///From the author: this is a real labor of love, and certainly a bit of a headache, too - I actually stayed up past 2 or 3 in the morning a couple of times to complete all the flags and make the flag map! That said, I'm very proud of how it turned out, and I'm glad to finally have a definitive source of lore for our homeworld in 2389, which can be drawn upon as a base text for the various powers of that era and their role in the Spacers Saga
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Background Info:
In 1989, an asteroid destroyed Phoenix, AZ, ushering in the New Space Age. This new age of exploration resulted in a solar system-spanning campaign of colonization, and by the 24th century there were settlements on hundreds of worlds across Solar Space. But it was also in that year that alien ruins were discovered buried on Saturn’s moon Titan, opening the doorway to an immense Network of ancient knowledge which brought the dream of exploring and exploiting worlds beyond our host star finally within our reach.
The most remarkable difference in the world map of 2389 is the dramatic sea level rise made inevitable by nearly six hundred years of rampant industrialization and the resultant storm of carbon emissions. The Community of Gaia (COG), established in 2097, has halted this collapse, but the new equilibrium state of global coastlines scarcely resembles that of the early 21st century. Aside from extensive climate conditioning initiatives, a massive sea wall system has been built to protect the nations along coastal regions.
There are three major power blocs on Earth: the Community of Progressive Peoples, which pushed ahead of the Union of Democratic Nations early in the 24th century as a result of the former’s partnership with the Alliance of Free Worlds, with the Alliance for the Defense of Sovereignty holding onto the third part of a more or less three-way tie for control of the planet. It is this status quo which the COG and ICA seek to maintain.
The CPP is a powerhouse largely thanks to its power over 24th century terrestrial industry, which grants them immense influence over both terrestrial and interplanetary politics. These nations maintain a strong presence in the slowly revitalizing industrial sector of the late 24th century, with activities in Europe, America, and East Asia balancing out with agricultural and mining dividends from North Africa, Brazil, and the Union of Terra Australis, which was also the first region outside of Europe to leave the COG sphere.
On that note, the CPP is closely tied to the Progressive Union of Gaia (PUG), a counterweight to the COG which emerged in the early 24th century to offer an alternative to the ICA’s control over Earth. Their controlling interest in the near-endless supplies of helium fuel harvested from Saturn and Uranus, are among the most profitable in Solar Space, although their communal economics typically eschew this fact.
On the other end of the cultural spectrum is the Union, which retains a powerful influence over interplanetary politics and economics thanks largely to its partnership with the Interplanetary Commercial Administration, the intergovernmental organization tasked with overseeing all business beyond Earth’s atmosphere. With Earthside ventures ranging from the seagoing aquaculture of the Republic of Pacifica to the East African Federation’s shares in industry on Io, the Union remains the single largest terrestrial investor in the ICA, due mostly to all of its immense influence in the manufacturing sector.
The ADS holds a seat at the table with the other major terrestrial powers thanks to both its projects in South and Southeast Asia and the West African Confederation and to its numerous offworld ventures, which make it essentially the inner solar system’s bread basket. Thanks to the predominance of emigrants originating from the former Republic of Brazil, Portuguese was one of the most-spoken languages in Solar Space (aside from English) by the late 24th century, second only to a few from Africa, Tibet, and India.
Aside from these three power blocs are a handful of nation-states which are essentially wholly-owned subsidiaries of the United Nations of Mars. A notable example is the Siberian Confederacy, which maintains the massively productive Siberian Produce Amalgamated, a vast agricultural conglomerate which is second only to the ADS in terms of output. Other examples include Martian Alaska, Angola, and the Sahel, all of which act as a home away from home for wealthy Martians, and Federal Esperanza, the only foreign holding in Antarctica. Esperanza funnels mineral wealth to Mars, and is a source of controversy for their presence on Earth.
All told, the power blocs contend with one another much as in the Cold War of the late 20th century. With other major powers of Solar Space, including the United Nations of Mars, the Confederation of the Main Belt, and the Alliance in a state of constant tension, this Cold War could soon go hot.
Now it seems that the long-simmering conflict between the ICA and the Alliance could erupt into violence once more, leaving Terran nation-states jockeying for influence among the nascent powers of Solar Space. As this brewing interplanetary maelstrom grows in scale, the situation for a new generation of soldiers about to take up the defense of the worlds throughout Solar Space seems more and more dire.
