The Imperial Federation (NATION, PC)

The Kaiserbund (Imperial Federation) is a union of multiple states, but whos founding nations where the Thermonian Empire and the Imperial Lands Held by the Black Fire Dynasty. Founded in 2043 I.S.C. and exists on the Southwestern half of the Gothic Constellation, right next to the Red Nebula. Its territory consists of the majority of the hyperlane known as 'The Strip'. Constituent nations consist of the Kamikan Empire, Deston Dominion, Kingdom of Iron, Großburn Realms, Weimar Republic, Dominion of Arkon, Praetrepo Republic, Free Haven of Gaijix, and the newer Kamikian Colonial nations of the Nozomu Empire and Hakayu Republic. With an Estimated population of just about 33.3 Billion, which is considered average compared to its neighbors. However, this cannot undersell the might of Federal Industry, which is at a higher productivity than its immediate neighbors due to its Economic Policy and focus on productivity. Its capital is Rhine, on its home planet of Titan, though the largest city in the realm is Caeseria on the same planet.

After the turmoil of the November Crisis, and The Humbling the peoples of Titan were ready to accept unilateral unification to combat the threat of the so, called, Vanguard. A mysterious synthetic race that invaded Titan and killed millions of people in 1966 I.S.C. This event left shock-waves in the hearts of a divided people, and eventually lead toward planetary unification, to resist any other invaders, and to protect any other alien races from the threat posed by the Vanguard.

The Imperial Federation is a Federal Constitutional Diarchy, a federation under the permanent dual presidency of the Emperors of Thermonia and the leader of the Black Fire Dynasty, with autocratic majesty and ambition tempered by the more pragmatic Reichstag, a house of both Aristocrat and Common peoples.

Looking to the stars for hope, the Imperial Federation will seek to ally like-minded alien races and add weaker states to its Federation, to bolster its strength for what it believes to be a coming final showdown with the Vanguard.

Etymology
The name of the Imperial Federation in its natural tongue, Zudreiter, is a complex beast to understand. From the outset it takes two words, Kaiser and Bund, and turns them into a conjunction. Kaiser meaning 'Emperor' and Bund meaning 'Federal.' However, when turned into a conjunction, they can create a bit of a misnomer, which roughly means; League of the Emperor's. This is not entirely incorrect either, as this was the official title of the Post-Vanguard alliance between Thermonia and the Black Fire Empire and was used widely.

The word Kaiserbund attained new meaning however, during the Imperial Charter. In the Charter, the Imperial Federation is named as Foederati Imperiorum in Nordreiter. However, sense Nordreiter is an official language of state and documents, the official name is rarely used, even in official treaties. The majority of the populace and even Kaiser Maximus referred to the Imperial Federation as Kaiserbund, the old name, which now held two meanings which where both accurate. Its definition as a conjunction and component parts.

History
From the fire of two World Wars, two leading nations rose to bring those destroyed nations and desperate peoples back from the brink. However, due to power vacuums, one nation, the Black Fire Empire had the ability to get a leg up, threatening its so-called ally, Thermonia.

Culminating in the Crisis of November, which had a very unexpected outcome, the world teaterd on the brink of nuclear catastrophe. One would not expect these two nations to be united one day. However fate turns, as it so often does, on the little things, as well as the grand.

No one could have expected that the silence of the Moon of Alyaska could have been so deafening.

Prelude
Thermonia had always realized that in the post-World War 2 treaty, that the Black Fire Empire had seized the largest population centers and largest industrial centers for herself. Thermonia had not been cheated, per se, However, the reigning Marcella Aurelian noted that due to the succession crisis at the time, the Emperor of the Black Fire Dynasty, Theodore Artemis Fire, was able to get away with such a concentration of power. Marcella knew that within ten years the destroyed Industrial and Population centers would allow the BFE to become the sole superpower, and that at present, Thermonia would soon be eclipsed in its power to manufacture arms to defend herself. Marcella, in response, attempted to artificially inflate Industry, by increasing availability of goods. She used her assets and her deft diplomacy to try and directly annex as many post-war states via dynastic politics as she could. This lead to Thermonia turning her eyes to an island nation off her coast, ostensibly under BFE protection. When she attempted to bring this nation into the Thermonian hold, the nation fought back, and called on the BFE to honor the post-war treaty and protect them. The BFE responded, by offering to, and then deploying Medium-Range Ballistic Missiles on the island. Missiles that would point straight at the heart of Thermonia.

The November Crisis
On one cold day in November, a Thermonian spy-plane finally noticed the MRBM sites, and the whole world slipped one step towards nuclear annihilation. The Thermonian response was swift, mobilizing nearly 200,000 members of its armed service to active duty, and announce its plan to prevent any more threats to its homeland.

