Federation of Venus (Solar Wars Map Game)

The Federation of Venus is a federation comprising multiple republics and monarchies that occupy land on the surface of Venus.

History
The planet of Venus was colonized in the late 21st century. At first colonies were only aerostats and were quite small. Over time, colonists dug into the surface of Venus in order to live on the ground. Building underground was a way to escape the extreme heat, pressure, and sulfuric conditions of the atmosphere.

Greenhouse Planet
With little resources to mine, the colonists on Venus needed something to supply themselves with income. Due to the closer proximity to the sun, plants were introduced underground, but with access to sunlght. Venus rapidly became an agriculture world, supplying other colonies with food. Industry also took root on the planet, and provides a small supply of mass-produced goods.

In order to facilitate trade with other colonies, a small asteroid was moved into Venusian orbit and named Cupid, after Venus's son and the god of love.

Declaration of Independence
Following a span of other colonies declaring independence and internal discontent with the United Human Nations led Venus to declare its independence in December of 2107, the last colony to do so.

Military
The Armed Forces of Venus was commisioned on the day of independence. The military comprises of only two branches: the Army and the Armada.

Army
The Army of the Federation of Venus is comprised of infantry. Since the hostile environment of Venus precludes any real land-based activity, infantry are used to simply hold the entrances to the underground habitats and police the population.

The Army is equiped with bulletproof carbon nanotube lightweight armor and typically projectile weapons, but experimental weapons using plasma and lasers are also in development.

Armada
The Armada of the Federation of Venus is comprised of fifty spaceships, of about half of which are formerly trading vessels. Each one is equiped with several inches of armor, ion propulsion engines, and railguns. Military vessels are typically of better quality than the repossessed merchant ships.