Rhodes
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Federal Republic of Rhodes
Rhodes
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| Motto | "Ego non tributa" | ||||
| Common Name | Rhodes | ||||
| Anthem | "Rose of Zokesia" | ||||
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| Demonym | Rhodie | ||||
| Official languages | Zokesian | ||||
| Currency | Thaved | ||||
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| Capital | Federal City | ||||
| Government | Unitary Parliamentary Republic | ||||
| Foundation | 2067 | ||||
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| Ethnicities | 61% Aenian 38% Zokesian 1% Other |
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| Population | 1,532,171 | ||||
| Area | 18,264 km² | ||||
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History
On the First day of January, 2076, prime minister Kosonaro announced a large portion of the GDP will now go to Space operations, driving the old dream of Zokesian space colonization. The announcement was that "100,000 Zokesians" will live in space as "ambassadors to the stars." Current colony planets are Duna and Ike due to large resources and somewhat amenable climate. The goal is to have this achieved by the end of 2095.
Zokesian Colonists arrived with the Federal Institute, the headquarters of the new colony, early 2077. The three kerbals on board, Jebhat, Cannan, and Tribal, were the first to step onto the surface for Zokesia. "This is a new era" they proclaimed. Shortly after their landing a passenger Arkbird attempted to touch down to bring in supplies but crashed in the canyon northeast of the base, killing the pilot, Kellen . The Colony ships began arriving and the colonists began dropping into the base via orbital chutes, arriving with pinpoint accuracy. Underground homes are beginning to be built, with greenhouses above the surface already ready to be used thanks to the Federal Institute's landing. A fuel base will be touched down soon southeast of the base and will provide fuel, ore, and a spaceport for the colony. By the end of 2077 over 5800 Kerbals would be living on Duna, with more coming each year.
In 2146 Zokesian intelligence picked up the faint signals from the old Federal Colony of Rhodes, thought destroyed long ago by the collapse of a terraforming project on Duna. The colony once again re-established contact with the home planet after nearly 6 decades of silence. The explanation given by the colonists was the knowledge of how to repair the dish and align it with Kerbin was lost with the destruction of the main computer database during the crisis, and through sheer trial and error over decades they were able to rebuild and realign it thanks to a brilliant scientist who was born after the colony's founding, Robert Maccanan. Maccanan had quickly established himself as a sharp and resourceful kerbal, and moved up through the colony's ranks untill he became the Director of Colonial Development, where he began work on re-establishing contact with the home country. The colony was at 98,000 kerbals at the time of disappearance, but now has over 1.6 million Zokesians and Aenians living in vast cities just under the Duna surface.
Since its founding, the colony slowly expanded underground, and as the Duna atmosphere moved massive amounts of dust over the old launch site, much of the above ground base became invisible to the sensors and arrays of other local colonies. Some smaller outposts knew of and trade with the colony, but was inexplicably never reported to Zokesia.
It was found out later that the colony purposefully ignored communication for 60 years because quote "We just didn't want to have to pay taxes."