Politics

The politics of the Sol system revolve primarily within three empires who oppose each other. Apart from these two there are small holdings of individual countries or small moons outside of primary notice, currently there are no other political bodies that control more then two whole planets except the vampire family of Desoir. These smaller factions only exist by the grace of Alnae and Shetou and are thus excluded from galactic politics and notice, though provide haven to those who like their ideals.

Alnae is primarily dominated by the elven race. It is a long standing empire since the Era of Discovery. Due to the long lifespans of their rulers and the mellow patient nature of elves the empire is very stable and secure. It is the primary nation elves, gnolls, and trolls.

Shetou is an empire that stood before the rising event took place on Thenica, at the time they had no dominant ruler they have made way for the many drow houses to head their political control. Drow are equally long lived as their counterpart elves making ideal rivals to the Alnae rulers. Due to the nature of drow traditions the Shetou empire is erratic and dangerous, but allows equal opportunity and reward for the risk it's civilians take. Racism is less heavy here in Shetou but murder is an everyday tool of politics, it is the primary nation of drow, dwarves, and tieflings.

Thali is a zealous regime, ruled over by a seemingly immortal leader who the people revere as a god. Technically a dictatorship run by a seemingly human figure named Atrox, the people of Thali rose to power very recently, dating around 1860 A.R. after Atrox conquered a planet and its orbiting moons. By 1940 he had established dominant power around the system in the Rixa plane, thought to be a immortal god of war his following are not brainwashed or forced into this existence, they sincerely revere the man.

Races such as aranea, demons, dragonborn, and humans aren't very specific to either one, or more specific to smaller groups then the multi-planar and system wide rule of the empires. Finsir clans are one example of less recognized political control but are the demon homelands. See below for more information on a specific empire.

Between nations, rivalry is harsh in the Sol system. Shetou is a violent and devious nation in comparison to Alnae, though due to Alnae's inability to react to Shetou's cloak-and-dagger politics favorably they have strived for armed militaries to fight the war for them in a way they can comprehend and react to. While this does little to deterr assassination it has forced Shetou to give armed response as well. The war isn't an everyday firefight with each other and sometimes temporary alliances have been made to fight inter-system threats. Inter-system relations are handled by seven representatives, three from either side and someone from the Desoir family, these three are powerful representatives of the system with different standing between the two empires. See each empire's page for further elaboration. All three of the major players try to avoid war with Thali after losing the first one, Thalian military force generally lurks in the Rixa plane and any attempt to assault them has proven to be suicidal thanks to the large population acting as soldiers under Atrox's rule. Due to the zealotry of Thalian soldiers they have never surrendered or retreated in any major battle, this has made combating them a logistics nightmare.