Sagittarium

Template:!Nation InfoboxA faint whisper carries itself across space and time, the sound of a lamentation, worship, hatred, and grief. A black hole containing the heart of Nocturne is the source, a vast complex harvests its energy as it screams its heart into the cosmos. Gravitational waves carry the energy of entire stars away from this black hole, causing turbines the size of planets to rotate, many of which themselves generate enough power to outshine the dimmest stars. This is the center of the economy and society of Sagittarium, a vast sovereign nation-state residing near the core of Cosmoria and Martial Space.

The 4 stars it its possession, each of which are satellites of Nocturne, under its control are divided between 73 prefectures, a federal district, 13 provinces, and 5 wards. Compared to its fellow Martial states, the nation has a strictly ordered society in which every individual doubles as a soldier in the juggernaut that is Sagittarium's army. Capable of flipping between a wartime and peacetime economy within weeks, the nation has a long history of hard-fought conflicts and galaxy-spanning wars.

The region comprising Sagittarium was largely untouched for most of its history, trade mostly passing through it with little interaction with its stars. In 13,444 BCE, the region was first colonized by the Triumvirate Civilization, the civilization responsible for many of the megastructures within it today. A military base left behind by the Triumvirate would form the junta state that would eventually become the Vaplein Republic in 85,238 CE.

Sagittarium was formed out of the Vaplein Republic after a coup lead by the first chancellor, Klein Vay in 85,677 CE. While in power, Vay established Sagittarian hegemony over the entirety of the area around Nocturne and turned Sagittarium into one of the most prosperous members of the Core Worlds Alliance. After Vay's death, Veselko Abedayo, a prominent general, took power. After several more chancellors, instability increased and demand for a change of the system grew. Chancellor Eris Sailem and many other high-ranking officials eventually drafted and passed a constitution, turning Sagittarium into a semi-democratic presidential republic. After leaving the C.W.A. during the Commonwealth's Eclipse, it would enter the orbit of Martial Space, slowly shifting both culturally and politically to reflect this state of affairs.

Following this, it would gradually begin to resemble its feudal neighbors. As massive corporations consolidated power, they essentially became an organ of the state. With time, they replaced the state as the chancellor was replaced by the head of the largest of the companies. While this lead to a short-lived absolute monarchy, this was soon replaced by a semi-democratic system in which many affairs are handled on a local level. While not quite the thriving republic it was in the past, Sagittarium remains a powerful force in the core of Cosmoria.

General Information

Sagittarium
REPUBLIC OF SAGITTARIUM		DEMOGRAPHICS
Founded	85,677 CE
Fell	-
Territory	4 Stars
Major Worlds	Thalia, Jezreel, Patyrth, Vistique, Sarpanitum
GOVERNMENT		ECONOMY
Type	Elective Monarchy	Economic Type	Mixed Economy
Democracy Index	701/1000	Size	7.812 Quadrillion Carosi
Equality	Usually Equal	Scarcity	Post-Scarcity
Military Status	Great Power	Economic Status	Regional Power

Primeval Era

Early History

The first intelligent life around Nocturne was the Dökkálfar, an ancient people group as well as the first Humans. Before modern civilization would arrive, many others attempted to hold onto the large star-system. For much of history, Nocturne was seen as a frontier, a wasteland that, while plentiful in resources, was so large that securing all of it would take thousands of years. For this reason, the Dökkálfar retained only a minor presence around Nocturne, taking advantage of its resources but never to the fullest extent possible.

As soon as Ma'eau was able to get its hands onto Nocturne's fertile worlds, it "terraformed" most of them to be hospitable, a shocking turn of events for the Dökkálfar. To them, it seemed as though some deific force was preparing for them a large number of paradise worlds. Many moved onto these worlds and, as their civilization collapsed, gradually diverged both culturally and genetically. This group would eventually become the Myrkálfar as they asserted their unique identity. Ohko's Civilization, the ruler of Martial Space and the civilization of the Svartálfar, partially controlled Nocturne and regularly traded with its inhabitants. The collapse of Ohko's Civilization did little to effect the people of Nocturne; they simply began trading with the Providence Union instead.

Sedrua had sovereignty over Nocturne starting in 55,655 CE, as the nation claimed to be the rightful rulers of all descendants of the Dökkálfar. By this point, the natives diverged into the Vlanoans and Ekrosians. Sedrua established several military bases around Nocturne, beginning the long process of colonization. The Dotsk created a handful of outposts as well in about 58,417 CE, collaborating with Sedrua to colonize the endless wilderness.

Initial Colonization

It was not until annexation by the Triumvirate Civilization in 61,138 CE that any significant habitation began around Nocturne. The planet Thalia would be the first settled. When the nation collapsed in 80,588 CE, the military personnel and colonists it left on Thalia were stranded. Thalia soon became a self-sufficient military junta state. As the trauma of the collapse of the Triumvirate increased, many would begin fleeing to Nocturne to escape political persecution, law enforcement, or simply to search for more opportunity. This would begin the gradual replacement of the Vlanoans and Ekrosians by Human colonists.

The Vaplein Republic formed after a system-spanning civil war claimed millions of lives. The various groups agreed to form a senate that would meet on Thalia as well as appoint a Chancellor from among the senators. The central government would coordinate the various factions but they would mostly run themselves. It was essentially an international union. Much the mirror image of the rest of Martial Space, it was its unique position and history that would eventually cause the region to diverge both culturally and economically.

As Erstes Konsortium expanded, it would gain de jure control over the Republic. As far as the powers of Cosmoria were concerned, Erstes Konsortium was the only legitimate government in all of the Triumvirate's former territory. This did not stop the Republic from administering its territory mostly unbothered. Apart from paying a small tax, the Republic did little to interact with its rulers in Martial Space.

Prelude

This somewhat stable order was threatened by the Great Empyreal Crusade. In 85,398 CE, the nation of Empyros invaded all of Martial Space. While the Republic was not directly involved, many of its client states or sub-organizations were. By the dozen they fell as Empyros swept across space. The Republic mobilized its forces in 85,477 CE, forcing every polity under its control to contribute production towards the conflict. With the alternative being literal extinction, its factions had little choice but to obey. The Republic soon began producing the lion's share of the arms in the conflict against Empyros.

The last battle, the Battle of Thalia, saw heavy fighting around their capital. Determining the fate of the conflict, the battle was a hard-won battle involving not just the forces of the Vaplein Republic, but nearly every nation in Martial Space. In 85,671 CE, Empyros was driven back and not only the battle but the war was won. While the Vaplein Republic was able to survive, the order in which it existed had not. Wrung dry by the Republic's demands for arms, most factions collapsed under internal pressure or were obliterated by the forces of Empyros. During the conflict, the central government simply took the place of every fallen government. With no internal opposition, the Vaplein Republic became a fully unitary republic.

