Ehrud
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They are humanoids, very much like humans, and seem to share a close visual resemblance. They maintain a societal structure which can best be described as kingdom based, and attained warp capability forty years ago (2340). It seems that they would have made fine additions to the Federation had the Ferengi not contacted them first, about five years before us. This, of course, led to unfortunate bias against the Federation, and a close relationship to the Ferengi.
Taken from the essay "The Erudite Ehrudite", in Sociology in Space, 237803.25
...and so, as the Heratian faith was amalgamated with, or simply replaced, the religions and cults of the Western Continent, it seemed that the smaller, less significant Eastern Continent would gain control over the many and varied districts of the West. However, this was not to be the case with the dissidence of one of the Heratian religion's most prestigious and famous followers: Keeper Kiro Ho'orati. Ho'orati was one of the most renowned theologians on the Ehrud home-world, and was a leading member in the Directorate of Keepers. He turned the Heratian religion on its head with his "Spirit of the Law" treaty, nailed on the doors of Iutsdoom (literally "of night") Cathedral. With this, Ho'orati officially began the Reformation movement, which quickly spread throughout the Western Continent, many districts in which were glad to be able to follow the old traditions and still have their souls saved. The "Spiritos", as the came to be called, called for an abandonment of the strict, and at sometime contradictory, doctrine of the Sdoom-'k-Herat (literally "light in the night", the name of the Heratian holy book) and argued that the Loi ("Gods") would save the souls of those who followed the spirit of law and believed, not those who followed the letter of the law without thinking.
The Reformation movement caused a schism in the balance of power, splintering the Eastern Continent, which was once unified with the strongest religious and lingual bonds, into two separate powers, the Spiritos and the Traditionalists, who waged war against each other for control over the Eastern Continent. The Western Continent formed itself into three separate countries (named "Desko", "Entvik" and "Skokoloi": literally "Land Which Is Home", "Old Paths" and "Home Of The Gods"). Despite the political upheaval and religious wars, an international language was created, the Common Tongue, or Ehrudite Standard, which was adopted by all five new powers.
However, all the countries warred with their neighbours of land disputes and religious intolerance. The death toll of the first world war of this planet hit the hundreds of millions within a decade. So distraught was Ho'orati at the thought that he had caused this, despite his good intentions of ending the oppression of the Western Continent by the Eastern Continent, killed himself by hanging (the symbolic death endured by the first god, Loi-Kiv). The death was mourned by the Reformationists, and the countries in which they had power, Skokoloi and the land of the Spiritos, called for peace. Their calls were ignored. (P. 13)
...forty years ago, exactly three-hundred years after the suicide of Spirito-leader Kiro Ho'orati, devout Spirito Gina Narrate developed the first Ehrudite warp engine. This was the impetus the pacifist Spiritos needed to try and bring peace to the planet which had been war stricken for nearly four centuries. As the first successful flight of the SS Sdoom-'k-Herat was completed, the Skokoloi's and Eastern Spiritos' governments were in negotiations to merge the two countries, and were making peace treaties with the other three powers. All was agreed within two months, and three new world powers emerged, each with agreed borders and territories, each owning roughly about one-third the globe each. Skokoloi and the land of the Eastern Spiritos merged to create Hej Skokoloi (New Skokoloi); Desko and the land of the Eastern Traditionalists merged to create Deskokoloi (Land Which Is Home Of The Gods); and the wild-card Entvik remained much as it had, but now with better trade connections to the much more resource-plentiful lands of the Deskokoloi and Hej Skokoloi. This was something the Entvik people resented...(P. 26)
...and the Entvik people had the ability to step in as deities to the Nalgurians. While both Hej Skokoloi and Deskokoloi agreed (amazingly) that acting as false gods was tantamount to praying to false gods, a practice so sinful that executing it would lead to a mark so black on one's her-g'I (literally "soul-score") that the Loi would never redeem that soul, the Entvik people had no such qualms. With this new source of slave labour, Entvik soon grew far richer that was proportionate for a country so barren of natural resources, and both the other countries wanted this same wealth. Within five years religious hesitancies were cast aside under the pressure of market forces, and soon Nalgurians slaves were as much a part of Ehrudite life as Heratianity itself. It seems that both the holy book Sdoom-'k-Herat and Kiro Ho'orati were utterly forgotten, that era had passed...(P. 29)
...in this way the countries bound themselves under the title the United Ehrudite Theocracies. The UET was the united face that the Ehrudites chose to show the galaxy, under the careful tutelage of the Ferengi. By no means is the UET a world government in the same way as Terra's government or Quo'nos' government are. The UET is simply a diplomatic construct where chosen representatives from each of the countries are sent to discuss world issues in the light of galactic affairs. Each country still has its own theocratic government (Spirito Heratian, Traditionalist Heratian and "Entvik"), and each still has its own disputes with the others. The UET is simply a political tool to allow the Ehrud greatest galactic advantage. With, of course, the aid of the Ferengi...(P.31)
Data created by Lt. Jefferson Nariah, 238001.20