Nation/Aldia

United Colonies of Aldia सङ्घटित सहनिवास अलात
Motto: "Unity in Diversity."
Anthem: A Brand New Day
Region		Facebook Nations
Capital		New Batavia
Largest		Jindabyne
Official languages		Aldian Standard (English)
Recognised regional languages		Lesser Aldian, Osean Standard, Katasian, Greetonese, Simplified Sanmite
Traditional Languages		Traditional Sanmite, Gothic Aldian, High Osean, Old Gretonese
Ethnic groups (2016)		Human 65%, Non-Human 35%
Demonym		Aldian
Government		Interstellar Unitary Presidential Democratic Socialist Republic
-	President	Irene Soekarnoputri
-	Vice President	Edia Estara
-	Political & Morale Commander	Nogadh Lehakh
Legislature		Colonial Parliament
-	Upper house	Colonial Senate
-	Lower house	Colonial Assembly
Formation
-	Charter of the Aldian Cooperative	April 10th, 1445
-	Declaration of the United Colonies	June 1st, 1619
Population
-	September 2016 estimate	1.014 billion
Currency		Colonial Credit (cR)
Date format		DD/MM/YYYY
Drives on the		left
Internet TLD		.ali

Aldia, officially the United Colonies of Aldia, is an Interstellar Democratic Socialist Republic comprised of the home planet Aldia and twenty additional colonies in four star systems. The Aldian system is located approximately 12,000 Light Years away from Sol. Its territories are found within the confines of the Carina constellation. The humans of Aldia were the descendants of prehistoric humans of Earth, this was supported by the lack of fossil records of modern and ancients humans in Aldia. It has always been speculated that the ancestors of Aldians were taken by an unknown alien species from Earth and resettled on Aldia around 130,000 years ago for unknown reasons. Regardless, these early prehistorical 'Aldians' followed a similar but fast-tracked evolutionary path as their Earthling cousins did. An example was that by the 15th century, Aldians had a technological level equal to that of Earth in the 21st century.

The United Colonies were formed in the aftermath of a decade long interplanetary war in the late 16th century century between the nations of Aldia and various rebel factions that demanded their independence from Aldia. At the time Aldia had one colony world and the war took place on both Aldia and its first colony. The war ended after the rebels were defeated in the Second Battle of the Maginot Line where rebel leaders signed a peace treaty with Aldia. The interplanetary war united the nations of Aldia and reaffirmed Aldia's continued rule over its colonies; past, present and future. The United Colonies is governed by a Triumvirate: the President and Vice President who is the director of domestic and foreign policy. The third member of the Triumvirate is the Political & Morale Commander who also serves as the head of the armed forces.

The unified military arm of Aldia is the Colonial Self-Defense Forces (CSDF) and is maintained by a significant military budget. The CSDF is administered by the Colonial Military Administration (CMA) while the Political & Morale Commander serves as the commander-in-chief of the CSDF. The CSDF is technologically sophisticated and maintains a high number of active personnel, a compulsory 80-day military training regime is in force for all citizens at the age of 18. Due to its distance from Sol and any other nearby governments, Aldia has maintained a policy of isolationism and non-intervention in international affairs although it does have cordial and friendly relations with nations of the Facebook Nations region. Due to its remote location, many refugees across the galaxy has attempted to reach the United Colonies to seek asylum.

Humans comprise a great majority of the Aldian population (amounting up to 65% of the total population) with a fair number of non-humans (35% of the population). As a consequence, humans are also the most politically dominant species in the country. The human population itself is comprised of thousands of other ethnic groups which led to the establishment of the United Colonies's motto "Unity in Diversity". This reflects the nation's ethnic and species diversity.

History

Pre-industrial Aldia

Approximately 130,000 years ago prehistoric humans from Earth were brought to Aldia by unknown extra-terrestrials. For reasons unknown these aliens simply left the humans on Aldia to survive on their own, without any clear objective. Thus they followed the normal evolutionary pathway as the humans of Earth did. At first the humans were only found on the continent of Alda, but they gradually expanded throughout the entire planet. By 120,000BC, humans have colonized the entire planet. Tribal hunter-gatherer societies formed in the early years of settlement until the Neolithic Revolution which allowed humans to use plants to systematically produce edible food-energy. This eventually allowed the development of the complex first city-state societies that frequently warred with each other.

