United Sonic Principalities

The United Sonic Principalities is a confederation of twelve small, meteographically linked states located predominantly in the lower reaches of the Orbits. Faced with sustained climate cooling in much of its territory and foreign invasion, the Sonic tribes have united and rapidly industrialized both to defend what is already theirs and to acquire resources and living space for future generations.

History

The constituent states of the United Sonic Principalities have been politically separate dominions for most of their history. Up to little more than a century ago, they spent most of their resources competing with one another as completely independent countries. From the second half of the 47th century, long standing cooling of the climate became an increasingly significant impediment to several of the principalities, resulting in heightened agreements of trade and cooperation.

Faced with Imperial aggression under the dictatorship of Desslok, the Belkan War tested and intensified solidarity among the Sonikans, culminating the foundation of the United Sonic Principalities. The wisdom of the decision seemed confirmed on religious grounds when, shortly thereafter, the 11th Invasion Fleet was wiped out in a storm hailed as the intervention of the Divine Wind. With the time and space won by this upset victory and the collapse of the Belkar Empire, the Sonikans consolidated their military and financial resources for a series of fierce defensive battles and a program of armament and industrialization that continues to this day.

In recent years, the United Principalities have occupied several outlying territories and is poised for further expansionism.