Mustark Mafia

Criminal State

The mafia had long been an influential force in these outer regions of space, but then, when the empire lost power in the region, the Mafia were all too happy to fill the void, and they took over control of the region without too much issue.
To this day, they run this region of space with an iron fist, and they make sure tp extort every penny they can from their citizens, which has left most of the people here in desperate poverty.

Government

The Mafia is ruled by a syndicate of families that have divided their territory among themselves. They have since agreed not to initiate territorial disputes, for the sake of their mutual survival.
Each family is headed by its eldest member, although in reality it is often the most powerful member instead.
There are eleven families, and eight of them are Grig, two are Calzothen, and one is Nouli, despite the nouli being a relatively small minority in this nation.

They all share their capital planet of Miskandrix, and they all have their headquarters there, and they each rule their planets the way they see fit.

There isn't much in the way of Mafia law, other than the standard "Dont eat each other"

Family Power

The only real way for people in this nation to make a living is by working for one of the families, because the families are the ones who have all resource rights, and every other right as well. One can always try opening a business, but the local ruling family is sure to tax them into oblivion, unless they sign part of their business over to the family, which means giving up a set percentage of their profits, which amounts to the same thing.

All the most successful businesses are family run, and the rest struggle to scrape by.

Foreign Affairs

None of the other nations have any love for the mafia, especially because they have made a habit of conducting business in their territory, this is illegal of course, but the mafia are an organization of criminals, and they don't care. The ones most effected by this are their direct neighbours, the empire and Korrveth, although the terran alliance is also a frequent target.

Slavery

The practice of capturing, selling, and owning other sentient life forms is still a common occurrence in the mafia, and it is one of the most reliable ways for non-family members to make a living, simply capturing a bunch of people, putting control colors on them, and forcing them to work for you.
The Mafia themselves also practice slavery, especially when it is for jobs no one wants to do, such as mining, and other, more sexual business matters.

Revolts

This has caused a number of slave revolts, but so far, none of them have come close to succeeding.

Narcotics

The Mafia quickly noticed, when taking power, that a drugged-up population doesn't do you much good, so they shifted from selling narcotics to producing and trafficking them to other nations. This composes a large portion of Mafia income, and it is also the reason everyone hates them so much.
They specialize in chemical and designer drugs, such as Methamphetamines and MDMA.
But they are also known to produce KineC, the Kyskedium derivative, known for its incredibly addictive nature, and psychedelic properties.

National Statistics

Planets: 240.000
Capital Planet: Miskandrix

Demographics

Total Population: 3400 Trillion
Grig: 2210 Trillion
Nouli: 50 Trillion
Calzothen: 950 Trillion
Other: 190 Trillion

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Flag

The Mafia flag is a black field, with a rusty red band in the middle. In its center lies the Mustark insignia, a masked skull, two daggers, a closed fist, and a type of grig headwear that was popular in the early days of the mafia, although it has since gone out of style.
The skull represents death, and the mask represents secrecy. The two daggers signify loyalty under pain of death, and the closed fist is a symbol of power nad control.

Mustark Family

The name Mustark Mafia is an old one, it refers to the founding family name.

The mafia was founded by a family of Grig criminals that made a living by trafficking narcotics on Miskandrik. They quickly moved on to trafficking everything else as well, and as their family grew rapidly, so did their power. They quickly became a syndicate of multiple families, as their extended family split into different branches.
Despite this apparent disunity, they stayed together, and that allowed them to grow and expand their power.
The Mustark family still remains one of the core families of the mafia, but they have since excepted other criminal families into their syndicate, even ones they have no blood ties to whatsoever.