Fiction:The Core Federation

"I have seen the shine, and the shine has almost blinded me. It is the shine of an eternity of stars, the shine of an infinite Empire.No mortal being could ever hope to rule the Federation"


 * Solya Athera,Ruler of the extinct Solarian Empire, after witessing the Ravenrii's True Nature

The Core Federation, also known as the Federation of the Core Worlds, the Centrari Federation, the Infinite Empire or simply the CorFed, is a massive galactic empire that consists of over 93,200 star systems populated by the Ravenrii, a unique species, spanning from the entire space of the Xanthrus Spiral galaxy to 20 Commonwealth Realms, spread across the most important galaxies. The Empire is believed to be indestructible due to its inhabitants, the Ravenrii, who are the physical manifestation of Light itself.The Federation currently controls 93,200 systems and around 150,000 planets across the known Universe.

Origins and True Nature

 * The Ravenrii are believed to be the Creators of Life,being created by the Kkia'Sihm, the Creator of Life and the exact counterpart to the Xhodocto's Kamik-Shi, the Destroyer of Life;the first Created Life, and the Second is destined to Destroy it. The Ravenrii were, as such, created by Kkia'Sihm to serve this purpose and the Xhodocto to serve Kamik-Shi's. Because of this, the two species' future is closely tied-the Ravenrii are some of the few that see the Xhodocto's true nature as Darkness, and the Xhodocto the few that see them as Light.


 * "We created Life-The Xhodocto shall destroy it. So we shall be, Light and Darkness, forever servants of Kamik-Shi and Kkia'Sihm bringing about the End and the Begining of Life for all eternity"


 * Excerpt from the Book of the Eons

Modern History-

 * Since most of the Ravenrii's original history, which dates back 14 billion years ago, is recorded solely in the Book of the Eons detailed accounts are extremely rare and date back only about five billion years, when the Ravenrii awoke from a billion-year old state of suspended animation after the Great War of Light and the first destruction of the Universe, and regained counsciusness in planet Centrus. The history after those events is considered modern history.


 * The Federation was formed in the year 4300, F.A, after numerous independent states of the same race, the Ravenrii, congregated to sign the creation of a Ravenrii Confederation, which was simply an alliance of free trade and peace between the states, known as the Minor Empires.The Ravenrii, however, unified after the Confederation’s creation and became a single centrally organized Empire. The states assigned the seat of government to their home world and the capital of the former most important Minor Empire, Centrus.


 * The Ravenrii, known to be an omniscient race among themselves, established a monarchy in an Empire that thrived during the expansion into unoccupied systems. The monarchy, which stood for more than a thousand standard years, eventually became a nest of corruption and the monarch a simple figurehead, causing a revolt in the Capitalis System and the temporary deposition of the government. These events were violent and considered even human, something appalled the Ravenrii because of their supposed Purity. They abandoned the Outer Ring, their outermost colonies, as they believed that they had been the cause of their atrocities and concentrated on establishing friendly relations with the first Empire that they contacted, at around the same period of time. However, the Empire eventually grew to control the entire Caeus Cluster, the surrounding cluster of stars, and the expansion proved too much of a strain on their race once again. Riots began among the strained States, and the confusion resulted in the final exile of the current Queen Ayra to the Outer Colonies for the installment of a more business-friendly political system and the isolation of the Confederation from the other states.


 * It became apparent that the peoples of Centrus had lost their Purity, and rather than face the separation and destruction of their race the High Viceroy Carcus Airdone,then head of the High Court and today a legendary figure in Ravenrii lore, took control of Centrus and permanently unified the minds of the Ravenrii, further converting it into a Federation where the states completely obeyed the home world. The federation, renamed as the Federation of the Core Worlds, became powerful to the point of influencing nearby Empire’s way of life. The Ravenrii’s prior love for trade resurfaced even after the Unification, and they soon held a complete trade monopoly in the Prathus Arm, the 3rd and largest arm of the Galaxy, controlling the most important trade routes to the Galactic Core.


