The Galilean Federation

The Galilean Federation presides over nearly all of the moons of Jupiter, the Jupiter Trojans and a handful of other outposts throughout Sol. First established in 2223, the Federated Jovian states are built on a culture of survivors. Nearly every governing body within the system can trace its roots back to the tragedies of the 2180s when the Earth supply network ended. The fragile civilizations, partially based around an equally fragile helium market, alone on the frontier, nearly collapsed. For fifteen years the Long Dark persisted and the young factions of Jupiter clawed desperately for survival, eventually pulling themselves out of their oxygen poor stations and failing hydrospheres to return to sustainability and independence. It would take another 25 years before bloodless consolidation resulted in the founding of the Federation.

Today the Federation governs immigration, trade, defense and welfare policies for the civilizations of Jove. A council system, comprised of six seats, legislates the laws of the system as a whole and encourages consolidation among the member states. Seats are determined by affiliated population. Each seat holds an increasing number of votes. The council is checked by a congressional body that seats an equal number of representatives for each member state.

The Federation first began to distance itself from the First World after the Makemake Rebellion of 2276, when the Galileans suffered the loss of an outer solar system hub. They watched as the Republic of the First World then ceded the high orbits to the newly formed Kuiper Alliance, permitting the growth of a powerful new competitor and forever changing the distribution of humanity throughout the solar system.

A century of neutrality faded into cold war as the Galilean Federation developed a sizable defense force in defiance of Luna and the Alliance. The nations of Jupiter perceived military encroachment. They saw Republic bases in the main belt, corporate warcraft, Saturnian expeditionary forces and a frighteningly fractured, yet armed Kuiper Alliance. The Martian regimes, once sympathetic to the Jovian plight, now squabble internally. The fallout of the Tichordia Concord simply assured that the healthiest, hardest and longest living populations would forever see the Galileans as enemies of transhumanism.

But that was the unfortunate truth, said the political rhetoric of the 24th century Federation. Baseline humans built the Federation from the ashes of the Long Dark. Genetic cronyism hadn’t yet solved the issues plaguing humanity, deep transhumanism was just an obscene experiment, the kind of development that festered in worlds that had grown sick with luxury and promiscuity. The Federation could afford no such luxury. The Federation would toil for sovereignty.

It came then, that when the Unity of Ganymede suffered a brutal insurrection in 2367, the balance of power shifted in the Federation Council. The Unity gained claim to several orbitals previously aligned with the 2nd and 5th seats, granting King Agnor Dal’Esta the 2nd seat and pushing the Alliance of Cedimony to 3rd seat. King Dal’Esta had long pushed for the militarization of Jove, and from his new position of power, he began exercising his influence. As of the 2370s, no system is producing military craft at a rate exceeding that of Jupiter.

The Federation Council as of 2373:

1st Seat – The Confederate States of Callisto

The largest industrial base in the Jovian system.
Most of the Federation’s interplanetary trade comes through Callisto
Comprised of about a dozen surface city states and about twice as many orbital cities.
The Confederacy accounts for about a quarter of all gas harvesting at Jupiter.
President Kabold C. Estabet personally sits as the 1st seat

2nd Seat – Unity of Ganymede

A constitutional monarchy, ruled by an oligarchical parliament and a royal family
Unity is made up of scores of states, both subterranean and orbital, all governed by lords with local councils or voting bodies.
Despite appearances, standard of living in the Unity is high.
King Agnor Dal’Esta II, the Emerald King of Ganymede, personally sits at the 2nd seat.

3rd Seat – The Alliance of Cedimony

Represents most of the Jupiter Trojan settlements and lagrange point orbitals.
The Cedimony states own about half of all the gas harvesting on Jupiter.
Independent cities represented by a congressional body that answers as the 3rd seat.

4th Seat – Directorate of Jovian Orbitals

Orbitals of both Ganymede and Callisto that are unaffiliated with either the Unity or the Callistan Confederacy
Orbitals represented by a council body that answers as the 4th seat, but each orbital is otherwise independent.
A handful of tiny cities in high Jovian orbit.
Several of these orbitals were acquired by the Unity of Ganymede in the Prestid Rebellion, weakening the 5th seat and pushing the Unity from 3rd to 2nd seat.

5th Seat – Confederacy of Inner Moons

Europa, Io and a handful of inner moon settlements.
Presided over by a Congress of representatives and a judicial head of state. The head of state is elected by congress and sits as the 5th seat.

6th Seat – United Galilean Cities

Affiliated cities scattered throughout Sol.
Body primarily includes states with appreciable light delay from Jupiter.
4 inner solar system cities, totaling about 10,000 citizens
The city of Pailsdurn on Earth, estimated 8,700 permanent party
A consensus mindscape, membered by the leaders of each city, answers as the 6th seat.

Non-Federated Jupiter

Despite being one of the most unified planetary systems in human space, Jupiter’s gravity well still hosts numerous parties that are unaffiliated with the Galilean Federation, including several that might be considered aggressors. Two orbitals within Jovian sphere are actually affiliated with the Republic of the First World, another with Phobos Nation. Even then, several more maintain the level of independence practiced by the asteroid states.