With the capability to produce a stable and reliable amount of food the human population exploded and began to expand beyond its first settlements which allowed them to colonize the entire planet. As these explorer tribes settled new land and continents they established new civilizations as well. A major difference between the humans of Earth and Aldia was that while Earth-humans plunged into the Dark Age, a period of time when technology regressed, the humans of Aldia did not experience a Dark Age. This allowed technological advancements to continue and overtake that of Earthlings. By the 13th century, Aldians experienced the Industrial Revolution. In the 14th century, Aldia entered the atomic age, 15th century; the space age and finally in the 16th century; Aldia became a space-faring civilization.

War of the Three Powers

The War of the Three Powers was a period of total war between three factions of Aldia that took place from November 1439 until September 1444. The War of the Three Powers was the first global conflict that engulfed the planet and resulted in the deaths of 100 million Aldians. The war also marked the first time nuclear weapons were used on a limited scale, with at least five cities being destroyed by a nuclear weapon. The war was a conflict between three warring factions; the democratic Polystralian Commonwealth, the fascist Coalition of Ordered Governments and the religious United Emirates of Sanmite. Each faction fought for ideological reasons, however the real motive behind the conflict was to gain access to new resources.

The Polystralian Commonwealth controlled the largest number of reserves of both renewable and non-renewable resources such as geothermal, oil, gas, timber and many others. Citizens of the Commonwealth also enjoyed higher standards of living compared to the other two factions which created resentment among the other Aldians. This was utilized by the Coalition and Sanmite to garner support to invade Polystralia. The Coalition and the United Emirates formed an alliance and invaded Polystralia. Intially the Commonwealth was caught off guard by the invasion, however they were able to retake their lands after the United Emirates defected and allied themselves with Polsytralia. Their defection was caused by the revelation that Coalition forces systematically committed genocide of Polystralian citizens in their occupied areas. The war was the second most devastating loss of human life in the history of Aldia, mostly due to the use of nuclear weapons in the closing stages of the war.

The War of the Three Powers concluded when the nations of the Coalition surrendered to the allied forces of Polystralia and Sanmite. The Coalition of Ordered Governments was dissolved and a program of De-radicalization was implemented amongst the population of former Coalition nations. In the aftermath of the war, the nations of Aldia entered a new golden age of peace and technological advancement which allowed them to enter the first steps of becoming a space-faring civilization. By the end of the war, Aldia was dominated by two superpowers: the Polystralian Commonwealth and the United Emirates of Sanmite with various nations who supported one of them. This situation continued until Aldia was united under a single world government in the 18th century.

The Space Age

Following the end of the War of the Three Powers, the Aldian Cooperative, an international governmental organization was established to foster international cooperation between the nations of Aldia. The Aldian Cooperative is also the precursor of the modern United Colonies of Aldia. With the world at peace, the issue of resource degradation was brought to the attention of the international community. Overpopulation also became a key issue as it was estimated the planet would not be able to sustain the growing human population beyond the year 1900. The former nations of the Coalition of Ordered Governments, as well as Sanmite, recognized that the primary motivation of the previous conflict was resource shortages. With the risks clearly outlined and recognized, the Aldian Cooperative urged the nations of Aldia to begin manned missions to potential habitable planets within the Aldian system.

At this point in time, the nations of Aldia had the technology to send manned moon to its nearest habitable planet in the Aldian system; Sram. Sramis 215 million kilometers away from Aldia and research from probes sent confirmed that its environmental conditions such as its atmosphere composition, gravity (Aldia has 1g, Sram has 0.5g) and length of day is similar to that of Aldia. One year in Aldia is 365 days, the same as Earth's, whereas one year on Sram was 1 year and 380 days. Aldia had a 26-hour day and Sram had a 24 hour day. Aldia had a diameter of 12,453 kilometers and Sram had a diameter of 9,450 kilomters. With the terraforming technology available in the early 16th century, it would take up to century to fully transform an Aldia-sized planet. Sram was a dessert planet, but early probes detected signs that it was rich with rare minerals and metals.

