Rasalhague Consortium
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| Rasalhague Consortium | |
|---|---|
| State Profile | |
| Founding Year | Mid to late twenty-third century[1] |
| Capital world: | Rasalhague VI[1] |
| Controlled system(s): | 9[1] |
| Official Language(s) | Swedish[1] |
| Government | |
| Head of State | Prime Minister |
| Military | |
History[edit]
The beginnings of the Free Rasalhague Republic lay in the chaos of the Second Soviet Civil War. Located close to or bordering the Soviet Union, the Federal Democratic Republics of Finland, Norway and Sweden found themselves having to deal with more than a million refugees from the war, and once the war ended, the three Scandinavian countries faced an additional burden in the form of payments to help rebuild the various Soviet states. Brutally enforced by the Terran Alliance Parliament, these taxes only ended in the mid-twenty-third century, leaving the once-prosperous Scandinavian states financially and psychologically destitute. At this point many Scandinavians elected to emigrate from their homelands despite the risks of interstellar travel. The still-unexplored world of Rasalhague would become their new home, distant from Terra and its oppressive government.[1][2]
Within sixty years of the first colonists leaving Scandinavia the new colony world of Rasalhague had been both colonized and heavily populated, along with its eight closest neighbors. This led to the formation of the Rasalhague Consortium in the late twenty-third century, as the population of the nine worlds created a joint government to oversee the future development of their worlds. The highest government official was the Prime Minister and the government included all of the Valdherres or "world lords" and members of powerful families. The Consortium evolved as it came into contact with other states nearby, becoming the Principality of Rasalhague, headed by an Elected Prince.[1][3] The Principality deliberately maintained an isolationist and neutral stance in interstellar politics during its independent existence,[3] the isolationism being a natural result of the Principality's people being more interested in developing their own worlds in ways that were the least damaging to their natural environment.[1]