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The Imperial Commonwealth of Malkyer

Population Statistics
Population (2301 est.): 5,276,000,000
Languages: Anglic; various dialects of Gaelic, German, Afrikaans, Russian, Polish, French, Hindi, and Bengali spoken by minority groups
Dominant Religious Group: Church of Malkyer (based off of Lutheranism and mixed with Anglicanism and Catholicism); significant Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic, Sikh, and Hindu minorities

Political Organization
Official Title: Imperial Commonwealth of Malkyer
Conventional: Malkyer, the Commonwealth
Political System: Constitutional Monarchy
Capital: Whitefall
Legislature: Parliament, consisting of the House of Lords and House of Commons.
Head of State: Alexei IV, by the Grace of God, King of Malkyer, Emperor of the Commonwealth and Lord Protector of its Dominions among the Stars, Defender of the Faith
Head of Government (as of 2297): John McAffey

His Majesty's Government:
Prime Minister: John McAffey (Liberal)
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Howard Garrigan (Liberal)
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Lucius Clay (Liberal)
Secretary of State for Home Affairs: Malcolm Whitbread, 1st Earl Whitbread (Liberal)
Secretary of State for War: Jacob Guderian, 3rd Viscount Southbroad (Conservative)
Secretary of State for the Colonies: Bernand Verch (Liberal)
First Lord of the Admiralty: Roderick Blaine, 5th Count Blaine (Liberal)

Significant Political Parties:
Conservative (right)
Liberal (center-right)
Progressive (left)
Socialist (far left)

Major Settlements by World:

Malkyer:
Total Population: 5,274,910,000
Whitefall (capital), population 25 million
Ariel, population 16 million
Persephone, population 14 million
Paquin, population 10 million
Regina, population 9.5 million
Sihnon, population 8 million
Verbena, population 7.5 million
Greenleaf, population 6 million
New Belfast, population 4 million

-Facilities: 4 Orbital Starports, 2 Orbital Shipyards, 3 Military Shipyards, 1 Naval Base

New Scotland:
Total Population: 520,000
Cameron, population 260,000
-Facilities: 5 factories, 1 orbital starport, 1 naval base
New Aberdeen, population 150,000
-Facilities: 3 factories, 1 military shipyard
Dundee, population 50,000
-Facilities: 1 factory
Glasgow, population 50,000
-Facilities: 1 factory
New Edinburgh, population 10,000
-Facilities: 1 outpost

New Ireland:
Total Population: 270,000
Galway, population 110,000
-Facilities: 2 factories, 1 naval base
Shannon, population 50,000
-Facilities: 1 factory
New Dublin, population 50,000
-Facilities: 1 factory
New Boston, population 50,000
-Facilities: 1 factory
Limerick, population 10,000
-Facilities: 1 outpost

Vanaarten
Total Population: 100,000
Joburg, population 60,000
-Facilities: 1 factory, 1 Terraforming Plant
Prieska, population 30,000
-Facilities: 1 outpost, 1 Terraforming Plant, 1 naval base
Beitbridge, population 10,000
-Facilities: 1 Terraforming Plant

Bastion:
Total Population: 70,000
Haven, population 60,000
-Facilities: 1 factory, 1 orbital shipyard, 1 naval base
Storaberg, population 10,000
-Facilities: 1 outpost

Other Outposts:
Aeyers, Churchill, Bangalore, Londinium, Sparta, Luna, Athena, Xanadu, New Washington, Denali

Out-system Facilities:
Akko System (9 outposts): Akko V, Akko Va, Akko Vb, Akko Vc, Akko Vd, Akko IVa, Akko IVb, Akko IVc, Akko VIb

Other Terraforming Facilities:
Churchill (3, project underway)

Total Colonial Population:
1.09 million

Commonwealth Budget, 2301
Military Budget: $7,723,100,988,170
Colonization Budget (2% of GDP): $3,340,000,000,000
Colonial Income: +7.35 trillion

Military Overhead:
Pay, Pensions, Etc (30%): $2,316,930,296,000
Administration (10%): $772,310,098,810
R&D (10%, +5.1 trillion): $772,310,098,810

