Post by lightbox on Apr 11, 2016 23:37:11 GMT
Political History:
In the year 2070 during first contact humanity entered into a schism. The UN were eager to make deals with the new alien race but there was a small group who felt the UN were letting down humanity. Making out as if humans were weak and needing alien help to survive. As such they staged a 'rebellion' plunging humanity into a short civil war. The group fought for ideals of humans not needing help to survive and being strong on their own and although the fighting was short there was a lot of bloodshed and collateral damage. The group of rebels eventually broke off, creating the united people of Weiv.
The fighting had started once they claimed outer planets and declared sovereignity. Eventually the UN deemed the war pointless and a ceasefire was reached. The UPOW were granted sovereignity and most of the outer planets they wanted. They then became very isolationist, keeping to themselves and ceasing communication with other races and factions. About 50 years later the new rulers shook off the isolationist policy to an extent, they started slowly opening themselves to trade with other races and factions albeit starting quite small.
Although not on the level of UN the once negligable nation has now become a much greater power and are watched closely by the UN and other factions for signs of possible trouble.
The first ruler of the UWP was the rebel 'war hero' Eugene Hammersmith. He was the main pusher for the isolationist policies of the UWP. He also viewed magic as unnatural and banned it within the UWP. He did however push technological research a lot with UWP becoming the leading human faction in science and weaponry for a short time. The isolation however took it's toll on the finances of the nation and within 20 years 'King Hammersmith' stepped down. However it's highly speculated that his stepping down was the result of blackmail from his successor. King Walter Ironpots.
Ironpots was a famed general in the UN in early years but went into politics in his later years. He was a shrewd politican and pushed to begin trading with other smaller groups and worlds. He also began to set in place the UWP military that is known today. Whereas it had originally been bands of everyday people with guns, remnants from their days as a rebel force he instead took influence from the rigid and traditional structure of the UN and began to expand, conquering small nearby planets and inducting them into the nation.
Ironpots's rule began to see more growth in the economy as the borders slowly opened. He then ruled for around 30 years, well into his old age before he passed away. He was superceeded by his son, King Harold Ironpots.
Harolds rule saw rapid expansion as he began a very aggressive campaign to conquer all the planets within their system. Citizens of conquered planets were allowed to join the 'auxilliary' corps of the military. After 2 years of service within these corps they would then become full citizens with all the rights of those born amongst the capital planets of the Union.
Harold also began to open border more and begin small amounts of trading with some of the other alien races. Although it was still fairly scarce and he was reluctant to give away anything developed by or unique to the UPW. It was a start but there were those who were getting fed up of the xenophobic ways the Union was being run and disliked how the lack of real big trade was stunting growth. In a shocking even known as 'the red night' a coup was staged which resulted in King Harold being killed, mutilated and hung outside the royal palace as a new ruler took the throne.
The red night occured in the earthdate of: June 7th 2137. Three earth years ago. A simple commoner known as Erika Hale became queen after a masterfully executed plan to depose the ruler. She had riots and bombs placed at strategic points all over the capital planet and simultaneously activated them. She then use the ensuing planet wide chaos to slip into the royal palace with a small entourage and kidnap the king. She forced him to name her his heir and successor before he was then flayed alive. He died from his injuries and his skinned corpse was hung outside the royal palace and was the first clip shown in Erika's first Union wide broadcast. The broadcast occured shortly after she had assumed position as queen, using her copius amounts of charm and charisma she gave a speech about how corrupt the previous kings had been and how they had been responsible for the Unions stunted growth. She warned others that acts against her would be quickly quelled as she 'had no patience for fools who want to see this union crumble and it's citizens starve'. There was a lot of mixed feelings about her to begin with as one might expect but she stuck to her promise of quelling all rebellion attempts against her.
The citizens of the empire were scared and unsure whether she would be a benevolent or malicious queen. In the three years that followed Erika managed to quickly gain a stranglehold over the entire union through clever interviews, propaganda and growth. As soon as she was in power she began to quickly trade with other large factions and races, abandoning the xenophobia of the previous rulers. She began to fill the worlds and day to day life with propaganda painting her as a saint and a hero. Her remarkable charisma combined with the economic growth within the union made people quickly believe her and almost worship her. Within a year it was near impossible to go anywhere without seeing some kind of propaganda for her rule.
In her rule so far Erika has further opened up the borders. Allowing plenty of tourism into the area. This along with the trade has helped boost the economy but also put the Union a lot higher on the radar of other factions. They can now see for themselves how cemented Erika's rule is and how much propaganda is spewed forth.
