Fiction:French Quadrant Colonies

"The next frontier"

- Motto

The French Quadrant Colonies, also referred to as French Quadrantia, compose an administrative region of France located in the Quadrant Galaxies. They were established in 2797 as part of France's ongoing efforts to spread its influence to other galaxies.

History
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Notable locations

 * Capital planet symbol.png Galactica (31 billion) - Through the efforts of French policy makers and entrepreneurs, the planet Galactica has become one of the largest and most valuable centers of trade in the region. A busy metropolis and spaceport, it straddles the Ramsoria Run trade route and is fed into by the entire Quadrantian French trade network. The Galactica stock exchange handles transactions worth millions in many different currencies, funding economic ventures in the four corners of the neutrality zone. The planet is also the headquarters of the Neutrality Zone Trade Organization.
 * Planet symbol.png Montabert (2 billion) - Home to several Franco-Drodo exchanges, the psuedo-siberian planet of Montabert constitutes a French attempt to compete with larger Drodo markets. So far, it has been mildly successful, dealing with interests up and down the Franco-Drodo trade route. It occasionally sees trade from Heer-Sketeevel tribes.
 * Planet symbol.png Coipean - (1 billion) - Sitting at the intersection of two French hyperlanes, Coipean is an important pit stop for traders looking to trade at Galactica. For more mundane exchanges, the planet also provides a number of small scale markets that, while successful, are mostly a playground for Tier 3 and Tier 4 nations within France's sphere of influence.
 * Planet symbol.png Freycenet IV - (0.9 billion) - A valuable trading post on the frontier, Freycenet is home to several markets which are supplied mostly by Route II of the French trade network.
 * Nante-class station.png Station Q8 - Located at the center of the Hal'Sk quadrant colonies, Station Q8 is a valuable French trade outpost which has connections with the Ramsoria Run Trade Route and the planet of Gaskhan. With expanded commercial facilities, it handles a considerable amount of commerce in the region. In late 2799, the French and Hal'Sk hired Gaskhan Scion summoners to train Rattatoi and Vulcrow Scions from the planet with the intention of selling them on Station Q8. This move quickly turned the station into a highly competitive Scion exchange, drawing prospective Scion buyers, trainers looking to profit from their trade, and those looking to learn how to train their own Scions.

Economy
While France has a very large socialist economy where the government has command over factors of production and trade, the Quadrant colonies field a very active mixed economy which primarily uses the Drodo Colonial Dollar as an unofficial currency for foreign and domestic exchanges. The government of French Quadrantia still has control over most of the colonies' resources and provides for its citizens the means to live, but an increasingly large group of private citizens are taking advantage of the booming economic conditions to enrich themselves through investments in French and foreign markets.

Ever since their founding, the Quadrant Colonies have been enjoying highly concentrated economic growth and are lavishly wealthy as a result. They have command over the Ramsoria Run Trade Route which gives them access to markets all over Quadrant 82 and beyond. This has allowed them to cultivate a burgeoning center of commerce on planet Galactica and to spread their interests throughout the Neutrality Zone and Unexplored Regions.

Through the Neutrality Zone Trade Organization and trade agreements with such nations as the Mardvaeli Republic and Greater Hal'Sk Empire, France has been able to further consolidate a significant portion of the region's wealth into the French Trade Network.

Armed forces


1er Groupement Coloniale

Fleet
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Allies
"We are bound to do great things together."


 * Blue face.png Drodoian Quadrant Colonies (alliance, trade agreements)

Neutral
"Hm?"


 * Blue face.png Mardvaeli Republic (trade agreements)
 * Blue face.png Rambo Nation (trade agreements)
 * Blue face.png Drodo Empire (trade agreements)
 * Orange face.png Heer Stekeevel (border friction)

At War
"You have made an enemy of the French. That is not a wise move."