Free Republic of Sihblos
Faction; Place
Area of Operations: Sihblos
Allies: Farwatch; Rational Ascendancy
Rivals: no data
Enemies: Childstealers
See also: First Farwatch Purge; John Lincoln (Secretary of Defense)
The Free Republic is an independent nation state. It includes the following factions:
Key Locations
- Embassy on Earth: the Republic maintains an embassy on Earth, in Arlington, Virginia, near the Pentagon. Apart from embassy security, Sihblos has no military assets on Earth, as part of their treaty with the United States.
- New Liberty: capital city.
Political Philosophy
The New Republic's constitution centers on two principles, called the Two Pillars of the Republic:
- Vigilance: Sihblos is a hostile world in an often-hostile multiverse. The persistence of normal and paranormal threats demands strength, cleverness, and steadiness. The Republic values and nurtures:
- Excellence in education
- Excellence military science and related disciplines (e.g., aerospace, computer science, cybernetics).
- Unity: Fear itself is a threat, and living demands more than just surviving. The Republic values and nurtures:
- Families, friendships, teams, and other positive relationships
- Excellence in social sciences, especially sustaining communities
- education, arts, culture, .
In many ways, the Farwatch defectors of New Liberty brought the Pillar of Vigilance, while the Sihblosians brought the Pillar of Unity.
As an example of both Vigilance and Unity, all Libertonians must give several years of military service or public service when they become adults or otherwise become citizens. All citizens remain lifelong members of the New Liberty militia.
As an example of Unity, most clans among the Mother's Children are communist. Each colony walker places the survival of the walker and the safety of the collective above all, and supports the military walkers through a complex system of volunteers, donations, and tithes. (An outsider might see the tithes as taxes, but the Sihblosians consecrate their walkers, and this support is part of their religion.)
Both pillars Long-term military rule often leads
is an experimental, militarized, techno-socialist republic.
on a hostile world in an often-hostile multiverse with paranormal threats
Experimental: the government is designed to evolve over time, in response to the challenges of surviving. Militarized: a hostile world
The Republic Army defends the capital city of New Liberty.
An open source network promotes high transparency
The ensures equitable access to food, shelter, medicine, and education.
