Federation of Alkataha

The Federation of Alkataha would be a major regional power in the Aft region of the Imperial Galaxy, if not for its close proximity and 200 square lightyear frontier with the Imperial State.

Government
Alkete Law

All centralized authority is vested in the eight legislative "Houses". Each House, except for one, forms what is called an "Agency". Agencies have final authority over a given subject of Government, they are chosen by bodies of electors comprised of elected officials proportional to the population of each state. The Seven subjects of the Central government are: Armed Services (Military Agency), Industry & Energy & Economy (Labor Agency), War & Foreign Relations (Diplomatic Agency), People & Property Rights (Privacy Agency), Communications Regulation (Communications Agency), Commercial Regulations (Commerce Agency), and Interior Regulations (State Agency).

Each House has its own Judiciary. Each Agency also elects its own Minister, any legislation can only originate in the concerned house any disputes are decided by the component states. The Central House acts as the eighth body and the second bloc between legislation and law. The central house elects the Chancellor also called the Central Minister. Any legislation after passing both the originating house and the central house becomes a type of law called a "Congressional Act" also called a Technical Law, an Erective Law or an Erective Act. An Act has authority beginning three months after being passed until twenty-four months after being passed. A congressional act is debated by the "Taluhoo" or the House Heads, a body made from the seven agency ministers and the chancellor. It needs the approval of either six ministers or four ministers and the chancellor, it can also be nullified of its twenty-month effect with the same vote.

For the authority to carry over from an Erective Act into a state it needs the approval of any one member of a fifteen membered panel called a gate. Any inter-state disagreement is decided by the Interstate court.

The Central Government is located within the Apratalia system.

State
The State is divided into four Provinces: The Core, The Northwest, The Southaft, and the Eastfor. Each region is represented by a capital. Laws passed by Apratalia effect all four regions, but systems belonging to the outer regions are given significant autonomy from Apratele law. The Legal system has been compared to baseball. The Capital pitches with the Legislative, The Provinces bat with the Judiciary. And the Systems run with the Executive. Many critics of the system also jokingly add "Then the Iaranaal cash the game".

Geography
The Federation of Alkataha is centered outside the Falling Nebula, it controls 150 systems in and around the Nebula, the Federation also has two large frontiers. The larger frontier of 10 colonial systems and 20 contested systems along its border with the Imperial State. The other, smaller frontier of several colonial and contested systems located within the locally named Northern Void, where stellar densities drop off to one quarter the galactic normal.

The Core Systems
The core of the Alkete sphere of influence centers several lightyears west of its border with the Imperial state. It's capital system Apratalia, along with several other nearby systems which have are dimmed by the series of massive megastructures built around them, collecting the stars' energy using it to power massive population centers, rivers of light spewing out millions of megatons of spacecraft by the day, vast particle accelerators and other research facilities, AU spanning telescope arrays, vast laser communication beacons, industrial complexes, information and education centers, space ports as both satellite and groundside. They extant of these orbiting structures densely extend from the star several dozen AU and sparsely beyond the hill sphere.

The Core systems are the systems most heavily influenced by the Federation, receiving and giving communications to and from the capital in mere years. All non-incorporated fleets operate within the area considered the legal "Core", officially the Asolaha province, including all seven systems within five years of the capital, and two of the five original colonies which have since drifted to several light years apart.

The Apratalia System
The Apratalia System is a double star system located at the center of the Asolaha province. It's main star, Apratalia, is a light F-type star and namesake of the system. The second star Asaska is a dim K-type star which orbits closely to Apratalia, within the orbit of any planets.

Tolholta has three primary continents: Arsanka, Autekïrln, and Aheselna. They are separated by three great rivers, and the Arkiati canyons, extending from the sea of Elnere. Aheselna is by far the largest continent, comprised of four tectonic plates, and covering two thirds of the planet's surface area.

The Inner Suburbs
The inner suburbs represent all areas firmly under Federal control outside of the core. It is divided into the North-East-For and the North-West

The Northwest suburbs capital is the Coszsotohon System, in ancient times the system was under Imperial control, but was wrestled away from the Teyno into Federal oversight by 3663. The system has since drifted from the frontier into the Northwest region. The region is governed by a Consul akin to the government of the Imperial State.

