Martian Confederation (CAM)

The Martian Confederation is a loose alliance between the majority of the states that exist on Mars. As a civil authority, it's primary role is inter-state trade regulation and taxation in order to fund and equip the Navy defend the planet. Most funding from light taxes on exports, but there are also heavy tarriffs on imports from Earth, though imports from Luna are not subject to the same tarriffs. Beyond these fiscal responsibilities, the Confederation is almost exclusively a military organization, with little concern for the internal affairs of it's members and partners.

Structure

Governance

Martian High Council

The Martian High Council consists of seven councilers:

One Counciler from each of the Memberstates, usually the Head of State
The Senior Commissioned Officer from the Army
The Senior Commissioned Officer from the Fleet
The Senior Non-Commissioned Officer from the Army
The Senior Non-Commissioned Officer from the Fleet

The civilian councilers hold unlimited executive and legislative authority, though any order or law may be over-ruled by a vote by the entire council. The military leaders may vote for or against laws (permanent edicts that apply to all MemberStates and Partners) and orders (temporary and limited to military actions), but may not propose them. The Senate may also veto a law with a three quarters majority.

Martian Senate

The senate has the authority to determine which of their organizations will provide which goods and services to the Confederate military, as well as to promote Officers in the Martian Confederate Fleet. The Senate does not have the power to write law, but does have the power to veto laws and orders writen by the Martian High Council and to appoint the four miltary members of that council.

Alliance Heirarchy

The Martian Confederation is made of three different kind of entities:

Member States

Three polities with full representation in the executive government. These Free States, each a founding member of the Confederation, share military protection, using the single organization as a collective defense force for themselves and as a check against civil war.

The Confederate Army

Despite numerous attempts by Elysium and Hellas to correct the disparity, the Free State of Tharsis has always maintained a significant majority of recruits and officers for the Confederate Army. The Army is mostly stationed in the territories of the MemberStates, and is staffed exclusively by them. The various MemberStates are prohibited from standing up their own armies on the surface of Mars, and the Confederate Army exists both to fill that void and to prevent war between the Free States. The Free State of Chryse, The Meridian Christian State, and the Isidis Parlimentary Republic have hired the Confederate Army to defend their areas as well.

The Confederate Fleet

The Fleet is commanded entirely by the Member States, who recruit all full time active servicemembers from their own populations. Ships are usually commissioned from the various partner-states as, despite efforts to address the deficiency, such as by

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, none of the Memberstates have sufficiently developed shipbuilding capabilities. These Confederate ships are usually staffed by people associated with the Partner who built the vessel and prefixed with "MCS" for "Martian Confederate Ship".

Partners

The Partners or PartnerStates (though the term state is not always appropriate) are fully independent, voluntary allies with representation in the Confederacy. Each Partner sends three Senators to represent their people and interests in the Senate. Partners are responsible for supplying fully staffed units and Ships to fill roles in the Auxilary Corps in support of Confederate Army or Navy missions, as well as to rotate garrison responsibilities in the Protectorate.

Protectorate

More than 100 Groups with no authoritative representation in government make up the Protectorate, which is defended by Auxiliary units and ships as assigned by the Senate in exchange for a tax or fee paid to the relavent Partner or Partners. These goups are largely left to their own devices, not usually subject to the majority of Confederate Law so long as taxes are paid.

Foreign Relations

The Confederate government trys to maintain an non-interventionist and colonial policy when it comes to foreign powers. While the government considers the Protectorate to be domestic territory, it does make a clear effort to seek out settlements that would be willing to trade some of it's prosperity for the might and strength of the system's most unified military power.

MINR

The Martian Independent Networked Republicis a self sufficient archology repeatedly denied recognition by the Confederation, despite its many requests to join as a Protectorate or Partner. The community has substatial support in the rising generation of Martians, eager to find peace and accellerate the Work of terraforming Mars, for which the MINR effort to study the weak martian magnetosphere and experiment with remedies or replacements for it have caught attention.

Nihon

Nihon-Confederate relations are a complicated mess.

Agriculture & Industry

The Confederate Fleet is the system's largest importer of strategic resources like Tritium, Tungsten, and Protective Agriculture. Taxpaying partners and protectorates of the confederation can even pay their taxes in these resources in lieu of currency.

Trade & Transport

The Martian Confederation is a loose military alliance between the majority of the states and major organizations that exist on Mars. As a civil authority, it's primary role is inter-state trade regulation and taxation in order to fund and equip the Fleet and defend the planet. Most funding comes from light taxes on exports, but there are also heavy tarriffs on imports from Earth, though imports from Luna are not subject to the same tarriffs. Beyond these fiscal responsibilities, the Confederation is almost exclusively a military organization, relying on the various States and Protectorates to enforce the laws and judgements made by the Confederate Courts.

Type

Political, Confederation

Capital

Olympian Observatory

Alternative Names

the Confederation, Martian Confederacy

Demonym

Martian

Government System

Stratocracy

Power Structure

Confederation

Currency

None

Legislative Body

[a href:#]Martian Senate[/a]

Judicial Body

Civilian: The Grand Jury of the Forum Magnum (for cases between memberstates and partners)
Military: The Judge-Advocate General Corps of the MCF at the Olympian Observatory

Executive Body

[a href=#]The High Council[/a]

Related Ethnicities