[Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding

[Prince Charon]

Orions question I

Following the Unification Wars, the Orion Union's government fell, and the nation became the Orion Free States (or the Orion Commercial States, depending on the translation; some official documents in other polities even call them something like 'the Orion Free and Commercial States'). How different are the two governments, though, apart from the externally-imposed laws about slavery? You can combine options if you think they can fit.

1. Basically the same, with a few names changed.

2. Pretty similar, but the Orion Free States are less obviously corrupt.

3. Similar, but rather more corrupt, to the point that while the Orion Syndicate was effectively controlled by the Orion Union, the government of the Orion Commercial States is itself under the control of the Syndicate.

4. The Orion Free States are less united than the Orion Union, which makes them less of a military threat, but means that the central government has less say in internal matters.

5. The central government of the Orion Free States is effectively toothless, existing only ceremonially. Different member states must be dealt with as individuals.

6. Ironically, the Orion Free States are more united than the Orion 'Union' had been toward the end, and may even be more united than it ever was.

7. The Orion Free States and the Orion Commercial States are effectively two overlapping polities that meet at the top, with the Commercial States being those that are corpocracies, and the Free States being those that are not... though some Orion polities are members of both.

8. Something else (please specify).


Please include the number of your preferred option or options when you vote.