Tani Coyote
Son of Huehuecoyotl
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RP Bio
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Name: United Federation of the Overlanders (UFO, pun not intended)
Government: Federal constitutional democracy
President: Marius Kintobor II
Language: Overlander(Spelled like English, but pronounced like Spanish)
Currency: Mobium
Economic Rights: Extensive. Large welfare state (via NIT) combined with plenty of incentives for small businesses and a commitment to avoid punitive taxation.
Social Rights: Extensive. Do unto others as you want done unto you.
Legal Rights: Extensive. Citizens have a right to a fair trial, the right to not bear testify against themselves, to have an attorney, and various other protections from government abuse.
Foreign Policy: Non-Interventionist
Religion: Marianism
This ideology prevailed over more racist faiths despite the resentment of persecution. Marianism espouses that there is likely one God, and that if he exists, he is a kind, loving, carefree being, who does not judge on petty things such as what one eats, loves, or practices. All he cares about is that his children be free to pursue their dreams and be happy, ergo, he only desires mortals do not harm eachother against their will.
As such, violence and war are strictly prohibited, and tolerance is in vogue. The right of people to pursue their dreams has led to an immense surge of positive as well as negative liberties, with the welfare appartus serves to help in this regard.
According to Marianism, morality is not derived from a belief and some presence of a diety derived thereof, but from the spark of divinity that is present in all life. As such, a Muslim, an atheist, an agnostic, etc. are all fully capable of feeling morality and finding God in their own ways. God created everything, including all the belief systems.
To explain the suffering endured by mortals, Marians state that God did not want his children to be dependent on him, for to be dependent, is to not be truly free. The doctrine of free will being important, God endowed human beings with all the tools they would need to be self-governing: a curiosity to research the sciences and understand their world without need for him, and the innovation necessary to respond to each situation that arose. To intervene in the world regularly would be contrary to the importance of free will. Some go so far as to say God put so much of his power in each individual soul that he has been left with little of his own; the result is mortals are 100% in control of their destiny.
Forgiveness of those who atone for their sins - sin being a very narrowly-defined category of acts that harm people, as it is deemed impossible for you to harm yourself against your will - is an important part of the doctrine. It is stated that the gates of Paradise are open to all who make a genuine change in their life. In a similar vain, spite should not be felt towards the sinner; the sinner should instead be restrained from doing harm and then become the recipient of efforts to try and rehabilitate them. In light of this, there is no death penalty in Overlander society.
At the end, what makes this odd, is that due to the Marians' belief that belief is unimporant, their faith tends to state itself as an opinion rather than an absolute truth. They are most accurately classed as hopeful, devout agnostics than anything else.
History:
The Overlanders have lost some of their history ever since their ship crash landed in the Panama Canal region, but records seem to indicate they fled a planet called Mobius on the basis of mass persecution. The world had been seized by a tyrannical regime, the Red Claw, led by a mysterious individual known as "The Imperator." Fortunately, humans on Mobius were more advanced than their furry companions and Earthling counterparts as well, enough to get several colony ships out before Red Claw overran the United Federation there.
There was naturally some infighting as to where to go. The military and more conservative individuals wanted to find a base close by, build a new army and then retake Mobius. Some simply wanted to get away, and others rallied behind leaders.
Each of the independent colony ships tended to go separate ways. One ship became host to the Marian Order, led by its founder, Marius Kintobor, of the aristocratic Kintobor family. Kintobor had used his wealth to feed and clothe the poor, distribute medicine to the sick, and also educate vast numbers of individuals so as to empower them to do the same. His ideology spread like wildfire, oddly enough, as it was such a simple faith without complexities, and also preached the salvation of all individuals everywhere, past, present and future.
Marius would eventually pass his quasi-regal chair to his son, who would oversee the expedition to the point that it crash landed on Earth. Using diplomatic skills and some shrewd dealing, Marius II was able to unite various parts of the Caribbean in a trade league between Humans and Overlanders.
Race and Culture:
The Overlanders are aliens by the literal sense of the word. However, they are almost indistinguishable from humans. The key differences are that Overlanders have four fingers rather than five, and also sometimes possess hair - green, blue, etc. - and eye - red, yellow, etc. - colors that would seem improbable in humans. They also have shorter lifespans than humans, as a result of having become dependent on the medical technology back home.
Records show the Overlanders of several centuries ago were much more vicious and warmongering, but gradually settled into a more moderate, centrist position. Overlanders and Mobians often detested eachother - Mobians being peaceful and Overlanders more... "pragmatic." This race divide was reinforced by one Overlander, Julian Kintobor, forcibly uniting much of Mobius under his brutal dictatorship for several years, before being overthrown. It was the chaos that ensued that allowed the Imperator's seizure of power, and the self-exile of many Overlanders, the Marians included.
