Independent Colonies

After the Great War, the diminished influence of the Great Houses gave a number of more remote colonies the opportunity to strenghten their position by founding a confederation of planets, independent of the rule of the Great Houses. Each member of the Independent Colonies would retain its sovereignty but would act in the spirit of economic and military cooperation.

Most of the political framework in the Colonies is dominated by the Merchants Association, who have their headquarters conveniently located on Ghant. The Association dominates interplanetary transport within the Colonies and likes to kindly remind the other members of how their appealing discount arrangements could be revised.

With planet Brogha and planet Baden, the Independent Colonies have a strong agricultural production base.