Overview
The Orion's Belt Trade Union is a commerce union founded around the three principal worlds of Brizeno, Etxaurren, and Thora.
This trade union is born of unusual circumstances as the sunblades of Etxaurren and their Slyth ruler once occupied one of the other planets. United by the common need for resources, survival, and coinage this trade union credits its existence to the intervention of Iracus of the New Moon Cooperative, Moff of the Elysium Protectorate, and the very frequent consultations of the Exchange of Light.
This trading block is still determining its strengths, leveraging its merchant fleet , and determining how it will approach trade policy with the rest of the Iron Stars. They do promise preferential deals to the Protectorate and the Cooperative respectively, and fair trade for all others who wish to do business in the southern rim of the sector.
Organization
The Orion's Belt Trade Union is not a true polity but instead a commerce agreement between its three main worlds. This agreement promises that duty free import and export will take place between them, that they will all assist in the defense of one another's trade routes, and that an advantage gained by one will be shared with all. Each world maintains its right to govern its own people, and a trade council consisting of a representative from each world makes the decision for their planet when it comes to negotiating with the other members of the union. A simple majority rule currently decides on which measures pass and which fail.
There are plans to induct more worlds as bloc members in time as the Trade Union works to find its footing so many years behind the other more established polities.
Military Strength
The Orion's Belt Trade Union does maintain a small fleet of merchant and escort ships to ensure the safe conduct of their business in the Iron Stars. Each world maintains its own military for the defense of their own planet. Measures are being discussed internally for the construction of additional warships and closer ties between the militaries of each principal world.
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