Founding

Grand General Klein Vay, the most well-known general from the conflict, would run for Chancellor. Popular amongst the proper citizenry for his brilliant strategies and popular amongst the non-citizens for his populist rhetoric, Klein Vay was predicted to win the election in a land slide. The then-current Chancellor of the Vaplein Republic, Uriel Ibrahim, likely engaged in great election fraud to win. Despite the outrage across the nation, Ibrahim suppressed protest and even went so far as to exile Vay.

Vay went to the supreme leader of the Neo-Terran Party, Jayvyn Drusus. Drusus, who believed that Vay would make a good ally, gave him the supplies, funds, and materiel to lead a coup against the unpopular Chancellor. Popular with the Vaplein military who he was supreme leader of during the Crusade, there was little resistance to this takeover. Broadcasted live, Vay himself would execute the unpopular chancellor, declaring himself the rightful ruler of the nation in 85,677 CE.

Reform and Expansion

Once in power, Vay immediately began a series of reforms meant to further his own power while also making himself appear more favorable to the people. A change in the name from "Vaplein Republic" to "Sagittarium" symbolized the transition away from broken democracy to stable autocracy. "Sagitta," meaning arrow, was the basis for the new name, making it clear that war was a primary focus of this nation. Vay made it clear to the populace that Sagittarium would be the "arrow" which cut through corruption across the universe. While Vay initially attempted to "cleanse" Sagittarium of corrupt officials left over from the Vaplein Republic, the vast armies of bureaucrats highly entrenched in the government proved impossible to root out. Facing increasing resistance from them, Vay stopped, instead opting to erode their power instead.

At the time, Sagittarium was a heavily state-based economy, with most industry nationalized and using the products thereof to supply the citizenry with a post-scarcity existence. With razor-thin margins that caused every little drop in growth to threaten state security, this system was entirely antithetical to Vay's goals. It gave the "managerial class," the bureaucrats, vast amounts of power and prevented much of anything from getting accomplished.

This is when the opportunity presented itself, the promise of infinite energy not through fusion power or Dyson swarms, but from Thaumaturgy. A deeply non-magical society, Sagittarium had little experience with that field of study. With only a handful of magi in the entire military, Vay drafted everyone with even an ounce of potential and collaborated with the Core Worlds Alliance to train them. This would have been a waste of money were it not for Laborosoarchod, a nearly legendary member of the Ekrosian Guardians. The capture of Laborosoarchod within a small artificial black hole was the path towards limitless energy, its attempts to escape released large amounts of energy in the form of gravitational waves. These waves, caused by the black hole nearly tearing apart as the singularity was ripped into multiple pieces, deformed, and collapsed back into its proper shape, could be harnessed to power the whole civilization. As Laborosoarchod's prison was launched into Nocturne, the amount of energy at Sagittarium's disposal increased dramatically; the gamble paid off.

Vay spent the rest of his chancellorship diminishing the power of the managerial class, in particular by pushing for growth at a faster rate than they could hurt it with their corruption. With the new energy Nocturne was producing, Vay showered the government employees with money, so much money that they hardly had any motivation to be corrupt. High-level officials became some of the wealthiest in Cosmoria. This was a very unpopular strategy at first, but as corruption decreased and a culture of anti-corruption formed, Sagittarium became more safe for business. While Vay could have simply left it at that, he believed that giving every citizen a comfortable government job would lead to "a degeneration of the populace into useless wards of the state." Taking a page out of the kingdom of Tenshi's playbook, Vay began a mass privatization, gutting the massive bureaucracy.

Sagittarium became a low-corruption state with cheap labor, perfect for receiving investment from foreigners. Nations in the Core Worlds Alliance invested vast sums of money, building infrastructure that normally the government would have had to. Doing so brought the Alliance and Sagittarium closer together while also greatly expanding Sagittarium's fledgling economy.

Ma'eau War

In 85,701 CE, the Neo-Terran Party began its war against Ma'eau, one of the Three ancient leaders of the Triumvirate. To fight against Ma'eau was tantamount to declaring war on nature itself, however. Ma'eau was the creator and sustainer of all life in Martial Space and thus had the power to destroy it and destroy it Ma'eau did. Since all of Humanity had begun actively trying to destroy it, the entity decided to simply destroy all who opposed it. The resulting conflict, called the Ma'eau War, would soon come to involve nearly all of Martial Space fighting against the Neo-Terrans and Sagittarium.

Ma'eau's power over all life in Martial Space made the task simple. Both groups greatly underestimated Ma'eau's sheer power over its creations. Within days most of the population in both cities were reduced to puddles of sodium hydroxide as microbes within them produced the substance in large quantities. As cities lay dormant, Klein Vay, his cabinet, and other high-ranking officials froze themselves before leaving Thalian copies behind to run the nation in their stead. These androids, immune to Ma'eau's chemical attacks, had Sagittarium's massive factories produce countless more Thalians to replace the lost population.

Using the remaining military technology, Sagittarium crushed much of Martial Space while the Neo-Terrans handled Ma'eau itself. In 85,816 CE, Calithyia was sacked by both the Neo-Terrans and Sagittarium, ending the conflict as their enemies surrendered. With this victory, Sagittarium's status as a military power was fully cemented and with the reparations its enemies had to pay, it faced little repercussions for the massive spending to create a new Thalian population. Following the victory, Sagittarium joined the Core Worlds Alliance.

Reconstruction

Sagittarium's workforce, decimated by the conflict, was made up mostly of Thalians and the scattered Human remnants. While the cost to hire them increased immensely, so did their value in the economy. The population was about a sixth of what it was, leading to a massive increase in wages as the government and firms competed with each other to attract labor. While cost of living increased as well, the average Sagittarian ended up far wealthier than they were. Joining the Core Worlds Alliance only proved more beneficial to the economy as it provided a much larger market, free flow of labor, and much more leverage in trade deals.

At this point, the government began heavily censoring the details of the conflict. Humans that survived Ma'eau's purge were spreading bad information about the government in addition to undermining the veneer of complete control. The government issued a firmware update to not just the Thalians in its territory but to the vast number that moved to other nations, that would essentially make them subconsciously avoid resisting the government. With subtle body language and dismissal of the survivor's claims, most humans questioned whether the war was as bad as they remembered. A knock-on affect of this was that Sagittarium became very popular across Martial Space, the propaganda seeping deep into society.

While Sagittarium would come to dominate the politics of Martial Space, it struggled to gain influence far beyond. Under Vay, the few campaigns against other regions resulted in only meager colonies, always failing to gain substantive footholds. These colonies in Zalanthium and Florathel were little more than propaganda tools for the state. Even the edges of Aylathiya were areas it had trouble influencing. In an attempt to secure influence over Martial Space, Vay personally lead fleets to begin a campaign of conquest. This, however, would result in a number of space-based organisms, called The Pestilence, to descend upon Vay's fleet, nearly destroying it. Vay died in 85,823 CE as his ship was overtaken. He had previously ordered all copies of himself to have been destroyed, killing him permanently.

