Union of Cooperative Societies

Union of Cooperative Societies
Abbreviation	UCS
Type	Political and Economic Union Military Alliance (Optional Protocol)
Headquarters	New Kelth Yeqwiqu
Founder(s)	Ascendant Republic of Cooperative Societies Hunyan Collective Yeqwiqu Collective
Member States	Ascendant Republic of Cooperative Societies Hunyan Collective Yeqwiqu Collective The Glasen Union
Observer States	Union of Xarin
Historical Information
Founded	551

The Union of Cooperative Societies is an intergovernmental organisation and political-economic alliance between four interstellar societies, alongside one partial-participant observer state, across the southern Milky Way. Founded by treaty between the ARCS, Hunyan Collective and Yeqwiqu Collective, its primary purpose is to preserve the sovereignty of smaller, typically left-leaning states across the galaxy through diplomatic cooperation and technological development. These connections are intended to modernise participating states and provide protection for revolutionary ideals across an increasingly unstable galaxy. Furthermore, it also serves to provide assistance to 'uprisings of suppressed peoples', most notably seen through the assistance and later membership of the Glasen Union.

Full membership of the UCS also allows nations to join an optional defence protocol, encouraging - though not enforcing - joint defence in the event of invasion by a foreign power. Regardless of participation in this protocol, naval development and strategic coordination between member states are encouraged. Partial participants, currently limited to the Union of Xarin, typically participate only in the economic element, while also opening their space to UCS members. Freedom of movement applies to all participants, providing streamlined FTL connections between Unknown Space and the Mid Rim.

Member States

Flag/Symbol	Name	Government Type	Capital World	Major Species	Region
	Ascendant Republic of Cooperative Societies	Communal Republic	Tirqa	Tirqi (Majority) Kobuns Rhee Drapnids Thalians	Unknown Space