended to lead rapid offensives into weak points in enemy defensive lines.
* PatrioticFervor
* PoweredArmor
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Soldier Race]]
* SettlingTheFrontier: As of the 2600s, Novuk forces are conducting a colonization campaign in their side of the Geshwaset Expanse, aided by Tecton fleets as they expand throughout their own side. Their efforts are opposed by the various independent communities and pirate bands in the region, some of which are covertly funded and backed by the Dominion.

!! Xinjihui Socialist Republic
* Capital: Xinjihui, Shengli system
* Structure: [[EmergencyAuthority Emergency wartime administration]]
* Major Worlds:
* Constituent Species:

* CommieLand

!! Driessen-Gauthier Confederation
* Capital: Stiphout, Freya system
* Structure: [[TheFederation Political-economic confederation]]
* Major Worlds:
* Constituent Species:

* MerchantPrince

!! People's Celestial Initiative

!! Driessen-Gauthier Concordat

* TheReptilians: They resemble a short, squat combination of Earth crocodiles and tortoises.

* The [[TheReptilians taraigh]] [[RisingEmpire Central Dominion]]: Comprised of the reptilian taraigh, the Dominion boasts the finest ground armies of the four great powers. The taraigh are the most aggressive of the four, competing with everyone else to expand their territory and influence among the galaxy's unclaimed systems. The taraigh are also highly-skilled industrialists, and public works of impressive engineering prowess can found throughout their territories.

* HumansAreWarriors: Even more so than the rest of humanity. At its founding, Nova Ukrayina was unique among the Union's nations for being the only one that restricted voting and holding political office to veterans of the National Service[[note]]Ukrainian Державний служба, lit. "State Service"[[/note]]. Decades of being situated right next to both [[RisingEmpire Dominion territory]] and the lawless Geshwaset Expanse with no allies save for the Tecton Republic resulted in a nation that gradually became even more militarized until, by the 25th century, Nova Ukrayina's armed forces became one and the same with the nominal civilian government.

The series' timeline spans from the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 2040s]] in ''Titan of the West'' all the way to the 26th century in ''The Sol Defiant'', and mostly follows humanity and its alien allies the iyansi and onggurum, which gradually become united under the banner of the [[TheAlliance Sol Union]], a military-economic alliance centered on the garden colony of Ishtar and which shares power with the three species' homeworlds and their respective colonies.

** In turn, within the Union the humans and iyansi are both a higher-tech species to the onggurum, and all three species, being spacefaring, are this to the [[FrogMen prouam]] and the ica.

* EnergyWeapon: Plasma rifles are most common directed-energy weapon issued to Republic troops.

* Constituent Species: Humans (76%), iyansi (13%), onggurum (10%), prouam (<1%), ica (<1%)

* BioAugmentation: Gene therapy became widespread in everyday life as early as the 2040s as advances were made and applications for it grew. After first contact with the [[ProudScholarRace iyansi]], the field of genetic engineering and its many applications boomed as both species shared a mutual interest in improving their physiological qualities and correcting genetic diseases that have plagued them since prehistory. Following first contact with the onggurum, they too began contributing to and benefiting from the two's research initiatives, an effort the [[HadtoBeSharp onggurum]] appreciated given the conditions on their [[DeathWorld homeworld]]. In the Union armed forces, all personnel are subject to genetic screening and then undergo tailor-made correction and enhancement procedures.

* DeathWorld: Apsikaavu, the onggurum homeworld.

* FighterMageThief: The fighter to the iyansi mage and the onggurum thief. In the Union military, humans are most commonly found as rank-and-file soldiers and marines.

* FighterMageThief: The mage to the human fighter and the onggurum thief. In the Union military, iyansi are often pilots and starship crewmembers.

!! Onggurum

* FighterMageThief: The thief to the human fighter and the iyansi mage. In the Union military, onggurum are often scouts and special forces.

