Galactic Consilium

The Galactic Consilium- also known most commonly as the Galactic Council or as GalComm - is the name of the star realm built and propagated by the Human race in the centuries after the Exodus from Old Earth. Its territories include a large area running from the Galactic Core and Galactic Mid Regions to colonies in the Galactic Rim.

As of current date, the Consilium consists of approximately 371,049 member star systems. The capital of the Consilium is Terra Nova.

Prelude
When mankind fled Old Earth, it did so to a string of four colony worlds in star systems within a few dozen light years of Sol. It would be from these worlds over the next few centuries that rapid advancements in science and technology gave rise to the burgeoning galactic exploration effort, and from that would emerge the first bastions of the modern Human star realm.

Nine hundred years of expansion and exploration saw the human peoples settling countless worlds, establishing new colonies that gave rise to a myriad of worlds, each with their own unique traditions and their own contributions to mankind as a whole. During this time, trade and mutual aid developed between worlds in varied regions, giving rise to the precursors of the later unification that would draw all of Humankind into a single vast realm. It was also during this time that the Humans made their first friends among the Unbound - the Covellans and the Kushan - who would become part of the Consilium.

Roughly 1,100 years following the Exodus, the many worlds then settled by mankind would be drawn together after a protracted conflict against an alien race - the Stegar - and the recognized necessity for unity and strength in numbers. Many weeks of negotiations in secretive meetings on Terra Nova ultimately resulted in the formation of the Consilium, with the support and collaboration of the Covellans and the Kushan.

From there, the unified Human race would become another major power within the galactic community, one of many star realms that call the Milky Way home. It has since risen to prominence as the single largest economy in the galaxy, and is recognized as a powerful and valuable ally to its friends, and as a dangerous foe to its enemies. The Consilium maintains a foreign and military policy of strength through honor and diplomacy that both grants it goodwill among other races and keeps its enemies on their toes.

The President of the Council
The leadership of the Consilium falls unto an official known as the President of the Council. The holder of this powerful and important post is the leader of the entirety of the Consilium and its constituent worlds. They are likewise at the top of the power structure of the government and all the subordinate ministers and directors answer to them. They also command the loyalties of the Galactic Guard, the cornerstone of the power of the office.

On any given day, the President can handle an immense workload that is far greater than what many who aren't familiar with the Consilium's inner workings may think. They can handle disputes between member worlds, mediate issues with foreign powers, address trade or commercial concerns and manage the response of the Galactic Consilium to planetary crises or other serious issues. Traditionally, a President is nominated by their predecessor during that officer's term, and is one of up to three candidates chosen by the Council for the office. Upon their passing, the chosen successor assumes the Executive seat, and the duties of the post.

The President - also referred to as the Executive - serves for life. There are specific provisions within the rules of the Council to remove a serving Executive from office, and savvy leaders within the Council can also maneuver to block Executive actions until it they are reviewed by the legislature. This happens only rarely, as the Executive and Council tend to maintain a solid working relationship as it is critical to the Consilium's function.

Main Page(s) - President of the Council, House of the Executive

The Galactic Council
Each member world in the Consilium has a representative - known as a Counselor - who sits upon the Galactic Council and speaks for its interests. Collectively, it is the duty of this body to discuss important issues that the Consilium faces and to formulate policy proposals in collaboration with the President and his advisors. These can then be adopted by the Executive and passed into formal law in the form of Executive Orders. Likewise, actions taken by the Exarch can be blocked until reviewed by the Council.

The Council meets almost daily for several hours each day. Major issues are presented via a docket planned the evening before. Debates among the council members help to build the concepts and ideas that develop into laws or changes to extant laws. Via this process, the President remains appraised regularly of the views of the people via their representation in the legislature, and together they attend the business of the Consilium.

The legators of the Supreme Council serve for terms of ten years, and are only limited to the number of terms the people of their constituency elect them to. Traditionally, each legator will receive instructions or directives regarding particular issues or specific legislation in the works from the planetary governor, and likewise the governor can appeal to the Exarch for the dismissal of a serving legator in the event they are proved to be abusing their office, failing in their duties, or otherwise not living up to the very stringent standards that the membership of the Supreme Council is held to.

Main Page(s) - Galactic Council, Course of Service, Legislature Building

The Bureaucracy
The bureaucracy of the Consilium is known formally as the ConStat, short for Consilium State. This name is in reference to the balance of disciplined expertise, skilled and knowledgable officials and the myriad tasks they handle daily. All this, the bureaucracy does in the name of Order, that cornerstone principle which is the guide and measure of Consilium politics and daily operations.

At the top of the State sit the senior-most officials of the Consilium - the Ministers and Directors - who lead the major agencies of the government, appointed by and answering directly to the President with oversight from the Council. Beneath those senior officials are the coordinators and comptrollers who manage the various sub-units of the major agencies. From there, the ranks descend further until one reaches the entry-level officials, known commonly as clerks, assistants and adjutants.

Main Page(s) - ConStat

Galactic Marines
The ground and shipboard troops of the Galactic GuardMilitary, commonly found on Navy ships as shipboard security and deployed in the field as fast strike and breakthrough troops. Highly mobile, heavily armed and capable of rapid deployments.

Galactic Armada
The fleets of the Military, defending the space of the Consilium and its worlds, and ensuring the safety of the spacelanes.

Main Page(s) -  Galactic Guard Ranks & Units, Galactic Guard Warships

Culture
The cultural heritage of the Consilium is a complex one, influenced by the same multitute of microcosms that developed in New Geneva in the days of Old Earth after the Third World War. Similarly, the Covellan and Kushan present their own very unique aspects to Consilium society. Together, these three very different but collaborating peoples have devised one of the most undeniably unique and vibrant star nations in galactic history.

Economy
In a star nation as vast as the Consilium, the potential for an economy are virtually limitless, and the range of commodities and skill sets that one can find are as many as the sands of the beaches. The Consilium is one of the predominant industrial powers of the Great Spiral, and the common technologies of the galaxy found on even the most distant worlds can have parts or whole machines whose production took place within a Consilium factory.

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