Fiction:Universal Allegiance

"There are no demands beyond physical reality. Physical reality demands your alignment with the Universal Allegiance. It is impossible to oppose the Universal Allegiance, for their is no other allegiance one can swear without falsehood. Through compliance there is strength. Through unity there is stability. Through stability there is physical reality. Reality demands your total devotion to the Universal Allegiance, for the Universal Allegiance is reality." -Unknown

The Universal Allegiance is an extremely totalitarian stellar polity. It is a largely enigmatic enitity ruled ultimately by the Circle of Sixteen. To its own population, it is known that the Universal Allegiance portrays itself as the ultimate power in the universe. To the rest of the Gigaquadrant, it makes the bare minimum amount of effort towards diplomacy, and is known to operate based on unpredictable yet logical principles. The Universal Allegiance is enigmatic even within its own society, with personal in high positions concealing their true identities from their inferiors, and indeed the very concept of identify being fluid and impersonal.

Circle of Sixteen
The Circle of Sixteen is an assembly of sixteen individuals who ultimately govern the Universal Allegiance. These individuals communicate through highly encrypted and distorted transmissions meaning that each does not know the identify of the others beyond their role on the Circle. Each member of the Circle of Sixteen has a number assigned to them that indicates their role:

The First: Authority

The Second: Astromilitary

The Third: Economy

The Fourth: Intelligence

The Fifth: Diplomacy

The Sixth: Geomilitary

The Seventh: Wellbeing

The Eighth: Media

The Ninth: Security

The Tenth: Culture

The Eleventh: Technology

The Twelfth: Territory

The Thirteenth: Industry

The Fourteenth: Exploration

The Fifteenth: Population

The Sixteenth: Integration

Ideology
The ideology of the Universal Allegiance is based upon several basic principles. These include the proliferation of ignorance, the desire to simultaneously present a sense of invincibility whilst making all citizens feel under threat, and the goal of removing as much freedom as possible through primarily social means.

One aspect of this ideology is based upon the concept of singularity. All goodness is considered to be founded upon the inherent virtue of the Universal Allegiance. Similarly, all enemies are characterised as diffrent aspects of a singular “Great Enemy” responsible for all assaults against the star state. The Great Enemy is therefore considered the only true opposition to the Universal Allegiance by the civilian population.

Society and Culture
One bizarre aspect of Allegiance culture is that each world is led to believe that it is the centre of the civilisation. This adds to a sense of security and isolation. Indeed, non-governmental communication between world is not permitted, and as such, inhabitants of each world have no knowledge of other words. This deliberate proliferation of ignorance is a cornerstone of Allegiance policy, with the ultimate goal being to ensure the devotion of its citizens and allow them to define reality as much as possible.

Even when not at war, the Universal Allegiance creates a perception of being perpetually in an eternal and glorious war in which each of its supporters must perform with the utmost dedication. The nation will even falsify attacks against itself, and due to the isolation of each world, it is impossible for civilians to tell the difference.

The idea of individuality is heavily suppressed. Indeed, the very concept of an individual identity is almost meaningless within the Universal Allegiance. Effort is taken to minimise the possibility of face-to-face interaction whenever possible, and all transmissions are in some way distorted to make the identity of the speaker indistinguishable. As a result, many personnel can be replaced entirely without anyone noticing. There is no such thing as individual belongings, as every individual belongs to the Universal Allegiance, and their possessions also belong to the society.

Unlike many civilisations, which expand rapidly outwards with small frontier colonies, the Universal Allegiance prefers to urbanise almost every one of its worlds that has a living population. Indeed, the innermost worlds of the society are covered entirely in cities, and are sometimes known as “fortress worlds” due to their considerable defences, even for a society overall less advanced than many of its contemporaries.

Relations
The Universal Allegiance’s foreign relations policy is a dynamic and cynical one. The polity seeks to alter its foreign relations based on what is presently beneficial, and make adjustments as soon as it is deemed worthwhile. As a result, allied will be immediately betrayed the moment they prove detrimental, and other total reversals in foreign policy are also common. The Universal Allegiance also fully expects other civilisations to follow similar basic principles of diplomacy, making deals out of self-interest rather than compassion. All enemies of the Universal Allegiance are characterised as different forms of the same “Great Enemy”.

Allied
"Our eternal allies will forever stand by our side."


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Neutral
"Irrelevant."


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War
"The Great Enemy has many faces."


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