Infrastructure:
5x Orbital Starport
3x Orbital Shipyard
4x Military Shipyard
5x Naval Base

Income Available for Military Spending: $11,211,550,490,000
Military Maintenance: $4.3215 trillion
Infrastructure-$12.5 billion
Imperial Navy-$1.705 trillion
Imperial Marines-$1.116 trillion
Imperial Army-$1.488 trillion
Military Purchases: $6,890,000,000,000

Army
5x Defense Battalion-$4 billion

Navy
4x Light Battlestar-[cost paid upfront] (year 2 of 2)
7x Light Cruiser-[cost paid upfront] (year 2 of 2)
2x Missile Cruiser-[cost paid upfront] (year 2 of 2)
2x Armored Cruiser-[cost paid upfront] (year 2 of 3)
1x Monitor-[cost paid upfront] (year 2 of 3)
4x Transport-$320 billion (year 1 of 2)
1x Courier Group-$800 billion
9x Destroyer Squadron- $2.16 trillion
2x Missile Cruiser-$1.28 trillion (year 1 of 2)
2x Battle Cruiser-$2.24 trillion (year 1 of 3)

Surplus: 86,000,000,000

Colonial Maintenance: $3.322 trillion
Outposts (Thin Atmo)-$17.82 billion
Factories (Thin Atmo)-$237.5 billion
Outposts-$166.5 billion
Factories-$285 billion
Outposts (Out-system)-$90 billion
Terraforming Facilities-$2.375 trillion
R&D Centers-$200 billion
Colonial Purchases: 8 billion

5x Factory (New Ireland)-[cost paid upfront] (year 2 of 2)
9x Factory (Luna)- [cost paid upfront] (year 2 of 2)
2x Factory (Athena)- [cost paid upfront] (year 2 of 2)
3x Terraforming Facilities (Londinium)- [cost paid upfront] (year 2 of 10)
2x Orbital Shipyard-[cost paid upfront] (year 2 of 5)

Surplus-$8 billion
Additional Colonial Income 2302: +$4 trillion

Tech Level Advancement:
Current Tech Level: 9
Base Time: 75
Early Start: -10 (one time; no longer applicable)
Tax Rate: -7 (annual)
Education: -3 (28% of budget, annual)
Applied R&D: -2
Proximity to Higher Tech Nations: -5 (5 hexes from New Shiron, one-time bonus; no longer applicable)
Estimated Time to Tech Level 10: 36 years (2336)

Commonwealth Armed Forces, 2301

Imperial Navy
Combat Vessels (60):
Battlecruisers (BC) (2): Dauntless, Resolute
Light Battlestars (CVL) (4): Malkyer, New Scotland, New Ireland, Churchill
Missile Cruisers (CG) (2): Audacious, Vengenance
Light Cruisers (CL) (14): Whitefall, Ariel, Persphone, Paquin, Regina, Sihnon, Verbena, Greenleaf, New Belfast, Cameron, New Aberdeen, Dundee, New Edinburgh, Glasgow
Missile Boat Squadron (Patron) (6)
Corvette Squadron (ScoutRon) (10)
Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) (16)
Orbital Fighter Wings (10)

Support/Transport Vessels (21):
Interface Shuttle Squadrons (11)
Assault Shuttle Wings (7)
Light Transport Group (AKLRon) (35)

Fleet Maintenance: $1.7048 trillion (costs reduced by 20%, maintenance reduced by 5%)

Imperial Marines
30x Crack Regiment
10x Battalion (detached shipboard service)

Marine Maintenance: $1.116 trillion (costs reduced by 20%, maintenance reduced by 5%)

Imperial Army
22 Planetary Defense Units
15 Garrison Divisions
10 Elite Armored Brigades
10 Elite Lift Infantry Divisions

Army Maintenance: $1.488 trillion

Military Deployments:
Akko System:
BC Dauntless (w/ 1 Marine Battalion)
2 DesRon
1 ScoutRon
9 AKLRon

History and System Details

The Imperial Commonwealth of Malkyer was founded during the Diaspora by refugees fleeing North America and the United Kingdom, as well as many of the wealthier communities in the British Commonwealth (Boers from South Africa, Australians, businessmen from Singapore, the Indian professional class, etc). Over time, the Commonwealth was established as a constitutional monarchy to govern the primary world, which was named Malkyer after a promised land mentioned in a novel favored by young son of the first Emperor, Alexei Áedán. Alexei was a soldier-statesman from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, of mixed Russo-Celtic heritage.