* Homeworld: Tephas (Agusan)

* CreepyGood: They resemble rotting, bipedal insectoid creatures with clumps of mushrooms growing throughout their bodies. Their decayed appearance and the fact that they [[ThePigPen naturally emit a faint odor that humans find somewhat foul]] aside, they are largely content to be part of the Republic; humans who become accustomed to them often characterize them as a thoughtful and mild-mannered if somber species.

* WarriorMonk: At the beginning of the Solace, a small sect of monastic manhaa remained on the surface as the rest of their species sealed themselves underground. They instead built fortified monasteries in the few secluded nature preserves that remained on the planet and lived a simple, ascetic lifestyle that gradually became religious orders devoted to wandering the sprawling ruins of their ancient cities and seeking answers in the wake of the cataclysmic wars that caused their ancient spacefaring empire to collapse and devastated their homeworld.

* Constituent Species: Humans (81%), iyansi (15%), onggurum (3%)

* BioAugmentation: Tecton is famous for their pioneering research into genetic, biochemical, and bio-engineering, and every employee is physiologically modified in some way or another, from faster reflexes in pilots to increased muscle mass in construction workers.
* CultureChopSuey: Tecton's three founding ethnocultural groups were comprised of [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Filipinos]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Cambodians]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} Taiwanese]], a majority of whom were born and/or raised in the United States and Australia and as such were already different from their ancestral nations to begin with. Centuries of divergence on their colonies has created an even more thoroughly-blended society, not helped in the least by some of their leaders developing a ForeignCultureFetish and appropriating aesthetics from other cultures.
** Since their early history, Tecton leaders have had a tendency to use [[AncientGrome Classical]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{TheMiddleEast}} Mesopotamian]] mythology and history for some of its institutions: "Tekton" is an Ancient Greek word for a craftsman, while two of their largest cities on Fernan, Nineveh and Carcemish, are named after ancient Assyrian cities.
** One 22nd century executor of the Mayari Directorate, Levi Basilan, was known for his admiration of Slavic cultures and named almost all of his military vehicle designs after cities in Eastern Europe. Almost two centuries later, this indirectly led to a small wave of immigration from [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukraine]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} Poland]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{Croatia}} Croatia]] during a colonization wave in the 24th century.

* FightingForAHomeland: By the 24th century, Titan is no longer a viable center of operations for Tecton due to increasing competition from rival corporations. With no other choice, the new Triumvirate [[SettlingTheFrontier leads an expedition]] to a [[ThePromisedLand lush and pristine but pirate-infested planet]] in unclaimed territory.

* MightyGlacier: Tecton was a corporation that focused more on protecting their territory than offensive warfare (as the interstellar governments do), and their combat doctrine reflected that. Tecton forces are ponderously slow, but they possess formidable weaponry and considerable protection; they are incredibly hard to dislodge once they're entrenched in a position.

* SuperSoldier: Soldiers of the Sunray Legion are much more lethal combatants than their mainline counterparts, possessing more extensive augmentations, unmatched training, and cutting-edge equipment. Titans' roles vary from leading companies of hoplites, fighting in dedicated units that accompany and support armored spearheads, or being deployed from dropships as rapid response forces.

** LocationThemeNaming: Their ground vehicles are named after Slavic places, such as the [[TankGoodness CT9 Kharkiv main battle tank]] and the [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier CM12 Cherkasy infantry fighting vehicle]], both named after cities in [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukraine]].

