Terran Communion

"'Led by our perseverance, we lead our future.' — National Motto" The Terran Communion (TC), officially the Plurinational Communion of Terra, is a country spanning the Anathesia and Contravene regions of the Milky Way. It is one of the largest civilizations in the entire galaxy, with a 2.983 on the Kardashev Scale. The majority of its population of 403 quintillion is human, and significant minorities include the Ainanna, Maitre, Ehippolor, Essassani, Crostilvu, Eolia, and several other species. The TC’s economy is backed by the production of resources found across its vast territories.

A largely decentralized state with a melting-pot society, the Terran Communion embraces many different cultures thanks to years of sociopolitical reforms. Created in the 12th millennium BCE to unify humanity – which it has since comprised –, it has undergone several iterations, going from an anthropocentric dictatorship to a deeply liberal federation. Over the course of centuries, populism movements influenced the TC to become what it is today, and led to the rise of the Federalist Party, which governs the nation at present.

Government
The earliest iteration of the Terran government was a unitary one-party republic. It was followed by a federalized representative democracy, adopted nine years ago by Senatorial vote. The Terran Communion has had five constitutions on the course of its history. Ever since the last constitution, it is a democratic republic headed by the president. The current government is held by a coalition of three political parties: the Federalist, Republican and Liberal parties. The Federalist Party is the current dominant political party, and has been for thousands of years.

Federal Government
The Federal Government of the Terran Communion is the national government of the Plurinational Communion of Terra, a federation of 50 provinces and a Federal District. It operates within the framework of the Terran Constitution, whereby its powers are divided into the executive, legislative, and judicial branches: the Council of Ministers, the People's Senate, and the Supreme Court, respectively. The judicial branch is seated on the planet of Boreas, and the executive and legislative on Earth.

The Federal Government puts citizens subject to five levels of administration: provincial, prefectural, municipal, communal, and subcommunal. Communes are the fourth and most basic level of governance given over a piece of space, ranging from a planet to several star systems. Subcommunal divisions serve as the electoral and administrative subdivisions of their larger commune.

People's Senate
The People's Senate is the legislative organ of the Terran Federal Government. It consists of 113 seats held by members elected for a 10-year term. 40 of its members are elected from multi-member districts, while the remaining 73 are elected from single-member districts. As the TC's lawmaking institution, Senate proposes and passes laws that are applied to the citizenry and government, which generally concern matters involving financial, military, administrative, and foreign policies.
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Local government
The TC is divided into 51 constituent polities, which are organized into 21 sectors, 15 cantons, 11 republics, and 4 oblasts. Each province is given a governor, who is nominated by Senate, then either directly elected by the population of their assigned province or appointed by the President, the latter of which is the case for oblasts. Provinces are created by an organic act enacted by Senate, and are initially organized as oblasts. Their constitutions are written following an enabling act, which allows for their admission into the TC. One of the four current oblasts, the Minta Confederacy, lies in a different spectrum: it exists as an indigenous reservation, inhabited by hundreds of Crostilvu spacer tribes.

A delegation of two represents a province in the People's Senate. Admitted provinces (sectors, cantons, and republics) receive the right to propose and vote for legislation in Senate, whereas oblasts may only receive the basic right to participate in debates. The creation of new provinces involves plenary senatorial sessions.
 * Sectors: Astrographical territories with a circuit of populated star systems encircling the most populous system, Their powers are given by Senate, which does variate the degrees of autonomy granted to each sector. They are ran by locally-elected provincial councils and have no head of state or government. Furthermore, they are a long-preserved fragment of Terran history, having been the TC's main type of province for thousands of years.
 * Republics: Provinces created to mirror a nation-state given a dominant non-Human population. Their powers are given by the Federal Government, which include the establishment of their own official languages, government systems, and internal policies; however, federal policies have the right to override them. Republics have the highest autonomy of all provinces in the TC's administrative hierarchy.
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 * Oblasts: Regions of space partially or fully administered by the Federal Government. (more TBA)

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Military
The Terran Self-Defense Forces (TSDF) are the unified military forces of the Terran Communion. The self-defense forces themselves are three service branches: the Astronaval Self-Defense Force (TASDF), Ground Self-Defense Force (TGSDF), and Gendarmerie. They fall under the authority of the Ministry of Defense, which directly reports to the President who acts as commander-in-chief. They are largely dedicated to the protection of the TC's homeland, and thus play peacekeeping roles when conducting international operations.