Tusadu Confederacy of Anhacu and Associated States
Overview
The Tusadu Confederacy (full name: Tusadu Confederacy of Anhacu and Associated States) is a large star nation located in central A1-0. It is a massively devolved state, with its 67 constituent states having great autonomy in their domestic affairs. The capital of the Tusadu Confederacy, where the federal government resides, is Anhacu–specifically, the city of Tusadu on Anhacu. It has a population of about 2.7 trillion, the majority of which reside in the Anhacu Hinterlands, a region of about 200 ly in diameter centered on Anhacu. The rest of Tusadu is relatively sparsely populated.
Culture
The majority species of Tusadu is the Anzu, by far. In the south, humans and the Lshide are the majority. As such, Anzu culture is the most prominent in the Confederacy. Despite their technological advancements, Anzu culture is tribalistic and centered around familial bonds. Prior to space exploration, multiple generations would typically live in the same household, but in the modern-day a family will typically live at least on the same planet or state given that, in most states, all locations in that state are within a days’ travel of each other. In some places, particularly in the Anhacu Hinterlands, an entire city block will be of one family.
Anzu generally have a deep appreciation of nature, and so buildings are constructed as to be in “harmony” with the surrounding environment. This doesn’t mean that the Anzu aren’t violent; their tribal culture means that families will often be in conflict with one another. Historically, this caused many obstacles to the formation of the Confederacy and is generally agreed upon to be why a higher level of centralization was not sought. Once the rate of space exploration started to speed up rapidly, this ferocity was turned outward towards sapient species caught in the middle of colonization. Up until two hundred years BBT, there was no official policy on what to do with pre-FTL sapients, but in general, colonizers would enslave them and the government would willfully ignore it. By 200 BBT, however, people realized that chattel slavery actually wasn’t good, and it was outlawed at the federal level throughout the entire Confederacy.
AI is generally disliked throughout Tusadu, along with any non-organic beings.
Religion
The most prominent religion, and the official religion of Tusadu until 200 BBT, was Cahikācnāca. It literally means “plant worship,” which is what it was originally. It evolved, however, into a broader pantheon of gods inhabiting objects and life in the environment. Every tribe–in the modern day, family–has a patron god, and this is expressed in the second name of most Anzu (tribal/familial name-patron god-given name). Even Anzu who do not follow Cahikācnāca have a patron god name (typically).
In the south, human proselytizers have spread a variety of Protestant denominations–particularly Baptist and Lutheran–into majority-Anzu regions. In addition, the Lshide River Worship is strong in the separatist regions in the south. There are also a variety of other Anzu and Lshide religions that exist, but have generally been pushed to pilgrimage into less inhabited regions of the Confederacy, particularly the southeast and the far west reaches.
History
The Anzu first achieved space flight 1000 years BBT, and achieved FTL around 750 BBT. They expanded quickly, running into little opposition from other sapient species (the few they discovered). Around 200 BBT, they discovered other FTL-capable star nations in the southwest. By 100 BBT, these nations, primarily consisting of humans and the Lshide, were incorporated into the Confederacy.
Economy
The Tusaduan economy is self-sufficient, as it is for any country of its size. The free market dominates, as the country is too large and devolved for a planned economy. Tusadu provides a universal basic income and socialized medicine for all its citizens. Outside of the Anhacu Hinterlands, however, the national health service is often of low quality, so many private clinics have been set up. The private health insurance industry is prominent in these regions because of this.
Military
The generally militant nature of Anzu has resulted in a large military for Tusadu. The wars helped too.
Conflicts
Tusadu has been embroiled in a war of secession in the south with the Free Republic of Padmi for about 25 years. The frontlines are very dynamic, but have begun to solidify in the last 10 years, with Tusadu beginning to reassert its control over the majority of Lshide-majority regions. At the beginning of the war, Padmi had controlled nearly the entire southern portion of Tusadu. One of the most contentious regions is the Republic of Eden, the human state which remained loyal to Tusadu when the war began.