Kostov Confederate Republic
The Kostov Confederate Republic is an interstellar government located in Neworld Sector.
- It is a member-state of the Solomani Confederation.
- It is also known as the Konfederativnaya Respublika Kostova.
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| Polity | Survey | Code | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kostov Confederate Republic | Pre-Imperial | None | Not extant | |
| Kostov Confederate Republic | 1st Survey (300) | kv | 2-ltr code | Founded afer 871 |
| Kostov Confederate Republic | 2nd Survey (1065) | SoKv | 4-ltr code | Extant |
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Kostov Confederate Republic is a political entity and cultural region lying within the Solomani Confederation. It is a union of a number of culturally Russian worlds.
- It has 8 member systems and covers parts of three subsectors.
- Its name is usually abbreviated to the Republik.
A basic overview of the Republik, right:
Clusters[edit]
The Kostov Cluster forms the heartland of the Republik:
Rifts[edit]
The Republik lies to rimward of the Kostov Void, a rift region that plays a key role in local defensive strategies.
- It is a significant obstacle to interstellar trade and commerce.
Government & Politics (Leadership)[edit]
The government of the Republik is characterized as having a high degree of centralization, which sets uniform policies that direct the entire multi-system state and disregards local/planetary differences. The Republik's government is usually classified as a Democracy, a form of a Unitary State.
Known throughout the Confederation as a fierce protector of democracy, the Konfederativnaya Respublika Kostova requires that each citizen aged 17 or over votes in the annual elections. These elections decide all important aspects of the Republik's government. A vast government bureaucracy sees to it that the results of each election are quickly tabulated and enacted.
A congress is elected each year to tend to foreign interests and insure the continuation of democratic ideals. While it often proves difficult to get an immediate decision on minor matters, special elections are held in the event of great national need. Each world in the Republik handles its democracy in a slightly different way, but the overall effect is nonetheless that of a large, modern participatory democracy.
Goals[edit]
The state's primary goal is preserving trade and economic prosperity for its member worlds.
Interstellar Relations[edit]
The Republik is a semi-autonomous member state of the Solomani Confederation. It follows the laws, decrees, and rulings of that state.
- The Confederation deals with foreign policy and conducts interstellar relations in conjunction with and on behalf of the Republik. Although it largely leaves the region to its own devices in terms of domestic politics, it retains the right to overrule rulings and decisions that the Republik makes. This executive power has not yet been exercised.
Military & Intelligence[edit]
The navy is called the Flot Konfederativnoy Respubliki, usually abbreviated to Flot. It defends the territory of the Republik and the Solomani Confederation, protects the interests of the Republik, suppresses piracy, and ensures interstellar trade and commerce. Its vessels form a key element of the Solomani Navy.
- Flot vessels may demand customs inspections.
- Some systems are defended by local naval forces.
The Army is called the Armiya Konfederativnoy Respubliki.
- Member worlds provide military units, equipment, and personnel.
- It garrisons the member planets.
The state's intelligence service is the Sluzhby Bezopasnosti, the SB.
- Although it is effectively a branch of SolSec, it retains a distinct identity and has a fearsome reputation.
Commercial Data[edit]
The following commercial and economic data is available:
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations active within the Republik include:
- Confederation Heavy Industries (CHI) LLC, a corporation with interests in heavy engineering and starship manufacture active throughout the trailing half of the Confederation.
- ConTech, a corporation specializing in life sciences, particularly large-scale bio-terraforming projects, medicine, and cloning.
- Guardian Military Systems, a large corporation involved in defense and armaments manufacture, with its core area of operations within Canopus Sector.
- Lamarck Minerals, a corporation with a relatively small core area of operations in the Solomani Rim, but with growing interests in resource extraction and processing throughout the Solomani Sphere.
- Orion Metallurgy Corporation (OMC), engaged in resource exploration, extraction, and processing throughout the Solomani Sphere.
- Panstellar, a major transport and logistics corporation.
- Probable Technologies, a scientific research organization involved with academia and heavy industry. It works extensively with the Confederation military.
- Rising Phoenix News Service (RPNS), the premier news and media organization within the Solomani Sphere. It has a strong pro-Confederation bias.
- Within the Republik it is called Sluzhba Novostey Voskhodyashchiy Feniks (SNVF)
- Solomani Shipping, a major transport and logistics corporation.
- Transstar, a Solomani megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics. It operates across 13 sectors, represented by the 13 stars in its logo.
- ZeeCorp, a corporation with interests in manufacturing active throughout the Solomani Confederation. It is a major producer of robots.
Goods[edit]
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Kostov Confederate Republic is a culturally mature region with a reputation for hearty food, strong drink, industrial capability, and scientific achievement. The Republic actively promotes democratic ideals, requiring elections once every standard year and holding frequent referendums on decisions and policies of all kinds. The Republik is perceived as somewhat dour and gray, with brutalist, unforgiving architecture and monolithic public buildings. The population are regarded as being pragmatic and long-suffering, and are known for having a dark and rather cutting sense of humor.
Solomani Security keeps a close eye on things to ensure the security of the Solomani State and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, others are coerced, while many see it as an act of duty to help protect the the State and its interests.
Symbols[edit]
The Republik's symbol is a red flag, symbolic of revolution and also of no quarter being given in combat. It incorporates the symbol of the Solomani Confederation surrounded by eight yellow stars, one for each member world.
- A red star symbol is often used on vessels and vehicles.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this area:
Humaniti (Human races)[edit]
- Solomani (Major Race): widely spread across the region.
- Mixed or other heritage: occasionally encountered across the region.
Linguistic Topography[edit]
The most commonly heard languages are:
- Russian, a Terran language that is part of the Baltoslavic family of languages and spoken across the Solomani Confederation.
- Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Confederation.
- » It is a second language within the Republik.
- »» Firstspeak (aka "Primary Anglic"). A constructed interlingua based on Anglic, devised by the Solomani Party in order to overcome communication barriers created by the many diverse languages and dialects that have arisen over the centuries within the region since the time of the Terran Confederation. [1]
Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this polity and the wider area that it lies within:
- -9235: far to coreward, the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
- -4678: the Hivers discover jump drive technology.
- -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
- -2431: Terrans discover jump drive technology.
- -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars. The young Terran Confederation battles against the ancient Vilani Ziru Sirka.
- -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the former Ziru Sirka.
- -1862 to -1110: the Terran Mercantile Community is active across the region.
- -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
- -1110 to 588: the Terran Mercantile Community gradually becomes the Old Earth Union, shrinking to control the region around Terra.
- The Year 0: to coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the region.
- 588: the Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium.
- 604-622: the Imperial Civil War.
- 624: the Imperial Express Boat Network is established.
- 704: the Solomani Autonomous Region is formed.
- 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
- 871: the Solomani Confederation is founded.
- 940: the Solomani Autonomous Region is dissolved.
- 990-1002: the Solomani Rim War.
- 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey includes data for the region.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the region becomes widely available.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This polity can be found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Solomani Confederation:
Capital[edit]
The capital of the Republik is:
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds lying within the Republik is available.
- The primary source material for all data is Traveller Map.
- Other sources may differ: some elements of the data may be contradictory or incorrect.
- Data is occasionally updated as new information becomes available.
- Scouting missions gathering reliable, verified data can receive substantial payment.
AAB library archives contain expanded data about the following systems:
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Note that some Second Survey data, though only 40 years old, may already be out of date.
- Verified updated data is constantly sought.
References & Background (Sources)[edit]
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- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
- Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11, various others. (dot map locating the worlds of La République, background for the sector)
- Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (background for the region)
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
- ↑ Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), 18.