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The Free People of Ila

Form of government: Communist Isocracy

Regional control: Unitary state

Political cornerstones: Collectivism, communism, radical equalism, isolationism (slowly being relaxed)

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Species name: Ilea

Capital planet: Ileana

Primary solar system: Ila

Total member systems: 1

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Philosophy: Everything is made of the same substances: quarks and electrons. So, how can anything, in reality, be greater or lesser? How can anything be any more or less important than anything else? It is simple; neither of these things are true, and everything is equal, whether organic or inorganic. Because of this, all things must work in harmony for the betterment of everything in the universe.

Outlook on aliens: All other things are equal to the Ilea, though many sapients do not understand the inherent commonality of all things. This can make them dangerous, so they are better left to their own devices.

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The Vumaroin Hegemony

Form of government: Federal Kraterocracy 

Reigonal control: Federation

Political ideology: Brutalist, capitalist, ultranationalist, auto-hegemonic

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Species name: Vumari 

Capital planet: Vumarak Primus

Primary solar system: Vumarak

Total member systems: 20

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Cultural summary: Individuals must be strong to keep the Vumari strong. Any weakness in leadership will lead to the downfall of all Vumari, therefore only the smartest and strongest must rule. It is the duty of the strong to subjugate the weak in order to encourage them to become stronger. The weak do not deserve luxury, so they must live in modesty. The strong deserve opulence, as they are greater than the weak.

Outlook on aliens: All who are not born of Vumarak are inferior to the Vumari, but they must not be destroyed. The Inferius must be maintained, as they will offer challenges to the Vumaroin Hegemony in order to keep it strong, as all blades dull without use.

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The Foll Officium

Form of government: Libertarian Demarchy 

Reigonal control: Unitary state in name, though functionally a confederation of various gigacorporations

Political ideology: Deontic, meritocratic, libertarian

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Species name: Foll 

Capital planet: Follum

Primary solar system: Foltha

Total member systems: 17

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Cultural summary: It is the duty of parents to protect their children. It is the duty of all the posia in a hive to play their role. It is the duty of every cell in an organism to work to keep the whole alive. Duty is ever present in nature, as it should be in the lives of all Foll. Duty is the set of rules that must be followed by everyone in order the maintain the Officium. To refuse one’s duty is to forsake the Officium.

Outlook on aliens: The universe is large and full of opportunity, as other sapients can be communicated with to improve the Officium. They can offer new insights and trades and resources. But if they cross the Foll, they will face its full might.

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About Interstellar Bolero

Look into the happenings of a remote corner of the Triangulum Galaxy, where three civilisations spanning nearly 50 solar systems are each trying to find their place in the universe.

When the Vumaroin Hegemony and the Foll Officium made contact, their attempts at diplomacy were first severely hampered first by their extremely different languages, then their very opposed definitions of “diplomacy.” After 10 years, these differences erupted into war. Now, 30 years into the conflict, both the Officium and the Hegemony have discovered a new sapient species, the Ilea, in a solar system previously undetected by both civilisations. 

The Foll are delighted to find this new people, who they hope will provide new resources and technology via trade to one-up their enemy. The Vumari see opportunity too, in the form of a group that can be used as a weapon against the Foll.

The Ilea, though new to inter-species interaction, know that they are being used for a war they have no part in, so are playing both sides in the hopes that they can benefit.

What this blog is

Hello! You can call me Mx. Curator (or anything you want, I’m not your mum). Since October of 2022, I’ve been doing some worldbuilding on and off around some ideas I had for sci-fi civilisations with the intent of writing some books set in them. Around a year and a half later, I’ve written 11 pages of actual writing with little chance of writing any more in a hurry, but I still wanted to share my ideas with people, so I created this blog!

In it, I’m going to lay out the information I have about each group: the totalitarian lizards of the Vumaroin Hegemony, the libertarian bird people of the Foll Officium, and the communist tentacle mounds of the Free People of Ila. Initially, my focus is on the political structure of each and how the people within them interact with their respective systems, though as time goes on more and more will be added. 

How the blog works

When I make a post, it’ll either be about a certain aspect of each civilisation such as its political structure or key information about their constituent species, some major event that effects one or all of them, or a figure (important or not) from any of the species. I’ll try to link to other relevant posts where I can, but as this expands I may lose track of one or two things.

If you submit an ask, you can either be asking/generally saying something to me, or to a character I’ve described or mentioned. If you’re going to do the latter, please specify which character(s) you’re talking to, and I will write an answer from their perspective. Asks can be about anything from clarification on a point, a question on something I’ve not covered (which might end up being its own post if I think it’s an important enough point), a fun scenario that you want to know the outcome of, or really anything that’s not too personal to me (which I will judge as and when).

Links to get you started

Carrd (contains more information about me and the blog}: coming soon

Overview posts

The Ilea: link

The Vumari: link

The Foll: link