USSP

The Union of Socialist Soviet Planets (U.S.S.P) is a Type Va Galactic Power (Communist Dictatorship) situated to the east of the Galactic Concordat, and north of the Void-Fang Corporation. Covering a total area of approximately 1,000,000 Ly² (333,000 Pc²), it hosts approximately 300 systems with a population greater than 100 million.

(Note: Due to the nature of censorship within the USSP, most of the information provided is either an educated guess or completely outdated.)

The Eastern Uprising
In the year 45 A.C.W, shortly after the Galactic Civil War between The Stellar State of the Crimson Armada, and the three Faction Coalition, a man by the name of Alexy Rohn who was a respected General and Politian in the Armed Forces of the Toron Empire, decided to overthrow what was left of the government after their surrender to the Armada.

He wanted to make a state in which every citizen was equal under the law, equal in wealth and equal in opportunity, to do this he would institute a Dictatorship in the eastern most part of the galaxy, and subjugate the wealthy planets, to "Liberate" as he saw fit. In time he thought, everyone would appreciate the work he had done for the galaxy. However, for the first ten years the territory seized by the now "United Planets" suffered mass famine and wide-spread disease. This was until Rohn died and was replaced by his second in command, Ronald Jarkov, who decided the Union of Planets would become just that, a united and close Union.

And so the Union of Soviet Socialist Planets was formed, all wealth would be shared among the populous, and all citizens would be forced to contribute to the well being of the state in some way, this lead to several human rights violations, which while boosting the economy of the USSP significantly, caught the ire of the Crimson Armada, who barely tolerated the Union as it was.

This would lead to a strain in relations between the two powers over the centuries, and would only get worse later on.

The Great Reconstruction
In the year 70 A.C.W, The Now Head of State Ronald Jarkov, noticed that despite the USSP's massive size they fell behind the Armada in terms of production. This angered and frustrated Jarkov, who decided the Union would rival the Armada in production.

In the last month of 70 A.C.W he launched "The Six Year Plan" in which citizens were required to make their once green and lush planets, industrial waste zones, by building massive factories that would severely hurt and destroy the ecosystem's of the planets. Despite the damage done to the planets that were used to construct these factories, the USSP quickly caught up to the Armada in terms of raw steel, magnesium and refined uranium production.

Still, despite this Jarkov was not happy the Armada still produced ships faster, and so he ordered his now starved and weary citizens to construct massive shipyards over several key planets. This would further anger the populace of many planets, who all attempted to leave the Union peacefully. However every time they would attempt this, the secession was brutally repressed by the Eastern Liberation Fleet or the "ELF", who were the dominant naval group commanded by the Union.

Despite the massive casualties caused by the Six Year Plan, The USSP was now an industrial Powerhouse rivaling even the Armada and Galactic Concordant.

The Passing of Jarkov, and the Rise of Kozlov
Shortly after the great re-construction, The USSP's commercial output sky-rocketed, as they produced more and more ships, equipment and goods for their tired and recovering State. The now aging Ronald Jarkov tried his best to make the state media down-play the lives lost in his Six Year Plan, so that his legacy would be salvaged. This was part and due to the Supreme Leader's Health failing. The Armada at the time offered to give him both top tier medical attention, as well as an age inhibitor, if he gave them a favorable Trade-deal with the USSP, But due to the Union's hate of any state that was not Communist, He denied, mostly out of pride and nothing else.

6 Months Later Jarkov would pass away at the age of 67 from a stroke. He would soon be replaced by the man he named his successor, Mikhail Kozlov, who now was the Supreme Leader of the USSP.

Kozlov would be much more draconian than even Alexy Rohn, who was partly responsible for mass famine in the USSP. Kozlov would almost instantly crack down on several of the Planets suspected of having "Rebel Activities". The new Supreme Leader would see roughly 100,000 civilians, public officials and politicians suspected of being "Capitalist VFC sympathizers" brutally killed or worked nearly to death in Labor Camps.

Kozlov would continue to rule with an Iron-Fist, Killing his suspected opponents, making massive amounts of state fueled propaganda and attempting to undermine the Void Fang Corporation as much as possible. Much to the Ire of the Crimson Armada.