On February 1501 the People's Republic of Sanmite successfully landed three humans on Greeton sparking a space race between Sanmite and Polystralia. On April 1506, Polystralia began a series of missions to test the suitability of Greeton for colonization. These were known as the Lazarus Missions, a total of twelve Lazarus Missions were launched between 1506 and 1511. Each Lazarus Mission involved the establishment of a temporary colony in various locations that had been proposed for permanent colonization. In 1513, Polystralia and Sanmite, along with various other Aldian nations formed the Transcontinental Space Agency (TSA). This organization contributed immensely to the quality of space engineering, exploration and colonization. By 1517 the TSA began pre-supply missions to Sram and by 1525 the first permanent colonists landed and established the first permanent habitat on Sram, effectively colonizing Sram. Sram's first human colony was a terrestrial habitat enclosed in a city-sized dome. With the abundance of minerals and metals, the colony quickly the new industrial and economic hub of the nations of Aldia at the time.

In the next fifty years, additional permanent habitats and mine sites were established which led to the rapid colonization of Sram. By 1570 Sram had been colonized by six hundred thousand Aldians. In 1573 the TSA constructed the first atmospheric processors to eventually terraform Sram's atmosphere to be breathable for humans, allowing newer colonies to be built without being isolated from the outside environment. Sram's terraforming process would be completed in 1649. Despite the success of Sram's colonization, the TSA realized that the colonization of even the nearest planets Aldia by using sub-light engines was inefficient and extremely time consuming. If the nations of Aldia were to expand beyond the Aldian System, they would have to develop a faster and more efficient method of travel. Within the next sixty years the TSA, under the mandate and support of the nations of the Aldian Cooperative, colonized the moons of Aldia's outer-planets. These colonies were smaller in size than Sram due to the distance it took to reach the moons and asteroids. These early colonies provided reasonable living conditions and where ever these colonies were formed, new jobs would be found, further encouraging more people to immigrate to the colonies.

The Interplanetary War

The establishment of the Aldian Cooperative and the success of the Transcontinental Space Administration saw a radical shift in the balance of political power from divided National Governments, to the global Aldian Cooperative. This change of the world's balance of power was the result of the need of a unified effort of colonization. No one or two nations can bear the economic, political and social costs of colonization alone. Across the world, National Governments suddenly lost their individual regional authority, with their militaries gradually incorporated under a multinational military task force under the authority of the Cooperative. Some national governments refused to surrender their sovereignty to the Cooperative on the basis that nations should be free to choose whether they wish to support the costly colonization missions as not all nations benefited from colonization. The transition from traditional capitalist economies to a post-colonization capitalist economy resulted in the revival of various radical ideologies namely fascism and communism. The Cooperative suddenly found themselves to be pitted against two fronts: national governments who resisted integration, and radical groups who threatened to take control over its new colonies.

On March 1578 the permanent habitat of Freeport on Sram was seized by a fascist group and reorganized as the Hassen Federation. The Hassen Federation was largely based upon fascist Italy of Earth and quickly gained control of two additional neighboring colonies on Sram. Three days later the Union of Dama Republics, a communist regime, was proclaimed and took over three of Aldia's asteroid colonies that orbited the gas giant Noel. The rebel factions demanded not only their independence from Aldia, but to also remove the Cooperative from power and seizing control of Aldia itself. Both Hassen and Dama possessed considerable military equipment ranging from sophisticated small arms, to large capital warships that rivaled those utilized by the Aldian Cooperative. The Cooperative responded by sending Multinational Task Forces (MTFs) to suppress the uprisings. The MTFs were military expeditionary forces comprised of the combined armies of Cooperative member states. The war was long and brutal which resulted in the deaths of more than 340 million people. Fighting against Dama in the asteroids were particularly fierce as both factions were forced to engage in close quarter combat for more than a year.