Political Affiliations Map
Nation-states of 2389
Antarctic Federation
Capital: Amundson City
Population: 12 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: non-aligned; COG; non-spacefaring
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Capital: Georgetown
Population: 9 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: UDN; COG; non-spacefaring
Democratic Republic of Sakha
Capital: Yakutsk
Population: 35 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: CPP; PUG; Alliance of Free Worlds
Democratic Union of Manchuria
Capital: Haishenwai
Population: 261 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: CPP; PUG; Alliance of Free Worlds
East African Federation
Capital: Arusha
Population: 564 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: UDN; COG; ICA
Estados Unidos de México
Capital: Distrito Federal
Population: 186 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: non-aligned; COG; ICA
Federación del Caribe
Capital: New Havana
Population: 53 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: non-aligned; COG; non-spacefaring
Federación del Cono Sur
Capital: Ciudad de la Plata
Population: 71 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: ADS; COG; ICA
Federal Republic of Borealis
Capital: Edmonton
Population: 19 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: ADS; COG; non-spacefaring
Federal Republic of Ethiopia
Capital: Adama (legislative/judicial); Addis Ababa (executive)
Population: 168 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: non-aligned; COG; ICA
Federal Republic of Russia
Capital: Moscow
Population: 82 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: ADS; COG; ICA
Federation of Southeast Asia
Capital: New Jakarta
Population: 867 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: UDN; COG; ICA
Free Republic of Pacifica
Capital: Cascadia City
Population: 94 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: UDN; COG; ICA
Free State of Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul
Population: 62 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: non-aligned; unaffiliated; non-spacefaring
Grande République du Nord
Capital: Montreal
Population: 34 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: UDN; COG; ICA
League of Turkic Peoples
Capital: Turkistan
Population: 108 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: unaligned; COG; non-spacefaring
Martian Federal Alaska
Capital: Anchorage
Population: 5 million (48% Martian)
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: UNOM; COG; ICA (UNOM dependency)
Martian Federal Esperanza
Capital: Ciudad de Esperanza
Population: 2 million (67% Martian)
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: UNOM; COG; ICA (UNOM dependency)
Martian Federal Ndongo
Capital: Lubango
Population: 57 million (7% Martian)
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: UNOM; COG; ICA (UNOM dependency)
Martian Federal Siberia
Capital: Krasnoyarsk
Population: 26 million (6% Martian)
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: UNOM; COG; ICA (UNOM dependency)
Martian Federation of the Sahel
Capital: N'Djamena
Population: 42 million (8% Martian)
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: UNOM; COG; ICA (UNOM dependency)
People's Republic of Morocco
Capital: Rabat
Population: 96 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: CPP; PUG; Alliance of Free Worlds
People's Republic of Vietnam
Capital: Hanoi
Population: 121 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: non-aligned; COG; ICA
People's Union of Turkiye
Capital: Ankara
Population: 193 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: CPP; PUG; Alliance of Free Worlds
Republic of Iran
Capital: Tehran
Population: 116 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: ADS; COG; ICA
Republic of Pegu
Capital: New Pagan
Population: 62 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: ADS; COG; non-spacefaring
Republic of Tangaroa
Capital: New Aotearoa
Population: 35 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: UDN; COG; ICA
Republic of Zambezia
Capital: Lusaka
Population: 186 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: non-aligned; COG; ICA
República de Gran Colombia
Capital: La Paz (executive/legislative); Quito (judicial))
Population: 394 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: UDN; COG; ICA
Republic of the Cape
Capital: Cape Town
Population: 28 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: non-aligned; COG; non-spacefaring
Saharan Confederation
Capital: Tripoli (executive); Nouakchott (legislative/judicial)
Population: 64 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: non-aligned; COG; non-spacefaring
Scandinavian Federation
Capital: Oslo
Population: 37 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: non-aligned; COG; ICA
Second Empire of Tibet
Capital: Lhasa
Population: 14 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: non-aligned; COG; ICA
Serene Republic of Nippon
Capital: Ōtsu
Population: 103 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: ADS; COG; ICA
Slavic People's Union
Capital: Budapest
Population: 297 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: CPP; PUG; Alliance of Free Worlds
South African People's Alliance
Capital: Gaborone
Population: 143 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: UDN; COG; ICA
Unión de Nueva América
Capital: Nuevo Colorado
Population: 376 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: CPP; PUG; Alliance of Free Worlds
Union of Terra Australis
Capital: Melbourne
Population: 65 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: CPP; PUG; Alliance of Free Worlds
Union Populaire d'Europe
Capital: Paris
Population: 394 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: CPP; PUG; Alliance of Free Worlds
Unión Popular do Brasil
Capital: São Paulo
Population: 351 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: CPP; PUG; Alliance of Free Worlds
United Arab Republics
Capital: Riyadh (de jure); Al-Shams (de facto)
Population: 125 million
Primary economic sector: mining/resources/energy
Allegiances: ADS; COG; ICA
United Bengali Republic
Capital: Sylhet
Population: 94 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: ADS; COG; non-spacefaring
United Republic of India
Capital: New Delhi
Population: 947 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: ADS; COG; ICA
United Republic of Zhongguo
Capital: Beijing
Population 765 million
Primary economic sector: agriculture/forestry/fishing
Allegiances: UDN; COG; ICA
United Republics of Kemet
Capital: Khartoum
Population: 261 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: UDN; COG; ICA
West African Union
Capital: Lagos
Population: 626 million
Primary economic sector: industry/manufacturing
Allegiances: CPP; PUG; Alliance of Free Worlds
More to come, when it's ready...
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