The BFE, however, was not going to sit idly by. Theirs was a history of fighting, of clawing for respect. They bled for this position on the worlds stage, and no upstart nation with less than 200 years of history was going to get in its way of finally uniting all the peoples of Titan under one Emperor, under one Dynasty. They would fight and suffer the scars of Nuclear War if necessary, to destroy this upstart. It would defend those the Emperor pledged to protect.

Two nations, one a new country, who had suffered persecution and admonishment, who just recently gained the respect of the great powers, was now a cornered snake, with fangs bared and dropping with venom. The other, a nation born in servitude to fight for others, who had suffered humiliations at the hands of its overlord, was now finally able to flex its glory and might, able to show the world what it had overcome, now looked at this stain, who stood in the way of total unity, a more pragmatic choice for the people of Titan.

Then, the largest city on the planet, Manehatten, ceased to exist. Overnight.

The Humbling
Fingers where instantly pointed, but once scout planes and reconnaissance began to trickle back information, it became clear why a city, in the middle of the night, stopped communicating, with no air defense warnings going off. The simple fact was that the city was destroyed by Invaders, not Thermonian missiles or a BFE accident.

The Need for Unity
Basically once we figured out that we cant fight the horrors of the universe alone, we united

Unification and the Imperial Charter
Maximus Aurelian spearheaded the unity campaign with BFE Emperor Stephan Bane Fire to form the Imperial Charter where both nations of Thermonia and the Black Fire Empire decided to not be idiots and form a nation to expand into space to fight the space craboids

Early Space Explorations
Found Kamiki and are planning to explore in that general direction

Modern Day
Shit is no longer fucked, ready for space exploration

Population
The total population of the Imperial Federation is 22.6 Billion, spread across three planets. The home planet of Titan, its moon of Alyeska, and the Brotherhood of Technology base on Phobos. The Primary species of the Kaiserbund consists of the Dauerhafte Wesen or the Wesen for short, with the Moon of Alyeska playing host to the Bergmenschen, the now primary species sense the other species, named the Elves, had nominally been abducted by the Vanguard or indoctrinated to serve and die to try and destroy the Bergmenschen.

Dauerhafte Wesen
A bipedal race of intelligent humanoids, the primary race of the Imperial Federation. They are known for being highly intelligent, quick thinking, witty, enduring creatures that favor creating complex societies for protection. Their evolution is the tale of the Imperial Federation, and they will not be extinguished easily.

They are on average 6'2"(metric), and weigh 175lb(metric).

Elves
The original primary race of Alyeska, they have been reduced considerably, and its almost rare to find one, though their population remains above a billion. They are known for being nimble, highly intelligent, and elegant creatures, that prefer perfection in action rather than craft.

They are on average 6'(metric), and weigh 140lb(metric).

Bergmenchen
The secondary race of Alyeska, now brought to prominence due to Federal Occupation. A hardy, highly intellgent, and jovial species, they excel in the art of handworking items and metalworking. With their original societies existing in caves, they have developed to be a nocturnal, cautious people.

They are on average 5'3"(metric) and weigh 165lb(metric).

Religion
Deus Sol baby, the Unconquered sun

Language
The common language of the Imperial Federation is Zudreiter, or Southern Equestrian. Its old variants where used by the commoners and peoples of the middle class and it devloped among similar lines. It has become the most common language spoken due to its evolved elegance being more suited for the tongues of those in positions of power or dominance. Nordrieter or Northern Equestrian was for the longest time the language of the nobility and those influential power holders. It was the lingua franca of the centers of power, sense time immemorial. However, due to the proliferation of Zudreiter and its evolution through the years as a more versatile and elegant yet retaining its gruff to-the-point structure. Nordreiter is now only used for extremely important and official documents or by religious organizations.

Family Structure
Traditionally, a family consisting of the mother, father, and children where the dominant family structure of the Imperial Federation. However, after the invasion of the Vanguard, a general sense of belonging swept through the country. Families across the planet began to reconnect with their extended family and organize their communities around family. The Husband and Wife became equals, as the grandparents and elders of the family became the leaders, guiding the younger generations into their families. Such communities would occupy estates, cul-de-sac's entire apartment blocks, or otherwise. Nominally lead by a Matriarch or Patriarch, they would be consulted in all maters of guidance, with all voices being considered, with such figures being primes inter pares. Such a core of respect and family expansion is at the heart of the Federal Family. This however leads to familial grudges that could last for decades. Thankfully there is no yet recorded act of violence committed due to these grudges, based on the social stigma of betraying the species via the act of murder, to be a similar crime on par with disrespecting or harming the familial elders.

The average Federal family bares up to four children, and all members of the family is expect in the raising of the child and the assistance of the new additions of the family.