Succession Crisis

Vay, having lived for so long already, was seen in a similar way as one would see a law of the universe, permanent and unchanging. His death sent waves throughout not just Sagittarium, but also the galaxy as a whole. While the people of Sagittarium demanded that the military exterminate the Pestilence, the remaining generals and other high-level officials knew that it would be futile. Those with significant power, or those with significant enough social capital to make their way into the elite, would form a Council to decide the future of the nation post-Vay.

The Council, however, proved divided as few agreed on who the next chancellor should be or if there should even be another chancellor. They did not have time to debate. As almost as soon as they met on Thalia, news of an attack by the Ekrosian Guardians began to come in. These beings, powerful weapons created long ago by the legendary Eve, decided to move beyond their usual patrol. There no answers as to why, but the threat they posed was enormous. Destroying entire civilizations in the past, not only Sagittarium but the galaxy held its breath as their invasion began.

The various generals and oligarchs, without much direction, attempted to push back the Ekrosian Guardians. Their unorganized efforts without a cohesive plan only barely slowed them down. Veselko Abedayo, one of the leading generals in the military, grew frustrated with the Council's lack of coordination. Once the council began their discussion of the invasion, Abedayo simply declared themself Chancellor effective immediately while heavily criticizing the council for "soiling Vay's legacy." The meeting, publicly broadcast, spurred great fervor amongst the people; they wanted another Chancellor. Abedayo declared a referendum, without official power, and stated that it "would be what Vay would have wanted." The referendum went through with a little over half of the population choosing Abedayo, appointing them the same day.

With power finally centralized, Abedayo had Sagittarium begin its largest successful invasion in history. The campaign to push back the Guardians was largely successful; only a small number slipped through. After the majority were destroyed or pushed back, Sagittarium focused on the planet where they seemingly originated, Ekros. Even though little evidence existed pointing towards a direct involvement of the planet or its government in the creation of the guardians, Abedayo had the planet bombarded and its government officials executed. From there, Sagittarian forces occupied the planet and much of the until-then decentralized space around it. They converted all of Ekrosian-controlled space into the colony of Enkatz, demoting it from its previous province-hood.

The native Ekrosians, already second-class citizens, had no say in their governance. Despite Vay's attempt to get rid of the divide between "citizen" and "non-citizen," Abedayo enforced this distinction by making it illegal for any Ekrosian to have citizen status, thus barring them from any government position. Human governors and officials ruled the Ekrosians. Ruling not only the colonies but also the homeland itself with an iron fist, millions would end up executed, exiled, or simply disappear with no official cause given.

Despite the expansion of both economic and political influence, a series of relatively incompetent chancellors followed Abedayo. By the time Abedayo's rule ended, Sagittarium's economy was nearly unmatched. However, the next leaders saw an increase of corruption and decadence, spurring further decline. Sagittarium, going from the jewel of the Core Worlds Alliance to just another member greatly hurt its soft power.

Decline

Margot Vay would be the next chancellor. As Klein Vay's grandniece, Margot Vay held significant influence. While maintaining the policies of her predecessors, Sagittarium's economic growth began slowing as Nocturne became fully utilized. While not outright declining, the economy was not helped by the gradual decline of the Providence Union; it being the largest trading partner with Martial Space.

Following Margot Vay was Azazel Pascuet, a high-ranking official in the government. By the time Pascuet took power, the economy was nearing a collapse as trade all but stopped. With such an export-based economy, Sagittarium had to shift towards a service-based economy, causing a dangerous de-industrialization. Pascuet, ever the nationalist, decided that the government would maintain industrial capacity to produce military arms, but nearly all other forms of industry left the nation for the Core Worlds Alliance or the Neo-Terran Co-Prosperity Sphere.

Prelude to the Eclipse

As tensions rose within the Core Worlds Alliance and its neighbors, a massive level of capital flight and a run on the banks caused an economic collapse, further propelling the it into disorder. These tensions, caused by a lack of central authority, was most certainly not helped by Sagittarium's heavy-handed foreign policy and aggression. The Golomian Confederacy, a non-Alliance member, had to constantly open counterintelligence investigations to prevent influence by Sagittarium. It was not alone, virtually every nation in the area were at each other's throats, reducing investor confidence as war seemed imminent.

The economic collapse facing the Alliance caused not only Sagittarium, but the entirety of the CWA to lose its prestigious spot as the number one galactic economy. Both Tenshi and the Confederacy of Borealis surpassed the Alliance in economic output. The humiliation of losing their prestige caused anxiety among the populace. Sagittarium saw the rise of Satella Laghari, an ultra-nationalist who had the goal of returning Sagittarium to greatness. The people greatly enjoyed her rhetoric to the point of essentially begging the government to start a new war. As other Alliance nations experienced similar trends, military spending began increasing wildly. Soon after, a web of alliances formed where nations with similar interests would form alliances or cartels. Sagittarium had no cordiality within the Alliance.

In 89,000, the government seized the assets of most corporations within its borders; due to increased tensions, its economy was weak. They began using a state-capitalist model to revitalize the economy this time using corporations as tools of the state. While resources were mostly managed by AI, minimizing losses and shortages, it destroyed investor confidence and foreign investment from fellow Human nations all but ended. Its economy effectively at zero growth and debt sky-rocketing, the nation's military was the only thing it now had going for it. Of course, the people blamed the Alliance and Golomian Confederacy for this and began calling for everything from sanctions to outright war.

Commonwealth's Eclipse

Main Article: Commonwealth's Eclipse

In 89,123, tensions between the Core Worlds Alliance and Golomian Confederacy reached their peak, causing war to break out. At once, every nation, which had been yearning for war for so long, sprung into action. Sagittarium, within hours of learning of the conflict, officially left the Alliance and declared war on all of its neighbors. Its troops quickly moved into several Alliance nations near to it, creating a huge surge of morale in the nation. After the initial gains, the conflict ground to a halt as the alliance began managing the two-front war they found themselves in.

In 89,177, Golomian lines suddenly broke and Sagittarium was able to send their armies deep into Golomian territory. At the same time, its leaders sent envoys to the Golomian capital, asking for surrender. As they refused, Sagittarium continued pushing deeper until taking Aylathiya's Sphere. Golomian officials refused to surrender but, at this point, they were effectively knocked out of the conflict. Sagittarium's belligerence ended up being its downfall, the Golomian Confederacy occupied much of the Alliance's attention. As they left the conflict, the Alliance began a renewed push against Sagittarium.