 * The establishment of their largest known starship producer, Core Fleet Systems, followed, and afterwards the Core Alliance of Trade, a galactic trading group became the most favored trading corporation in Xanthrus Spiral. Finally, the High Court of the Core, the highest authority of the Federation, ordered the reorganizing of its businesses and governmental bureaus. All of the Federation’s trade organizations, including the Alliance, became a giant conglomerate, The Intergalactic Bank of the Core (IGBC). The ship manufacturing and military sections were absorbed by CoreFleet Systems (CFS), which constructed the Federation's Army. All utility sectors were fused into CorEnergies (CorEn), and all governmental bureaus fused into a single Silver Ministry (SM), led by the High Court of the Core and the regular Court of the Core. The courts were placed on every Ravenrii colonies, and the High Courts only in planets Centrus and Concentron, deemed the leaders of the Federation.

Recently, the Core Federation passed massive expansion laws and created the 20 Commonwealths, large viceroyalties spread across the most important galaxies in the universe. The Commonwealths, usually of up to 20,000 systems, follow the central Empire in Xanthrus, which was the original Core federation. Their Armies have also multiplied, going from a few billion to over 35 trillion ships.



Galactic

 * The Core Federation pursued extensive diplomatic relations with all surrounding Galactic Empires and eventually the Intergalactic Alliance of Independent Empires (IAIE), the alliance of most other Empires in the galaxy, until 4.65B, FO.A. However, after other Empires’ realization of the scope of influence that the CF had, the functions of the Alliance became anti-federational and concentrating on stopping the CF from acquiring any new worlds. The Federation then invaded planet Sulcan, where the neutral Galactic Court was held, and declared war to all Empires other than its allies. It was known for using strong power and brutal invasions while acquiring the Core Worlds, ruthlessly eliminating empires within its reach and controlling several through its large monopolies in intergalactic trade, using them as leverage. However, the Core Federation was known to have several Empires with which it sustained friendly diplomatic ties, among them the Alanna/Ernest Empires ( also known as the Empire of the Two Kingdoms), the Aquos Empire, the Republic of Ghandaloria, the Vernacus Confederation and the Alexus Imperium. These five Empires together make up the Allied Consortium.

Intergalactic

 * The Federation currently holds friendly neutral relation with most empires, including the Seven Starr Alliance, the Nanohorde Empire,The Purity Empire, Etc. However, after the first arrival of the violent Xhodocto into the galaxy, all relations were temporarily suspended and the Federation closed the galaxy off, until the ratification of the peace Treaty of Kendron. The Capricorn Sector Alliance, the Rambo Nation and the Delpha Coalition of Planets are the Federation's largest allies as of now. Their single largest monetary investor is their intergalactic ally, the Goldem Imperium in the galaxy of Lyan


 * -Allies


 * The Capricorn Sector Alliance
 * The Krassio Host
 * The Goldem Imperium
 * The Delpha Coalition of Planets
 * The Jarquvix Federation
 * The Rambo Nation
 * The Allied Consortium of the Silver States
 * The Gablinus-Avis Empire
 * The Sylit Republic
 * The Goldem Imperium

Overview
The Core Federation is made up of over 150,000 thousand worlds and 93,200 systems, making it one of the largest in the known universe and earning it the nickname of ‘the infinite empire’. The Empire is considered a Federation because its government administers 25 different states, which are generally known as the Federation's Commonwealth Realms. The Federation grew massively in recent times, expanding into various galaxies other than Xanthrus Spiral, its home galaxy.

Though the Federation has unnofficially controlled the galaxy for billion of years through extensive trade monopolies and military threats, it was just recently that the other Empires in the galaxy, usually of minor importance, were officially annexed to the Federation, making its number of controlled planets in Xanthrus surge from 5,613 to 26,730. The annexation was sealed with the Act of Complete Supremacy.

Astrological Classes
The Federation's worlds are divided into three categories;