The Imperial Commonwealth has, for most of its history, maintained a strict neutrality in galatic affairs, though in recent decades calls for renewed extra-solar exploration and military build-up have issued from the Imperial Parliament.

Inhabitants of the Commonwealth generally refer to themselves as Malkyeri.

System Map (http://www.utzig.com/cgi-bin/iai/system_detail.pl?Sysinfo=Eberly%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%202130%20A686775-E%20%20S%20Ri%20Ag%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20223%20Im%20M1%20V%20M6%20D%20M2%20D%20%2 0%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&UID=&Sectors=Diaspora)

Malkyer (Homeworld - Eberly II)
Inhabitants: Human - Anglo-Celtic, Germanic
Water Content: 60%
Atmosphere: Dense
Diameter: 9600km (Medium)
Tech Level: 9
Core Type: Molten
Satellites: 2 (Luna, Athena)
Density: 0.98 Earths
Mass: 0.61 Earths
Gravity: 0.83 G
Rotation Period: 26 Hours
Axil Tilt: 23 Degrees
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.009 degrees
Surface Pressure: 1.877 atm

New Scotland (Eberly III)
Core Type: Molten
Atmosphere: Thin
Satellites: 11 (Churchill, Arthur, Vanaarten, Bangalore, Kolikut, Londinium, Bastion, Lincoln, Halcyon, Roosevelt, Sparta)
Settlements: 5 [Cameron (capital), New Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, New Edinburgh]

New Ireland (Eberly IV)
Core Type: Molten
Atmosphere: Trace
Satellites: 0
Settlements: 5 [Galway (capital), Shannon, New Dublin, New Boston, Limerick]

Other System Information:
Stars:
MV 1 (Main)-“Sol”
M2 D (Secondary)-“Motie”

Gas Giants:
Albion-H2/He (3 moons: Xanadu, Draken, Osa)
Australis-Hi-RAD (3 moons: Aeyers, Darwin, Van Diemen)
Pacifica-H2/CH4 (3 moons: New Washington, Frisco, Denali)

Asteroid Belts:
1.55AU-Very Poor
11.35 AU-Average

Potentially Habitable Moons:
Aeyers (T), Churchill (VT), Vanaarten (Th), Bangalore (VT), Londinium (VT), Bastion (Th), Sparta (T), Luna (VT), Athena (T), Xanadu (T), New Washington (VT), Denali (VT)

Uninhabitable Moons (Vacuum):
Van Diemen, Kolikut, Lincoln, Halcyon, Roosevelt

Uninhabitable Moons (Exotic/Corrosive Atmosphere):
Frisco, Darwin, Arthur

Current Terraforming Projects:
Vanaarten-Atmosphere from Thin to Breathable (code 4 to code 5, year 1 of 10)
Churchill-Atmosphere from Very Thin to Thin (code 3 to code 4, year 1 of 10)

Atmosphere Key:
V=Vacuum
T=Trace
VT=Very Thin
Th=Thin
B=Breathable
E=Exotic/Corrosive

After several discussions with the Ato-Saran Federation, the Imperial Parliament ratifies and enacts the Akko Accords, which divide the unsettled Akko system between both nations.

Akko System:
Two Terrestrial Planets (Akko II and Akko V)
Four Gas Giants (Akko I, IV, VI, VIII)
1 Asteroid Belt

Malkyer gets Akko V and its four moons, Akko IV and its three moons, and one moon of Akko VI.

