Messier 74

Template:Galaxy InfoboxMessier 74 or the Phantom Galaxy (not to be confused with the irregular galaxy bearing the same name, here) is an average Sc type galaxy of 25 Billion stars. It is 32 Million light years from the Milky Way.

This galaxy is the capital of the Saka-Lowuks Entente, a small nation boarding both the CoB and CUEN.

General

Messier 74 has a population of about 1 Sextillion, making it fairly sparely populated for a galaxy of it's size. Regardless of this small population, the galaxy has played an important role in the history of the region.

Notable organizations like BAIRC and Lactdromeda Corporation call this galaxy home.

History

The galaxy formed around the same time as the Milky Way, about 12.3 Billion years ago. It has had about four kardeshev III civilizations rise and fall before the Lowuk Entente formed in 12,000 CE. The Entente came to control the majority of the galaxy's resources, but what really made the galaxy important was its unwavering neutrality.

During the Orion War, The Fornax War, and even The War of Decamillennial Transition, the Entente remained largely untouched, allowing many refugees to flee to their galaxy. The Entente's relocation programs encouraged quadrillions to move to the galaxy. Many businesses even had their headquarters in the galaxy due to the tax incentives. Even so, very few ever decided to relocate, as the cost of relocation was simply too great for most.

The galaxy is a tax haven, meaning that many of the top one thousandth of a percent reside there.

It wasn't until the War of the Ancients that the galaxy was hit hard. For the first time in history, the amount of refugees was too great for the Entente to handle. Many of the quadrillions of prisoners of war that the Confederacy ended up taking were simply dumped here without the Entente's consent. This required them to shut their doors and enforce their neutrality.

The galaxy had a large boom in population because of this, however.

Messier 74, it's surrounding galaxies, some galaxies administrated by the Sakagami House (that was also struggling to survive at this point), and another smaller civilization formed The Greater Sakagami-Lowuks Entente.