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The Confederated City-States of the Underwood Industrial Empire are a federation of independent city-states, with their headquarters in Underwood City.

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Joshmaul
Since the earliest days of manned spaceflight, it has been the dream of many nations to create a thriving community somewhere beyond the reaches of Earth, and the great science fiction writers have often written of great colonies, or even civilizations, on the various celestial bodies of our Solar System. Now, technology has caught up to fantasy to make such dreams real. Though it was not the first to do so, the Underwood Industrial Empire is among those who have been successful in the quest to expand its...
Joshmaul
Underwood City is the self-styled "capital of capitals" of its founder and Supreme Potentate (mayor-for-life), His Imperial Eminence Grand Admiral Joshua Underwood, who also serves as "Emperor-President" - supreme leader of the Underwood Industrial Empire and primus inter pares in the Council of the States. The U.I.E. is made up of sixteen such city-states - one of which is located on the planet Mars, as the U.I.E. has a well-financed and well-supplied space program - but they are all under the banner of...
Joshmaul
Illuminopolis is so named not for its bright electric lights (though it has plenty of those), but for the "light of knowledge", as it is home to the most prestigious schools and museums in the Underwood Industrial Empire. While Underwood City is the seat of power, the City of Light is the U.I.E.'s intellectual center; without the scientists trained at its colleges and research centers, the U.I.E. would not have been able to reach beyond the sky and establish a foothold on the Red Planet. This makes...
Joshmaul
On the northern edge of the Underwood Industrial Empire is the Great Glass Desert, a wasteland with patches of vitrified earth caused by the unrestricted use of nuclear weapons. Years ago, the U.I.E. was subsumed into a nation that called itself the "Holy Empire" of Defileron, with Grand Admiral Underwood leading a revolution against its "Undying Emperor" and proclaiming the nation a republic, leading to civil war. The Imperialist faction took control of the tactical nukes in the capital and unleashed them...
Joshmaul
Industria Planitia may be far from the boundaries of Earth, but as time passed, the Underwood Industrial Empire joined those who dared to attempt what was previously believed to be unthinkable: To turn the Red Planet green. In a joint session of the Congress of the Confederation, Grand Admiral Underwood proposed that the U.I.E. join forces with other nations with colonial holdings on Mars to tame the harsh environment of the fourth rock from the Sun. Given that it was along the same lines as the work being...
Joshmaul
The Underwood Industrial Empire was not the only state to be born (or rather, reborn) out of the Defileron Civil War. In the midst of the conflict, Grand Duke Ivan Eduardovich Tsiolivosky chose his side: He was not part of the Imperialist faction, with the reign of the old "Holy Empire" clearly doomed, but he did not support Grand Admiral Underwood's attempts at democratization, either. He took the aristocratic view that the people were resources, simply meant to be used. But rather than add to the chaos...
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