Sagittarium's weak economy was unable to handle the strain of exerting itself so much holding onto so much hostile territory in addition to its colonies. Going as far as essentially liberating the colonies to free up troops for the conflict, Sagittarium sued for peace in 89,201. The various factions within the Alliance, the remains of the Golomian Confederacy, and the Confederacy of Borealis all agreed to allow this to happen. They faced no repercussions besides permanent expulsion from Core Worlds Alliance.

By the time the Eclipse had ended, the democratic nations reigned supreme and Sagittarium had little to show for the conflict besides a large number of casualties and its colonies being harder to manage. As the central government began losing control over increasingly rowdy external territories, private organizations from the Alliance and Martial Space began moving into Sagittarium. The people, as temperamental as always throughout Sagittarian history, abandoned the government of Laghari in favor of allegiance to these external organizations.

Democratization

These international corporations would soon begin disseminating pro-democracy propaganda since it would create a more stable and more trade-friendly government. Eventually Laghari would be ousted and replaced by Eris Sailem, a pro-democracy advocate who would be the first chancellor to draft a constitution. This constitution was voted on in a referendum, causing it to be approved in 89,217.

Some of the more brutal leaders were "banished" to Ventemir, which really meant that they were given large homesteads on land owned by the state. The remaining colonies were given more independence as the historical treatment of its natives was questionable at best. Every state corporation was privatized in an attempt to reinvigorate the economy. This was all in an attempt to save face with the wider galactic community, with the end goal of entering the economic bloc of the Confederacy of Borealis.

Association with the Confederacy of Borealis

In 89,219, the nation adopted the currency and official language of the Confederacy of Borealis, giving the nation access to free trade with the Confederacy. Later in that same year, Enkatz also joined its bloc. The economic boom caused by this was as of yet unseen in the nation. Now that it was moderately stable and open to trade, foreign investment once again poured into the economy.

Its relatively lax laws concerning the creation of androids and its insistence on android rights caused vast numbers of androids to immigrate to the country seeking amnesty. Most of the Thalians left behind by Vay's government were destroyed, but their legacy lived on. Billions were produced every year until it became outright illegal across most of Martial Space and their existence was effectively criminalized. Rather than turn themselves in and risk deactivation, they pooled funds and purchased ships to venture to Sagittarium themselves. Not only did machines immigrate to Sagittarium, but individuals of all kinds made their way into the nation. The cheap energy supplied by Nocturne was a large drawing factor in addition to trying to grab assets privatized by the government.

As time went on, the Chancellor began transferring their power to the newly-created Congress. Even though little more than precedent would keep the chancellor's power in check, referenda and bills passed by congress had new great power. Other changes include the gradual shrinkage in military spending as well as the gradual shrinkage of government authority, all due to foreign influence on the populace. The Chancellor, at any time, could undo all of this and return Sagittarium to its original state, however.

Sagittarium was an economic powerhouse during this period. Widespread stability lent itself well to economic growth. Growth was assumed as a constant as only a handful of years saw shrinkage in the economy. Enkatz, Sagittarium's former colony, would vote to rejoin Sagittarium in exchange for protection against an overwhelming military assault began by the Dominion of Astraeus. Following this, Sagittarium and the Confederacy of Borealis entered into a formal military alliance, creating numerous jointly-administered military units.

Aristocratic Era

A timeline of the various conglomerates, later called "houses," that ruled Sagittarium starting in the 60,000s.

Once more following Tenshi's example, this time accidentally, Sagittarium's economy slowly became dominated by large family-owned enterprises. Akin to the aristocracy found across Martial Space, these groups would secure power after buying up vast amounts of newly-privatized industry. As this new aristocracy crushed all opposition, the chancellor had to increasingly capitulate to these groups and could hardly act without approval from a majority of them. This era is characterized by a near constant state of conflict between Sagittarium and various groups in and around it, even its allies.

Origin of the New Ruling Class

The liberalization of Sagittarium spurred a massive increase in economic growth. Investment poured in from the Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya, creating an even mixture of foreign-owned and domestically-owned enterprises. The fall in investment following the collapse of the Core Worlds Alliance sowed the seeds for the eventual ossification of these large businesses.

Sagittarium largely recovered from the collapse to the point that it was able to democratize. Across all of Martial Space, growth was the norm as large multinational companies sprung up at a scale unseen since the Triumvirate Civilization. These vast enterprises employed millions at first, soon ballooning in size to billions as their profit increased. Governments took little action against them as doing so risked diverting investment to more "business friendly areas." The markets were so large that monopolies were essentially impossible.

These conditions prevented total horizontal integration; however, that did not stop companies from increasing in size anyways. Soon, the "Conglomerate" formed as a period of high growth caused massive amounts of consolidation. Some holding companies began controlling seemingly random subsidiaries in wildly different industries. What emerged was a complicated web of ownership where several dozen holding companies controlled portions of large numbers of smaller corporations. As growth in Sagittarium slowed, these holding companies became the backbone of Sagittarium's economy.

Conflicts amongst the Aristocracy

War of the Blume ORder

In 96,100 CE, the Blume Order, at the time one of the most powerful land holders in Sagittarium, was declared a national security risk as the group was loyal to Tenshi. The massive Sagittarian Military was able to eventually expel the group while simultaneously keeping most of the fighting away from population centers. The defeat of the Blume Order significantly weakened Tenshi's influence in Sagittarium. The Confederacy of Borealis remained neutral, not wanting to hurt its relationship with either party.

Un'oit Crisis

In 96,139 CE, Un'oit warlords and oligarchs were officially banned from doing business in Sagittarium, explicitly in the service of maintaining Human sovereignty over Sagittarium's industry. They responded by getting the Rorran Intendancy and its dozens of component orders to strike back, prompting the Sagittarian government to ban Paladins, the members of orders who are powerful warriors. Banning all Paladins and the orders they represented was effectively banning all the competition to the new aristocracy. Now, only Human non-Magi had any considerable power within the state.

First Borealis Conflict

A militia jointly hired by the Monday Conglomerate and Adam Consortium attacked a worker-owned factory on Thalia in 96,162 CE. This factory, associated with the Confederacy of Borealis, prompted a militant response by the Confederacy. As planned, the two conglomerates petitioned chancellor Itanya Abrahms to request protection from "Confederate Aggression against Sagittarian-owned industry." It was the Confederacy that was sanctioned for their response, prompting the Confederacy to relocate much of its industry out of the country. What remained became heavily guarded. This conflict greatly strained Confederate-Sagittarian relations.