* Constituent Species: Humans (84%), onggurum (13%), iyansi (3%)

* HumansAreWarriors: Even more so than the rest of humanity. At its founding, Nova Ukrayina was unique among the Union's nations for being the only one that restricted voting and holding political office to veterans of the National Service. Decades of being situated right next to both [[RisingEmpire Dominion territory]] and the lawless Geshwaset Expanse with no allies save for the Tecton Republic resulted in a nation that gradually became even more militarized until, by the 25th century, Nova Ukrayina's armed forces became one and the same with the nominal civilian government.
* MiniMecha
* PatrioticFervor

[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Races]]
!! Palegan
* Homeworld: Gous

* HegemonicEmpire: At least before the War of Glass.
* StarterVillain: The palegan were the first species that the Sol Union made contact with a few decades after its formation. Being a RisingEmpire of their own, the palegan rejected the Union's initial attempts at diplomacy and later began aggressively competing against human-led colonization efforts in the Sea of Glass, a region of space both powers wanted to expand into. Tensions grew throughout the 24th century until the War of Glass broke out in 2375; six years of war resulted in a hard-fought Union victory that ended up catching the attention of the Big Four for the first time.

[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nations within the Sol Union]]
!! Rivington Commonwealth
* Capital: Sacramento, Chelsea system
* Structure: [[TheFederation Federal republic]]
* Major Worlds:
* Constituent Species:

* UnitedSpaceOfAmerica

* Capital: Sonora, Chelsea system

* Capital: Fernan, Idiyanali system

*

*

* Capital: Rivington, Chelsea system

* Structure: [[TheRepublic Unitary republic]]

* HumansAreWarriors: Even more so than the rest of humanity; Nova Ukrayina is unique among the Union's nations for being the only one that restricts voting and holding political office to veterans of the National Service.

* Structure: [[TheFederation Emergency wartime administration]]

* AgriWorld:
** Antonovsk, located in the Protsvitannya system.

The series' timeline spans from the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 2040s]] in ''Titan of the West'' all the way to the 26th century in ''The Sol Defiant'', and mostly follows humanity, specifically its two most powerful entities:
* The [[TheAlliance Sol Union]], a federal republic founded and led by the humans, iyansi, and onggurum and centered on the garden colony of Ishtar, which shares power with the three species' homeworlds and several dozen autonomous star systems.
* [[MegaCorp Tecton Industries]], a corporate behemoth based out of Titan. Tecton itself is composed of three main segments: the exploration fleets and terrestrial military of the Mayari Directorate, the manufacturing and celestial navy of the Hanan Directorate, and the research and development and espionage of the Tala Directorate.

* The [[RubberForeheadAliens anhayat]] [[TheAlliance Alliance of the Seventeen]]: A (very) loose union of seventeen syats (translated as House, though roughly analogous to ethnostates), the mammalian anhayat-led Alliance is the dominant economy in the galaxy; the capital planets of each clan compete to be the Milky Way's most prominent trade hub. Their economic superiority is in part guaranteed by their mastery of espionage and information warfare, their intelligence agencies having eyes and ears in almost every corner of the galaxy.

[[folder:The Alliance of the Seventeen and its member species]]
!! Alliance of the Seventeen

Several centuries of expansion followed, and after establishing its reputation by being the first race to ever defeat the Hierarchy of Santhkiln in a direct conflict, the Dominion is now considered the youngest of the so-called Big Four. Shortly after the Sol Union made first contact with the rest of the galaxy, the humans' rapid expansion alarmed Dominion observers. Seeing the Union as a threat, a long war between the two erupted... then another one... then ''[[TheRival another]]'' one. Even in peacetime, there is always constant, low-intensity conflict occurring throughout the galaxy wherever the two species are in close proximity.

* FourElementEnsemble: Fire. When it comes to human relations with galactic politics, the taraigh are the most aggressive out of the big four and the most likely to clash with the Union over various differences (the Union and Dominion having engaged in no less than ''three'' wars). In addition, the Dominion's militaries use standard-issue [[EnergyWeapon laser]] and [[KillItWithFire incendiary]] weapons.
* HeavyWorlder: Dahan Dogirul has 1.6G and is comparatively drier and hotter than Earth. As a result, most taraigh phenotypes on average 168 cm in height and have high stamina and endurance.