The Gray Shirt Rebellion
The Gray Shirt Rebellion took place sometime before the 2nd Reaver Crusades, and was an extremely important part of the galactic history. The rebellion unlike many that had taken place in the USSP was actually a threat to the health and stability of the Union, as it showed the Galaxy how weak and ineffectual ground troops are, and how they can be defeated through careful strategy.

The events of the Rebellion are somewhat shrouded in mystery, but it is generally accepted that the rebellion last about 5 years, and that the Gray-Shirts numbered around 100,000 or so, compared to the Garrison on Janus Prime that was held by the USSP which numbered somewhere in the several hundreds of thousands.

The Leader of the Combined Forces of the Gray Shirt Home Planet, Janus Prime, was General Isiah Pride. Pride was a respected Military Leader and Politician on the planet, After only 2 months into the rebellion he took personnel charge of the war effort on Janus Prime, It is generally thought that Pride was one of the reasons the morale of the Gray-Shirts did not collapse sooner, due to his strategic mind and military genius.

However, due to the technological superiority of the Union Soldiers, The Rebels of Janus had to fight a brutal and bloody guerilla war, which saw pit fall traps and hidden explosives used against the unsuspecting men of the Union Ground Forces.

Despite the use of guerilla warfare, the tactical genius of General Pride, who had led several victories against the Union, The USSP quickly tired of the war being drug on by the rebels, and so they bombarded the planets to ashes from Orbit, which killed untold millions if not billions of innocent lives.

After the bombardment, the USSP attempted to locate the body of General Pride, but only found a burnt and severed arm that had matched his DNA, satisfied that he was dead along with his rebellion, the USSP ended the search.

The Armadian Cold War
The situation between the Armada and USSP quickly deteriorated after the USSP was suspected of raiding a convoy of the Void Fang Corporation. This action was noted by the Armadian Admiralty, and was severely frowned upon, so much so the Armada started a harsh trade embargo against the Union, which impacted their ability to gather more scarce materials.

The Union in retaliation, started a build up of warships on their western border with the Armada, and even went as far as to make propaganda depicting the Armada as incompetent and technologically inferior to the USSP, which in reality was the polar opposite, as the Armada had much better technology along with much more competent commanders.

The other members of SATO noticed this and started their own military build-up, culminating in massive arms races, ship building and mass fortification of territories in the Concordat and even Void Fang space.

The “Cold War” would only end with the invasion of the Huang Di, as the USSP saw the extra-galactic invaders as the present and most dangerous threat to their regime, temporarily ceasing conflicts between the Union and SATO.

Government and Politics
The Union of Socialist Soviet Planets is classified as a type Va Galactic Power, or a Communistic Dictatorship. The Union controls any and all aspects of it's citizens lives, including their occupation, food rations, consumed media and way of thinking. This makes for a highly censored and sheltered environment meaning most of it's citizens have little or no knowledge of the outside Galaxy at large.

The Head-of-State is one Supreme-Leader John D. Stoval of the Union Communist Party or U.C.P. He is a ruthless dictator who has been known to purge political opponents or people he views as threats to his power, However unlike past leaders of the USSP he is more moderate in his approach. He has attempted to maintain better relations with the Crimson Armada and has been credited to have stopped most if not all of the famine in the USSP's borders.

Foreign Relations
The USSP recently changed their hostile stance towards the Armada somewhat, as they have a handful of diplomatic missions in Armadian territory attempting to better relations between the two nations. However, when asked by Grand Admiral Hertalli if they would do the same with the Void-Fang Corporation, Supreme-Leader Stoval was quoted saying "As long as I am in control of the Glorious Union, We will never negotiate with those filthy corporates!"

Armed Forces and Navy
Unlike most fleets within the galaxy, the USSP extensively use only one kind of warship, a heavy frigate. These frigates were designed to be mass-produced, and to pack a decent punch. They are equipped with solely Missile-based weaponry and heat-seeking torpedoes. Their shields and armor, however, are somewhat weak compared to other ships within the galaxy, and was an intentional design by the USSP.

Normally in a Union Fleet is compromised of 80 or so warships, This of course can fluctuate depending on who commands the fleet and their influence in the Union.

In terms of ground forces, the Union is incompetent, This was shown to most of the Galaxy in the Gray-Shirt Rebellion when General Pride's poorly equipped and trained Gray-Shirts would rout the garrison forces of the Union conscripts.