 * The Core Worlds, the richest and most influential worlds in the Empire. The Core World's capital, Concentron, is the second-most-important world in the entire Federation, as the capital's substitute in case of its fall. Core Worlds, by definition the worlds closest to the Galactic Core, are typically diverse and are the oldest colonized planets in the galaxy. There are around 2,450 of these planets.
 * The Colonies, any remaing planets that are not Core Worlds or Colonial Rim Colonies. They are normally moderately important but still wealthy, and most have solely Silver Standard(federation-engineered organism) ecologies.Planet Centrus is among the Colonies, despite being the Federation's homeworld and its capital. There are about 600 of these colonies.
 * The Colonial Rim Colonies, few populated worlds in the galaxy's outer rim. They are, like all Ravenrii worlds, T3 planets, but because of their isolated, far location they are very unimportant in the Federation's senate, carrying little trade and influence. The Colonial Rim Colonies are usually Silver Standard-influenced, but are usually not very populated or traversed. There are around 20 of these colonies.
 * The Commonwealth Realms, tens of Federation territories on foreign galaxies, usually in allied Empires'. They are sometimes built to fulfill a certain task in the foreign galaxy-for example, the Commonwealth of Auruu in the Aurora Galaxy was built to operate massive Chronium and Trinium mines in the galaxy for the construction of the Last Gate of Xanthrus. They are ususally settled in groupos of a dozen-thousand. There are around 50,700 of these colonies, thousands for each foreign galaxy.

Government and Politics
The Core Federation is a Federate Monarchy, in which a monarch is elected for a thousand-year term from the members of the royal family, by 2 of the Federation's 25 Viceroys, leaders of its 25 constitutive states. The monarch rules with limited powers and shares authority with the Federation's High Viceroy, the leader of the Viceroys and political leader of the Federation itself. The Federation is in general a federated monarchy with a semi-parliamentary system, tied up in layers of bureaucracy. The government is usually referred to as the Silver Ministry, which is divided into the High Ministry and the General Ministry.

High Ministry
The High Ministry of the Core Federation is the upper level of the bureaucratic hierarchy, which includes the Federation's legislative bodies, the High Court of the Core and the Court of the Core. It includes the federation's 25 Viceroys and its High Viceroy, as well as the Federation's Queen.


 * High Court of the Core

The court acts as a Senate for the Federation, passing and reviewing legislation, regulating military and colonization activities, and revising trade in Federation systems. The Court’s decisions are considered absolute, and no other organization has the authority to question or challenge it, except for the Court’s High Viceroy. However, he cannot overrule decisions unless approved by the Court itself. The HCC is made up of over 800 Delegates,so called because each represents one sector of the Federation, which may be one or several stellar systems, depending on their importance. The high number of delegates discourages supermajority, though it is usually delegates from the Core Worlds that have evident influence in decision-making. The High Ministry also includes the 25 Viceroys of the federation, who each rule a separate state of the Federation.


 * Court of the Core:

A regional court installed in every city of the Colonies and the Core Worlds, the Court of the Core is administered by 30 delegates, representatives of the world to which the particular court belongs, and 3 high judges; they control the following of the High Court’s laws and ensure that any law proposed by the delegation follows regulations within the member planet. They also relay any major propositions back to the High Court if a decision there is needed. This is only necessary when the proposition envisions major changes in the Federation's legislation or actions (such as a proposition of trade ceasing with another Empire or a War Declaration). Usually, however, the Court just ensures that the High Court’s orders are being followed on the planet, and manages planetary trade, trade route security and planetary issues such as production and maintenance.

General Ministry
The General Ministry includes the government departments other than the Courts, with 9 specific ministries, each with a specific department. These include the Ministry of Trade, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Health and Education, etc. The General Ministry thus has 9 Ministers, including the Minister of the Crown, which tends to the public relations and affairs of the Federation's Queen and the Minister of the High Viceroy, who does th esame bu with the Viceroy's affairs instead.



The Regency Plot-

 * In the case of the Federation’s home world, Centrus’s, capture or destruction, the Capital of the Core Worlds, Concentron, would serve as the new capital-in other words, Concentron is considered a vice-capital or regent of the Empire. However, in order to salvage the Empire and avoid the substitution of Concentron, there are 2 Centruses in the Galaxy- In case any of the two falls, then the other one will take its place and Concentron will continue being a regent that will only rise to power if Centrus falls. The first Centrus, and the commonly known one, is in the Capitalis System in the Prathus arm. The second is barely parsecs away, in the Calin-3 System.

Military, Transportation and Economy-

 * The manufacturing of vehicles, both on-world and off-world in the Core Federation has always been dominated by the giant starship manufacturer, Core Fleet Systems (a.k.a. the CFS), which is funded by the Ravenrii's sole bank, the InterGalactic Bank of the Core. Both institutions are owned by the Federation's government, regulated by the High Court of the Core, and operated only by Ravenrii citizens.