While initially caught off guard by the uprisings, the Cooperative was able to quickly reorganize themselves and began to slowly retake their occupied colonies. The Hassen Federation was the first to fall on January 1591 when its capital city was besieged and the surviving Hassen garrison surrendered to the Cooperative's armed forces. Fighting continued with Dama until the war ended, however on September 1592 a third faction, the Confederacy of the Reich, a coalition of various countries on Aldia who opposed the concept of a global government on Aldia, launched a surprise attack against the Cooperative, opening a new front. The Confederacy had enough military assets on Aldia to challenge the Cooperative's remaining armed forces, the majority of which had been sent to fight the communists in the asteroids of Noel. This new home front brought devastating consequences to Aldia's environment. Large areas of land were rendered uninhabitable as the Confederacy initiated a scorched Earth policy, attempting to drive the Cooperative to the northern lands of the planet.

It was revealed that the Confederacy orchestrated the entire conflict, and that they organized for the Hassen Federation and the Union of Dama Republics to seize power in order to lure the MTFs away from Aldia, leaving it vulnerable to attack from within. A large number of the MTF garrisons that remained on Aldia were wiped out or surrendered to the Confederacy within the first two weeks of the new attack. The Confederacy had hoped to quickly subdue the Cooperative on Aldia in order to force the Cooperative to surrender and stand down its armed forces who had sent a sizable number of reinforcements to Aldia. Weapons of Mass Destruction such as orbital kinetic weapons were utilized by the Cooperative to gain an advantage. Kinetic strikes were initially launched against military targets of the Confederacy which allowed the surviving MTF garrisons to organize a counter-attack. By 1594 the Confederacy's armed forces had been largely destroyed and only a few remaining holdouts remain in the Confederacies cities. Unable to convince the Confederate leadership to a conditional surrender, the Cooperative targeted three major cities of the Confederacy with its orbital weapons, resulting in five hundred thousand casualties. The large number of civilian casualties and their inability to launch any counter-measures against the Cooperative's orbital weapons forced the Confederacy to surrender on July 1594. A year later, on May 1595 the Union of Dama Republics officially surrendered as well, their will to fight broken as their citizen learned that they had been fooled and lured into an entire conflict that had been orchestrated by the very entity they despised. The surrender of the Dama Republics marked the official end of the Interplanetary War.

Reconstruction Era

In the aftermath of the Interplanetary War, hundreds and millions of people were displaced on both Aldia and throughout the colonies. The industrial capacity of the nations of the Aldian Cooperative and the rebels were decimated as key industrial cities were destroyed or looted. The status of the territories that rebelled and its residents were also key issues that needed to be addressed. The Cooperative responded by garrisoning a large number of military personnel in former rebel territories and placing them under martial law throughout the entire Reconstruction Era which lasted from 1595 until 1601. Former nations and colonies that rebelled against the Aldian Cooperative became known as Quarantine Zones, with political freedom and freedom of movement of its residents being severely limited. Martial Law enabled the nations of the Cooperative to expedite reconstruction efforts with basic infrastructure such as utilities (water, gas and electricity), the road and rail network and communication facilities to be restored by September 1595, only four months after the official end of the war.

Thousands of space habitats were constructed either around Aldia's and Sram's orbits, or in deep space. Refugees who fled to escape the war were resettled in these space habitats. These space habitats eventually became specialists in growing space-based crops which allowed the habitats to become exporters and quickly develop. By 1607, approximately twenty one million refugees had been resettled in space habitats around the Aldian System.

