Transeisdzarian Commonwealth

Transeisdzarian Commonwealth
Kingdom of the Rift
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Flag	Coat of Arms
Motto
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Anthem
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System Map
Capital	Concordia's March & SMS Mikado
Recognized languages	Phoenician, Rift Dialects
Demonym	Rifter, Transeisdzarian
Government	Constitutional Monarchy
- Shahzada	Ardeshir & Saki Saka-Phoenicia
- Marshal of the Sejm	Ikhshid Ibnas Du'Mont
- Grand Domestic of the Cosmoforces	Trinary Wise Celerity
Legislature	Grand Sejm
-Upper House	Marchfield
-Lower House	National Deputation Assembly
Unification and Independence from the Phoenix Empire
- The Rift Crusade	May 5322 AE - February 5323 AE
- The Uncrowned King	5322 AE
- February Constitution & Birth	28 February 5323 AE
Systems	Many
Currency	Thaler, Drachma

The Provident Royal Commonwealth of the United Transeisdzarian & Saka Nations, informally the Transeisdzarian Commonwealth (also referred to as the Kingdom of the Rift or the Commonwealth), is a sovereign state of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Its territorial space encompasses the majority of the known settled space of the Great Rift and beyond, bordering the Phoenix Empire along the coreward limits of the nebula and the CoDominium at the terminus of the Negev-Ruhazani lines. The Commonwealth is the fourth-largest state of the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Its government is described as a federal union with a common monarch. The Official and Royal Capital is the system of Concordia's March, with the warship SMS Mikado serving as the auxiliary administrative and legislative seat. The current monarchs since 29 February 5323 - coinciding with the ratification of the February Constitution - are the twin Shahzadas Ardeshir and Saki, though their powers have been assumed by a Regency Council headed by their mother Ravshana Marika al-Lasalle until the end of their minority. The Commonwealth consists of over two hundred autocephalous constellations in the Metropolitan Rift as well as a number of Crownland prefectures, direct administrative dependencies, along the Negev-Ruhazani lines.

Etymology & Terminology

The February Constitution declared the Constellations of the

Prior to unification the collective region was commonly referred to as the "Great Rift" or "Rift". Both are synonymous with the Transeisdzarian Commonwealth in general usage. The adjective Rifter is commonly used to describe matters related to the Commonwealth and is used even in official language to refer to Commonwealth citizenship.

History

Settlement

Settlement of the Transeisdzarian region has been dated back to the first millennium A.E. from which emerged the Constellations of the Great Rift. The Constellations maintained loose association with each other and attempted to resolve international disputes through assemblies known as Things.

Contact with the Phoenix Empire

Contact with the Phoenix Empire began sometime in 3000 A.E. [Possible Hrang led invasion of PE?]. The erection of the Wall, a series of intensive fortifications along the lines leading to Transeisdzaria, attempted to control the flow of migrants and adventurers leaving the official boundaries of the Phoenix Empire.

Government & Politics

The Commonwealth level institutions . The executive organs known as the Two Ministries and Four Offices. These are often abbreviated: M.i.S. (Mellattee i Shahee or National and Royal)

Shah & Grand Sejm
M.i.S. Central Secretariat			M.i.S. Chancellery
Office of State Affairs	Office of Exchequer & Revenues	Ministry of Rites	War Office	Office of Public Works	Office of Interservice Intelligence

The three departments are top level offices.

Military

The February Constitution instated a Levée en masse on the principle that citizens within a Commonwealth had universal obligations to address common interests. The Commonwealth is the only major multi-system polity in the Large Magellanic Cloud with compulsory national service. However, due to the overwhelming stress of mass emigration and the pressing demands of reconstruction the Grand Sejm temporarily suspended conscription for the length of a year and placed the ceiling for annual intake of recruits into armed service at .25% of the population until 5328. As such the effective proportional representation of the population under arms is actually below that of the Phoenix Empire or the Jardin Republic, and approximately equivalent with that of the Free Star League. However the rate is set to rise to .75% over the course of the next decade as the demographic situation stabilizes, which would make the Commonwealth military establishment one of the largest in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The Collective Cosmoforces, officially the Collective Cosmoforces of the Royal Commonwealth of United Transeisdzarian and Saka Nations, are the armed forces of the Commonwealth. The February Constitution authorized the activation of two services overseen by the M.i.S. War Office and controlled by the Kosmoglavnyshtab that make up the Collective Cosmoforces: a common army (R.a.R. Kosmoforce) and an internal security gendarmerie (Thematic Kosmoforce). The twin Shahzadas are the commanders-in-chief, to whom individual recruits swear loyalty on enlistment.