The Army of the Federation

 * The CFS was charged with creating military starships for the then-new Army of the Federation since the end of the First Age (the first billion years of life in Xanthrus Spiral), after the Military Creation Act was approved by the High Court. The Federation's colonies had become too numerous to be kept safe through public organizations, so the Army was created to protect the Federation's interests. Starting with over a million warships roughly the size of what are now Persecutor-class ships, the Army grew as the Federation acquired new systems, and growth became exponential when it entered galactic conflicts, such as the Grox Wars, when the Court fully approved constant funding and campaigns were backed by the normal population.


 * The Army is now composed of a total number of 32 billion capital ships, more than any other known army. The Army is composed of 5 different Grand Armadas, regiments of 6,400,000,000 each. Around 27 billion ships are active troops; the rest are considered reserves. The Army is commandeered by Three High Generals, chosen by each High Viceroy once he assumes office. Each one commands one of the 5 Grand Armadas; the extra regiments are led by two General Lieutenants and divided when needed. The Armadas are have been used to blockade systems, invade Empires and give relief support to vulnerable worlds.

Economic Status

 * The Federation's official currency is the Federation Corona, or (╫). 1(╫) is equal to about 12,950 Sporebucks, due to the Federation's massive economy. It is constantly pumped by the thousands of Colony systems and worlds that are constantly producing valuable products, such as spice ,starships, construction materials, ores, commodities and ship designs, and selling them to the other, smaller empires in the Xanthrus Ring galaxy and, recently, to other galaxies as well. The Bank of the Core regulates the Empire's finances,which rely on the vast complete world and trade monopolies that the Federation constantly uses as leverage agaist other empires. The monopolies ensure that enormous wealth is directed and funneled into the Federation's coffers, whether other empires want it to or not, as the Core Worlds are an extremely lucrative market and the CorFed controls them. The economy of the Federation is the strongest one in Xanthrus Spiral and rivals any other in the known universe.Meanwhile, the Ravenrii citizens are usually classified into a sector of the Economy, which has three sectors:


 * The Administrative Sector >>> The Creative Sector >>> The Operative Sector


 * The Administrative Sector is composed of any governmental or financial occupations: for example, all politicians, judges, accountants, bankers, and directors are considered a part of the sector because they manage the Federation's finances and make decisions.The Creative Secor is composed of any planning or designing occupations: for example, all law-makers, designers,architects,supervisors, and inventors are a part of the sector because they think or create future activities, buildings, laws,vehicles or occupations/ The Operative sector is composed of any occupation that has direct contact with machines or un-automated systems: for example, mechanics, computer programmers, system programmers,gunners, and soldiers are part of the secor because they operate their corresponding systems,machines,weapons,etc.


 * As for vehicle production, since all of it is charged to the CFS, the output is vast and requires total funding from the Int'gl Bank of the Core. The CFS main brach is directed at the design and manufacturing of military capital ships, while a division, SilverTech Starships and Speeders, (a.k.a. the SSS), creates and designs all civilian spacecraft. Federation worlds have automated defense systems (ground weapons enplacements, orbiting CorSec drones and wall-mounted turrets), advanced underground transports for civilians, and most off-world transports move large numbers of Ravenrii together.

Technology and Research

 * Besides the manufacturing of military starships and civilian spacecraft, Ravenrii technology is devoted to a wide array of topics. Most public appeal lies in the study of Essence, as it is believed to be responsible for many galactic events and is still a largely undiscovered topic.


 * There is a single leading scientific organization in the Federation; the Spectrum Design Collective, one of the Federation's Great Five (see below). It is an important scientific body within the Federation, studying from nanomolecular biology to the movement of intergalactic objects such as Voids, Superclusters and Supergalaxies. The Collective employs a large staff of Ravenrii, mostly in the Core Worlds, where research centers are most common. The Collective has also designed a large number of Core Fleet's starships, as the technology needed by the advanced Federation armadas is all designed by the Collective.


 * Core Federation technology is also centered around planetary manipulation, the manipulation of a planet's climate, stellar position and biodiversity in order to modify the T level. All Core fdederation colonists inhabiy only T3 worlds, as their unique physiology makes them unable to live without special conditions only found on said planets. However, despite the available fraction of samples given to other empires, Core Federation technology, especially that of Planetary Manipulation, remains unknown.