Chancellorship of Luka Caxaro

A Human male born on Patyrth, Luka Caxaro would come to power in 96,174 CE. Luka Caxaro abandoned any pretext that Sagittarium was not entirely under the thumb of these industrial titans. Caxaro massively cut spending on the expensive Sagittarian military, the nation's pride and joy for all of its history. Instead, it was these companies and their cheaper militias that would maintain order. The central government let its military waste away as it greatly cut taxes for these companies. By this point, Sagittarium had lost much of its prestige, but Caxaro and other top government officials became spectacularly wealthy. The conglomerates showered the chancellor with immense amounts of wealth, while also compensating the now-poorly-paid government officials with bribes. Needless to say, Sagittarium became a much worse place to do business as these large conglomerates removed any semblance of the rule of law from it.

Second & Third Borealis Crises

The Worker Movement was a Confederate-backed project to return democracy to Sagittarium and repair the broken relationship it had with the rest of Martial Space. The Confederacy of Borealis, a thorn in the side of the conglomerates, was the last barrier to their full control. This brazen act to increase its influence within Sagittarium earned only token resistance at first. When large numbers of people began joining the Confederate-backed unions or guilds, the conglomerates realized that they had no choice but to fight Sagittarium's greatest ally.

This culminated in the Second Borealis Crisis, the beginning of government persecution of Confederacy-associated unions. The last form of organized labor, the move was greatly unpopular. Pressure from the Caxaro administration kept protest activity minimum, however. What began was a cold war between the Confederacy and Sagittarium that was, in actuality, a cold war between the conglomerates and the Confederacy. It boiled over into an outright war between a Confederate Syndicate and the Monday Conglomerate in 96,201 CE. The Syndicate would end up winning, but this only caused Sagittarium to crack down even harder on Confederate activity, officially declaring that organized labor was inherently anti-Sagittarian.

The Third Crisis saw the Confederacy banned from Thalia, strangling much of its ability to fight back against these policies. The Confederate government officially removed all of its assets from Sagittarium in 96,215 CE, an economic crisis for Sagittarium but a win for the conglomerates nonetheless.

Tenshin Crisis

The Duchy of Tenshi, at this point a shadow of its former self, nationalized and re-privatized all Sagittarian-owned industry in its territory, prompting governments across Eos to do the same. Unlike Sagittarium, its vast conglomerates having completely bought out the government, Tenshi maintained an autonomous state despite dealing with the same large companies. While ideologically similar, Tenshi gave up on any prospect of Sagittarium returning to its previous trade-friendly state. It prevented these vast conglomerates from expanding much into Martial Space.

The reason this is referred to as a crisis is because it greatly hurt the income of these conglomerates, leading to a rise in crime as they cut back on security expenses.

Ojo Crisis

The Ojo Crisis began in 96,388 CE in response to the growing power of the Ojo Merchant Corps. The corps, much more like a guild than a family-owned business, became the number one enemy of the other conglomerates. The central government, at this point just one tool of the the wealthiest Sagittarians, did not lift a finger as its ruling class began fighting. Gran Lux collaborated with the corps to hold back the rest of the ruling class, however, the group would be pushed out of Sagittarium over the next 500 years.

This conflict set a precedence of paranoia in which success, ambition, or gaining too much power too quickly was greatly punished. Generals, bureaucrats, and even aristocrats that showed too much promise were purged. By the end of Caxaro's rule in 96,411 CE, Sagittarium had been divided into tracts of territory owned by an aristocracy that punished any dissent from strict guidelines, especially innovation.

Involvement in the War of Saiheran Succession

To maintain its lucrative influence over the core of Cosmoria, Sagittarium would become involved in the War of Saiheran Succession. Chancellor Mikhail Vooren mobilized the small central military to help defend Thalvett, Sagittarium's largest colony, against on onslaught from Marakat and the Areial Union. This attack threatened the assets of the Monday Conglomerate, at the time the most powerful of the houses in Sagittarium. The central government attempted to rally the other houses behind this cause, but was unable to get them to commit to the expensive prospect of defending their rival's assets.

Sagittarium lost much of its central army as Marakat annexed Thalvett. While the central government tirelessly attempted retaking its colony, its attempts failed as it lost millions of soldiers every time. Sagittarium would have to sign a formal treaty with the Confederacy of Borealis, its closest ally despite being in the middle of a cold war with it, to secure arms. The treaty stipulated the the Confederacy would be able to operate in the colony if they liberate it, giving it an unprecedented opportunity to access new markets.

As the War of Saiheran Succession began winding down, the Confederacy declared war on Marakat. It would have to abandon Thalvett as Confederate marines secured key objectives on Thalvett's capital, Kihow. The Confederacy and Marakat reached a peace agreement in which the Union was guaranteed access to trade from Thalvett's ports. In exchange, it would allow the Confederacy to return Thalvett to Sagittarium. This complicated mess of a conflict weakened Sagittarium even if its lucrative colony was returned.

The War of the Ancients

Main Article: War of the Ancients

When the War of the Ancients began in 97,301 CE, the once effective Sagittarian military was humiliated at the hand of the Quintet Payotari Association. Sagittarium mostly fought the conflict far from its borders, leading to great logistical difficulty. Numerous times, especially during battles such as The Battle of Sekhmet, the Vaults proved to be nearly insurmountable for Sagittarium's military. Where Sagittarium had numbers, the Association had incredibly effective large ships capable of fast deployment as well as matching even the largest of navies.

As the aristocracy lost many of its powerful members due to bombardment, assassinations, and in-fighting, it began consolidating behind the Gwynn Group. Dhalia Gwynn, would become the next Chancellor in 97,315 CE. The conflict resulted in the full unification of the conglomerates and the Sagittarian government into a single entity. This united government, called the "United Chancellery of Sagittarium," saw a single family officially own the entirety of the assets within Sagittarium. In other words, Sagittarium formed a monarchy.

Learning from the example of the QPA, Sagittarium restored the ancient ship known as the VSS Readymade, a powerful craft created by the Triumvirate Civilization. It spent most of its time defending vital worlds, preventing further Association attacks on Sagittarium. After the fighting left Sagittarium's borders, it still fought, supporting its sister-states in the conflict. The sudden freeing of Sagittarium's military from engagement, as well as the looming threat of the Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya served to end the War of the Ancients by armistice in 97,495 CE.

Post War

Immediately following the War of the Ancients, Jezebel's War began between Jezebel Drusus and her followers and the Confederacy of Borealis. The nobility of Martial Space, refusing to recognize the Gwynn Family as "noble-blooded," would see Sagittarium not participate in the conflict. Instead, Sagittarium had domestic issues to worry about, in particular the renewed loss of Thalvett. The Confederacy abandoned the nation and, in its absence, Thalvett declared independence.

By the end of Dhalia Gwynn's reign, Sagittarium had wasted much of its resources on maintaining control over Thalvett. Sagittarium's next monarch, Xengo Gwynn, oversaw further shrinkage as Sagittarium lost its colony of Ekros. Sagittarium also saw the loss of its unique cultural identity, the nation having become so intertwined with the rest of Martial Space that it was effectively just another duchy under the control of the Imperator.

