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Circumference (Governor): The Space between Spaces of The Tides of Vulkan

WA Delegate (non-executive): The Global Empire of Syrasia (elected )

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    Welcome to Circumference, a progressive-tech roleplay and worldbuilding region.

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MONARCHIES v COMMUNISM

LinkIn an effort to secure the future of their empires
and their peoples, the leadership of the old world
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Circumference contains 11 nations, the 1,754th most in the world.

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The Most Stationary in Circumference

Long-term World Census surveillance revealed which nations have been resident in their current region for the longest time.

As a region, Circumference is ranked 24,013th in the world for Most Stationary.

NationWA CategoryMotto
1.The True and Legitimate Land of of DockystanFather Knows Best State Suspiciously Liberal Dictatorship“Nahn 'aezam fi alkun”
2.The Commonwealth of NorrsCorrupt Dictatorship Corrupt Liberal Dictatorship“In Varietate Concordia”
3.The Global Empire of SyrasiaDemocratic Socialists Hell“Dieu et L'Ordre”
4.The Empire of RosaeniaCorrupt Dictatorship Corrupt Liberal Dictatorship“Grow eternally, never yield.”
5.The Space between Spaces of The Tides of VulkanInoffensive Centrist Democracy Communists“Be not Afraid”
6.The Federation of PembinaConservative Democracy Conservative Paradise“Mori aut Liberos Vivere - Live Free or Die”
7.The Most Serene Republic of CyngiaCorporate Bordello Patriotic Business Zone“Prosperity through Balance”
8.The People's Republic of GajangsoIron Fist Socialists Inevitably Bloody Result of Liberal Ideals Mugged By Reality“Our Struggle, Our Triumph”
9.The People's Republic of JinnjuaDemocratic Socialists Hell“Labourers across the globe, unite!”
10.The Colony of Syrasia IIInoffensive Centrist Democracy Communists“Hey look! I'm over here now!”
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Post by Technocracy of Vermell suppressed by The Tides of Vulkan.

National Introduction:

The Silonians Reach Out

Some three centuries ago, the Sightless War opened the great clouds of acid and showed the stars to the surface of the world of Vermell. With the Stars finally visible to the people of Vermell, great colonization ships were sent to the worlds beyond to expand Silonian civilization. Over the course of the next three-hundred years years, the Silonians expanded across their star system, before sending their first colonists beyond the pull of their system. Realizing the need to maintain their control beyond Vermell, the Queens have created the Matriarchs; lesser versions of themselves to rule over the star systems beyond Varel. And with this, their Empire has grown and grown, as the Matriarchs number's grow and multiply.

It is time for Silonians to rule this galaxy, and with the old empire of Humanity gone, there will be nothing in their way.

NOTE: A Kell is a time about 135 days in duration, refers to the passing of one Silonian year. Equivalent to 37 percent of a normal year.

Overview

This overview details the lasts several thousand years of Silonian history, giving context to significant events that have changed and lead to modern Silonian culture and society. Silonian history is divided into 2 different ages, each with numerous eras. This current calendar starts around 345 years ago at the beginning of The Age the Queen, after the end of the Sightless War, so all events that transpired before this date take place are marked with BSW(Before the Sightless War), and AGC (After the Sightless War). The timeline below will use standard Terran years for convenience's sake.


Age of the Matriarchs

Era of First Footing (5000-4000 BSW): The First Six Matriarchs appear on Vermell from a yet unknown origin, though many believe they simply evolved from other life forms on Vermell. They spread their hives rapidly across the surface, dividing the world of Vermell into Six grand Empires

Era of the First Wars (4000-2000 BSW): The Matriarchs reach the edge of their ability to expand their empire. Without the natural dampeners that restrict population production, the six empires begin to face shortages of most food and energy products caused by un-mitigated population growth. The Six Empires eventually go to war, sending un-ending waves off their workers to fight on ever-changing front lines, in equal part to seize resources from each-other while also cutting down on population

Era of the Sundering(4000-2000 BSW): As the First Wars drag on, new types of workers, know as Majors, pop up across the Six Empires. They allow for greater organization of the war fronts, being able to carry the orders of the Matriarchs. While Loyal to their Matriarchs at first, the greater individuality portrayed by the Majors and their ability to control the worker casts eventually caused large scale workers uprisings across the war-front. Many Majors secede from the Empires, forming their own kingdoms across the world of Vermell. Eventually, the Majors discover how to reproduce sexually with normal workers, allowing their nations to stay populated.

Era of the Degradation(2000-300 BSW): The Majors, in line with their own nature, attempt to institute more individualistic forms of governance across Vermell, weakening the rule of the Matriarchs while also warring with them. As time passes, many Silonians under their rule, removed from the over-reaching power of the Matriarchs, begin to show growing individualism. Each new generation shows signs of psychological evolution, free from their dependency on the Matriarchs' directions. However, by the middle of the fifth century BSW, stores of Uranium and other food-elements on Vermell begin to run out, pushing many nations to desperation in an attempt to secure the planet's last remaining veins of Radioactive elements, lest the Silonian species be pushed to live under-ground once more, feeding off the planet's thermal heat. Eventually, war is sparked between the nation's of Vermell once again.