The Coszsothon System
The Coszsothon system is a binary star system located on the northern edge of the Falling Nebula. Its primary star is Iatseknere, your standard G type star, the second star Eretseke, a violent red dwarf orbits the primary at a quarter an AU. The system and region's capital world, Coszsothon, orbits the binary at 1.3 AU. The world masses only 10% that of Earth and has a tidally locked moon named Ate Ecose (pronounced Ah-teh' Ek-ohs-zeh). The moon masses only a little more than mars' Phobos.

The Alsara System
The central star masses 0.71687 solar masses. The Alsaran year is 117,634,122.21 seconds long orbiting at 2.1519 AU and massing 0.26382 Earth's

The Border Suburbs
The border suburbs are the tens of systems under Federal control between the Federal core and the Imperial State located to the South-Aft. It acts as a transit route between the capital and the militarized Imperial frontier, The regions capital is the Apararta System, meaning Gulf.

The Imperial Frontier
The Federation shares a roughly straight frontier of disputed systems and heavily militarized centers along its border with the Imperial State.

The Northern Frontier
The Northern Void forms part of the Galactic Tȧna Void an area of 20 ly N-S by 20 ly E-W by 60 ly A-F to the north of the sphere of influence. The Tȧna void represents to most, the eventual demise of the Alkataha Federation. Of the twenty or so systems colonized beyond the shores of the northern void within the past few decades nearly half of these have severed ties with the governments back home.

The Outer Frontiers
An additional 200 or so systems have been partially colonized by the Federation of Alkataha. These act as minor outposts or industries for the Federation but are more commonly home to licensed independent colonists.

Military
Armada Command


 * Count Executive (Arhatsalla): Executive and Commander over a Forward armada.
 * Deputy Governor (Ekrasno): Chief Administrative and civil executive over a Forward armada.
 * Lieutenant Governor (Ekrasaas): Junior Administrative and civil executive over a Forward armada.
 * Deputy Marshal (Ekralro): Chief Battle Commander over the Forward armada.
 * Undermarshal (Ekralraas): Executive Battle Officer within the Forward armada.
 * Deputy Consul (Eksanho): Chief Diplomatic Officer within the Forward armada.
 * Senior War Minister (IptsÏnhe Epke): Senior Diplomatic Administrator within the Forward armada.

The Imperial State
The Federation has a complex nearly 2,200 year history with the Imperial State tracing back to the conclusion of the 2nd Alkete Civil war. Nearly 1,000 embassies have been exchanged between the states of the Federation and the Imperial Teyno with countless consulates along the frontier and border worlds. Despite current and previous tension, the two have a high rate of commercial exchange with the exception the capital and surrounding core systems. As such market worlds such as those in the Otolol system benefit greatly by being part of a chain of unofficial middlemen between transactions.

The League of Species
Its governments are currently trying to organize the League of Species or LS. Its dating system revolves around the Kometer Community of signing the Chapters of Agreement or Vreneb Okho Saulkauta in the Old Iatausas language. It is "Pre Vreneb Okho Saulkauta" or PVOS and "Vreneb Okho Saulkauta Realized" or VOSR also recorded as PV or P and VR or V. The FA has colonized 150 star systems and has competed heavily with the Imperial over the past millennia.

Economy
Alkataha has the fourth highest GDP in the Imperial Galaxy, its states have varied economies ranging from Capitalism to Socialism to Economic Feudalism, all economic transactions within the Federation are pegged by its state currency.

Language
Two major language families are used throughout the Alkete Federation.

Classic Articulations:
Ends in vowels, each syllable after the first begins with a consonant, last consonants (Usually "S's" are ignored) some "A"s are pronounced similar to r after a consonant. "A"s are pronounced Ah, e's usually are pronounced more like Ae especially when adjacent to R's. K is found before T and after R post alveolar.