Transition away from Absolute Monarchy

By the reign of the third monarch, Ambi Gwynn, the Gwynn House had lost so much power that it had become a nearly redundant part of Sagittarium's governance. The nation was effectively an alliance of states and organizations. The monarch called what is known as a "Consilium," a council of powerful individuals, to maintain the unity of Sagittarium. The Consilium soon began resembling a parliament as it delegated much of the management of Sagittarium to a central bureaucracy. As the prime minister became increasingly powerful, the chancellery was abolished and replaced with an elected official from amongst the parliament members. The "president," however, was still known as the "Chancellor" and was elected by a vote amongst less than a thousandth of the population.

Modern Era

Sagittarium "re-democratized" in 99,801 following the abdication of Ambi Gwynn and the election of Erol Alade. This new system encouraged aristocrats and private organizations alike to cooperate, use diplomacy instead of violence, and collaborate with the central government. While unruly aristocrats or powerful merchants would plague Sagittarium through the present day, they became much weaker as vast coalitions handled their rebellion. The central government could then focus on maintaining a strong military with the goal of preserving Sagittarian independence.

Expansion

For the first time in thousands of years, Sagittarium was able to expand beyond the area around Nocturne. While making colonies of entire star systems would be impossible, it was able to colonize a small portion of Eos, the central system of Martial Space. The several dozen settlements it controls serve to increase Sagittarian influence over this system while also acting as military bases. Sagittarium continues policing the core of Cosmoria and will fire upon any ships engaging in hostilities within it. This, among securing its power, allows for trade to flow across it largely undisturbed. This and other projects of taming the core's spaceborne life contribute to Sagittarium's stability, economy, and international standing. It has not regained the hegemony it had over the core in its early history, however.

Diplomacy

Sagittarium has historically had very poor relations with its neighbors. Internal instability and infighting has lead to strained relations with surrounding nations. It is currently within the economic bloc created by the Greater Martial Consilium and even has representation within its legislature. The present situation mirrors that of Erstes Konsortium and the Vaplein Republic; there is only a de jure rule from Martial Space in Sagittarium.

Table of Relations

KEY
Relationship Status		National Opinion
	Member Nation	▲	Very Positive
	Alliance/Associate State	▲	Positive
	Guarantee	▣	Neutral
	Close Trading	▣	Little Thought Given
	No Relations	▣	Suspicious
	Open Rivalry	▼	Alarmed
	Ongoing War	▼	Hostile

Nations	Relationship status	National opinion
Greater Martial Consilium	Very Cordial Relations	▲
United Nations of Florathel	Very Cordial Relations	▲
Sedrua	Cordial Relations	▲
Confederacy of Borealis	Close Trading	▣
Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya	Close Trading	▣
Tenshi	Close Trading	▣
Lyncisian Empire	Trade agreements are in place	▣
Empire of Grand Gatlantia	Limited Trade Agreement	▼
Quintet Payotari Association	Trade Embargo	▼

Generatrices

A generatrix is a generator capable of turning gravitational energy into usable power. Ranging in size from transistors to planets, the generatrices are the backbone of Sagittarium's economy. Appearing like turbines, a generatrix works in reverse to the hypothetical "War Drive," causing space to become flatter and releasing energy in the process. Exotic Matter with a negative mass is essential for these devices, the gravitational waves causing the generatrix to spin as the conventional matter affixed to it is tugged along. Most of this energy is eventually turned into electromagnetic radiation which is then harvested by conventional solar panels.

Government and Politics

The government of Sagittarium has gone through several forms, called eras. The current era, a rebirth of democracy, sees a government ruled in equal parts by an aristocracy and the common folk. This government, an anocracy, is a hybrid system between a parliamentary republic and a constitutional monarchy. Power is thusly split between democratic local governments and the more autocratic central government. There are 73 prefectures, a federal district, 13 provinces, and 5 wards. The prefectures are ruled democratically while the other divisions are ruled by the chancellor or parts of the aristocracy.

Elected officials are elected using an approval based system, where citizens can vote for as many candidates as they please, the candidate with the most approval overall is elected. This tends to move parties towards the center, pushing radicals out of government.

The Federal government is divided into 1523 Ministries. Each ministry is responsible for running a certain aspect of the state. These ministries govern Thalia and the other places not governed by prefectures. The military represents over half of the ministries, the vast bureaucracy needed to coordinate its large number of troops employing more than any other in the country.

Classes

Sagittarium has a number of classes in which its subjects are divided. Subclasses divide the three official ones: serf, commoner, and patrician.

Serfs

Serfs make up under a fifth of the population and are not considered citizens. They are directly ruled by the federal government and thus have no representation within it. They are tied to the territory in which they live and can be used as labor in some cases. Serfs can earn citizenship through military service, buying their freedom, or being freed by their patrician. Most serfs spend their lives in virtual reality, ignoring the outside world until the government calls on them for military service during which they are quickly trained and shipped to the front lines. For this reason, most of them have augmented bodies specifically designed for both virtual reality and conflict.

Citizens

Clients

Clients represent the largest individual share of the population at over a third. Clients are essentially the "default" mode. Free to move around the nation as they like, clients are represented in parliament and are never forced into the military. They are free to enlist as officers if they so choose. They are free to emigrate to other countries and immigrants are usually given client status.

Merchants

Merchants are the citizens that own capital in any form. Whether they are industrialists, traders, or simply business-owners, merchants are the reason why the citizenry were able to wrestle away power from the aristocracy in the first place. Merchants hold most of the wealth in the nation and own most of its production capacity as well.

Nachleben

The Nachleben are a class of citizen that, like the serfs, spend most of their time in virtual reality. Unlike the serfs, the Nachleben are vast artificial intelligences that control huge amounts of wealth, production capability, and even population. They are halfway between aristocracy and citizen, but are still represented by members of the parliament like any other citizen.

Patricians

Knights

Knights are high-level officers in the military that serve as elite troops. They are usually accompanied by large numbers of serfs and lower officers on their missions. Behind the front lines, Knights each own a decent amount of territory and the serfs on it. They are usually given missions with rewards coming in the form of the land of knights that died or state-owned land. Knights are often also Paladins in various state-sanctioned orders, most notably the Alkan Intendancy.

Governors

Governors are top-level officers that command knights. They directly control few serfs, depending on their knights for serf-related affairs. These ultra-wealthy individuals rule millions each. Governors directly own the military equipment they lend to the knight's soldiers. The position is usually hereditary but can be granted to citizen officers or to knights who are promoted.

