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Sweatshirt Brigade: The United Federation

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Premise of the conworld

The planet, tentatively called F66, is a colony world settled by human space travelers in the distant future. However, missions funded by the homeworld came to a standstill due to a political upheaval, and the colonists were left to fend for themselves.

This was before the colonists could develop factories to manufacture all but the most basic technologies. Squabbles between the colonists had left many of their original technology unusable or destroyed. However, an intrepid bookworm had brought a huge collection of books, many of which were way older and contained information on technologies that they were more or less able to replicate.

They managed to print out a few of those books and built their technology back up from there. Conflict eventually slowed down their progress, and after 500 years, the colonists have devolved into 5 or 6 sovereign states with the technological development close to that of the late 1990s.

The cultures of the world are blends of real-life cultures of the 20th-early 21st Centuries, altered to suit their environment. Place names are often taken from literary theory and concepts or famous writers or, occasionally, bad puns.

The story that takes place here is an affectionate reconstructive parody of the hero's journey with a lame title: Sweatshirt Brigade.

About F66

The planet is earthlike and revolves around a yellow dwarf. Despite its general dormant tectonic activity it has a stable magnetic field. It is covered by oceans.

F66, hitherto lifeless, was terraformed by humans, who finished the job 500 years prior. The humans wanted to colonize the planet as a future home and source of resources, but ended up stuck there.

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The United Federation

Poetically known as the Great Southern Nation, the United Federation is the largest of the five sovereign states in the planet. The country is, in actuality, a relatively loose collection of autonomous cantons forming a tactical economic and defense union that spans the whole Southern Hemisphere.


Known alternately as either the “bulwark of democracy” and “Meridian’s reflection,” the Federation is one of two functional democracies yet receives much criticism both in its attitude toward global politics and its controversial stance of keeping oligarchical systems in place in a few of its cantons. However popular or unpopular the Federation may be, its place as an intercontinental superpower among the international scene is unquestionable, even for its greatest rival, Meridian.

The Federation is a country had been fastidiously built up in response to the expansionism of its northerly rival Meridian, composing of several formerly independent states that defected toward a common government in the name of trade and security. At present, it boasts of a well-developed infrastructure and system of social welfare, a high level of economic development, and a generally progressive stance toward civil rights and political freedoms.

Its primary languages are Esperanto and English. Its capital is Galt.

The United Federation is made up of cantons, which are grouped to even larger administrative divisions called presidiums. Each presidium controls an area analogous to the Federation's founding alliances and nations.

They are as follows:

Presidium of Soren
The Rad Lands
The Presidium of Soren consists primarily of the territories of former Federation of Soren and its neighbor, the Rockford Collective. Its administrative seat is the city of Marshall Yard, which had at one point been the United Federation's capital. The area is dominated by the Rad ethnic group. The Federation's capital, Galt, is located here.

Cantons
Rand (Capital: Marshall Yard)
Tezuka (Capital: Saburo District, Galt)
Hugo (Capital: Champ Saints Tropez)
Amercy (Capital: Liberty Bay)
Russell (Capital: Rockford)

Presidium of New Concord
Madrasah called, they want these back
This presidium comprises the former colonies of the Kingdom of Concord, which became independent and later joined or annexed by the United Federation. Some of these colonies are cultural extensions of Madrasah, the rump of the Kingdom of Concord, and are sometimes a point of contention between the Federation and the Concord Native States.

Cantons
Carver (Capital: Arachis)
Makoma (Capital: Port Henry)
Rudyard (Capital: Bolipur)
East Marxia (Capital: Engelstadt)

Presidium of Pascal
The Emirate and its Belt of Rust
The Presidium gets its name from the Canton of Pascal, once an independent Emirate that dominated the region politically and economically. An otherwise agricultural region, recent discoveries of methane and uranium deposits (and advances in irrigation for switchgrass production) gives this area considerable importance. The Federation's industrial revolution traces its origins to the southern cantons of this region.

Cantons
Pascal (Capital: Pascaline)
Chapekia (Capital: Asimovgrad)
Thesala (Capital: Colton)
Stephensonia (Capital: Watt)
The Shires (Capital: Bram)

Presidium of the Insular Reach
A smattering of islands
The insular reach is not defined by geography per se, but is a collection of cantons that are primarily oceanic. The Allied Insular League was the main polity/alliance that gave rise to this presidium. Misleadingly, one of its cantons, Poldevia, has territory located in the Federal Mainland.

Cantons

Poldevia (Capital: Nikolapolis, Bourbakopolis)
Sartre (Capital: Existentialism Point)
Darwallia (Capital: Dawkin's Creek)

Presidium of Jejima
The Feudal Realms
Consisting of the continent of Jejima and the surrounding islands, the Presidium is known for being the primary English-speaking region of the Federation and for having the most internal problems in the country. Most of the cantons here have rather undemocratic local governments and strong separatist sentiments.

Cantons
South Jejima (Capital: Amorsolo, Plaridel)
North Jejima (Capital: North Jejima City)
Ruritania (Capital: Streslau)
Sinclair (Capital: South Hudson Point)
Machiavellia (Capital: North Hudson Point)
Belisario (Capital: Hogson)

The Principality of Barrie
Nominally an independent nation in free association with the United Federation, the Principality of Barrie is, in actuality, heavily controlled by the Federation. The island nation serves as a base for the Federationite Navy, which patrols the pirate-infested Barrian Ocean. Public opinion favors becoming a Federation Canton, which would give its people full rights of Federationite citizens, but its ruling family isn't too keen on giving up what little freedom they have.

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This is part of a series of maps that I made to represent the continents of the conworld I had for this series I'm planning. Like with Concord, it was made through Photoshop from an MS Paint base. Cities to follow. Comments are welcome.
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BlueArctica's avatar
Hope you didn't save it as a .jpg, because it looks like it with all that noise.

Other than that it looks great. Nice work.