Key: Pl (Plosive), Fr (Fricative), Rd (Reed [Tongue]), Ca (Canal [Inner mouth], Bi (Bilabial), Ma (Mandible)


 * Consonants: L (Fr, Rd), R (Fr, Rd), K (Pl, Ca) - Z (Sh/Z, Fr, Ca): Kz, S (Fr, Rd/Ca) - T (Pl, Rd/Ca): Ts, P (Soft Pl, Bi) - H (Fr, Bi), N (Pl, Ma),
 * Vowels: A - Au - O: Ȧ, Ia - E - E'e/: Ü/U'e, I - Ï - U: W
 * Legacy: Y - E - Ė = Ia family, Included D and G from voiced articulation

Dubere Articulation
Key: Ta (Tap), Pl (Plosive), Fr (Fricative), Tr (Trilled), Rd (Reed-Roof [Tongue-Alveolar]), Ca (Canal [Inner mouth], Bi (Bilabial), Ma (Mandible)
 * Consonants: L (Fr, Rd), R (Fr, Rd), K (Pl, Ca) - Z (Z, Fr, Ca): Kz, S (Fr, Rd/Ca) - D (Ta, Rd/Ca): Ts, B/V (Ta, Bi) - H (Fr, Bi), N (Pl, Ma)
 * Vowels: U, Ei, E, ἀ

Deȧta
Deȧta is the most commonly used Alkete language, spoken as a first language in one dialect or another by over 10% of the Federation population and nearly 1% of the Imperial population. Deȧta is also one of the oldest surviving languages dating back to before even 1000 though it has largely changed over the millennia.

Articles
There is nearly a dozen total Deȧta articles, though most commonly eight.


 * Alna: Similar to "a/an" in English. It is written as an " ' " at the end of a word. Alna means 'an unspecified one' (or more when dealing with mass).
 * Etse: Similar to "The" in English with a pluralization of the described word. It is written as an "n" at the end of a words ending with a vowel. Etse means "Multiple unspecified"
 * Etsen/Atsan: Similar to "The" in English with a pluralization of the described word, Etse. It is written as an "ne/na" at the end of a words ending with a consonant.
 * Usa/Usha []'a/[]ha:a

Nouns

 * Aknopa: Series of related engagements between two or more continuous sides, War
 * Akrini: Autumn season, harvest
 * Aprina: Early winter season
 * Apsoro: Extreme winter
 * Aptara: Fight, melee, skirmish
 * Aptiala: An engagement between two sides that has seen death
 * Ara: Red, infrared
 * Arhȧ: Buzzer, arse
 * Asneta: Hand, grabber, tongs
 * Asnera: Early spring season, season of planting
 * Asliala: Time between morning and noon
 * Aupe: Morning, dawn, sunrise, daybreak
 * Azhate: Play, act, re-enactment, staged
 * Azlüre: Summer/dry season
 * Ekle: Winter season
 * Ekzere'i: City, horde, place of many (stress on many rather than place)
 * Elre: Home, destination, belong, call, lot, purpose
 * Elrianha: Light, star (Astronomy), glow, fire (distant)
 * Epke Ukre: Formal war, war declared on one continuous party by another continuous party resulting in a set of engagements, war season
 * Eplelle: Belligerent
 * Eple: Blossom
 * Eplüre: Spring proper season, first harvest
 * Ererau: Land, place, country (local)
 * Erpe: Private meal, non Etre/Ïtȧ meal, snack, odd meal
 * Esetsiri: Lived knowledge, a deep knowledge, having tasted the fruit.
 * Eshane: Scene, chapter, part
 * Esriara: Afternoon, early evening
 * Etȧne/Etre: Morning mealtime, breakfast, brunch, first gathering
 * EztehÏ: Story, tale, legend, song, epic, chronicle
 * EztÏla: Prologue, preview, trailer
 * EztÏlasa: Prequal
 * Iakriapitse: Originally from the Erheb language for "One who strikes" or "Striker" is more equivocal to the English words "Warrior" and "Soldier" but is awarded to only those who have seen battle, originally only those who had killed in battle
 * Iarȧnaal, pronunciated is a word for the ancient elite of the early Alkete societies, It is also a sub species of the Alkere race bred off by Dubreszs shortly before the first Alkete war. It is often used in Alkere language as a blanket term for everyone who screwed them up, sometimes used to describe "the old gods" or the establishment, distinguishing the people group by calling them the Iaranala or Iaranaal Alkere.
 * Iasra: Horizon, far as the eye can see
 * Ïtran/Ïtȧ: Evening mealtime, dinner, last gathering
 * Nhiti: Noon, midday
 * Okotere: Knowledge, a shallow knowledge even if thorough, an understanding.
 * Onlüle: Flooding season, another name for Optera
 * Optera: Thawing season
 * Sitsi: Parasite
 * Ultsule: Evening
 * Unka: Cloud season, Autumn-set
 * Usekle: After winter season another name for Optera, "Us" comes from old the Erheb preposition meaning after
 * Wiatsa: Eclipse, resonance