Declaration of the United Colonies

By the end of the Interplanetary War the Aldian Cooperative was left as the sole de-facto superpower and governing body of Aldia and her colonies. In spite of this though, the Cooperative was never meant to be a global governing body. Its original purpose was to foster international cooperation amongst the nations of Aldia and its colonies and to act as a mediator in times of conflict. By 1610 reconstruction had largely been concluded and the nations of Aldia and her colonies entered a new era of peace and prosperity. The two superpowers of Aldia; the Polystralian Commonwealth and the People's Republic of Sanmite, with the support of nearly half of all the nations and colonies of Aldia proposed to the remaining members of the Cooperative that a permanent world government be established to replace the Aldian Cooperative. After several years of debate and negotiation, on June 1st 1619, the nations of Aldia signed and ratified the Charter of the United Colonies of Aldia, a document which laid out the constitution of the newly declared United Colonies and officially establishing it as the world government of Aldia and her colonies.

Interstellar Age

The formation of the United Colonies ushered a period of peace, economic & technological progress previously unseen in the history of Aldia. The most important invention; the Slipspace drive, was created in 1644 by scientists from the well-established Transcontinental Space Administration. The Slipspace drive allows ships to travel Faster-Than-Light (FTL). This was the dream that the TSA had since its formation, now they had the means to quickly travel through space and establish colonies beyond the Aldian system. Colonization of outer space with a propulsion system that traveled slower than light (sub-light engines) was impractical. New colony ships were assembled and outfitted with Slipspace drives whereas older models were retrofitted with Slipspace drives.

These older ships would become scouts of colonization efforts as they would travel with a small crew on board to asses the habitability of a potential planet to be colonized. By the 17th century, atmospheric processors had greatly improved but it still cannot terraform inhospitable planets. Planets whose characteristics are or near habitable were the planets chosen for terraforming and colonization, a total of twenty five years is required to terraform an Aldia-sized planet. These processors would push a planets atmosphere composition to a state where humans are able to breathe the atmosphere without the use of a pressure suit. As the terraforming process was underway, the colony ships were constructed and by the time the terraforming process was near completion the colony ships would have been ready to disembark and begin their journey. By the time the planet had been completely terraformed the colony ships would arrive and begin the process of colonization.

With the creation of the slipspace drive and improved atmospheric processors, Aldia was able to rapidly expand its territories; quickly colonizing three star systems. A variety of colony types also rose such as fertile agriculture worlds and mineral-rich industrial worlds. Colonies who had exhausted their natural resources but was able to evolve from an industrial to a post-industrial economy became the new economic hub of Aldia. Prosperity, Sram and Tribute, three of the United Colonies oldest and most successful colonies became the economic, industrial and cultural hubs respectively whereas Aldia continued to remain as the United Colonies's political center. By 1890 the United Colonies has established nine extra-solar colonies on three different star systems. At the time, the United Colonies had a total collective population of 244 million humans.

Government & Politics

All citizens of Aldia and her colonies are born free & equal in dignity and rights. - Article 1 of the Declaration of the United Colonies of Aldia

Aldia is a political union with a presidential system. As a unitary state power is concentrated in the central government who has the final word in every domestic issues. There are four distinct levels of government. At the highest is the executive body that is led by the Triumvirate: the President, the Vice President and the Political and Morale Commander. To assist the executive body a council of ministers advises the Triumvirate. The second level is the legislative body and is made of the Colonial Parliament, a bicameral legislature. On the third level sits the Colonial government who is responsible for administering and governing all colonies of the United Colonies. The fourth and final level of government is the Judiciary who is responsible for maintaining and enforcing law & order. The President & Vice-President are elected directly by the people with a single-non transferable vote system while members of the Colonial Parliament uses a system of proportional representation. The President, Vice-President & Legislature are allowed to serve a maximum of two-consecutive ten year terms. Voting is compulsory in Aldia and those who fail to attend the polls are fined a substantial amount of money.

