Federation

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Federation (联邦)
Alias(es)	Chinese Federation 724
Type	Supranational political and technological power
Status	Active
First Appearance	680

Background / History

The Federation developed its power through centralized industrial expansion, advanced materials, aerospace development, and concealed breakthroughs in controlled nuclear fusion. It intentionally kept much of its strength undisclosed while other major powers remained capable of mutual destruction. Its fusion breakthrough was later assessed by Russian intelligence as having occurred roughly fourteen years earlier. 680 721

By 2016, the Federation possessed nearly two billion people and could reportedly mobilize more than ten times its apparent overall strength if it entered a wartime footing. Its leadership prioritized improving population quality, efficient resource use, and extraterrestrial development as methods to overcome resource limits and social stagnation. 698 704

Lunar expansion

The Federation moved to establish jurisdiction over the northeastern Sea of Clouds after the Western Continent Space Agency landed nearby. It dispatched a Jade Rabbit-class spacecraft, erected the Sea of Clouds-001 outpost, and claimed a fifty-kilometer radius around it under Lunar District law. One module contained a self-destruct device using 3.6 kilograms of N20 high-energy explosive to prevent hostile occupation. 680 681

Following the Noah Society's surrender, the Federation asserted legal inheritance of the society's lunar assets, including Outpost 2 Base and its astronauts. It subsequently became the personnel's only viable source of assistance after the Yellowstone eruption disrupted their supply situation. 720

Annexation of the Americas and Russia

During the Yellowstone Volcano crisis, the Federation deployed sixty Great Roc ground-effect transport aircraft capable of delivering 120,000 tons of supplies per trip to North America. It used rapid settling agents, defensive zones, relief distribution, and expeditionary forces to contain volcanic ash and restore order. 714 716

It formally absorbed most of the Noah Society's Americas after the society surrendered. The Federation then reorganized the region through military control, ecological restoration, currency replacement, employment tied to credit points, and a temporary-citizenship system. 717 718 724

Russia later submitted most of its land and population in exchange for supplies, electricity, and a 150,000-square-kilometer private territory for its oligarchs. This expansion made the Federation the largest entity in Blue Star's history by area. 725

Territory & Administration

• The Federation's holdings include five states, Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean, and major portions of the Ceylon and Atlantic Oceans; it also maintains developing holdings on the Moon. 762
• Its Pacific holdings became sufficiently extensive after the annexation of the Americas for the Pacific Ocean to be described as an internal sea. 730
• Chinese is the default primary language in the Federation's homeland, though not its sole official language. A region requires a Chinese literacy rate above 75% to qualify as a provisional local area. 693
• The Federation uses credit points as currency. Temporary citizens in North America received 500 credit points through registered tracking wristbands; this amount could purchase roughly three months of food for one adult. 716
• Temporary citizens receive employment, training, and reeducation opportunities, but promotion to full citizenship requires meeting Federation standards, including Chinese-language ability and assessments. 717 725
• Newly controlled territories are divided into temporary zones and basic zones. Residents who complete reform can enter basic zones, while those who do not may remain in temporary zones permanently. 725
• The Federation does not automatically grant parents in temporary zones custody of their children; those children are sent to Academy City for upbringing and education. 725

Military & Security

Expeditionary forces

The Federation used large homeland and reorganized provisional forces to secure North America. Its First Army Group included 150,000 homeland soldiers and 870,000 provisional soldiers; the Second Army Group included 150,000 homeland soldiers and 280,000 provisional soldiers. 718

• Federation troops employ exoskeleton armor, unmanned combat mechs, armored vehicles, and systematic logistics during operations. 719
• The force confiscated civilian firearms, eliminated illegal armed groups, and treated secession from inherited Noah Society territory as rebellion. 718 720
• During the Yellowstone crisis, relief centers issued protective gear, food, water, medicine, and tracking wristbands while enforcing strict distribution controls. 716

Defensive systems

• The Federation operates the Sky Canopy Defense System, which can protect installations and ships with defensive cloud-based barriers; hypersonic ballistic missiles remain a known weakness because their shockwaves can disperse the erosion clouds. 320 498
• Houyi Laser Cannons were installed experimentally on fusion-compatible power-generation ships. A ship can carry six cannons, each supported by flywheel energy storage, superconducting power, fire-control radar, and an automated azimuth platform. 498
• The Federation uses exoskeleton armor and multilegged mechs for border and island patrols, with plans to re-equip borders and territorial islands. 402
• Its amphibious mech forces include the 22-ton Emperor Crab and 5.3-ton Sea Scorpion, both capable of wading through water roughly ten meters deep for landing operations. 413

Technology & Industry

Controlled nuclear fusion

The Federation concealed its mastery of controlled nuclear fusion behind apparent geothermal projects. Its fusion power capability was a decisive advantage over rival powers and supported industrial expansion, greenhouse cities, military systems, and extraterrestrial construction. 706 721

• Blackstone Beach Power Station contains six Tang Valley Type 4 fusion generator units, each capable of up to 30,000 megawatts; the station's stated total capacity is 120,000 megawatts. 704
• At the time of its operation, forty-seven fusion stations across the homeland and Oceania had a combined generating capacity of 3.28 million megawatts. 704
• Its internal circulation system excludes capital costs from production calculations, allowing capacity expansion when material and energy supplies are sufficient. 752

Climate-control infrastructure

The Federation responds to harsh climate conditions through greenhouse cities, agricultural factories, dome systems, and high-output industrial construction.

