People's Republic of Aureate

The People's Republic of Aureate is a young nation born out of the shared struggles of the people of Aureate after a hard-fought revolution. The former capital world of the Pearlescent Expanse languished after the collapse of the Coalition, trapped by a century-long orbital blockade from the Tyranon Dynasty's VII Fleet and their war with the local remnants of the Dodonan Tribunal, with much of the planet's populace struggling to survive. Infrastructure largely collapsed outside of the regions ruled by the Dynasty and Tribunal, while those under their respective domains endured oppression and exploitation.

When the two great powers resumed open hostilities in 800, it drove several independent groups together for mutual survival; their leadership soon came to realize that their only hope for the future was a free Aureate. These disparate factions - criminals, rebels, unaligned militants - came together in the city of Vedro and, in 801, formally declared the foundation of a new state, one of democracy, rather than extractive foreign rule. With the retreat of both empires in 802, the PRA gained de facto control over the entire planet, though none of the Pearlescent Expanse's major players have granted official recognition in the years since.

While Aureate in the Coalition's day played host to folk from across the Pearlescent Expanse, four main peoples - Nadezhdans, ex-Tyranon Freeborn, former Dodonan citizens, and the Taimu - form the bulk of the population, and their influence can be seen in the patchwork culture of the PRA.