Centauri Republic

The Centauri Republic occupies the Alpha Centauri star system, which includes the twin suns Alpha Centauri A & B and a third star the orbits at the edge of the local solar system (the red dwarf Proxima Centauri). The main inhabited planet is Centauri Prime, whose main inhabitants include Humans who are descended from people taken by the Progenitors from Earth, and the Xon, a native race of humanoids who resemble grey apes. The Centauri humans occupy a higher social status than the Xon. The Republic is governed by a Senate-like Centaurum composed of mostly human, hereditary nobles, and a First Citizen elected by the Centaurum. In recent centuries, the Centauri Republic has expanded into interstellar space via the Jumpgates and often by military conquest. Their forceful occupation of Narshal, the homeworld of the Narn race, ended with the Centauri being chased off the planet Narshall and a subsequent formation of the Narn Regime, which is a sworn enemy of the Republic. Male Centauri humans fix their hair in fan-like crests while the women shave their heads. Droids are sometimes used by the Republic for both military and civilian purposes. The dominant religion in the Centauri Republic is a monotheistic sect, based upon the Cult of the Allspark, that views the Allspark as the only God. The Universal Church of the Celestial Sun, however, has made some headway in the Republic especially among the Xon.