Era of the Sightless War(300-1 BSW): In an attempt to save their kingdoms and defeat the Matriarcs, the Majors decide to detonate nuclear weapons deep in Vermell's crust to bring greater stores of uranium to the surface of Vermell from the upper mantel in massive geological events, thus giving them the upperhand against the Matriarchs' forces. However, either through error or some twisted purpose, the detonations cause nearly 40 percent of the surface of Vermell to "recycle" with massive swaths of the planet and billions of Silonians being submerged in lava seas. While successful in bringing Uranium to the surface, the explosion of volcanos across Vermell killed over half of all life on the planet while also blocking the skies of the already minimal light that made it through Vermell's thick atmosphere. Thus the Sightless War began. One of the Matriarchs, Ithase of the Ix Empire, uses the Chaos to lead a great crusade across Vermell, uniting the remaining nations into a singular empire over the course of the next three centuries while also leading a genocide against the free-thinking clades within the Majors' Kingdoms. Wanting to prevent future war, Ithase’ix united the other five Matriarchs into the first Court of Queens, allowing them to continue their rule over their respective empire, but also uniting Vermell. Quickly, a monarchic-technocratic form of government was established, placing extreme value on reason and logic. As the volcanic ash settled across Vermell, the Silonians are greeted by a new sky; through the thick fog of sulfur that once obscured their view, stars are first seen. This spurs Court of Queens to declare a new great crusade, where the Silonians dedicated themselves to expanding their species to the worlds beyond their own.


Age of the Queens

Era of the Burgeoning(1-345 ASW): With the Stars finally visible to the people of Vermell, great colonization ships were sent to the world's beyond to expand Silonian civilization. Over the course of the next 350 years, the Silonians expand across their star-system, before sending their first colonists beyond the light of their star. Realizing the need to maintain their control beyond Vermell, the queens create the Matriarchs; lesser versions of themselves to rule over the star systems beyond Varel. Now the Silonians rule over a vast interstellar empire, having grown past the confines of their homeworld. The Court of Queens still rules, dictating the fate of Silonian Civilization through their Matriarchs and the Majors bellow them.

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Overview

The Silonians are a race of hexapedal, silicone-based, crystalline, intelligent organisms from the methane/carbon-cloud covered world of Vermell. The species is relatively young when compared to the rest of the galaxy, only having mastered interplanetary and interstellar travel some 300 years ago. They have colonized most habitable systems around their homeworld. Due to their biology, Silonians can only survive on high-temperature planets with thick carbon/sulfur/methane/hydrogen atmospheres, but also have the added benefit of being immune to most acids and high radiation. Silonians use the R-type reproductive strategy, with new Silonians being born from the Matriarchs of their species in massive egg-nests underground near thermal vents or radiation sources. Eventually, these eggs grow into small 3 legged organisms known as Cri'pups, which over time grow to become full-fledged Silonians. Cri'pups usually reach maturity after 4.5 months (One Silonian Year, also know as a Kel) While their skin is normally opaque, high levels of stress caused to a Silonian will cause their bodies to heat up, making their crystal skin translucent

Silonians use sulfuric acid, which usually appears on their homeworld in large bodies of liquid, as a solvent. Because of this, most planets that support carbon-based life are deadly cold and barren for the Silonians, and they require extensive life support to even visit such worlds.

Since sending their first colonist beyond their homeworld, The Silonians have engaged in a series of terraforming projects across various worlds with proper conditions to allow for the creation of thick carbon/sulfur/hydrogen atmospheres. Already 6 planets have been terraformed successfully beyond their homeworld, allowing for the propagation of large civilization centers such as that on Vermell.

A Silonian EVA suit. Such suits are usually powered by small nuclear fission reactors that generate enough heat to keep the Silonian inside warm in colder environments


Society and Culture

Silonian society is very Authoritarian and Hierarchical. Based on the tenants of technocratism, intelligence and skill are seen as valued attributes for all Silonians. Great importance is placed on the concepts of truth and logic, with punctuality being a core piece of Silonian conversational patterns. Despite the Technocratic foundation of their culture, the Silonians still live under an authoritarian, matriarchal regime segregated by casts. Much like Terran ants, the Silonians abide by the word and orders of the Matriarchs, who birth each and every Silonian, and by extension the 6 High Queens. Matriarchs, being in every aspect queens but by name and a such have their own level of autonomy, tend to each rule over their own individual star system, with subordinates known as Majors that direct and give orders to the lower cast of workers. Because of this, most Silonian workers display very little individuality, as they are almost biologically bound to the orders of the cast above them.

Most Silonians see the Six-pointed star as a universal symbol for their species, as it represents many aspects of Silonians themselves, such as the hexagonal molecular structure of their crystal exoskeleton, their six legs, the six main regions of their homeworld, their near worship of the Court of Queens, as well as the structure of their cities.

