Botchok Planetary Congress

The Botchok Planetary Congress was the government of the Orion homeworld, Botchok, and of the Orion Colonies as a whole. However, it had very little actual power over the colonies, and mostly only served as a front to other interstellar states. Other than offensive action during time of war, the entire area was mostly independent states who had agreed not to make war on each other.

Empire
Unlike many other spacefaring states, the Orions were not a unified population, but were instead spread out into several large factions and a great many smaller ones, separated by space, allegiances and cultural differences. They were considered decentralized, with a network of bases. Their society was generally anarchic.

The Orion Colonies was the name given to the collection of all Orion-inhabited worlds, centered near Rigel in the Borderlands, including the homeworld of Botchok and the many Orion colonies around it. However, it was not a unified nation, but a collection of clans and colony worlds, only loosely influenced and spoken for by the Botchok Planetary Congress. They claimed no sovereign space and were not an imperial power. Important posts within the Botchok Planetary Congress were the Potentate of Orion, and the Orion chancellor.

The Orions had no over-arching government or controlling influence, and no Orion had the authority to speak for the entire species. Authority was instead divided up among three power structures: the family, which handled most social aspects; the corporation, which took care of the financial; and lastly, the government, which was responsible for little more than bureaucracy and public services. Although various bodies claimed authority over the whole, none had enough power to actually exert it.

Following the 2153 Borderland Blitz, the Orion Colonies and Botchok Planetary Congress was conquered along with most of the Borderlands by the Klingon Empire. The Orions united in the Orion Resistance, which would be a serious thorn in the Empire's side until almost the 23rd century.

Territory

 * Avali
 * B'Morgia
 * Bema
 * Bensonia
 * Botchok
 * Dav'ir
 * Kammzdast
 * Namezk
 * Nilor
 * Nolth
 * Qualf
 * Rhinate
 * Sharu
 * Syrenya
 * Thirat
 * Tini
 * Ugoan
 * Vab
 * Vem'ir
 * Volgas
 * Zchol
 * Zonvan