Post by Reyn on Sept 4, 2019 17:16:16 GMT
Know then that it is the year 4540 A.G. The Known Universe is ruled by The First Intergalactic Republic, a federation of planetary governments under the direct oversight of the Landsraad Council.
The Republic was founded in 4381 A.G. after a time of violent upheaval, known as The Peasants’ Spring, toppled the feudal governments of many worlds of the erstwhile Imperium. The revolts upended The Faufreluches: A strict, formalized caste system which had governed human life across the Known Universe for millennia. As this tidal wave of revolution swept across the Imperium, many noble ruling houses were overthrown and exiled or executed, including the Imperial House of Corrino, which was supplanted by The Landsraad Council as the center of a new Republican government. As the former fiefs of the Imperium adopted new forms of self-governance, they sent delegates to Kaitain to represent their interests within the Landrsaad.
After nearly 150 years in direct rulership of the Known Universe, the Landsraad has grown bloated and bureaucratic. Stirrings of civil unrest have begun to fray the edges of the First Intergalactic Republic, as the ineffectual council fumbles to adequately and expeditiously address the needs of the hundreds of worlds under its oversight.
Now, as the council sits in recess, the Landsraad President Drisomir prepares for his re-election campaign. Suddenly, word reaches Kaitain that a terrorist attack has struck at the heart of Ginaz operations on the Planet Arrakis, threatening the flow of Spice to the Republic. President Drisomir calls an emergency session of the Landsraad, and recalls all representatives to Corrinth City to address the existential threat of a cessation to Spice production on the most important planet in the Known Universe: Arrakis… Also known as “Dune”.