The Solomani
Confederation formed from the Solomani Autonomous Region of the Third
Imperium in 871. It broke away
from the Imperium during the Solomani Rim War (990-1002).
The chief governing body of the Confederation is the Secretariat, which is presided over by the Secretary General. Representatives to the Secretariat are appointed by the governments of the individual districts. The number of representatives each district may appoint is determined according to that district’s contribution to the Solomani economy. Districts usually consist of a single world, but low population worlds or depressed areas are combined into multiworld districts. Because of the greater degree of local autonomy that exists within the Confederation, interworld factionalism exists to a much greater degree than is allowed in the Imperium. Coalitions of worlds exist outside the normal government channels which sometimes equal them in importance within a given region.