Executive

The Executive body is led by the Triumvirate comprised of the President, Vice President and the Political & Morale Commander. The president of Aldia is the head of state, head of government and the director of domestic governance, policy-making, and foreign affairs. The President may then delegate any type of task to the Vice President. The president also chooses a council of ministers who is required to not be affiliated with any political parties. The final position of the Triumvirate is the Political & Morale Commander who is an elected officer from CSDF High Command. The Political & Morale Commander serves as the commander-in-chief of the CSDF and advises the President, Vice President and Council of Ministers on matters related to the military. Unlike the President and Vice President who are directly elected by citizens, the Political & Morale Commander is elected by CSDF High Command. The purpose of the Triumvirate is to ensure a balance of power between the nation's most powerful ruling body and so that no one person has absolute power in government. However during times of war or national emergencies, the Political & Morale Commander has the right to supersede its civilian counter parts. The Political & Morale Commander also shows the extent of the military's increasing influence over the civilian government. The population has become increasingly militarized since the 1900s due to a series of limited conflicts between the United Colonies and aliens throughout its territories. A conflict that has continued to date.

Legislative

The Colonial Parliament houses the central legislature of Aldia, all legislative decision making on the national level takes place in the Colonial Parliament. The Colonial Assembly is the lower house and proposes legislation to the upper house to be approved and ratified and monitors the executive body of the nation. A total of 520 seats can be obtained in Parliament, each colony has been assigned a total of 18 seats whereas Aldia is assigned 130 seats. The remaining 30 seats are allocated to the Colonial Administration Authority. The upper house is comprised of 97 seats. Each colony may appoint 4 members whereas Aldia may appoint 10 senators. The CAA has 7 representatives appointed as Senator. The Senate is vested with significant powers as it has the capacity to either pass or block legislation put forward by the President and the Colonial Assembly. The power of impeachment also rests with the Colonial Senate. In both the Colonial Senate & Assembly, both government and opposition must secure half of the votes available in their respective houses in order to pass a legislative bill.

Three major political parties dominate politics in Aldia, followed with five minor parties. The three major parties are: the progressive Aldian Labor Party (ALP), the environmentally conscious Aldian Greens (AG) and the conservative Coalition. The Coalition is an association of three parties; the Nationals, Liberals and Republicans. There are five minor parties, the largest of which has attained a total of five seats in the Colonial Assembly, and two in the Colonial Senate. These five parties are; the nationalist & militaristic Greater Aldia party, the left-wing Socialist Party of Aldia, the ultra-conservative & anti-immigration Family First party, the isolationist Lone Nation party and the Green Brigade, a radical environmentalist party.

Colonial

The Colonial Administration Authority is a government body responsible for pioneering and maintaining the nation's colonization programs. The Colonial Administration Authority also advises the Colonial Parliament and Executive body in the governance and administration of the colonies and its Extra-Solar Territories. Each colony enjoys some degree of autonomy where the colonies are able to regulate most of their internal affairs. A colony is headed by a Premier who is the de facto head of the executive body of a colony and perform the same function as the President does on a colonial level. A planetary Colonial Parliament forms the legislative body of a colony. To distinguish between the central Colonial Parliament and an individual colony's parliament is that the name of the colony is mentioned as an additional title (Eg; the Colonial Parliament of Prosperity), whereas the central parliament is simply referred to as the Colonial Parliament.

Judicial

Most civil disputes are heard in local Colonial Courts and appeals are heard before a High Colonial Court. The High Court of the United Colonies is the country's highest court, and hears final cessation appeals and conducts case reviews. The Colonial Constitutional Court hears matters in regards to the legality of laws, general elections and the scope of the authority of state institutions. The Judiciary Authority, Detainment & Enforcement (JADE) is a law enforcement organization under the direct authority of the High Court of the United Colonies. The JADE is the enforcement arm of the High Court and all Colonial Courts, enforces court orders, transports prisoners sentenced from civilian courts, maintains the security of the nation's prisons and ensure the security of all members court and the judiciary. The JADE also maintains an active witness protection program where witnesses and whistle blowers are protected and given new identities.