Silonian, like many species in the galaxy, live in large cities across their colonized planets. But instead of being situated near a body of water or particular resources, most Silonian cities are built near thermic vents, volcanos, radioactive veins of elements, or any area of significant geological or geothermal activity. This is so said cities can use the geological energy to power themselves as well as provide constant heating for the Silonian populace. This has added to the already strong cultural unity, allowing for a more autocratic, yet decentralized, form of government to form. This combined with Silonians unique psychology, created the foundation for the later rise of the modern Technocracy.


Physiology

As said, the Silonians are a race of hexapedal, silicone-based, crystalline, intelligent organisms from the acidic, Venus analog, planet of Vermell. The are far different from most carbon-based life, having an external skeleton of barium-silicon crystals (benitoite), joints and tendons made of natural Silicone rubber, with an internal composition of liquid zinc. The high-temperature nature of the Silionian body means they radiate massive amounts of heat energy and so they replenish this energy though three ways: absorbing ambient heat from their environment (slowest of the three ways), using chemosynthesis (hardest and least effective of the three) or through the consumption of radioactive minerals such as uranium, absorbing the alpha particles to supply them with the heat and energy to survive, while using a shell of boron in their body to control the fission process. This is the most common way of replenishing energy stores, effectively making Silonian miniature, natural, nuclear reactors. Uranium is found fairly commonly on the surface of worlds like Vermell, where ancient volcanic explosions brought the element to the surface crust. Usually, after consuming the uranium, Silonian internal structures will glow brightly enough to shine throgh their crystal skin.

The Silonian brain is made of and structures comparable to many modern computers, using micro-aluminum and graphene structures as neurological connections to send signals through.

Psychology

Modern-day Queens, Matriarchs, and Majors are the only creatures in the Technocracy with the ability to define their own purpose, and as such are given near supreme authority over all worlds within their respective star systems, planets, or places of work, including all that live within them. They are responsible for giving direction to their citizens, ensuring the wheels of Silonian society continue to move. This reliance on singular individuals has resulted in an extreme discrepancy of power between the people and their rulers, a discrepancy that the civilians of the Technocracy enjoy to the fullest extent, however. While individual Silonians do have some level of autonomy, they are all linked to their Majors and by extension, the Matriarchs and Queens. This also furthermore contributes to the extremely collectivist nature of Silonian society and culture.

Image of one of the current Queens


Approximation of standard Silonian speech: https://youtu.be/sHRwLbDQkz4

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The Authority is a special and extremely powerful ability held by the Queens of the Technocracy of Vermell. In essence, The Authority allows the Queens to psychically seize control of any lower cast Silonian, such as Matriarchs, Majors and Workers. Each Queen is able to take direct control over their subordinates, eliminating their free will and instituting a full hive-mind between themselves and their subjects. However, a sole Queens' ability to use The Authority is limited, as they can only seize control of those directly descended from their bloodline. The Authority can also be fought against by particularly strong willed individuals in Silonian society, such as the few remaining free-willed Workers, as well as to some extent by Majors and Matriarchs.

It has been theorized that is all the Queens were to focus their psychic abilities in one unanimous use of The Authority, they could effectively turn the entire Silonian race into a true hivemind. However, such an attempt has never been made due to the risk of free-thinkers taking abuse of such a hivemind to break the chains of The Authority and instigate rebellion.

Majors and Matriarchs also have a limited version of the Authority, but can not influence each-other, only those in the Workers caste.

The Anthem of the Technocracy, closest rendition of what The Authority sounds like psionically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9WAH0ZaKTw

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Dockystan has prevailed!

Dockystan wrote:https://youtu.be/3M379nMT6ms?feature=shared

Dockystan has prevailed!

True savior, holding the door for this long. Thanks man, truly.

Post by Technocracy of Vermell suppressed by The Tides of Vulkan.

The Court Considers

Billions of minds, dozens of worlds, Six queens, one purpose. The Technocracy was as much one being as it was countless others, united through a song which stretched through unknown means, through the minds of many. All could think on their own, but the Queens held the mandate if control above all others, and in their voice was both the authority to command and the power to assert themselves in all decisions.

To describe the Silonians as a hivemind would be a lie. Each individual speaks on their own, but even in this individuality, their instincts drive them to follow the Queens. They are more a court, one whose minds can see the thoughts of all others. Through this court, however, a recent decision has been made.

The Queens are consonat; Explore.

And so many ships have slipped their docks, the stars their targets.

Grotere leithania

Xaymaka

Welcome to the region!

Cyngia Welcome!

This is a request to all residents of Circumference.

If you are able to do so, please endorse Syrasia (that's me!). No pressure to do so, it'd just be helpful if you can!

Norrs wrote:Rhaerschia Welcome!

Hello !

Rhaerschia wrote:Hello !

What brings you to our great(-ish) region?

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