In the year 2070 during first contact humanity entered into a schism. The UN were eager to make deals with the new alien race but there was a small group who felt the UN were letting down humanity. Making out as if humans were weak and needing alien help to survive. As such they staged a 'rebellion' plunging humanity into a short civil war. The group fought for ideals of humans not needing help to survive and being strong on their own and although the fighting was short there was a lot of bloodshed and collateral damage. The group of rebels eventually broke off, creating the united people of Weiv.
The fighting had started once they claimed outer planets and declared sovereignity. Eventually the UN deemed the war pointless and a ceasefire was reached. The UPOW were granted sovereignity and most of the outer planets they wanted. They then became very isolationist, keeping to themselves and ceasing communication with other races and factions. About 50 years later the new rulers shook off the isolationist policy to an extent, they started slowly opening themselves to trade with other races and factions albeit starting quite small.
Although not on the level of UN the once negligable nation has now become a much greater power and are watched closely by the UN and other factions for signs of possible trouble.
The first ruler of the UWP was the rebel 'war hero' Eugene Hammersmith. He was the main pusher for the isolationist policies of the UWP. He also viewed magic as unnatural and banned it within the UWP. He did however push technological research a lot with UWP becoming the leading human faction in science and weaponry for a short time. The isolation however took it's toll on the finances of the nation and within 20 years 'King Hammersmith' stepped down. However it's highly speculated that his stepping down was the result of blackmail from his successor. King Walter Ironpots.
Ironpots was a famed general in the UN in early years but went into politics in his later years. He was a shrewd politican and pushed to begin trading with other smaller groups and worlds. He also began to set in place the UWP military that is known today. Whereas it had originally been bands of everyday people with guns, remnants from their days as a rebel force he instead took influence from the rigid and traditional structure of the UN and began to expand, conquering small nearby planets and inducting them into the nation.
Ironpots's rule began to see more growth in the economy as the borders slowly opened. He then ruled for around 30 years, well into his old age before he passed away. He was superceeded by his son, King Harold Ironpots.
Harolds rule saw rapid expansion as he began a very aggressive campaign to conquer all the planets within their system. Citizens of conquered planets were allowed to join the 'auxilliary' corps of the military. After 2 years of service within these corps they would then become full citizens with all the rights of those born amongst the capital planets of the Union.
Harold also began to open border more and begin small amounts of trading with some of the other alien races. Although it was still fairly scarce and he was reluctant to give away anything developed by or unique to the UPW. It was a start but there were those who were getting fed up of the xenophobic ways the Union was being run and disliked how the lack of real big trade was stunting growth. In a shocking even known as 'the red night' a coup was staged which resulted in King Harold being killed, mutilated and hung outside the royal palace as a new ruler took the throne.
The red night occured in the earthdate of: June 7th 2137. Three earth years ago. A simple commoner known as Erika Hale became queen after a masterfully executed plan to depose the ruler. She had riots and bombs placed at strategic points all over the capital planet and simultaneously activated them. She then use the ensuing planet wide chaos to slip into the royal palace with a small entourage and kidnap the king. She forced him to name her his heir and successor before he was then flayed alive. He died from his injuries and his skinned corpse was hung outside the royal palace and was the first clip shown in Erika's first Union wide broadcast. The broadcast occured shortly after she had assumed position as queen, using her copius amounts of charm and charisma she gave a speech about how corrupt the previous kings had been and how they had been responsible for the Unions stunted growth. She warned others that acts against her would be quickly quelled as she 'had no patience for fools who want to see this union crumble and it's citizens starve'. There was a lot of mixed feelings about her to begin with as one might expect but she stuck to her promise of quelling all rebellion attempts against her.
The citizens of the empire were scared and unsure whether she would be a benevolent or malicious queen. In the three years that followed Erika managed to quickly gain a stranglehold over the entire union through clever interviews, propaganda and growth. As soon as she was in power she began to quickly trade with other large factions and races, abandoning the xenophobia of the previous rulers. She began to fill the worlds and day to day life with propaganda painting her as a saint and a hero. Her remarkable charisma combined with the economic growth within the union made people quickly believe her and almost worship her. Within a year it was near impossible to go anywhere without seeing some kind of propaganda for her rule.
In her rule so far Erika has further opened up the borders. Allowing plenty of tourism into the area. This along with the trade has helped boost the economy but also put the Union a lot higher on the radar of other factions. They can now see for themselves how cemented Erika's rule is and how much propaganda is spewed forth.