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The United Terran Republic is the economic and military union of the three primary races of the planet Terra: Humans, Elves, and Dwarves. The Republic was first founded in 2030 by the political leaders of the three races: Secretary-General Fredrick Shaw, Master Elder Sage Frein Goldwood, and House Stoneward Chief Bernhard Edmund Stoneward. The world had gone through three major wars, and sought to finally end the conflicts of then and later through unification. The Republic brought together the entire world of Terra under one banner and began to expand the republic's new economic might and prosperity though its expansion into the stars.
By 2041, FTL travel had been discovered, and paved the way for expansion via the colonization of neighboring planets. Several habitable planets were identified, and were set to be colonized. In 2047 the colonies New Belegost, Neo Berlin, Taranath Qinzorwyn, New Washington, Bhaghdural, and Second Shanghai were established on separate planets. By 2053, New Belegost prospered due to its vast deposits of precious minerals and rare earth elements in addition to its proximity to the Gareth Asteroid Belt. Taranath Qinzorwyn and New Washington prospered by 2054 due to their enormous fertile lands ripe for farming. By the end of 2058, Bhaghdural became a factory world, churning out both consumer and industrial goods at a rate unlike anything seen before. Neo Berlin became an enormous commercial and manufacturing center by mid-2059. Unfortunately, Second Shanghai failed to achieve any significant economic, industrial, or cultural significance and simply dwindled to a third rate orbital shipyard system.
In 2066, social unrest, economic downturns, and a failure of leadership in enforcing colonial law led the colonies of Bhaghdural and Shanghai into declaring independence from the UTR. Realizing that being unable to enforce the Republic’s colonial union would put further colonies at risk, the Republic began to expand its naval forces. New shipyards and factories were built at the remaining colonies, greatly boosting their economic strength. Berlin and Washington colonies expanded their infrastructure worldwide and spread to the moons. Space stations were constructed at key Lagrange points. Armed with an expanded navy, the UTR began a campaign of retaking the rebellious colonies of Bhaghdural and Shanghai. Bhaghdural acquiesced to rejoining the UTR in 2068 after extended negations following the first conflict. Shanghai, however, stubbornly refused to rejoin. After several bloody bombardments and campaigns, Shanghai colony finally rejoined the UTR in 2071 but would forever remain a fractured world and a haven for organized crime, terrorism, piracy, and corruption.
Since then, the UTR has expanded its colonies, but New Belegost, Neo Berlin, Taranath Qinzorwyn, New Washington, and Bhaghdural are considered the Core Worlds of the Republic. Although they are no longer technically colonies and are fully populated worlds, they are often referred to as colonies affectionately.
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