Ashdanot

The Most Serene Republic of Ashdanot, shortened to Ashdanot, is a large nation in the Milky Way. Bolstering a mercantilist economy and a powerful astronavy, it is the galaxy's leading commercial power, asserting control of major trade routes throughout the Contravene, Benediction, and Chasma regions. For tens of thousands of years since its foundation, it has been considered the core of the thalassocratic Ainanna civilization. The Dominion of Iddsi and the Ardorach Dynasty, two separate Ainanna nations, are bound culturally and historically to Ashdanot.

Government
Ashdanot is a parliamentary constitutional republic controlled by an oligarchy of merchant families. Their powers are vested in the highest organ of government, the Council of Lords. The Arvad of Ashdanot, the highest political office, is elected by the Senate, a college of aristocrats serving as the upper house of the Council. The lower house—the Conclave—handles day-to-day state activities along with the Small Council. The latter is recognized as the executive branch of the Ashdani government, composed of the Arvad and their ministers, plus several members of the Signiory.