Combined Cooperatives of Tir'qa
| Combined Coopertives of Tir'qa | |
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| General Info | |
| Official Name | Combined Cooperatives of Tir'qa |
| Common Name | Tir'qa |
| Capital City | Vornak Core |
| Capital World | Kelth |
| Demonym | Tir or Tirqan |
| Anthem | A Galaxy of Equals |
| Politics | |
| Government | Communal Dictatorship under the Directory of Cooperative Ascendancy |
| Ideology | Authoritarian Cooperatism |
| Head of State | Executive Director of Tir'qa |
| Head of Government | Alignment Executive |
| Legislature | Central Alignment Congress Cooperative Assembly (Upper) |
| Ruling Party | People's Party of the Combined Commonwealth |
| Official Language(s) | Tir'qan Standard |
| State Religion | Atheist |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 37,541,770,904 |
| Species | Tirqi (Majority)
Drapnids |
| Major Religions | None |
| Assets | |
| Soldier Count | Approx. 15 million standing personnel. |
| Spacefleet | 381 Spacecrafts |
| Other Assets | Cooperative Integrated Systems Defence Network |
| Geography/Astrography | |
| Rim | Unknown Space |
| Quadrant | Delta |
| Galaxy | Milky Way |
| Historical Info | |
| Other | |
| Created by | HowTheAlf |
| Controlled by | HowTheAlf |
The Combined Cooperatives of Tir'qa, also simply known as The Cooperatives, Tir'qa or CCT, is an expansive interstellar collective spanning across several star systems in the westernmost reaches of Unknown Space in the Milky Way Galaxy. It is officially organised as a federation of 19 'cooperatives', wherein each cooperative effectively represents an inhabited star system, with the largest and most populous being Tir'qa. Each cooperative has limited autonomy and, in practice, much of the state's government, economy and defence is highly centralised under the Central Alignment Directorate. It is a one-party state controlled by the Directory of Cooperative Ascendancy. Its designated capital is Vornak Core, on the planet Kelth, though much of the administration is performed from offices on Tir'qa.
Whilst the CCT was initially founded to federalise Tir colony states, it has since expanded to include a diverse range of species across the systems it controls. The systems have predominantly been settled by the Tirqi, but the state also houses significant numbers of other species such as the Kobuns (native to Phaal), Rhee (native to Yvel), and Drapnids (native to Ulqari). These four 'core species' (as designated by the government) have equal rights and citizenship. Outside of these systems, Tir'qa is one of the most isolated states in the galaxy with its' known closest neighbour beings tens of thousands of lightyears away. Despite this distance, the CCT is quite advanced technologically, with access to spacefaring technologies and short-range FTL travel. Although its' fleet is small, the Cooperative Integrated Systems Defence Network makes systems difficult to attack, and was vital for CCT survival against Celestial Army attacks during the Skirmishes of Outer Tir'qa.
History
Government and Politics
The Tirqan Cooperative system is based on the ideas of unified system power and the 'Circle and Spire' principle of government, wherein the 'circle' represents the people and the 'spire' represents the structure. As the level and power of a governing body rises (ascending the spire), the 'circle' (representatives) gets smaller. The highest layer of state authority is the Central Alignment Directorate, working under the leadership of the Directory of Cooperative Ascendancy.
Directory of Cooperative Ascendancy
The Directory of Cooperative Ascendancy (DCA) is the founding and dominant political party of the Combined Cooperatives. The head of the party, the Executive Director, becomes Head of State until either their death, resignation, or removal on grounds of unfitness to lead. At the top of the party is the Director’s Cabinet, elected internally at Ascendancy Conventions, typically upon the resignation of a member or accession of a new Executive Director. The Director’s Cabinet also nominates candidates for the Cooperative Presidium, the Director General, and First Party Officer. The DCA is effectively led as a power-sharing arrangement between the Director’s Cabinet and Cooperative Presidium, whose individual powers have undergone changes across the history of the nation. The Executive Director has veto power over both bodies in the party, however, its practical significance was greatly reduced after the Second Constitution.
The DCA has maintained control over Tirqa through the ability to appoint its own members to positions of government without traditional elections. A significant point of contention in this system is that neither planets’ populations nor lower party members are able to have any role in these decisions. However, the state's victories in the Thalos Wars and Skirmishes of Outer Tir'qa, alongside the reforms of the Second Constitution and a lack of a close galactic rival offering a visible alternative, have largely supressed any dissent. Although other parties exist, almost all senior positions of governance are held by members of the DCA. Previously, the Executive Director also held the position of President of the Central Alignment Congress, though the Second Constitution split these two positions and prohibited one individual from holding both. Most institutions are overseen by a Party Officer, though direct intervention in lower-level or local administration is rare.
Central Alignment Congress - ‘The Highest Layer’
The Central Alignment Congress is nominally the highest layer of state authority in the CCT and has been for most of its history, with its' size and powers evolving as the nation expanded. Initially an advisory body to the Executive Director, effectively being a puppet administration, the Congress has since had its’ functions significantly expanded. It holds power over economic and budgeting decisions, with one of its’ most significant decisions being the passing of the Cooperative Industrial and Technological Development Programs (CITDPs). Furthermore, it directly oversees the administration of law and appoints members to the courts, and also elects members to the Cooperative Presidium as nominated by the Director’s Cabinet. Its chamber is responsible for a massive bureaucracy, effectively having the responsibility to maintain control over 19 star systems. As a result, much of the decision making is only for state-wide matters, whereas administration of internal fairs is mostly left to the Cooperative Assembly or local Cooperative Councils.