Pronouns

 * Ȧa': I, first person
 * Ȧan: We, first person, plural, exclusive
 * Ȧanho: We, first-second person, plural, inclusive
 * Alna': One, third/fourth person
 * Alnan: Ones, third/fourth person, plural
 * Aho': You, second person
 * Ahon: You, second person, plural

Other

 * Ake: Temporal prepositional modifier, if the object of the preposition has an article than it is applied to 'Ake' instead
 * Aushe Ülri: A shortened form of the phrase "hearing I work" the idiom is equivalent to the English terms "roger" or "loud and clear"
 * Autele Iasran: "Beyond the horizon", infinity, exponential
 * Elsü: Common name
 * El: Causal prepositional modifier, if the object of the preposition has an article than it is applied to 'El' instead
 * Ushane: Epilogue, after the fact, aftermath

Prepositional Adfixes and Adpositions
Prepositional authorities collect all articles describing nouns within the phrase, at the time being it is unclear if they precede, succeed, or intercede the object of the preposition/s.
 * Ake []sa: During (Once I get to it can carry perfect tense and participle, maybe effected by the placement of "Ake")
 * Ake []ki: Before (Once I get to it can carry perfect tense and participle)
 * Ake []le: After (Once I get to it can carry perfect tense and participle)
 * Ak[]: In front of
 * Ap[]: On, on top of, on the surface of, on the
 * Autele: Beyond
 * El []re: From, out of, because
 * El []s/ika: Gave birth to, provided, preceded, caused, formed, opposite of "El []re"
 * Et[]: In, inside, within
 * Ik[]: To the right of, or beside
 * Il[]: To the left of
 * Kȧ: Against, versus, opposed to
 * Pal Ih[]: Disguised as
 * Tsü: In support of, for, behind
 * Uhn[]: Below, under, toward, inside of
 * Üp[]: Above, over, away of, outside of
 * Us[]: Behind
 * Zere: Performed by, answers "who?"

Auxiliary Verbs

 * ArlÏ: Probable Epistemic (Trustworthy)
 * Arw: Improbable Epistemic (Implausible)
 * Lw: Probable Evidential (Plausible)
 * WÏla: Improbable Evidential (Untrustworthy)
 * []l: Progressive
 * []s: habitual
 * Deontic Modality begins here
 * Azak: Deontic Modality (External)
 * Rezak: Deontic Modality (Internal)
 * []la: Natural Permissive (can)
 * []ri: Legal Permissive (may)
 * []wia: Relational Permissive (wants/is wanted)
 * []ta: Natural Obligatory
 * []ata: Legal Obligatory
 * []epha/epe: Relational Obligatory
 * Tense begins here
 * Ahe: Future (Present) Progressive
 * Ahek: Future (Present) Habitual
 * Akek: Future simple, "In the future", perfective assumed
 * Akhe: Future Static
 * Hake: Past Static
 * Kake: Past simple, "In the past", perfective assumed
 * Kakek: Past Habitual
 * Kakhe: Past Progressive

Voiced Articulation:
Voiced sounds are much more common, and exist sometimes between their unvoiced counter parts such as szs

Calendars
A moon is roughly 8.37 days, A year is 792.01 days, 94 moons and 5 days.

