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==History== | ==History== | ||
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Still divided among many nation states on their Homeworld, the Mathenite Confederacy only has control over foreign policy, planetary and colonial defense, and the governance of the outlying colony worlds, essentially anything that does not concern the nations of the Homeworld, which it has next to no influence over, with all of its power resting with the states that support it. It has some economic controls but only between other interstellar governments, as the nation-states keep it that way. However, after the Dominion War, and increased Breen and pirate activity, there is a push for increased powers to the Confederacy to the detriment of the nation-states. This tension is so far restricted to the political arena. | Still divided among many nation states on their Homeworld, the Mathenite Confederacy only has control over foreign policy, planetary and colonial defense, and the governance of the outlying colony worlds, essentially anything that does not concern the nations of the Homeworld, which it has next to no influence over, with all of its power resting with the states that support it. It has some economic controls but only between other interstellar governments, as the nation-states keep it that way. However, after the Dominion War, and increased Breen and pirate activity, there is a push for increased powers to the Confederacy to the detriment of the nation-states. This tension is so far restricted to the political arena. | ||
The Confederate Parliament consists of a bi-cameral legislature, the Parliament of Peoples, and the Council of Executives. | The Confederate Parliament consists of a bi-cameral legislature, the Parliament of Peoples, and the Council of Executives. Every 8 or so years, the numbers are adjusted due to population growth, and if any changes are made to the number of member states, this also changes. | ||
* The Parliament of Peoples consists of 3 Representatives to each member state ( | * The Parliament of Peoples consists of 3 Representatives to each member state (of which there are exactly 250 as of 2391) with a further 250 seats allocated to the Colonies based on proportional representation to their population. The Council of Executives is made up of 27 representatives divided into six regional territories. | ||
* As of 2397, five (5) seats are allocated to the Dantehvon-Northern Rheghenda, three (3) seats are allocated to the Withestan-Eastern Islands, five (5) seats are allocated to Callodo, two (2) are allocated to Kardema, four (4) are allocated to southern Rheghenda, and six (6) are allocated to the colonies excluding Viseria, who gets two (2) seats seperatly. | * As of 2397, five (5) seats are allocated to the Dantehvon-Northern Rheghenda, three (3) seats are allocated to the Withestan-Eastern Islands, five (5) seats are allocated to Callodo, two (2) are allocated to Kardema, four (4) are allocated to southern Rheghenda, and six (6) are allocated to the colonies excluding Viseria, who gets two (2) seats seperatly. | ||
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This authority runs the colonies, and while colonial members make up 40% of leadership positions, the leadership is overwhelmingly from Homeworld. This authority, rather than the normal departments of the Confederation, is the ultimate legal authority and manages all departments, which often results in the colonists having less say and rights than their counterparts directly represented in the legislature. In addition, as the authority often has to manage long running low-grade intensity conflicts, it has sweeping military and legal powers. | This authority runs the colonies, and while colonial members make up 40% of leadership positions, the leadership is overwhelmingly from Homeworld. This authority, rather than the normal departments of the Confederation, is the ultimate legal authority and manages all departments, which often results in the colonists having less say and rights than their counterparts directly represented in the legislature. In addition, as the authority often has to manage long running low-grade intensity conflicts, it has sweeping military and legal powers. | ||
While some native species on Mathenite colonized planets have submitted to the Mathenite hegemony, there are a few races that haven't, and some of those have resorted to terrorism to drive the colonial occupiers out. On those planets, resentment towards the Authority is usually lesser. As some colonies do not even encompass entire planets, border skirmishes between the colonials and the native people are also a problem, as is the problem of continued territory expansion to acquire resources and room to expand. | While some native species on Mathenite colonized planets have submitted to the Mathenite hegemony, there are a few races that haven't, and some of those have resorted to terrorism to drive the colonial occupiers out. On those planets, resentment towards the Authority is usually lesser. As some colonies do not even encompass entire planets, border skirmishes between the colonials and the native people are also a problem, as is the problem of continued territory expansion to acquire resources and room to expand. This tension would often lead to overwhelming force used against protests, such as an incident on Zeta Pavlionis-III in 2383 that resulted in a protest from the Federation over the death of Federation citizens.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/pUzID0LJ9L8/m/JKl6nCIpAwAJ ''Operations out of a cafe?!''], Lt. JG Zhanyt Lafizatar, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD 239707.28</ref> | ||
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===Diserk=== | ===Diserk=== | ||
The Diserk are the dark skinned peoples to the south of the Rheghenda Desert and Ollintaq, who built many of the greatest achievements of ancient Mathenite architecture. The Diserk are largely considered | The Diserk are the dark skinned peoples to the south of the Rheghenda Desert and Ollintaq, who built many of the greatest achievements of ancient Mathenite architecture. The Diserk are largely considered to be the most wary of the Mathenite racial groups and they remain renowned for their architectural genius. The Diserk possess various degrees of dark skin, with golden hair and the most diverse range of eye colors among any of the Mathenite races. | ||
