![]() ![]() What I’m most impressed by though is the series villain, the Terran Commonwealth. Neither of them are clear derivatives or copies of existing countries or cultures, and they provide interesting background details for the action. The Federation’s most important ally is the Coraline Imperium, a vaguely Germanic culture-inspired constitutional monarchy in which the Imperator is elected by the noble class. In one of my favorite minor details, we learn that while the largest religious group in the Federation is the Stellar Spiritualists, a vaguely quasi-agnostic group that encourages veneration of the universe, second-place is being constantly fought over by Christianity and “Reformation Wicca”, the sect that the main character belongs to. The Castle Federation is a “cultural mosaic” composed of elements from all over Earth, with a government vaguely based on the Roman Republic and a cultural fixation on the Arthurian Mythos. It’s rarely particularly detailed–I would almost call it minimalist–but the books convey enough information about the world and the major star nations that you get a good feel for them all.
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