The Hegemony people

All citizens are expected to learn at the very least the skills to defend their homes and communities,and such training is constantly enforced. Until one has been called up for duty the first time one cannot vote for Senators, so being called up is seen as a form of reaching adulthood.

Due to the nature of the Hegemony, non-human races are not an uncommon sight within many districts, though xenophobic communities do exist. Ozgur within the Hegemony have a tendency to be administrators, and are generally burdened with a lot of the paperwork that gets produced by the various discussions of the Senators.

Alfär used to take the form of a protection racket in the fallen Empire before the establishment of the Hegemony: we’ll make sure other Alfär don’t take all your stuff, as long as you give us most of it. Now they are mostly Colonizers settled in areas they once raided or extorted, and have a surprising knack for ending up as Senators due to their relatively successful ability to lead communities. All are, of course, expected to be prepared to fight for the sake of the Hegemony if the community is threatened.