Fiction:Tybusen Intergalactic Allied Federation/Members/Wub

"No species can truly develop when it has violates the fundamental state of nature; fluid harmony, controlled chaos, the force of peaceful progress and advancement."

- Dairo Pyreno, founder of the Harmonious Federation, 4197 PSY

The Harmonious Federation of the Wub (more commonly referred to as the Wub Federation) is a federal democratic republic native to the Erion Star Cluster in the Janus Sector of the Bunsen Galaxy and the fifth state to join the, joining shortly after the Fernikki and earning the title of a TIAF Forerunner State. A race known for their intelligence and love of peace, the Wub are frequently regarded as the go-to species for computer technology and many forms of electronic media. However, the Wub were not always such a tranquil people. The Wub who originally entered space were a highly warlike people ruled by a military oligarchy called the Imperial Dominion of the Wub, and gained much of their central territories through either conquest, aggressive colonization, or subjugation of less-advanced species. Over time, however, the public began to have doubts over the ethics of the Wub aggression, leading to two democratic revolutions in the state led by Dairo Pyreno, the first of which failed to achieve political changes but would inspire more people to rise up in the second revolution, which succeeded in causing a civil war for the Wub state, which resulted in victory for Pyreno's Harmonious Federation and led to a total sociocultural overhaul that created the Wub society seen today. The Wub Federation is not particularly expansive, nor does it have any intention to expand majorly beyond its current borders, but it does have very dense population centers which make the Wub politically significant as well as economically important due to their high concentration of technology centers and potential labor.

The Wub species (Aerosus diminuo) is a land-based avian species originating from Penium. They are omnivorous and typically eat fish, small to medium-sized game, and a variety of fruit. The Wub are noted for being a relatively short and compact species compared to other TIAF species, meaning that Wub typically eat smaller meals. Another interesting feature is the disproportionately small wings of the Wub, being too small to support the weight of a Wub in flight and having a more hand-like anatomy than wing-like. These wings appear to have once been capable of flight, but it is believed that as the Wub grew in intelligence and began to use tools, the wings eventually adapted into shorter feathered graspers. Some suggest that the loss of flight may also account for Wub having little to no tail feathers despite their avian biology.

Trivia

 * The Wub are based off of China and Japan, though Japan moreso than China.