Autonomous Region

An Autonomous Region is a region consisting of one or more country or city-state that is considered part of the Alliance but has no official representation within said Alliance. Autonomous regions can be found throughout both the Alliance and Joint Space.

Most autonomous regions are typically isolated worlds with a low level of technological advancment. These worlds often reject technology by choice, prefering to make the journey on their own. Others reject advancment because of fear technology would destroy their way of life. The Alliance is typically happy to leave these societies be, and keep out others who might try to tamper with them.

Law Within Regions

Autonomous Regions are exempt from most Alliance law, allowed instead to maintain their own government and rule of law internally. This only applies on soverign soil, however, as all space travel within the Alliance and joint space falls under the jurisdiction of the space commission.

Further, trade to and from autonomous regions is heavily restricted, this being to prevent more developed nations from taking advantage of less developed ones. In some cases, trade can be opened up, but it comes with a greater Alliance presence, in turn causes the nation to give up it's autonomy.

Types of Autonomous Regions

Most nations within autonomous regions are not capable of inter-stellar travel and are therefore isolated from the rest of the verse. These regions rely on the protection of the millitary Alliance to repel technologically-advanced conquerers.

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