Uranus

Uranus
Flag Seal
Motto
"Towards The Sky" (3700)
Photograph of Uranus
Celestial State
Capital:	New Messina, Titania
Largest City:	Wokolo City, Umbriel
Official languages:	Uranian Solar English
Currency:	Uranian Dollar ($)
Demonym:	Uranian
Politics
- President:	Nataly Baron
- Prime Minister:	Gudlaug Baumbach
Legislature:	Uranian Parliament
Settled:	2165
Formation:	3430
Succeeded from:	3700
Demographics
Population:	1.15 billion
Ethnic groups:	Uranians
National minorities:	Earthers, Jovians, Saturnians
Geography
Planet:	Uranus
System:	Solar System
Avg. distance from Earth:	2.87 billion km
Orbital period:	84.0205 yr
Moon(s):	27 (incl. Ariel, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, Umbriel)
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Uranus is an ice giant located in the outer Solar System that is classified as an interstellar zone. Previously held by the Commonwealth of Earth as a department, Uranus gained its independence during the Great Interstellar War.

History

Early Colonisation and Gas Mining

The first steps towards colonisation of Uranus occurred in December 2120 with the arrival of the Caelus Mission in Uranus orbit. The first successful landing of a crew on the surface of Oberon occurred on January 6th 2121, with further landings on Titania, Umbriel and Ariel undertaken as part of the mission. Robots were left behind on all four visited bodies to construct basic settlement structures suitable for further human habitation.

Interstellar Colonisation Boom

Former IGSA-mandated seal, c.3005

Interregnum and the Commonwealth

Former Commonwealth-mandated seal

Government

Moons

Uranus directly administrates the gas giant's five largest moons, with the rest of its 24 natural satellites classified as interstellar zones.

Moon	Type	Capital	Population, c. 4005
Ariel	Department	Yangoor	285,000,000
Miranda	Preservation Area	Arden Corona	10,0001
Oberon	Department	Falstaff	381,230,000
Titania	Department	New Messina	400,530,000
Umbriel	Department	Wokolo City	92,000,000

1. Law enforcement and researchers

Government

Politics

Uranus' turbulent history has brought about a myriad of competing ideologies that have spawned multiple political factions that have varying degrees of representation within the Uranian administration.

The largest political group on Uranus are Uranian Nationalist Party, who form the current majority government. Internally the party is divided amongst different factions, with them agreeing on little besides maintaining the independence of Uranus.

The largest opposition group are the Interstellar Unionist Party, who wish Uranus to build stronger ties with the other IGSA governments, particularly the Commonwealth of Earth. They believe that the current isolationist regime has hurt the prosperity of Uranus and contributed to the current economic stagnation. Represented mainly by the Interstellar Cooperation Association, the unionists have been accused by their critics of being mouthpieces for foreign regimes and are known to be receive considerable funding from the Commonwealth of Earth.

Left-wing ideology also exists on Uranus, though it has a much smaller influence than nationalism. It exists largely in the form of the United Front of Uranus, an alliance of groups determined to overthrow the current government. They wish to collectivize all property and see nationalism as a stumbling block to a freer society. The alliance is unofficially headed largely by the local cell of Hatchet, supported by volunteers from across the system. Other smaller groups include the frontier anarchist Rock Brotherhood, the libertarian socialist Uranian Soviet, and the orthodox Marxist Uranian People's Liberation Front (UPLF) along with other smaller groups. All these fractious left-wing groups have been held together (so far) by the tireless leadership of Secretary General Arthur Price, a Cruzist member of Hatchet originally of Saturnian nationality. The United Front has no outside support though are generally assumed to be pawns of Mars (and ALIAS by extension).

The general population of Uranus favours the current nationalist government although the current recession has seen greater sympathies for the unionists and even th more extreme revolutionary elements.

Military

The Uranian Armed Forces trace their origins to the Uranian Freehold Army, a militia of sovereign nationalists who fought during the Great Interstellar War against the Commonwealth of Earth and secured the independence of Uranus in the aftermath. The Uranian Freehold Army was notoriously reformed during the Neptunian War of Independence as a volunteer corps that deployed to fight against the Commonwealth against the official neutrality of the Uranian government at that time. The Uranian Freehold Army was officially disavowed by the Uranian government and have officially been regarded as a criminal organisation since their participation in the war. Unofficially, it is a widely known open secret that the Uranian Freehold Army still receives significant backing from elements within the Uranian Armed Forces.

Culture

Ethnicity

The Uranian ethnicity is fairly nebulous, having started as a mix of American and Chinese settlers during the initial gas mining operations before latterly being supplemented by large influxes of refugees after the First Exodus from Earth in the 2230s; the Second Exodus from Earth in the 2290s; the Martian Unification Wars; the Third Exodus from Earth in the 2380s; the Earth-Mars Belt Conflict of 2390; the Ganymede Food Riots of the 2390s; the Ares-Mars Belt Conflict of the 2450s; and the Tethys Crisis of 2547. The Outer Planets Crisis of the 2550s put an end to near unrestricted immigration, with the Uranian administration making the requirements for settlement much stricter.

The mixed Uranian population is the overwhelming majority of Uranus, although a significant minority are comprised of Earther refugees who fled the Five Hour War in 3989. The historic Uranian Belter population does not exist anymore as they have almost entirely assimilated, but their presence is felt in the planet’s culture and cityscape. The historic Uranian Martian population also does not exist in the current day, as they largely left following intense riots coinciding with the Martian Genocide or have long since assimilated into the Uranian population.

The Uranian disposition is typically positive towards outsiders and settlers, with the exception of Saturnians whom they have developed a bitter animosity over their frequent raiding of Uranian assets.

Language

The Uranian language is a creole derivative of English and Chinese that has been supplemented with Belter, Martian, Jovian and Saturnian loan words. There are four dialects recognised to be spoken on Ariel, Oberon, Titania and Umbriel. Solar English is the second language on Uranus, as it was initially used by the IGSA administration and latterly the Commonwealth government during their stewardship of Uranus. Since the withdrawal of the Commonwealth, Solar English has declined in use on all of the moons with the exception of Umbriel, where it is the de facto primary language of their tourism sector.

Stereotypes

Uranians are stereotyped usually as either self-hating Belters, Belter criminals, or ultra-nationalist colonists with some overlap. This differs greatly from the pre-Independence view of Uranus as simply a nest of Belter smugglers, pirates, and criminals with a thin veneer of respectability.