Hello all! I am Bern and I have taken the plunge and decided to share with you all a worldbuilding effort I have been undertaking for several years now alongside some friends. I think it's important that I inform you that I started making this project at the age of 16 and - while I will be making some changes for these posts - it will be presented more or less as I built it originally.
It should also be noted that I have been heavily heavily inspired by primarily the United States, Britain and Japan in the mid-20th century when making this. As a result I will be using pictures from the real world throughout, I hope you can use your imagination to fill in where the real world and Evancya differ! You will undoubtedly come to realise this as you read it, it can be pretty obvious at times.
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Lastly, as mentioned, I built this planet alongside other people who have made their own planets as part of a collective worldbuilding effort we call the Kalooki Corner. I shall only be presenting my own planet for now, but other planets will be referenced quite heavily. These planets have their own lore and maybe one day I can convince them to share theirs also!
Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy! Now, onto the good stuff...
What is Evancya?
Evancya, known presently as the Unitary Imperium of Evancya, is a planet with a surface area of 5.8 billion km². It has a mass of 3.683 × 10^26 kg, a mostly temperate climate and eight moons - of which seven are inhabited. It also sports a huge orbital ring, a giant driveyard built by the engineering geniuses of Evancya itself as a means of projecting power and permitting easier construction of ships and trade with the rest of the galaxy.
It is the home planet of three main species that are most commonly split into two categories:
The Blue Evancyians (known as Homo Idaeum) and the Green Evancyians (both the Netraxi and the Populorf).
Blue Evancyians form roughly 64% of the 30 billion population of the planet, with the Green Evancyians making up around 35% with others being just 1%. The Blue Evancyians have, as one might expect, a bluish tint to the skin as well as long pointed ears and hair that grows in any colour you can imagine. They are tall, standing at an average height of roughly 6'9 for men and 6'6 for women. Portrayed generally as tall, elegant and imposing, the Blue Evancyians are the poster children of the planet.
The Netraxi meanwhile have a light green skin, and sharp fangs that jut up from the bottom of their mouths. Standing at an average 6'7 for men and 6'3 for women, they are notably shorter than Blue Evancyians. But they are usually hardier, with tougher skin and a greater muscle building ability. Much like the Blue Evancyians they also sport pointy ears, though they often aren't as long as the Blues'.
Finally, we have the Populorf. Covered in a dark green, almost scaly skin, the Populorf also sport webbed hands and feet that make them perfect swimmers. While historically this has inhibited their ability to utilise some tools or appliances, great advances have been made in accommodating these unusual appendages. They too have pointy ears, but rather than the typical ear shape they look more like a fish fin.
These three species exist in a hierarchy of power and acceptance, Blues on top and Populorf on bottom. Blue Evancyians have maintained their power through centuries of harsh segregation laws, restricted access to education and economic opportunity and of course a good amount of political silencing and voter intimidation. Signs over water fountains stipulate 'Blue' or 'Green' only, children are made to attend different schools, hospitals are restricted access to specific species. Efforts at reform of the segregation system have largely either failed or proven toothless thanks to the powers of an entrenched reactionary elite of Aristocrats and Savothites that have retained a vice-like grip on politics for centuries.
Yes, there is an aristocracy. Dukes, Lords, Ladies, Barons, Marquesses, you name it and they're present in the House of Peers. Standing tall above everyone though is the Imperial Family and reigning Emperor Talbuth II. Praised as being the direct conduit of the two Gods - Lightness and Darkness - the Emperor is revered and retains important political powers at this time. Generally though, the affairs of government fall on the shoulders of the Grand Chancellor and his cabinet alongside the House of Representatives and House of Peers.
The Planetary Government then has to interact with the Regional Governments and their legislatures - who offer interpretations of legislation passed at a planetary level that determine how the law is implemented within that region. Finally there are the Judiciary and the Church of Determinism, both of which are appointed by the Emperor and his Privy Council.
Anyway, that's probably enough exposition for now. We begin in the year 545 After Great Awakening.
