Confederated Martian Colonies

Facts

• Capital city: Ares City, Mars (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TOS Novel: The Captain's Daughter)
• Composed of Martian colonies, orbital stations
• Population: 133.8 million (2377) (Reference: Star Charts)
• Established 2106 (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Martian colonies took independence from various Earth nation-states in War of Martian Independence, united under Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies as the Confederated Martian Colonies
• Anarcho-communist confederation of independent colonies
  • Members required to agree to the Fundamental Declarations and include certain ethical and philosophical standards in their colonial charters before they can establish a new colony on the planet
• Joined Federation 2162 (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
  • Sixth member to join
    • Councillor Qaletaqu (2163 - 2164 - ) (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures; ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
    • Councillor Chab jav Lorg ( - 2270 - 2272) (DTI Novel: Forgotten History)

Political Structure

• Led by Assembly of the Martian Colonies (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Also known as Governing Council of the Confederated Martian Colonies (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Unified body consisting of the heads of the individual Martian colonies (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Subdivided into oversight committees
    • Terraforming Authority (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
• Constituent Nations
  • Hopi-Pueblo Nation (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Amalgam of Puebloan emigrants composing one of the oldest Martian independent colonies, founded 2109 (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Capital: Popé Pueblo (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Unspecified nation
    • Rather than holding elections, random citizens were drafted into legislature for one year (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)