Intergalactic Federation

Template:!Nation Template 3.0!The Intergalactic Federation, sometimes abbreviated as I.F, is one of the biggest nations of Humanity, and one of the most powerful and extensive human nations in space. This nation is an evolution of the previously known Lewis Federation. The change for this was the expansion of the Lewis Federation into nearby Galaxies, thus no longer confined to the Lewis Galaxy and this event made the nation's name out of sense, so it was changed for the Intergalactic Federation. Basically the Lewis Federation and the Intergalactic Federation are the same country, being the Intergalactic Federation the continuity of the Lewis Federation.

The I.F inhabits the Herschel Space alongside other many human nations, all called respectively the Lewis Nations, since they were all original and created in the Lewis Galaxy, in which the capital of all this nations lies into.

The Intergalactic Federation has its capital in Elysium, and has some other government seats delegated on other planets, such as the national banking and treasury being hold on planet Nexon, for example.

History

The nation was founded as the Lewis Federation in the year 99 378 C.E (although settlement into the Core worlds started way before by 99 230 C.E) but after expanding towards several Galaxies, the Intergalactic Federation was forced to reconsider its own name and foundations to include the peoples living on far away Galaxies if the nation wanted to keep it status in global affairs and don't suffer a secession crisis in which the different world would reorganized into other smaller nations. It was then that the Intergalactic Federation came to place, with all the several candidates and Galaxies taken into account. It was founded in the year 122 255 C.E

Short time after the foundation, the first crisis arrived with the war against the Empire, and later the small war against the Union. All this wars were a testing ground for a bigger conflict that was about to shake the entire universe, the War of the Ancients. In this conflict the I.F suffered severely. It had to join forces with the Union and the Empire to drive away the invaders. Although the fighting was a success for all the power of the Herschel Space and the invaders concentrated themselves on other powers such as the CoB.

The nation traces itself back to the "Founding Planets" a set of 13 planets that were the first planets to be inhabited by war refugees and dissidents from the Empire and the Union, giving ground to the current nation as well as the previous Lewis Federation. Together they start the history of the country and form the central core of the Nation. They are the most important not only economically and technologically, but symbolically of all I.F planets.. This planets are:

• Elysium (The Capital)
• Nexon (The Financial Center)
• Aurora (The Legislative Center)
• Nova (The Oldest world)
• Mirdan (The Educational Center)
• Thalassa (Medical and Service Center)
• Mukan (The Entertainment Center)
• Anubis (The Media and Espionage Center)
• Tartessos (The Research Center)
• Kronos (The Industrial and Military Core)
• Helios (The Informatics and Mining Center)
• Ganesha (The Agrarian Center)
• Anza (The Biogenetics and Flora-Fauna Preservation Center)

After this founding members, all of which concentrated on the Akai Nebula Cluster, they started expanding again to the Lewis Galaxy core, and most notably to other Galaxies.

The I.F, before being reshaped to its current form, was known as the Lewis Federation. As the Lewis Federation, they were a series of conflicts that had important consequences in the nation. The First and most important was its birth as refugees. The following millennia had not a big impact on the nation, and it was based mostly on expansion and colonization, extending its influence and territory. However, there was a series of wars with the Empire and the Union. A cold war was also something decisive in Lewisian affairs among these nations until the creation of the Lewis Council and later the Herschel Council.

Another challenge the country had to face was the independent movement of the Germinis Sector. It was a pro-xeno and isolated community from the Federation, with great mineral significance. This led to their own particular and distinct culture and language, and following a series of economic challenges, issued after the wars between the I.F and the other Lewis Nations, these planets started a war of independence. Due to the control of the area and the guerrilla tactics, the Federal government was powerless in the area, and had to acknowledge their independence. This new nation was known as the United Alliance, and it was a diverse xeno-human nation.

This blow was an important and decisive moment in Federal affairs, still, they managed to recover and during the next centuries, saw the birth of the Republic of Sion. Afterwards, relations between the UA, the I.F and the Republic of Sion have been cordial and good, to the point of mutual cooperation. They are known as the "The Three Free Nations" and after the motto "The Three, one". They had to join forces in order to have some power against the larger Union and Empire nations.

Government

The Intergalactic Federation is run by a Parliament, a Senate and a President. The Parliament is chosen by voting several large parties. The Senate is represented by the amount of population of each Galaxy, with the most populous having more than one seat, and those with less than the minimum required population, having no representation at all. Still all planets and Galaxies can vote on the Parliament Parties and the Run for President which are regarded as more important.

The Senate has a function of overseeing the legislation and judiciary activity of the Parliament and the President. It has a rather function of supervision and support to the government organ.

Population and Society

The Population and Society of the I.F is based on the grounds of democracy and liberty, and the ideals of equality for all. Still, it is a rather xenophobic society, mostly Humano-centric, that prefers to not allow alien immigration if it isn't required, and for the most part only grants citizenship to Humans. It has a caution policy towards I.A and androids as it is in most of The Lewis Nations, except for The Republic of Sion, for the fear of informatic intelligence taking over control. Still, technology and IAs used are very advance, and much more than what can be found in either The Union or the Empire of Mankind. They also banned any form of slavery, cloning or drug abuse.

The Planets of the I.F are somehow very diverse in their cultures, shaped by how humans adapted to the different ecosystems. Nevertheless, they are all unified by a common cause "Liberty and Equality" as well as democratic values, which are one of their most identitarian attributes. Also the money and the language of the peoples in those planets are the same. There is something very homogenous as well in Federal Citizens, known as "It smells too federal" as the Empire of Mankind peoples would say.

Issued from Refugees, the country has been known as a beacon of liberty and a window of light in the dark cosmos. This background has enormously shape the values of the Federation and thus become very keen as the main signs of identity among Federal citizens. Humanity is regarded as the epicenter of their culture, and there is great work to preserve the Human arts, arquitecture, style, gastronomy etc.. in general all the wonders of the past of humanity since ancient civilizations of Earth to the modern era.