A Conservative Titan
Stannis James Valorum, current Vice Chancellor and leader of the Imperial Conservative Party, stands on stage before a mass of cameras. Bulbs flash, shutters click and film reels whirr as he waves triumphantly to the crowds awaiting the quiet. Over 140 years of work has gone to creating this moment and finally it has arrived, better than he had ever imagined. A stunning victory with 2,264 of the 3,500 seats in the House of Representatives being won by the Conservatives. Their former coalition partners in the Free Market Liberals have seen their seats cut in half - a far cry from the landslide victories enjoyed by them just a decade ago.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for this incredible mandate. This Government shall be in service to you - not petty political games and special interests. It is to you that we owe this victory, and so we owe it to you to address the problems of our planet and continue to expand the prosperity of our economy. I promise you a safe pair of hands free from the instability and infighting of the Outward Liberal Coalition. Thank you all, let's get on with the work!" the crowd cheers as Valorum finishes his speech.
With this landslide victory, over 30 years of Outward Liberal Coalition rule has come to an end. The experiment of Meniboff Parker has been finally dissolved and his once great electoral coalition finds itself adrift and unhappy. By the end of the Grand Chancellor Coolacher's term the contradictions of the coalition became too great and so it tore itself apart from within, with Coolacher resigning in disgrace as an ineffective GC that oversaw the corruption and fracturing of a once mighty political force. All was proceeding as Valorum had planned.
His Imperial Majesty's primary advisor and chief minister of civilian government, Grand Chancellor Stannis Valorum, 213th Earl of Campridge (PC, EC, KC) son of The Duke and Duchess of Barkenstoke and leader of the Imperial Conservative Party, in his official portrait.
The whirlwind excitement of the inauguration had passed, and now Stannis sat in the Chancellor's House ready and willing to enact his agenda. He had laid it all out in his first Holobox address to the planet, a new five year agenda for stability and prosperity both at home and abroad. First and foremost were his economic plans - the so called 'Bust Prevention' method of economics, focusing on preparing the booming economy for a gradual soft landing. Next, his commitment to free trade abroad and his plan to negotiate new trade deals with major economies like Ficko and Mascos as well as his promise to ensure the enactment of the New United Planets Charter as drafted by Evancyan legal experts. Finally, and by far most controversially, his plans for a new much more hands on and arguably aggressive colonial policy on the Moons, Bharatiya and Dagroth.
In just a few short weeks, the Valorum Administration had its first proposals before the Diet in the form of the Economic Stability Act of 545. Promising sweeping tax cuts, privatisation of a number of state-run businesses, further deregulation of the investment banking sector and other industries, the Act was almost the pinnacle of Valorum's bust prevention plan. By cutting government expenditure, in favour of supporting private spending, it was hoped that inflation would remain low and growth could continue as consumers drive the economy ever forward. But it was missing a key promise that Valorum had made behind closed doors to his more free market friends - the privatisation of the banking sector."Tetron is our most valuable possession. It is the base from which our great civilising mission on that backwards planet is both demonstrated and propagated with immense force. Every effort can and will be made to maintain our control of Tetron and to defend it from encroaching Communist aggression. Where we have brought liberty, freedom and justice to the people of Dagroth the demagoguery of Communism now threatens to eradicate it."
Instead, Valorum was expanding upon the compromise solution to such a controversial issue that had been born during the Parker years. Investment Banks would continue to be classified distinctly from what were termed 'State Banks' and had been granted the right to issue mortgages, loans and to hold equity of families just the same as any other bank but free of the strict regulation and oversight that state banks have. It had been an acceptable solution when the issue was first broached twenty years ago, but throughout the campaign he had faced strong pressure from backers both within the party and without to finally get the matter resolved. They had hoped it would be his first priority, given the enormity of the task.
He chose to defer the issue. When asked by his supporters why it hadn't been his first task, he would comment on how complicated the issue was and that "all the necessary steps" had to be taken to ensure the utmost support of the people and the Capitol. He warned them that if such a move started out controversial it would surely die in the halls of the legislature - it had to be widely supported, and he had instructed his staff to get to work on that he assured them. They would grumble at the delay, but they would accept his reasoning and take the victories they could in the meantime. It didn't take long for the Diet to pass the Act, the huge Conservative majorities in both houses assured it would slip by without amendment.
Valorum and his party seemed poised for decades of dominance. But events out of their control both at home and abroad would soon bring them back to reality.
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