Holy Dominion of Christendom

Holy Dominion of Christendom

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Type of Government:	Theocracy
Organizations:	Springfield Pact

The Holy Dominion of Christendom was is a large, but sparsely-populated nation located to the galactic 'north'. Originally a Coalition colony cluster for the "religiously motivated," it grew into a significant nation and becoming a member of the Springfield Pact.

History

Set up during the 2600s to become a "model colony," the HDC split off when the Coalition secularized. Although some radicals within the Dominion government denounce the Coalition as "devils," the vast majority considers the "mother country" a close ally and a protector from communism.

Similarities with the Coalition are great, both culturally and economically. Dominion culture emphasizes on three things: faith, family and firearms. The average Dominion family is composed of a husband and wife, with 2-3 children. Family is very important, and considered to be third in priority, below religion and the state. Military parades are commonplace, and it is a citizen's duty to cheer on the military. Buying war bonds is heavily encouraged, and so is participation in the stock market. However, the Dominion is much more oppressive than the Coalition, having its own religious police, mass surveillance and death camps for the "unworthy," while at the same time having a social welfare system.

The Dominion military is effectively an extension of the Coalition one, with its commanders forced to answer to their Coalition counterparts. Dominion territory on Neu Stuttgart found itself destroyed by the Coalition during the Galactic War, an act that the Dominion has vehemently denounced. Most Dominion worlds are sparsely settled airless rocks.