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Name: United Federation of the Overlanders (UFO, pun not intended)
Government: Federal constitutional democracy
President: Marius Kintobor II
Language: Overlander(Spelled like English, but pronounced like Spanish)
Currency: Mobium
Economic Rights: Extensive. Large welfare state (via NIT) combined with plenty of incentives for small businesses and a commitment to avoid punitive taxation.
Social Rights: Extensive. Do unto others as you want done unto you.
Legal Rights: Extensive. Citizens have a right to a fair trial, the right to not bear testify against themselves, to have an attorney, and various other protections from government abuse.
Foreign Policy: Non-Interventionist
Religion: Marianism
This ideology prevailed over more racist faiths despite the resentment of persecution. Marianism espouses that there is likely one God, and that if he exists, he is a kind, loving, carefree being, who does not judge on petty things such as what one eats, loves, or practices. All he cares about is that his children be free to pursue their dreams and be happy, ergo, he only desires mortals do not harm eachother against their will.
As such, violence and war are strictly prohibited, and tolerance is in vogue. The right of people to pursue their dreams has led to an immense surge of positive as well as negative liberties, with the welfare appartus serves to help in this regard.
According to Marianism, morality is not derived from a belief and some presence of a diety derived thereof, but from the spark of divinity that is present in all life. As such, a Muslim, an atheist, an agnostic, etc. are all fully capable of feeling morality and finding God in their own ways. God created everything, including all the belief systems.
To explain the suffering endured by mortals, Marians state that God did not want his children to be dependent on him, for to be dependent, is to not be truly free. The doctrine of free will being important, God endowed human beings with all the tools they would need to be self-governing: a curiosity to research the sciences and understand their world without need for him, and the innovation necessary to respond to each situation that arose. To intervene in the world regularly would be contrary to the importance of free will. Some go so far as to say God put so much of his power in each individual soul that he has been left with little of his own; the result is mortals are 100% in control of their destiny.
Forgiveness of those who atone for their sins - sin being a very narrowly-defined category of acts that harm people, as it is deemed impossible for you to harm yourself against your will - is an important part of the doctrine. It is stated that the gates of Paradise are open to all who make a genuine change in their life. In a similar vain, spite should not be felt towards the sinner; the sinner should instead be restrained from doing harm and then become the recipient of efforts to try and rehabilitate them. In light of this, there is no death penalty in Overlander society.
At the end, what makes this odd, is that due to the Marians' belief that belief is unimporant, their faith tends to state itself as an opinion rather than an absolute truth. They are most accurately classed as hopeful, devout agnostics than anything else.
History:
The Overlanders have lost some of their history ever since their ship crash landed in the Panama Canal region, but records seem to indicate they fled a planet called Mobius on the basis of mass persecution. The world had been seized by a tyrannical regime, the Red Claw, led by a mysterious individual known as "The Imperator." Fortunately, humans on Mobius were more advanced than their furry companions and Earthling counterparts as well, enough to get several colony ships out before Red Claw overran the United Federation there.
There was naturally some infighting as to where to go. The military and more conservative individuals wanted to find a base close by, build a new army and then retake Mobius. Some simply wanted to get away, and others rallied behind leaders.
Each of the independent colony ships tended to go separate ways. One ship became host to the Marian Order, led by its founder, Marius Kintobor, of the aristocratic Kintobor family. Kintobor had used his wealth to feed and clothe the poor, distribute medicine to the sick, and also educate vast numbers of individuals so as to empower them to do the same. His ideology spread like wildfire, oddly enough, as it was such a simple faith without complexities, and also preached the salvation of all individuals everywhere, past, present and future.
Marius would eventually pass his quasi-regal chair to his son, who would oversee the expedition to the point that it crash landed on Earth. Using diplomatic skills and some shrewd dealing, Marius II was able to unite various parts of the Caribbean in a trade league between Humans and Overlanders.
Race and Culture:
The Overlanders are aliens by the literal sense of the word. However, they are almost indistinguishable from humans. The key differences are that Overlanders have four fingers rather than five, and also sometimes possess hair - green, blue, etc. - and eye - red, yellow, etc. - colors that would seem improbable in humans. They also have shorter lifespans than humans, as a result of having become dependent on the medical technology back home.
Records show the Overlanders of several centuries ago were much more vicious and warmongering, but gradually settled into a more moderate, centrist position. Overlanders and Mobians often detested eachother - Mobians being peaceful and Overlanders more... "pragmatic." This race divide was reinforced by one Overlander, Julian Kintobor, forcibly uniting much of Mobius under his brutal dictatorship for several years, before being overthrown. It was the chaos that ensued that allowed the Imperator's seizure of power, and the self-exile of many Overlanders, the Marians included.
