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===== Government =====
In theory the Commonwealth is a coalition of smaller planetary governments that have banded together under a jointly operated military, in practice it is a Military Junta organized by a board of the Interstellar Fleet's highest ranking admirals. The fact that the admiralty board does not care to meddle in the affairs of local governments means that the day to day operations of the government functions on a basis of laissez faire economics, allowing individual planetary and system governments to write and enforce their own laws, sign their own treaties, and maintain their own infrastructure and economies. The result is that the concept of government is totally different on every world, with some functioning under the rule of wealthy noble families, others run by dictators and despots, and others still as republics or even existing in outright anarchy. The only constant among the worlds of the Commonwealth is that each planet is expected to pay a levy, but even then said levy can take the form of enlisted troops, raw materials, the use of processing plants, food, manufactured goods, and anything in between. So long as levies are paid, the planet is left autonomous, with government assigned governors sent to oversee or outright replace the current leadership in the event of default.

The Admiralty Board itself is composed of an unknown number of officers typically believed to number between four and six people, with the members elected by the Interstellar Fleet's admirals from among themselves. While the details regarding the Board are not classified, it is not typically publicly available information.