Arseke Calendar
The Arseke Calendar or the calendar of Arsakanha, is one of the oldest Alkete calendars. It originated on Tolholta in 73 IP. It is also called the Federal Calendar.

The first year of the Federal Calendar began during 73 IP, 10 weeks in. The Federal Calendar year is 90% longer than standard year so the current year is ~3343, but all dates mentioned are according to the standard Calendar. The Federation has 14 months based on the Lunar cycle and is marked in paired years by Asoska's orbit around Apratalia.

The Calendar year has fourteen months grouped into four "Dawns". The term dawn attributes its origin to the appearance of the sky at each morning at dawn.


 * 1st Period Akra: Alna; 6 moons, Itwi; 6 moons, Ehte; 6 moons, Olse; 6 moons
 * 2nd Period Etse (Itsi): Ihzi; 7 moons, Altan; 8 moons, Espe; 7 moons,
 * 3rd Period Apasa: Oktoho; 6 moons, Ihniti; 6 moons, Attaza; 6 moons, Elpese; 6 moons
 * 4th Period Otso: Oswla; 7 moons, Irtisin; 7 moons, Altata; 8 moons, Ariasra
 * Iatnala


 * Optera - Asnera - Eplüre - Azlüre - Unka - Aprina - Elke
 * Tsera - Lüre - Unka - Elke
 * Alura - Unleku Moons come in two types, Ial weeks lasting 8 days and long weeks lasting 9 days. The day preceding the new moon is often considered a day dedicated to self evaluation and rest. Owa is the first day of a normal moon, beginning the first morning after a full moon.

Historically when a full moon was directly proceeded by a new sun which occurred roughly once per year, the day bore special religious significance that day along with Ariasra, The equinoxes, The solstices, and the apogees formed what was called the year's sacred week.

Tepriasa Calendar
The Calendar is one of the oldest surviving calendars, though no longer in use it influence several subsequent calendars both on Tolholta and later adapted to several Alkete interstellar colonies. A year had a ten year period of 10 and 11 solar period years, each solar period consisting of 9 lunar periods.

Folklore
During the first millennium of Alkete religion, a prominent mythos of epics, songs, and ballad arose from the ancient Dubeze civilizations. The common mythology is spearheaded by the contest between four deities.

Yes
El Apsorore (Out of the artic season)

Biology
See: Alkere

Alkete History
In 10 IP (33 SY), Apule began his reign as chief in Zedy. In IP 4 (36) he was anointed as the fire-born by the high priest and he became king over Agahn. Apule continued to reign until the third sun in 26 AI. After the short reign of Adav in 26 and 27 AI, the kingdom of Agahn collapsed due to a religious split among the constituent cities. It's successor state, the Zetene empire rose 11 years later in 38 AI conquering the surrounding city states, thought the empire lasted for only a relatively brief period from 38 to 66 AI, it laid the foundations for future empires and civilization as a whole by developing a slight road network, pooling technology, and spreading writing and mathematics.

In 2899 (1562 SY), The thirteen great powers of the Arsanka continent were plagued by economic hardship and several industrial hiccups. It's most prominently constituent states were Arsanka, Republic of Arsanka, Kgkalla, and South Aesel. and these began to draw heavily from their Aheselna and Autekïrln colonies. The state of Autek, a client of Kgkalla, led a rebellion (called the 1,000 day revolution) which successfully saw its full independence from South Aesel by Ikelke 2901 (1563), renaming the state Autsekï. To consolidate efforts, the Arsanka powers formed the Coalition of Tolholta, and after persistent grievances with Autsekï set out to reconquer the region. Autsekï attempted to lead rebellions among colonies on the rest of the Autekïrln continent. However, these states unlike Autsekï had been primarily colonized by peoples of the Arsanka states. Coalition forces amassed across the river from Autsekï in preparation for the upcoming war.