In the first months following the ratification of the February Constitution the Commonwealth had inherited the surviving formations of the Rifter Constellations and the feudal levy of the Kingdom of the Rift. It also assumed active hostilities with the Black Brethren and the Phoenix Empire. As an interim measure until the R.a.R. and Thematic Cosmoforces could be brought online the Grand Sejm issued the 5323 Transitional Forces Law permitting the M.i.S. War Office to amalgamate all standing units into a Provisional Cosmoforce. This was effectively a third service arm from March 5322 to August 5325 when it was disbanded.

The disastrous performance of the Provisional Cosmoforce in the Baal War exposed the manifold defects of the ad hoc service to deal with the challenges of sustained warfare. Kosmoglavnyshtab studies highlighted desperately lacking unity of command, inconsistent span of control, insufficient interoperability,

General Cosmostaff

The Transeisdzarian General Cosmostaff (Kosmoglavnyshtab) is the full-time body responsible which studies all aspects of warfare, drafts warplans, administers mobilization, and forms the Grand Quartier Général which takes operational control of the Collective Cosmoforces in wartime. The current Grand Domestic of the Cosmoforces is Field Marshal Trinary Wise Celerity, a native born Rifter.

OOB

1ere Armee d'Cosmos

2e Armee d'Cosmos

Regular and Royal Cosmoforce

The Regular and Royal Cosmoforce is the Common army of the Commonwealth.

Pasdaran

The Pasdaran (translated: Guard or Guardians) is the Ceremonial Guard protecting the Grand Sejm and the person of the Shahzadas. The Pasdaran's origins predate both the short lived Kingdom of the Rift and the R.a.R. Cosmoforce, in the duty details of the Lasalle Brigade assigned to protect Prince Hiroshi St. Rong ar-Phoenicia. Despite their ceremonial appearance the Pasdaran are operationally ready Cosmoforce units and armed with live weapons.

A total of ten battalions or squadrons are needed between the various posts in the system of Concordia's March and on the SMS Mikado. The roster is normally rotated so as to not unduly stress certain units . The Regiments selected for upcoming duty in the Pasdaran rotation detach a battalion or squadron for a ceremonial course which then for a uni

Normally a select few R.a.R. Regiments and Demibrigades of the Young Echelon provide the Pasdaran in a regular rotation.

• The Twin Shahzada's Own XXV Sipahis
• The Shahdokht's Own LXIInd Hussars
• The Sehzade's Own LX Chevaux-légers Lanciers
• 5e Demibrigade
• 4th System Control Flotilla "Backhanded Blow"
• 9e Syntaxis Combat Team "Noisome Quarrel"

However in principle any Commonwealth unit can provide contingents to the Pasdaran.

Units to undergo a term as Pasdaran receive a number of honors and privileges. Regiments and Demibrigades are authorized a fifth battalion or squadron. Individual enlisted and officers are dignified with one of the four lower Cavalier Orders, sometimes equated to knighthood in the Phoenix Empire.

Standards & Colours

By regulation R.a.R. Cosmoforce Regiments are permitted only two colors without special dispensation. They are 97 x 117 cm, mounted on a lance almost three meters long, either hoisted vertically along the stave or draped from a horizontal crossbar. The borders and trim are dictated by their unit type. Silk or self-healing fabrics are used. Each Squadron or Battalion carries two:

• The Commonwealth or Shah's Colours are double sided. On the obverse is the Commonwealth Starburst. On the reverse is either the Simurgh with the symbols of Constellations arranged in Corona or a portrait of the Uncrowned King with a Halo mounted on a warhorse and the Peacock Angel over His head on a blue field.
• The Regimental Colour is normally a single color, usually from the Regiment's uniform, with the unit's insignia either at the center or any of the four corners. Unlike the Shah's Colors, a unit's colors may be freely embellished with battle honors and antecedent symbols with the permission of the Shahzadas.

Thematic Cosmoforce units are required to fly the Commonwealth Colours, but are free any scrutiny other than a Comissariat review. Likewise, the regulations for Ensigns, Jacks, Pennons, Guidons, and other Vexilloids throughout the Commonwealth are much more lenient than they are for Standards. Units may fly original designs, pending a Commissariat review, so long as it contains any two of six Commonwealth elements: the Starburst, the Uncrowned King, the Blue Field, Peacock Angel, and Simurgh.

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