Administrators

Every continent or region in space has an administrator, a non-military ruler of territory. Administrators are powerful enough to not only effectively appoint a personal delegate to parliament, but for themselves to be their own delegates. Administrators each control a portion of Sagittarium's military, but also have control over local laws, trade, and industry within their territories. This is the highest non-elected position within Sagittarium. Administrators are usually members of "houses," alliances of administrators that vote together in parliament.

Delegates

Delegates are officially the most powerful individuals in Sagittarium. They must be a member of the patrician class before being elected to the position. Delegates, of which there are only ten thousand, represent administrators, coalitions of administrators, or other powerful noble groups such as houses.

Government for Citizens

Above the administrators is a large federal government created to hold the nation together. Balancing the interests of both the citizenry and the aristocracy, the central government controls most of the military as well as governing the civilian population. The aristocracy has little to do with the civilian government.

Parishes

For civilians, the parish represents the lowest level of government. Every settlement with over ten thousand inhabitants is a parish. Parishes have a mayor, council, and several bureaus which manage justice and most other civilian affairs. Citizens will rarely interact with higher governments than this save for the appointment of their representatives.

Members of Parliament

Non-delegate members of parliament, simply called "MPs," represent one million citizens each. In total, there are well over 6 million MPs. Members of parliament spend most of their time voting on the dozens of bills that come through every day and are often augmented to handle the extreme workload of reading and voting on bills. They are reelected every 5 Thalian years.

Consul

For every planet or ten billion individuals, whichever comes first, there is a consul. Consuls serve to organize administrators, appoint positions for certain positions, and handle other non-military affairs. The person in this position is required to be a non-military-affiliated citizen and are elected every ten Thalian years. It is at this level of government that the interests of both the aristocracy and citizenry collide.

Chancellor

The Chancellor is the head of government of Sagittarium. The chief executive as well as commander in chief of the military, the chancellor of Sagittarium is perhaps one of the most powerful individuals in Cosmoria. The position is always occupied by a member of parliament. They are usually the leader of political parties within parliament and are usually patricians as well.

Parliament

The parliament of Sagittarium officially rules the country, dividing the "head of state" title amongst each of its members. It has the sole power to pass laws, declare war, and to appoint the chancellor. There are two kinds of parliamentarians, delegates and members. Delegates have 33% of the vote divided amongst themselves while the civil representatives have 66%. In the rare case in which commoners and their representatives are fully in favor of something, they can leverage this majority to pass laws without the consent of the delegates. This is rare and most of the time the delegates and the ruling party need to cooperate to pass laws.

Political parties remain a powerful force in Sagittarium. Amongst delegates they are called "houses" while amongst representatives they are simply parties. Parties usually vote as one on specific issues; meaning that dissent within parties often causes them to split. Citizens are sometimes allowed to join parties, but this is usually reserved for more prolific campaign financiers or other influential figures.

Bureaucratic Privilege

The government jobs within the nation are ultra-competitive, nearly every citizen desiring to join the government. Government officials each get over triple the mean income at the lowest levels. At higher levels, government officials eclipse some governors in how much wealth their control. The highest officials can rival even the administrators in how much wealth they control. This massive compensation, intended to disincentivize corruption, represents a large portion of the government budget. Middle-level officials often use other benefits such as rewards to incentivize good behavior.

With power rivaling many patricians, much of Sagittarium's government positions are held by second or third children of patricians with few prospects for ruling any territory themselves. This creates a far more stable state of affairs as it makes assassination, which is already very risky, a foolish endeavor as wealth and power for patricians is all but guaranteed.

Military

Federal Military

The Chancellor has direct control over about one third of the military, forming the "Federal Military." The plurality of funds spent by the federal government go towards this organization. It is headquartered on Thalia and its top officials are exclusively citizens appointed by the chancellor. The minister of defense is the second-highest ranking official in Sagittarium and takes the place of the chancellor in the event of their death. Six percent of GDP is spent on this force.

The central government has military bases scattered across Cosmoria that are mostly remnants of Vay's and Abedayo's extensive military ambitions. A large number of these bases are located around the core in neighboring nations, most of the rest are in Aylathiya, and exactly one is in Florathel, although this base is jointly controlled by Sagittarium and Thalvett.

Aristocratic Military

The various aristocrats of Sagittarium, when called for war, are required to each supply an equal number of troops to the war effort. Administrators will contribute as many as one hundred thousand knights, more than enough for most conflicts. These knights are supported by as many serfs they can utilize. Officers in the military are usually civilians but serfs can also serve this role if need be. This portion of the military, while far larger in terms of manpower, costs about as much as the central force. This part of the military is unable to operate outside of Sagittarium without official authorization. Even so, this does not stop the powerful from exercising their power outside of Sagittarium's borders. This contributes greatly to the nation's poor reputation as corporations or other non-governmental organizations contend with rogue Sagittarian nobles.

Other Military Forces

Private companies and militias ran by civilians make up the rest of Sagittarium's military power. Even more prone to quarrels with outside organizations, these forces are often forcibly disbanded. Despite this, many are employed by either the federal government or aristocracy. Occasionally, they are even hired by nations within the rest of Martial Space especially those on Eos.

Previous Governments

The Chancellery

This period was the semi-fascist to fascist era of Sagittarian history. Emerging from a failing republic, the nation intentionally abandoned democracy in favor of autocracy. The economy flipped between private and public ownership of industry while never deviating from heavy industry for its main source of output. This time saw Sagittarium at its greatest extent and most powerful relative to it neighbors.

The Republic

This period saw full democracy for nearly every high-level position as the Confederacy of Borealis influenced the nation. The economy remained privately-owned; however, there was also a great deal of collective ownership. Organized labor defined the economy, further increasing economic output as workers had more disposable income.

The Corporatocracy

Sagittarium became dominated by large private corporations during this period. They were not a part of the government but had effectively become extensions of it by the end of this period. Wealthy individuals and companies destroyed organized labor; however, large economic growth during this period prompted politicians to largely ignore the mounting problems. By the middle of this period, economic growth slowed and the political will to change the system was entirely gone.

The Kingdom

As the corporations unified into one aristocratic class, a briefly-lived absolute monarchy ruled Sagittarium. The owners of the powerful corporations unified to form an aristocracy as they split territory amongst themselves. This was little more than a change in titles as land was already ruled in this way. This period saw intense rebellion by commoners discontent with the current system.

Demographics

To this day, Humans have a slight majority in Sagittarium. For quite some time before the War of the Ancients, things were more equal; however, a large influx of mostly human refugees and subsequent immigration from Aylathiya pushed the percentage of humans up to where it is presently. Despite the slight majority of Humans, Sagittarium is fairly equal as far as nations go. It lags behind some of its cohorts in the rest of Aylathiya, mostly due to its long history of Human supremacy. The Human majority is expected to diminish within the next millennium as immigration and other factors cause non-human populations to grow (in particular Dotsk populations as more and more Dotsk leave their home system, Mili).

