History
Throughout the early 24th century, The Federated Suns, ruled by House Davion, made repeated demands for the countries of the Capellan Reaches to turn over planets lying within their control to Davion control, a situation which resulted in a number of military engagements between the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns and the smaller Capellan nations. As the AFFS vastly outnumbered the forces any one of the Capellan states could field at one time, they slowly began to build a network of loose alliances against the Davion encroachments. Unfortunately, this only slowed the rate at which the Federated Suns was conquering Capellan territory. In 2366, after an internal crisis had destabilized the Capellan Hegemony, House Davion declared that it was sending "peacekeepers" to Capella to establish order. Representatives of the Capellan nations, terrified of the possibility of one of the largest Capellan states being conquered by the Davions without a shot fired, hastily met to create a unified Capellan state which to deal with the threat. In short order, The Capellan Confederation was formed uniting the Republic of Liao, the Sarna Supremacy, the Tikonov Grand Union, the Capellan Commonality (née Hegemony), the Sian Supremacy, & the St. Ives Mercantile Association. The delegation unanimously elected Franco Liao Chancellor, and set about planning the defense of the new nation. The new nation immediately began evacuating the planet Capella's capital before Davion forces could arrive, leaving behind only a group of 10,000 volunteers to fool the Davion forces into thinking nothing was amiss. Once the Davion forces arrived on Capella, the Capellan Confederation Navy ambushed them and bombarded the city from orbit, killing the entire Davion force as well as the 10,000 volunteers who selflessly gave their lives to prevent Davion domination of the Capellan people. In their honor, a black border was added to the Capellan Confederation's symbol.
Since that time, the Confederation has developed into a country with a strong sense of national identity, and a society which is highly state-controlled. House Liao succeeded in establishing itself as the hereditary holders of the Chancellorship, with few outside the family ever coming to the position, and then only briefly.
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