Leadership
The most important aspects of the Federation (military, energy utilities, finances, government, and research) are completely dominated by five massive organizations, commonly known as The Great Five. They each lead one of the Federation's key sectors. For example, the above-mentioned Spectrum Design Collective and CoreFleet Systems lead the research and military sectors, respectively. The Great Five are:


 * The Silver Ministry (SM)- It is the entire government of the Federation, including all of its bureaucratic departments, political leaders, and legislative bodies.
 * The Spectrum Design Collective (SDC)-The leading research and development organization in the Federation, it produces ship designs and studies varied subjects, centering on scientific development.
 * The InterGalactic Bank of the Core (IGBC)-A gigantic multigalactic conglomerate that manages all of the Federation's financial matters, thus managing its economy itself. Its funds feed the Federation's military shipbuilder, CoreFleet Systems.
 * CoreFleet Systems (CFS)- The CFS is the Federation's only ship designer and builder, a massive military contractor owned by the Federation's government. The CFS produces trillions of ships for the Federation each year, funded by the InterGalactic Bank of the Core.
 * Core Energies (CorEn)- Also known as CorEn, it is the only utilities corporation in the Federation, producing energy for use by the Ravenrii and the Federation, its thousands of worlds, and its ships with technology funded by the InterGalactic Bank of the Core.

Purity-
The Ravenrii, inhabitants of the Federation, are believed to possess Purity, a quality that the Book of the Eons describes solely as 'the quality of a being pure of heart'. However, Purity is usually associated with perfection and complete moral knowledge, traits that define the Ravemrii; they do not commit crimes, act harshly or impatiently and hardly ever commit mistakes. However, their supposed Purity has been known to grow faint, such as the time of the Civil War, when violent riots took place in their Xenos Cluster. Their purity is also connected somehow to their unique Essence.

Quotes
Add your quotes about the CorFed here!

"They are the organisation the Ramboidae of Rambo Nation one day hope to achieve, we consider the Core Federation a honest and fair Empire. We love there architecture and there well explained history and wonders of Centrus. We consider them great allies and our Empress even befriended the Queen of the Core Federation herself!!"

- Princess Ramtilsae of Rambo Nation

"The federation are a great nation-such majestic Empires are rare, and we treasure theirs almost as much as we cherish our gold"

- Sultan Frond III of the Goldem Imperium

Galactic Division
The galaxy of Xanthrus Spiralis completely controlled by the Core Federation-military occupation would infest most Empires if any resistance was made. Complete galactic control was ceded to the CorFed after athe Great War of Xanthrus Spiral, a time during the last four billion years during which the Federation destroyed the Grox, took ownership of their colonies, and took armed control of the galaxies' arms. Fighting was finalized with the signing of the Treaty of Concession, in which all of the other Empires in the galaxy agreed to unquestioned military and economic dominion by the Federation.

Meanwhile, extragalactic territories, commonly called the Galactic Commonwealth Realms, are ruled by Viceroys and are made up of completely Ravenrii-populated worlds. They all obey the High Viceroyalty, the original Federation of Xanthrus Spiral.



Additional Stats

 * Full Military Forces; Grand Army of the Federation, 32 billion, capital ships.
 * Active Military; 35 trillion capital ships.
 * Galactic Trade State; Complete galactic world and shipping monopoly, strong intergalactic trade.
 * Ruling Body; The High Court of the Core(a.k.a. the Senate of the Federation); a democratic senate of 800 delegates, each representing a sector of the Federation's 26,730 systems within Xanthrus.
 * Political Stance; High Court chosen every 400 years, which orchestrates full military and economic decisions; passes orders to the lower court, elected every 500-600 years in every planet, independently. The Federation has a Mixed Political System; a High Viceroy communes regularly with a parliament, the High Court, while regulating the activities of an elected queen.
 * Gross National Product; 235.678 Quintillion Federation Coronas (235,678,000,000,000,000(╫)) per year.
 * Official Currency; Federation Corona (╫)
 * Trade Exchange Rate; 1(╫) equals 12,950 Sporebucks.
 * Colonial Extent; 26,730-Xanthrus Spiral Galaxy. 3,500-Cyrannus Galaxy. 27,000-Milky Way Galaxy. 100-Tigris Galaxy 100-Ramvelkys Galaxy. 20,000-Xanthra Major Galaxy.
 * Total Number of Colony Systems: 77,430 systems