Many Diserk were followers of the religion The Light of the Dark Sky<ref name="going">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/BI_TBpMMGLw/m/heLATDBaAgAJ ''To know where you are, you need to know where you're going.''], LtJG Zhanyt Lafizatar, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD 239709.23</ref>, and most followed the tradition of building 'shrines' on their birthdays<ref name="going" />, and for the departed, to represent themselves or others in physical form. This was part of the focus of beauty through form, or the reflection of memory in physical form.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/NJ9pE5XryJU/m/EU6Cv4hJAgAJ ''Meeting with the Captain''] Lt. JG Zhanyt Lafizatar,{{USS|Veritas}}, SD239707.25</ref> | |||
=== The Rheld & The Kard=== | === The Rheld & The Kard=== | ||
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The natives of the continent of Withesta and the surrounding islands are largely a multi-racial people with the only 'pure' strains of native blood being found in inland Withesta and the island chain of Ollessan, though these are two completely different groups. The natives of Withesta have a phenotype similar to the Call but have much darker hair and skin, though have similar eye shape and color. The Ollessan natives are almost exactly like the Call but have jet black hair and are slightly shorter. | The natives of the continent of Withesta and the surrounding islands are largely a multi-racial people with the only 'pure' strains of native blood being found in inland Withesta and the island chain of Ollessan, though these are two completely different groups. The natives of Withesta have a phenotype similar to the Call but have much darker hair and skin, though have similar eye shape and color. The Ollessan natives are almost exactly like the Call but have jet black hair and are slightly shorter. | ||
===The Rheghenda Natives== | ===The Rheghenda Natives=== | ||
Technically two distinct peoples, the northerners being a Faal off-shoot and the southerners being a Diserk descended people, the Rheghenda Desert Natives are closely tied by shared cultural traditions of their desert homeland. They share a religion, many social customs and there is no tradition of rivalry or prejudice being based on skin color or other physical features. They both inhabit the same cities (what few there are) and are marked both by a strong will to survive and a compassionate edge, with a fiercely independent streak. | Technically two distinct peoples, the northerners being a Faal off-shoot and the southerners being a Diserk descended people, the Rheghenda Desert Natives are closely tied by shared cultural traditions of their desert homeland. They share a religion, many social customs and there is no tradition of rivalry or prejudice being based on skin color or other physical features. They both inhabit the same cities (what few there are) and are marked both by a strong will to survive and a compassionate edge, with a fiercely independent streak. | ||
While there are few cities in the Rheghenda Nations, that is largely due to preference, with the smaller villages still as technologically advanced as any city on the planet. While there is a division into tribes and city states, the natives located to the South joined the Diserk-created Federal Republics of South Rheghenda<ref name="nightskyformation">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/BZqS8O66JGM/m/C_GgXb9JCAAJ ''The Second Duty''] Lt. JG Zhanyt Lafizatar, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD239801.9</ref> and natives located to the north created the North Rheghenda Confderation, a confederation of local polities. Very few of these native groups leave Mathen, mostly interested in the desert, although a substantial number are over represented in Mathenite's leading authors and ecologists. | |||
The Northern Rheghenda are physically differentiated from the Faal by their chalk white skin, black hair and blue eyes and the southern Rheghenda are known by their angular features, light brown skin and darker eyes. | The Northern Rheghenda are physically differentiated from the Faal by their chalk white skin, black hair and blue eyes and the southern Rheghenda are known by their angular features, light brown skin and darker eyes. | ||
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==Physiology== | ==Physiology== | ||
Mathenites are anatomically similar to Humans and the only major differences are their higher frequencies of light hair, pointed or rounded ears, taller average height and slimmer frames. Mathenites also have a longer life span of roughly 260 years, though this is not constant over the entire species as they are still divided into many disparate nation states, some at severely limited stages of technological advancement. As such, the populations of wealthier Mathenite nations (And most colonies) have lifespans of roughly 300 years, while some of the poorer Mathenites have life expectancies only just reaching into the 210s. | Mathenites are anatomically similar to Humans and the only major differences are their higher frequencies of light hair, pointed or rounded ears, taller average height and slimmer frames. Mathenites also have a longer life span of roughly 260 years, though this is not constant over the entire species as they are still divided into many disparate nation states, some at severely limited stages of technological advancement. As such, the populations of wealthier Mathenite nations (And most colonies) have lifespans of roughly 300 years, while some of the poorer Mathenites have life expectancies only just reaching into the 210s. | ||
Due to the evolution and larger amount of flourine on Mathen, most Mathenites can tolerate higher concentrations of flourine than most other species<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/iR-jtGblxb4/m/Z44OBbB0AwAJ "The high priestess"] Lt. JG Zhanyt Lafizatar, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD239711.19</ref> | |||
