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• CATEGORY: FENNIS
• CATEGORY: G.E.T.H.
• CATEGORY: GORGILLA

THE MUTUAL TERRITORY & TRADE ASSURANCE AGREEMENT
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As to be expected of any superpower, the Grandhold of Abyss has its own political bloc in the Milky Way. Known officially as the Multinational Trade and Territory Assurance Agreement (or MTTAA) and unofficially as the Grand Bloc, the bloc is purely economic and defensive in nature.

As with most things from the Grandhold, the MTTAA was founded on almost pure idealism, seeking to simplify trade and make it harder for anyone to invade any one nation. It also serves the utilitarian purpose of making the Grandhold less ideal of a military target, providing trade security for the Grandhold, and also indirectly increases the Grandhold's voting power, as MTTAA members tend to vote with the Grandhold. Compared to most other superpower alliances, the Grand Bloc has no strings attached.

Most of its members joined out of economic desperation; most were poor and willing to take a good opportunity if it presented itself. Which the Grandhold did. The afforementioned nations had been previously part of the Neutrality Continuance Pact, as they did not want to be politically forced around. What followed was a veritable economic miracle as, in turn for becoming economically reliant on the Grandhold and lesser, they became extremely advanced (compared to other superpowers) and rich nations. Naturally, they are now at severe risk of influence, but the Grandhold has held back other than to encourage positive social development. The Fennis have not, but are kept in check somewhat.

The MTTAA also has a potential member currently on the fence, being the Kalip Remnant State. The Kalip are actively concerned about the Kreal, but do not currently feel threatened enough to risk getting in the middle of the ongoing cold war. If the Kalip were to ever feel as if there was an imminent threat to their nation, however, they would be willing to join the MTTAA for the sake of protection, especially because there aren't any strings attached to the MTTAA as it currently stands. This will be meaningful in Grandhold Reign.

THE FENNIS REPUBLIC
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One of the oldest living nations in the galaxy, the Fennis Republic is a centralized indirect democracy which predates the Zenith War and even most of that era's superpowers. The Fennis are known for being a pacifistic but extremely influential power who have the tendency to shift power in their favor whenever part of a bloc. Most of their territory comes from willing annexation, though the nations they take such territory from haven't often taken that well. All of these acquisitions have been carefully calculated, however; the Fennis rarely took risks when growing their empire.

Had they been more aggressive and more willing to take risks in the past, it is entirely possible that they could have joined the Dhatri, Kreal, and Shasti as superpowers in the current day. They have only become more reserved over the past two millennia, however, and as such have gained little territory compared to before the Zenith War.

Now part of the MTTAA, they have taken the role of the unofficial second leader of the bloc. Because the Grandhold prefers to not exert its influence on its allies, the Fennis have been particularly able to exert their own influence. The Grandhold keeps them from going too far, though.

FENNIS ARE PRUDES
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Fennis culture is very prudish, for the lack of a better term. Public displays of affection are considered to be unacceptable, and discussion of romance or sexuality is limited to tightly-knit groups, such as families.

GESTALT ENTITY WITH TRANSFER HYPERTHREADING
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Often shortened to G.E.T.H (or just GETH), it is a gestalt machine nation of (currently) undetermined power status. GETH itself is an immaterial consciousness distributed across its many servers and automatons. Individual units have little processing power, but the collective of them can form a true hyperintelligence.

GETH is a member of the MTTAA. It is the single largest importer of Grandhold technology relative to its industrial output. The Grandhold has a major industrial segment in GETH's territory to meet the ravenous needs of the machine.

Before the Grandhold's arrival, each individual planet under control of the machine empire was its own entity. Since the introduction of high-bandwidth instant communication, however, GETH has been merged into a single, unfathomably vast entity capable of simultaneously controlling each and every machine connected to the super-entity.

GETH remains capable of splitting up; it has not dispatched that capability as it is foreseeable that a great threat could crash the network.

GETH is also fully capable of creating small, autonomous groups for independent operations. If a group is small enough, it may require a server to provide enough computational power for an intelligent GETH entity.

THE GORGILLA RESUKIGO
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WHAT DOES RESUKIGO MEAN?
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The Gorgilla (not GGG) word 'Resukigo' roughly means Revolution, although more accurate translation would be 'revolutionary state'.

Despite that, the Gorgilla people have a separate word for revolution.