Amongst the aristocracy, however, the vast majority are Human. The current chancellor, Tyiov Rexc, is a bit of an anomaly in that they are not only non-Human but also a non-aristocrat. Save for the current chancellor, all have been Human. Serfs are also disproportionately "Human," in that minds uploaded to Thalians, a type of android, are restructured to be entirely Human. Serfs are almost universally Thalian. Thalians are less common in the upper classes although extensive bodily modification is common.

Economy

The economy of Sagittarium is a somewhat highly-developed mixed-market economy. Most of the economy is owned privately, with state ownership usually coming in the form of its remaining feudal land titles. Once numbering amongst the largest economies in Cosmoria, Sagittarium currently ranks poorly for a nation of its size. Coming in 7th for economic potential within the Greater Martial Consilium, Sagittarium's economy focuses mostly on heavy industry that their cheap energy makes affordable.

The backbone of the economy is the tremendous amount of energy that Nocturne provides. Where solar power most of Cosmoria, the energy released by Nocturne in the form of gravitational waves is the dominant form of energy generation within the nation. Vast streams of coherent gravity waves, gravitational "LASERs" or GASERs, provide power to virtually every planet and station.

Trade with Florathel is a vital source of income for Sagittarium. A net exporter, Sagittarium has made it a priority to maintain friendly relations with external nations. It maintains a large military to not only protect merchant ships if need be, but to encourage friendly relations from its neighbors. Local nobles unhappy with trade deals represent a constant threat to trade and are thus quietly removed by more powerful groups. For this reason, however, Sagittarium has low investor confidence. In more private areas, investment is safer. The rural areas which the aristocrats tend to rule receive little to no foreign investment.

Geography

Name	Description	Location	Population
Thalia	Thalia is the capital of Sagittarium and was the first planet colonized in the region. Thalia is the most important world in Sagittarium and has large numbers of military units stationed nearby to it, despite never having been directly assaulted in its history. The planet, while not an ecumenopolis, has a very large population in a dense network of orbital rings and space habitats. A network so dense the planet, from a distance, appears hazy to the naked eye. On the planet itself, the Congress meets and each member lives on the one major city on the planet, Ryograd. It is mostly ruled by the aristocracy.	Orbits Nocturne	2.0 Trillion
Jezreel	Jezreel was originally a small gas planet an astronomical unit away from Thalia. To fuel massive fusion arrays, most of the He-3, Tritium, and all other elements capable of being easily fused were harvested. At the same time, large amounts of gas were stripped off of the planet and used to fuel ships. Over the millennia, the planet slowly began losing mass until its core was occasionally visible to the naked eye. At this point, the core was able to be terraformed. The lifeless core of rock now supports a large amount of industry and has little aristocracy present.	Orbits Nocturne	1.4 Trillion
Sekhmet	Sekhmet is a star system that orbits Nocturne. Over half of the population lives around this star and its 5 major planets. This star system has a long history and a significant native Ekrosian and Vlanoan population. Sekhmet remains the center of Sagittarian politics, trade, and production as it has been for thousands of years.	Orbits Nocturne	512 Billion
Ayauyu	Ayauyu is a star system that orbits Nocturne. It is dominated by a large spinning ring-like structure that is made up of the planets once in the system. While modern Sagittarium finished the structure, it was built over tens of thousands of years by previous civilizations in the area. It is often compared to Eos, a star system with a fairly similar situation.	Orbits Nocturne	100 Billion
Elegy	Elegy is the most remote star system controlled by Sagittarium as well as its least populated. Low in metals and high in hydrogen, the system has little in the way of terrestrial planets. Even so, it has become host to a diverse population as refugees from wars across history entered the system. For this reason, it is well-known for its art.	Orbits Nocturne	8 Billion

Society and Culture

While designations such as "Human" and "Dotsk" do exist within the nation, this mostly applies to non-citizens. Those which are citizens are almost universally Thalians, artificial machines complete with Artificial Pylons. With nearly 25 megawatts allocated to each individual citizen per day, the average Sagittarian citizen has access to a tremendous amount of resources as well as the capability to save up funds for large purchases.

Since Sagittarium is so large, much of the purchasing takes place in an informal economy. While non-citizens are barred from owning much beyond the habitats they live in, many non-citizens who still hold onto their natural bodies have only one option for acquiring capital, the black market. Non-citizens can be drafted at any time, are automatically taxed by unmanned drones from the central government, and even have the option of gaining citizenship if desired.

Sagittatium is home to many cultures from across the galaxy. Relatively lax immigration laws put in place after democritization caused large numbers of individuals to migrate to the nation. Even more immigrants entered the nation after the War of the Ancients due to the nation's relatively untouched state. Planets such as Thalia and Jezreel were flooded with refugees.

The government struggled to make room for all of these individuals, many of which required their own orbital habitats or accommodations entirely unavailable within Sagittarium. Many people were crowded onto O'Neill Cylinders while space for them elsewhere was being freed up or created. In these cylinders, dozens of cultures mixed together, all with influence from the previously mostly-human Sagittarium. The product of this was a distinctly Sagittarian culture that can trace influences from dozens of places around Aylathiya and beyond.

The mixture of cultures as well as its time separated from the Confederacy before the 40,000's caused Sagittarium to speak and write a form of Boreal Basic called "Sagittarian Basic." This dialect of Basic is fairly easily learned by non-native users, as it removes five letters from the base alphabet. However, the pronunciation is entirely differently from other human nations using the language. The dialect relies heavily on vowel sounds. Loan-pronunciations for words are common, despite most of the pronunciations being bastardizations of the original languages they came from. In particular, Sagittarium adopted Vexlorian pronunciation for things such as the name of many galaxies and regions, the names of almost every mythological concept, and most words for genres of media (due to the relative ease of speaking Vexlorian as a human and vice-versa).

Artificial Intelligence

Sagittarians regard beings such as androids and AI's as completely alive and worthy of the same treatment as organic beings. Vast numbers of machines, truly sapient or not, have found refuge in the nation's networks. While vast numbers of potentially dangerous AIs have fled to these networks to continue their missions, the majority cooperate with authorities to contain more dangerous programs for the benefit of all.

While the vast majority of androids are not sapient, large numbers possessing high intelligence will usually immigrate to Sagittarium. Upon arrival, they register as refugees given their lack of citizenship in most other countries.

One more interesting phenomenon is the influx of non-android sapient machines. Vast numbers of craft, some well over 100,000 years old, which qualify as sapient have entered the nation. Everything from personal assistants modified by their owners to intelligent swarms of nanomachines have filtered in through the years. The result is quite the cosmopolitan population make up.