Ato-Sara gets Akko II, Akko I and its three moons, plus two moons of Akko VI, plus Akko VIII and its three moons

Mining rights on the asteroid belt are shared.

Ato-Saran Corollary:
1. Each nation agrees to help defend the other's possesions in the Akko system from external imperialism.

2. Pirates and smugglers caught operating in the Akko system will be extradited to their home nation for trial.

The Akko Accords, along with the Clay Doctrine of non-recognition for baseless interstellar claims, represent the first major diplomacy on the part of the Imperial Commonwealth in the new century.

The tiny rock of Bastion was one of a dozen small moons orbiting the terrestrial world of New Scotland, the second most populated settlement in the Eberly system after the homeworld itself. The moon itself was small, yet was composed of unusually dense materials, giving it a much higher gravitational pull that the other moons of New Scotland, or even of Malkyer itself. The extra gravity (almost 1.2G), in addition to a thin atmosphere and exceptionally rough terrain made Bastion an ideal training ground for the elite troops of the Commonwealth, specifically the Imperial Marines.

The principal Marine facility was a camp on the outskirts of Haven, the primary settlement and naval base on the moon. Inside Haven’s boundaries, the town was dominated by the monolithic Government House, the residence of the governor and the transit home for important off-world guests; usually officials from Malkyer. Inside the building, chemical scrubbers maintained a denser atmosphere than outside, in order to provide for the comfort of guests.

One such guest stood in his stateroom, an elegant affair decorated with real wood furniture, glass light fixtures, a bookcase…in truth, enough to make one think they were in a fine hotel in Whitefall or Persephone, rather than the sole instrument of government on a dusty, barren moon orbiting an equally dusty, barren world hundreds of thousands of miles from home. Giving a passing glance to the bookshelf as a servant set down tea, the guest arched an eyebrow and frowned. It was a sad comparison to the Royal Library in Persephone, which was said to hold a copy of nearly every work published by man before the Collapse, and of every work since.

The servant, having finished setting the tea service, mumbled a farewell in High Anglic before leaving the room. The guest grinned sardonically. High Anglic was the language of diplomacy and intellectualism within Malkyeri space; it was a dialect so archaic so as to be almost English. The majority of the Commonwealth’s five billion citizens spoke Low Anglic, as it was called by the egg-headed professors and self-important diplomats who used High Anglic at every opportunity. The servant was clearly one of the former, as planetary governors had an annoying habit of forcing their staffs to use High Anglic to give a semblance of culture to the frontier worlds.

Watching the dry landscape outside his window, the guest was interrupted by a throat-clearing cough behind him. Turning, he saw the lean face of William Sizemore, the Governor-General of Bastion. Sizemore was skinny; naturally so, as the high gravity of Bastion meant that the simple act of walking up a staircase was a workout. He was a pale man, though so were most who didn’t live on Malkyer. The binary red giants Sol and Mote gave little light and less heat to the frontier.

“Henri tells me you asked to see me, m’lord?” Sizemore took the cup of tea offered by his guest, and declined sugar.

Not speaking, the other man poured milk into his tea until it was a light tan color, and stirred in two lumps of sugar. Finally, he spoke. “Governor, this unpleasantness in the Aluzra Main is making certain elements of His Majesty’s Government, not to mention His Majesty’s Navy, nervous.” From here, he switched to Low Anglic, as if to emphasize a point to the Governor. “Naval Intelligence reckons we’ll conjure up some shiny Jump-2 ships in a few years. Could be that those ships’ll be needed for an expedition or two past Akko into more settled regions, or maybe down into subsector O. You’re to step up Marine training regimens up until that time. We’re gonna need them somethin’ fierce if it turns out this business in Alurza turns into all kinds of violence elsewhere. Think you can handle that for me?”

The Governor nodded. He looked as he wanted to speak, to say something else, but was cut short by the wave of a hand.

“That’s all certain folks want me to tell you, Govnah. This palaver’s done.” The Governor nodded, bowed slightly, and left.

Prince Samuel Áedán sighed as the door slid shut behind the Governor. There was much to be done over the course of the next decade. Much indeed.