Westphalia Collective

The official government of the Westphalia Space Station, a democratic union that took power several centuries ago amid a period of great instability. It's current leader is President Nebullo, a belare of great age. The Westphalia space station is home to roughly 350 million people in a star system with no planets.

The Sundering
At one point in the distant history, much of the galaxy was united under one empire. Around 1500 years ago, that empire completely collapsed for reasons that remain unclear in an era known as the sundering. In the collapse, the Westphalia lost all contact with the outside and it is unknown if any other sentient life survived. The Westphalia (a space station with a current population of around 350 million that orbits a star in a system with no planets), remained largely untouched during the years of the sundering as it was on the far edges of empire space, however its problems were soon to arrive.

Post-Sundering:
Shortly after the Sundering, the Westphalia’s bridge was put under a sudden quarantine and the overarching AI went insane, corrupting all data files connected to the main computer. Any files that survived were saved in the few systems that did not maintain a direct contact. With the sudden loss of the vast majority of authority figures, the Westphalia descended into chaos for a decade before the first governmental entity took control. It lasted for around 150 years, but then fell to a coup from a populace that was displeased with the lack of care of the general populace and immense inefficiency and wastes perpetuated by that first government. Another much longer period of instability followed with many attempted leadership bodies; this era ended with the Westphalia collective taking control, the government that remains in power to the current day.

While the Collective has retained power to this day, their authority has been challenged several times during their history.