The invasion began on the first of Altan Apasa in the Alkete year of 2903 (1564 SY), when coalition forces, led by the state of Kgkalla, embarked onto the two mile wide Autekïrln river. Invasion forces were bombarded by shore establishments as air superiority and tactical missiles met in an intense barrage above. Floating fortresses returned fire and marine landing craft crosses the river after many intense minutes of fighting. Autsekï border forces were soon overwhelmed as coalition forces made a beach head and the campaign began. Despite coalition efforts to keep the war short, a drawn out engagement followed as the Aute dug deep into their resolve. After a twenty months the economy of South Aesel collapsed selling its oversea assets to the Dubres Corporation. The Coalition decided to make a truce on preferable terms and after a month's negotiation a ceasefire was reached. The coalition soon fell and decades later Autsekï absorbed mainland South Aesel whose economy continued to falter forming the province of Asat. Subsequently, with no external pressure, Autsekï itself fell into civil war among its diverse constituent cultures.

When the dust cleared the war had left the newly forged and powerful state of Autsat, the Autsekï rump state, and a collection of minor autonomous and sovereign entities.

Federation History
The earliest direct predecessor of the Federation of Alkataha began in 3110 (1673 SY) with the formation of the council of Tolholta. The Council coordinated numerous international and interplanetary efforts between the most influential Tolholta states. Glaring inefficiencies crippled the council, with disastrous ramifications, leading to major revisions of the council in 3230 (1736), Causing the governments of the states involved to cede limited sovereignty to the Council. A similar event was repeated in 3241 (1743) giving the council even more authority.

With the outbreak of the Great Tolholta Conflict of Secession, more widely known as the First Alkete Civil War, the Council underwent a schism and in Ikaprina 3417 (1834). The Council of Heralds, soon renamed The Council of Dlapanskis after moving to Dlapanskis, formed from the split, causing a duality with the Council of Tolholta. It competed with Tolholta for recognition and backing in one degree or another in every Alkete state throughout the civilization.

The Council was finally abolished after a major member, the state of Arsanka, collapsed in 3580 (1920). One of its other major members in addition to a reformed, former, adversary in the war created the Iatausas-Dereszs Federation of Alkere the following year. The Federation absorbed many of the remaining states on their home world of Tolholta in the following decades, including the powerful state of Autsat, creating the Coalition Federation of Alkataha.

See: Second Alkete Civil War

In 4550 (2430 SY) the Federation went through significant political upheaval. Despite the fact that 90% of the population being located in the central Federation system of Apratalia, the frontiers felt that laws applicable to the few populated Dyson swarms, hardly looked after the interests of the outward systems. The trinary star system of Aturae declared independence from the Federation. In 4580 (2446) after failed peace talks, the Federation, despite internal division, had organized an Armada purposed with suppressing the systems. Aturae rallied sympathetic forces in the surrounding systems. They lost the opening battle of Assadowa, but redoubled their efforts and successfully beat back the invasion from the outer system. After the successful defense defeating the assault, the new state was recognized by the Owadal system.

A new peace delegation was sent from the Federation and successfully managed to reincorporate most of the system into the Federation, taking any remaining resistance by force. The reacquired system was bought with the formation of the autonomous suburbs. The Aturae system became the capital of the new North-East-For Province of five systems, Aturae B, which had drifted from the main system was compensated with a special legal status within the Federation. Coszsothon was also bribed by the Federation into joining and becoming the capital of the Northwest Province which had previously, been slipping into the hands of the Imperial State, founding the region with four systems. The provinces helped secure the frontiers for the Federation but had significant ramifications in the Federal core system, seeing a drop in living standards affecting nearly 33% of the population, perhaps best illustrated by the failed revolt of 4606 (2460), taking place on Tolholta itself.

= Legal Northwest Coalition of Federal Alkataha = The Legal Northwest Coalition of Federal Alkataha, called by many abbreviations most commonly the Northwest Province, are a coalition of states that fall under the legal jurisdiction of the Northwest Province. The province encompasses some 40 star systems.

Government
The Provincial Government is primarily used by the Coalition's states to block legislation passed by the central government. It has little actually authority outside of being used in conjunction with the central government and its power in interstate disagreements.

Structure
The Northwest Province has eighty-one major states that make up the majority of the total population, geography, energy, and GDP of the province total, a further million minor sovereign entities are sprinkled throughout the province but are represented only as an additional thirteen hundred.