Mathenites can go without water for just over a week, and some of the more extreme survival stories out of the Rheghenda dessert speak of tribesmen surviving for three weeks without water, though these have yet to be verified. | Mathenites can go without water for just over a week, and some of the more extreme survival stories out of the Rheghenda dessert speak of tribesmen surviving for three weeks without water, though these have yet to be verified. | ||
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==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
Mathenite religious beliefs are diverse and there are many major religions, most of which cross racial and ethnic divides. The Mathenites of the homeworld tend to be more 'spiritual' than 'religious' and Mathenite psychologists are famous for their psychoanalysis of religious believers and nonbelievers and what factors such as economic conditions, ethnic origin, upbringing, education, and other factors influence belief and religiosity. Most Mathenites believe in a personal deity and an afterlife, and others believe in a universal spirit or life force. A small minority of Mathenites are irreligious and fall in favor of an | Mathenite religious beliefs are diverse and there are many major religions, most of which cross racial and ethnic divides. The Mathenites of the homeworld tend to be more 'spiritual' than 'religious' and Mathenite psychologists are famous for their psychoanalysis of religious believers and nonbelievers and what factors such as economic conditions, ethnic origin, upbringing, education, and other factors influence belief and religiosity. Most Mathenites believe in a personal deity and an afterlife, and others believe in a universal spirit or life force. A small minority of Mathenites are irreligious and fall in favor of an atheist or agnostic identity. Despite this, there are "Five Great Faiths of Mathen", with varying degrees of focus on spiritualism over religion, that 68.5% of all Mathenites belonged to. <ref name="nightskyformation" /> | ||
One of the major religions, the Light of the Dark Sky, a form of ancestor and spirit worship, is characterized by believing that the ancestors are an extant force in life, as well as the stars themselves, who watch over everyone.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/KVmvKwV5V60/m/BJ44loJzAQAJ ''A new home upon the seas''], Lt. JG Zhanyt Lafizatar, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD 239707.23</ref>. At one time, this religion formed the backbone of a theocratic feudal monarchy.<ref name="nightskyformation" /> | |||
In a culture plagued by ethnic, racial and nationalistic conflict, religion is far from the top position of the list of things that the Mathenites fight over, in fact interfaith dialogue yields some of the most productive intra-species talks on peace and equality. | In a culture plagued by ethnic, racial and nationalistic conflict, religion is far from the top position of the list of things that the Mathenites fight over, in fact interfaith dialogue yields some of the most productive intra-species talks on peace and equality. | ||
==Society== | ==Society== | ||
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==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
In a word, 'Diverse'. Mathenite cultures are supremely varied and have many idiosyncrasies to them. | In a word, 'Diverse'. Mathenite cultures are supremely varied and have many idiosyncrasies to them. While there has been some cultural cross breeding, the nature of Mathenite culture means that you can walk a few miles to a town in a different nation or different sub culture, and find differences that change the meaning in ways that are stunning despite being the same on the surface. | ||
Like in most worlds, most cultures have their own origin myths and mythology. | |||
=== Diserk Mythologies === | |||
==Customs== | ==Customs== | ||
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Their Navy is the primary focus of the military, more than able to secure their borders and protect their ever important trade routes. The Colonial Authority's ground forces are well trained and more than used to dealing with tense situations with quick and decisive shows of force. Minor colonial insurrections have been put down brutally in the last few years, as have pirate raids and smuggling. | Their Navy is the primary focus of the military, more than able to secure their borders and protect their ever important trade routes. The Colonial Authority's ground forces are well trained and more than used to dealing with tense situations with quick and decisive shows of force. Minor colonial insurrections have been put down brutally in the last few years, as have pirate raids and smuggling. | ||
The Mathenite military is famed for 'overkill' and for their brutal application of force in order to prove to the galaxy that the Confederacy is a force to be reckoned with. | The Mathenite military is famed for 'overkill' and for their brutal application of force in order to prove to the galaxy that the Confederacy is a force to be reckoned with. | ||
In pursuit of this military focus, the Mathenite Navy combines their science and engineering departments into one department rather than have dedicated science personnel.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/9YRnPCQWbLo/m/r0zwYzV4AwAJ ''Discussions'],Lt. JG Zhanyt Lafizatar, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD 239707.31</ref> | |||
==Colonies== | ==Colonies== | ||
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With this in mind, the Federation has reached out to assist them with multiple projects such as eco-restoration, and to mediate in several conflict zones. | With this in mind, the Federation has reached out to assist them with multiple projects such as eco-restoration, and to mediate in several conflict zones. | ||
{{References}} | |||
* DS9: Second Skin | * DS9: Second Skin | ||
* Star Trek: Star Charts | * Star Trek: Star Charts | ||
* Moved to Need Reviewed Section by CC Magistrate due to user creation and no CC Approval on File ''See [[UFOP Constitution/Bylaws/4|CC Bylaw 4]]''. | * Moved to Need Reviewed Section by CC Magistrate due to user creation and no CC Approval on File ''See [[UFOP Constitution/Bylaws/4|CC Bylaw 4]]''. | ||
[[Category:Intelligent Lifeform Index Species]] | [[Category:Intelligent Lifeform Index Species]] | ||
[[Category:Alpha Quadrant Species]] | [[Category:Alpha Quadrant Species]] | ||