* NaiveNewcomer: Their first expedition outside their home system brings them right into a warzone between the Union and Dominion, and they immediately attempt to try and play diplomat between two warring species much more powerful than they are. [[BreakTheCutie The next few decades has them become more and more cynical as they realize how ruthlessly cutthroat galactic politics can get]].

* VestigialEmpire

* Structure: [[TheFederation Federal republic]]

* Constituent Species: Humans (80%), iyansi (11%), onggurum (8%), prouam (<1%), ica (<1%)

** New Cascadia, one of the Union's most remote colonies. Most settlements on the planet are in the form of large plantations that cultivate local varieties of edible fungus, some of which had to be genetically modified to make them so.
** Ossett, a human world bordering the hotly-contested Sea of Glass. In addition to providing the majority of agricultural shipments to nearby Union military bases, Ossett has had a centuries-long military tradition as a result of being the first Union colony to be attacked by palegan forces during the War of Glass; the planet remains an important staging ground for both Union and private expeditions into the Sea of Glass.

** When the Union discovered the roughly medieval-level prouam in 2449, they intended to take a hands-off approach and were preparing to establish an exclusion zone around the Busup system until a smuggling freighter evading a Union Navy patrol accidentally crashed on the planet in 2453. The crash site and was found by a local kingdom, forcing the Union to scramble a small first contact fleet, but even afterwards the Union remains reluctant to fully integrate the prouam; Union personnel are restricted to interacting with a a few, carefully-vetted prouam in a handful of orbital monitoring stations and traveling to the surface is forbidden.

* BioAugmentation: Gene therapy became widespread in everyday life as early as the 2040s as advances were made and applications for it grew. After first contact with the [[ProudScholarRace iyansi]], the field of genetic engineering and its many applications boomed as both species shared a mutual interest in improving their physiological qualities and correcting genetic diseases that have plagued them since prehistory. Following first contact with the onggurum, they too began contributing to and benefiting from the two's research initiatives, an effort the onggurum appreciated given the conditions on their [[DeathWorld homeworld]]. In the Union armed forces, all personnel are subject to genetic screening and then undergo tailor-made correction and enhancement procedures.

** SCV (''Sol Union Celestial Vessel'') designates Celestial Navy commissioned military starships.
** SPIV (''Sol Union Pioneering Initiative Vessel'') designates Pioneering Initiative colonization starships.
* MultipleGovernmentPolity: The Union itself, at the highest level, is a [[TheAlliance military alliance and economic union]] between several interstellar nation-states, and its responsibilities are restricted to defense against external threats (such as the [[HigherTechSpecies Big Four]] and the [[HegemonicEmpire palegan]]), managing the vast integrated market comprised of almost a dozen economic blocs merging together, and deliv.
** TheFederation: The [[UnitedSpaceofAmerica Rivington Confederacy]] and the [[ProudMerchantRace Mariner Commonwealth]].
** TheRepublic: [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Nova Ukrayina]] and the post-Consolidation [[DeterminedHomesteader Tecton Republic]].

[[folder:Other Factions and Organizations]]

* Capital: Fernan

* Capital: Antonenkove
* Structure: [[TheFederation Federal republic]]

* FrickinLaserBeams: The basic armaments of Dominion soldiers are laser small arms, and are used as frequently as ballistic weapons. Larger versions are used on various [[ChickenWalker walkers]] and [[TankGoodness tanks and other armored fighting vehicles]]. While lacking in range compared to other weapons (which is the reason the Dominion still uses ballistic weapons), they have pinpoint accuracy and can pierce most contemporary body armor and energy shielding.

* FourElementEnsemble: Fire. When it comes to human relations with galactic politics, the taraigh are the most aggressive out of the big four and the most likely to clash with the Union over various differences (the Union and Dominion having engaged in no less than ''three'' wars). In addition, the Dominion's militaries use standard-issue [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] and [[KillItWithFire incendiary]] weapons.