THE LAPTEV AXIS
The Laptev Axis is a geopolitical military and economic alliance composed of nations that originated on the planet of Laptev, in the Laptev System. The alliance exists to this day and currently consists of the Jade Empire of Ingen, the Socialist Republics of Imaginarium, and the Ystovian State.
Originally founded in the 2400s as a tripartite alliance between the Katasian Ryk, the Ystovian Reich and Ingen's precursor state, the Kuribayashi Shogunate, the Laptev Axis eventually expanded its membership to include Imaginarium, Dong Wu, UPEO, Jamesistan, San Alejandro and North Tasmania. By 2420 AT the Laptev Axis had achieved total hegemony over the planet Laptev and became a major intergalactic power. |
With a constantly evolving system of Praetorian member-states, allies who did not hold land on the planet of Laptev, the Axis became the dominant superpower in the FB-1 region. After subsuming the World Directorate Alliance, the Axis engaged in a series of wars and proxy conflicts against the Systems Commonwealth, the Treksylvanian Alliance, the Red Dragon Society, the Alliance of Right Nations and many more lesser powers.
Eventually the Axis fought a cataclysmic war against the Barlat Concordiat. Although victorious, the Axis was incapable of halting the subsequent spread of Corruption propagated by the Merger. With the Concordiat in ruins and the Axis weakened by war, the FB-1 region gradually fell to the darkness, prompting the survivors to escape to the NS-1 region.
UPEO, Jamesistan, Dong Wu and much of San Alejandro were lost during the events of Deep Harvest. The Katasian Ryk evacuated Laptev and took to the stars, leaving Ystovia, Imaginarium and Ingen to assume control of the planet and its trade lanes. Transferring it to the NS-Verse, they subdued a rebellion in former San Alejandro and cordoned off the now-desolate Katasian territories.
Since that time, the Axis has largely been quiet, with the Jade Empire being the only member-state to have ventured beyond the local star cluster for anything other than mining expeditions.
Eventually the Axis fought a cataclysmic war against the Barlat Concordiat. Although victorious, the Axis was incapable of halting the subsequent spread of Corruption propagated by the Merger. With the Concordiat in ruins and the Axis weakened by war, the FB-1 region gradually fell to the darkness, prompting the survivors to escape to the NS-1 region.
UPEO, Jamesistan, Dong Wu and much of San Alejandro were lost during the events of Deep Harvest. The Katasian Ryk evacuated Laptev and took to the stars, leaving Ystovia, Imaginarium and Ingen to assume control of the planet and its trade lanes. Transferring it to the NS-Verse, they subdued a rebellion in former San Alejandro and cordoned off the now-desolate Katasian territories.
Since that time, the Axis has largely been quiet, with the Jade Empire being the only member-state to have ventured beyond the local star cluster for anything other than mining expeditions.