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+ | ====== Constitutional Dominion of Illuminated Spheres ====== | ||
+ | Not every voyage was successful, not every contact friendly, of course. Many ships were lost in the conquest of space. For every twenty flights that set out, at least one met with some critical mishap; many didn't return at all. Even so, over the next 150 years Arvandor and Nexhan were joined by the humans of Arendu and Parsang, the ursinoids of Gwuryll and the multiracial worlds of Farach and Stonehollow | ||
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+ | To counter this and other threats to the safety and security of Known Space, the **Constitutional Dominion of Illuminated Spheres** was formed and the **Constitutional Dominion Navy** mustered to enforce the peace. | ||
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+ | The conditions for membership in the Dominion were simple but inflexible. To be considered for membership a civilization had to be:\\ | ||
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+ | However, as the many disparate cultures tried to meld into a cohesive governmental entity, those seemingly simple regulations soon spawned a jus codex that filled a vast library and required a massive judicial system to adjudicate. At the present time the **Dominion Court of Interspheral Justice** (DCIJ) has three separate branches:\\ | ||
+ | - The Interspheral Court of Justice (ICJ), the supreme court that settles disputes between spheres or planets; the highest authority to which a case can be appealed | ||
+ | - The Interspheral Court of Criminality (ICC), a court that prosecutes individuals for crimes outside planetary or spheral jurisdiction, | ||
+ | - The Interspheral Court of Arbitration (ICA), a court that administers cases arising out of interspheral treaties, including bilateral and multilateral investment arrangements and other agreements. | ||
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+ | The laws the courts adjudicate are enacted by the **Grand Council**, an assembly of representatives from the member spheres | ||
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+ | The core of the Council are the Charter Members. Led by Arvandor, the Prime Member (whose representative is always the First Consul who presides over the session and establishes the agenda that will be discussed) | ||
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+ | Full Members Blackhollow, | ||
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+ | Associate Members Fanalor and Kethlath can address the Council, but, with one exception, have no vote, and Probationary Members are welcome to observe the legislative body, but have neither voice nor vote. | ||
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+ | Finally, presiding over the government in an executive capacity, is the **Speaker to the Spheres and Supreme Commander**, | ||
+ | The seat of governance for the Dominion is on Arvandor in **Tyll Galad**. | ||
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+ | Nearby, on Tolai, is **Caras Kaane**, the City of Valor, Headquarters of the Constitutional Dominion Navy. Eldaran is home to the shipyards where the best ships in Known Space, and perhaps the entire galaxy, are made. On the mainland is Yaavaneska, Havest Home, the main port from which food and other necessities are ferried over to the islands. | ||
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+ | The most powerful enforcement body in Known Space is the Constitutional Dominion Navy or CDN. Their authority is broad and sweeping, derived from the Speaker himself and backed by the Council, and extremely dangerous to challenge. They don't like to lose and have very long memories... | ||
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