• Dome systems use adjustable sections rather than permanent seals and are assembled with super-large engineering robots, work exoskeletons, and specialized construction machinery. 703
• Greenhouse-covered cities and temperature-regulating clothing allow daily life to continue through severe winter conditions. 760
• During the Yellowstone crisis, Federation defenses prevented volcanic ash from entering its interior and established multiple ash-removal buffer zones beyond its borders. 711 713

Nanotechnology and advanced materials

• Silicon nanocoating technology is used to improve engineering-vehicle parts and machinery components. 91
• Nanopowder-based steel and powder metallurgy substantially improve shipbuilding performance, though their cost depends on access to inexpensive nanopowders. 333
• The Federation develops multifunctional nanofabric clothing with insulation, heat dissipation, waterproofing, radiation protection, stab resistance, and bullet resistance. 665
• Universal nanorobots are multifunctional units that can be modified through molecular attachments, including electromagnetic variants. 656

Space Program

Lunar and orbital infrastructure

• The Federation operates the Lunar District, Moon Palace Base, Guanghan Palace City, and Toad Palace Space Station. 681 720
• Its Heavenly Gate Space Station reached a mass of 18,372 tons and was equipped with laser cannons, foam-steel armor, and magnetic cage systems for defense against space debris. 654
• The Federation began construction of a Lunar Large Particle Collider, using lunar conditions and abundant resources to pursue high-energy theoretical physics research. 754
• Its space-elevator project is projected to transport up to 180,000 tons per day, or roughly 30 million tons annually after accounting for elevator cars and auxiliary fuel. 733

Concealment policy

After detecting a suspected megastructure civilization 132 light-years away, the Federation adopted a survival-focused policy of avoiding contact and concealing human activity. 735 737

• It established a Cosmic Intelligence Bureau and planned five high-precision space telescopes along Blue Star's orbit. 736
• Spacecraft received wave-absorbing coatings to reduce light and electromagnetic reflections. 736 737
• Frequency-modulated laser radiators disperse spacecraft heat while disrupting external observations. 737
• The Federation extended its Yellow Status and maintained an industrial productivity index between 3.3 and 3.5 to support accelerated aerospace-material production. 739

Venus development

The Federation designated Venus as a priority development target and publicly announced its Venus Development Plan to expand its technological and cultural influence. 760 753

• It established Penglai Island City and Yingzhou Island City in Venus's atmosphere; Penglai had expanded to 273 square kilometers, while Yingzhou was one-fifth its size. 765
• Venus achieved a 96.7% parts-and-components self-sufficiency rate and averaged two billion megawatt-hours of electricity generation per day. 765
• The Federation revised its energy strategy for Venus, cancelling planned solar power in favor of lower-atmosphere thermal generation, high-altitude wind power, and carbon-powder energy storage. 752
• A third floating city, Fangzhang Island City, was approved, alongside a trial Venusian dome system in a polar basin. 769

Scientific Programs

• Nuwa Plan — A comparatively cautious bioengineering project researching human genetic evolution through long-term tracking of newborns and extensive animal testing. 741
• Transition Body Project — A proposed human-evolution system using host-derived clones as biochemical laboratories to evaluate mutations before genetic integration. More than 6,000 researchers were assigned after its preliminary design was completed. 696 697
• Rebirth Plan — A Federation Science Ministry initiative intended to extend the useful lives of elderly scientists through hibernation and future rejuvenation technologies. 740
• Innate Wisdom Plan — A program intended to cultivate young people with extensive knowledge reserves rapidly. 740
• Cosmic Observation Technology Research Project — A secrecy-oriented astronomical research initiative created following the discovery of extraterrestrial megastructure activity. 736

Notable Policies

• The Federation places physical fitness at the center of long-term space-development planning; only 12%–14% of age-eligible people in the Americas Region met its space-travel health standards, compared with 32.71% among eligible citizens outside the newly annexed regions. 738
• It uses hibernation centers to preserve elderly scientific talent. Standard hibernation for elderly scientists lasts about thirty months, while the maximum currently considered safe is approximately forty-five months. 740
• The Federation accepts skilled immigration selectively. In 2018, 53,000 Europeans received provisional skilled immigration status despite high entry standards. 754
• It treats extraterrestrial expansion as necessary for preventing resource scarcity, educational inequality, and internal civilizational decline. 704 754