Education
The education of the Imperial Federation is a sorting system to put the right people in the right positions, best suited for them. The idea that it is a more traditional classroom is quite flawed. Once students are at the proper age to begin education, the school will provide them with a datapad, which will contain a run-time of ATHENA. Using a standardized curriculum as a basis, she will act as the personal tutor of each student. Her algorithms changing to suit the individual needs of each student. Every student is not only told why the subjects they are taught are important, they are free to use ATHENA to explore how they learn, so they can become more productive members in Federal society. All data about the student's progress is sent to the local administrators so they may better craft ATHENA's runtimes and algorithms to suit the needs of the individual student. This is echoed up all the way to the collage level.

Government Structure
Dual Monarchy / Diarchy

Government Finance
We spend hella money

Law Enforcement and Crime
Fukkin just give the dudes what they want

Economy
The Economy of the Imperial Federation is a finely wound machine. The failures of the old, majority capitalist, office economies of the nations of old Titan has been studied, and a new economic philosophy has been adopted. Named 'Rhine Capitalism ' its purpose is to maximize productivity and individual pride in their work. The old jobs where people where trained and incentivized to never go beyond the call of duty, to do the minimum effort required to not be fired, has been abandoned. Combined with a universal basic income to keep an economy dynamic, which is supported by limits on yearly income and a cap on stored wealth. This allows the blue-collar middle class to take up the wrench as it where, keeping a strong production-based economy, while eliminating the poorer classes. Kaiser Livius once remarked, "Everyone in the Kaiserbund has a home, a car, all the modern appliances, and a love for their work. Their only concern is weather or not that would be taken from them by another invasion. If not for the constant threat of the Vanguard, I would be the sovereign of an actual utopia."

Industry
With no ability for corporations to shunt their labor-intensive works to other parts of the Imperial Federation to keep prices low, there has been a resurgence in general manufacturing. With the heavy focus on quality of product an the work to recycle the most amount of waste possible, the Imperial Federation has managed to create massive industrial centers dotted across Titan. Called  'Manufactorums' they are the heart and soul of the planet's industry. Priding itself on taking insane quantities of refined products like steel, super polymers, ferrotungstun, and turning them into finished goods for the Automotive, Areospace, military, and Civilian industries. However, the newest and arguably fastest-growing industry is the Technology industry. The Brotherhood of Technology has long sense had a corner of this market, and created vast works of technology that would be considered science fiction just decades earlier.

Agriculture
The Agriculture Industry of Titan, had for a long, time been a diverse range of products ranging across all walks of life. Massive plantations with modern machines would attempt to churn out food to keep prices low. Even with modern fertilization, scientists had concluded that the soil was being leeched. This coupled with the mass waste, the lack of proper food distribution, and the fact that its primary job of keeping food prices low for the poor, was a massive failure. In response to this Kaiser [NAME] enacted new agriculture policies. A ration of major sources of fats and carbohydrates was put into place, with lean meats, fruits and vegetables not being rationed. The whole system encouraged healthier lifestyles while not totally prohibiting more finer dining. This was received exceptionally by the public, as now people from all walks of class has the exact same ingredients at their disposal. Farmers have the overt strain placed on them lessened, while waste is reduced drastically. This coupled with the fact that now some food items where completely free in rotations of abundance, allowed the poorest of Titan to rise out of poverty with their largest expenditure erased.

Transportation
Self-transportation has become entirely automated. Self-driving cars can be found in every major artery of the road network of the Imperial Federation. Those cities, however, who have forgone roads, make use of Magtrains or SSTO-VTOL Airports. Every second, a Magtrain in the Imperial Federation carries billions of tonnes goods or hundreds of millions of people across her cities and industrial centers, while hyper-advanced Single State to Orbit; Vertical Take off and Landing machines carry people and cargo up to the spaceports of Titan and Alyeska to transport goods and people to the outposts and colonies of the Kaiserbund.

Energy
Fossil Fuels have become all but a distant memory. Cold fusion reactors, that have now become cheap and easy for local power grids to install, have widely been installed in all power plants across the Imperial Federation. Hydrocarbons now are used entirely in manufacturing of carbon fiber and futuristic polymers.

Food
footnote: Im just gonna list real food and make alien counterparts

Cheeseburger

Pecan Pie

Apple Juice

White Wine

Spaghetti

Fried Saltwater Fish

Cow Milk

Bienenstich

Salted/Smoked preserved cow meat

Music
Evening star is a popculture artist with Prince Whateverer, and Jyc Row a close second, more traditional music would be german influenced orchestra see Musik Musik Musik, german sabaton, and some light EDM, Glaze

Cinema
Goodfellas, the Grapes of Wrath, All quiet on the Western front, and Snow White and the seven dwarfs

Sports
Car Racing, gladitorial combat nonviolent, Triathlons , American Football