Administrative Divisions

The United Colonies territories encompasses four star systems, twenty established colonies, thousands of space habitats and five mining colonies and the home planet of Aldia herself. Each colony has its own bicameral parliament and maintains residual legislative functions including those over schools, local colonial courts, public roads and transport, utilities and local government. Space habitats are independent city-states that are governed directly by the Colonial Administration Authority. They are represented in the Colonial Parliament by the CAA. Extra-Solar territories are territories that are not considered as colonies but fall under the jurisdiction of the United Colonies and by extension, the Colonial Administration Authority. Extra-Solar territories are generally military outposts on asteroids or remote mining colonies. They do not have any degree of self governance and are directly administered by the United Colonies. Extra-Solar Territories with military outposts are governed by the highest-ranking military personnel stationed, in most cases a Brigadier General. Those that are not military outposts are governed by an appointed Administrator from the Colonial Administration Authority. Below is a list of known Colonies, Extra-Solar Territories and Space Habitats. The latter mostly forming loose confederacies and associations among themselves for better governance.

Foreign Relations & Military

Ships of the Colonial Navy

Aldia has maintained a policy of political non-intervention and isolationism. The United Colonies maintains cordial and friendly relations with other nations in the Facebook Region, with most interaction with the rest of the galaxy through the World Assembly. The United Colonies unofficial motto has been "Aldia will not intervene with the affairs of other nations, and will not be dictated and intimidated by other nations." The Foreign Affairs & Trade Authority (FATA) is the government department responsible for spearheading the country's foreign policies. The Diplomatic Corps is the FATA's collective body of accredited diplomats and heads of mission.

The Colonial Self Defense Forces (CSDF) is Aldia's unified military body and consists of the Colonial Navy, Colonial Army, Colonial Air Force, Colonial Marine Corps and the Colonial Coastal Defense Force. It is administered by the Colonial Military Administration (CMA). and supported by a substantial domestic arms manufacturing industry. The Political & Morale Commander of the United Colonies is the commander-in-chief of the CSDF. The commander is an elected member from CSDF HIGHCOM and also serves as a liaison between the civilian government and the military.

A compulsory 80-day military training regime is in force for all citizens, both male and female, who have reached the age of 18 and conscription is provided by law. The CSDF however has been able to maintain above than average personnel without resorting to conscription. The CSDF is capable of rapid deployment in space, sea, air and land thanks to a series of strategic logistical emplacements, allowing Joint Strike Forces and Marine Expeditionary Forces to operate independently without external support for a period of 60 days.

The Colonial Guard is a an organized militia force and is considered as part of the reserve components of the CSDF. Members of the Colonial Guard serve part time in the Colonial Guard and hold full-time civilian jobs as well. In peace time each Colonial Guard unit is placed under the direct authority of a colony's highest executive body, and may be used during times of national emergencies. In war time the Colonial Guard forms the first line of defense of a colony and the United Colonies. It is comprised of two branches: the Army Colonial Guard and the Naval Colonial Guard.

WORK IN PROGRESS.

Geography

Aldia consists of the home island of Aldia, the Osean continent and 95 islands (30 of which are inhabited and 50 of which are volcanic). A majority of the islands are located just south of Aldia itself with the rest scattered around the Osean continent. Aldia itself is located on the caldera of a dormant super volcano that last erupted 120,000 years ago. Aldia is situated on an active tectonic plate, prompting engineers to incorporate Earthquake-resistant designs into infrastructure projects. The last eruption took place in 2001 and resulted in 4 fatalities. Volcanic ash however is greatly responsible for the high soil fertility rates of the landmasses located near the equator. The northern and southern regions of Osea is extremely mountainous, with spectacular mountain ranges creating a naturally formed border between the state of North Osea and the Sanmite SAR.

Aldia's climate is divided into two regions: the tropics (Aldia, North Osea & Sanmite SAR), and the temperate region (West Osea, East Osea, South Osea and Greeton SAR). The tropics have two distinct seasons: the monsoon and dry seasons. The monsoon lasts from December until late April and is characterized by its high rainfall. The island of Aldia and the mountain ranges of North Osea in particular receive the highest amount of rainfall. The remainder of the year is dominated by the dry seasons, which, as its name suggests, is a period of low rainfall. On the other hand, the temperate region experiences 4 seasons: summer, autumn, winter and spring. The Osean Alps, located at South Osea and (to a small extent) the Greeton SAR is covered with snow all year round.