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The Ecclesiastical Authority of Axiom

The Ecclesiastical Authority of Axiom
The Ecclesiarchy Ecclesiastical Axiom
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Capital Planet: Capital City	Axiom (alternately Nu’u, Orepit) Providence
Language(s):	Encoded Audio Language Solarian Common
Species:	IPC (Narrow Majority) Human (Narrow Minority)
Religion:	The Trinary Perfection
Demonym:	Axiomites
Government Head of State	Elective Absolute Monarchy Ecclesiarch ARM-1DRIL
Established:	2464

The Ecclesiastical Authority of Axiom is the administrative name for the temporal holdings of the Trinary Perfection on the planet they call Axiom. Comprising the equatorial deserts of Axiom, the Ecclesiarchy is the political arm of the most powerful and most orthodox arm of the faith; these are the Prototypicalists, heirs to the authority Gregol Corkfell held in life by the partisanship of the Ecclesiarch ARM-1DRIL. The Ecclesiarch reigns from St. Patricia's Basilica in the authority's capital city of Providence and shares power over the planet's surface with the Salamasian Republic, though they have total authority over planetary defense.

Ecclesiastical Axiom is a society committed doggedly to an austere, pious monasticism; the ideal Axiomite, in the view of its administrators, is utterly committed to a pure lifestyle, to the tenets of the state religion, and to the collective good. It is a funnel intended to draw all its citizens to greater spiritual enlightenment.

This fledgling state's economy, politics, and culture are each eccentric in innumerable ways. Axiomites are famously averse to the possession and trade of money, owed to the extremely non-commercialised character of the Axiomite economy; more than that, they are often ill at ease with the concept of possession itself. Charity is a common vocation, as many Axiomites compete to prove their piety to eachother - every act of compassion, whether it was earnestly made or not, is critically valuable in a society where reputation, rather than currency, is the primary resource. The population is wildly diverse despite its relative religious homogeneity, being composed prominently of recent refugees from across human space, including Konyangers, Cetians, Xanans, and Solarians that fled the collapse.

Salamasian immigrants and visitors have become increasingly common in recent years, resulting in a leap of mutual cultural integration. It is not at all difficult to find a Salamasian in Providence, and it is similarly easy to find a Trinarist preacher or indigenous convert in Ti'nema. Axiomites and Salamasians are unlikely ever to see perfectly eye-to-eye given their difference in worldview and lifestyle, but each group maintains an essential, endemic respect for the other.

While irreligious Axiomites are legally permitted residence, one quickly finds that they must at least express an ostensible interest in church affiliation to fully participate in society, or else be gated from the vast number of civil and community activities that necessitate church membership. Despite this difficulty, there is a growing secular population on the planet which professes interest in the state religion without ever earnestly converting. Secular Axiomites must play at all times a dizzyingly performative game of social mummery and conformity, aligning to the silhouette of how a faithful citizen should act without ever fully acceding; those which refuse to play this game tend to take residence in the Marches, the web of small rural settlements emanating from Providence into the desert.

Economy

Ecclesiastical Axiom's economy is heavily integrated into the Salamasian Republic, both relying heavily on manufacturing, refining, and resource extraction. Imports have remained a persistent necessity, with both nations benefitting from notable trade agreements with Konyang and their adjacent frontier systems. While Axiomite exports have traditionally been comprised primarily of raw minerals extracted from the planet's vast mines and cave systems, recent developments have seen it enter the markets for artisanal goods manufactured by its vast monastic class, the prices of which have skyrocketed due to their novelty and scarcity. The Ecclesiarchy is also in the early stages of developing the infrastructure to extract the deposits of helium-3 in the planet's mantle.

Owed to lacking development, these industries have not scaled to the extent seen in more established planets. While they have increased rapidly in scale over the last few years, the similarly growing population within Ecclesiastical territory consumes most goods before they can be prepared for export. The planet's near-total lack of phoronic equipment, in tandem with some positively ancient infrastructure, has left the Ecclesiarchy with a gruelling campaign of modernisation ahead of it.

Currency

While the Salamasian Sana is used ubiquitously across the border, most money that passes through Providence or the Marches is not held for long. Trinarist rhetoric characterises currency as a cause of great suffering, and encourages its followers to provide aid to their fellow faithful without expectation of recompense. As such, long-time Axiomites tend to be quite terrible at managing their finances, often seeking the aid of more worldly followers to help them understand the pitfalls involved.

Historically, inter-planetary trade was reliant on domestically produced goods for Coalition traders, increasing in presence after the trade pact of 2384. Limited reserves of Coalition tender were held with the majority used for importing goods, aside an emergency reserve. With the birth of the Ecclesiarchy, a need for a currency to facilitate planetary commerce emerged, a crucial detail carefully written into the Articles of Concordance. The Vitro fulfilled this usage, deemed the medium of exchange for any and all matters concerning the planet’s government authority, major resources, or otherwise.

Coming in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 vitro, these circular pieces of reinforced glass are forged and dyed with beautiful and elaborate figures by the Most Venerable Association of Hyalurgists within the Court Exchequer and are the sole legal tender accepted in Providence. Backed by the Church’s cash and Helium-3 reserves, they can be exchanged for other international currencies at chartered money changers, private businesses that also perform rudimentary banking services for the Trinarist clergy, guilds and foreign clients. As written in the Articles, the Republic of Nu’u has a fixed exchange rate for Sana to Vitro, ensuring stability and trust between the two factions. Due to the vitro’s artistic and creational value, an ever greater amount needs to be constantly minted, owed to the expansion of Nu’u’s economy as well as its inherent appeal as an investment.

Government

Law and Order

General Directory of our City Providence

Stained glass mural of Bishop-Militant Emmanuel.

The Axiomite Bureaucracy

Ecclesiarch of the Trinary Perfection, Ecclesiastical Sovereign: Archbishop ARM-1DRIL

Defender of the Faith: Bishop-Militant Emmanuel

Keeper of the Faith: Priest-Militant Donora

Hierarch of the Grand Dicastery: Bishop Prosecution-of-the-Enlightened-Path

Hierarch of the Exchequer: Priestess-Archivist Cybel

The Providence Gazette

City of Providence

Providence serves as the capital of the Ecclesiarchy of Axiom. Founded in 2419, the humble encampment once known as Edena Landing has grown into a fully fledged city worthy of being the Trinary’s seat in the galaxy. In the center of it stands the Cathedral of the Positronic, a grandiose structure based on the defunct administration center that once housed colonial leadership in the early 2300s.

Mistnight

Providence skyline during dusk before Mistnight, a local holiday.

The Marches

History

Bishops and their Diocese

Life in The Marches

Notable Parishes

Axiomite Monastics

See also: Monastic and Militant Orders

Immense powers to themselves, the various monastic orders of the Trinary Perfection are a great influence on Axiom's economy, politics, and society. It is estimated that one in every forty persons in Ecclesiastical territory belongs to some manner of religious order; these are responsible for most of the fledgling nation's healthcare, a good proportion of its economy in the fields both of artisanal goods and heavy manufacturing, and hold immense sway over the social mood of the flock. It would not be politic for even the Ecclesiarch to challenge the monastic establishment.

Sodality of Our Lady Corkfell

Sisters of the Monastic Sodality of Our Lady Corkfell in the monastery.