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The Tal-Re Republic is the sole government on its home world. Once a planet that was divided by many governments, they gradually united under one ruling system. The driving force for this move toward a world government was the depletion of natural resources of their home world. As industrialization took hold the resources which were pulled from the land to fuel the growth seemed limitless. Soon enough though the truth made itself terribly clear as one by one the resources became less and less, seemingly impossible to locate and extract. As the resources dried up the governments of the nation states found it harder and harder to maintain basic services. The only answer was to join with other friendly governments pooling what resources could be had at. This though proved to be a temporary solution, staving off total collapse rather than stopping it. The only solution was to move into space and to reach that ends the only method was to lay aside all differences and unite; thus the Republic was born! By the time the last of the nation-states united the planetary population had already been decimated by wars, starvation, and the plagues that inevitably follow such things. Although this is not an actual Republic the name was adopted to honor the nation-state which provided the cornerstone of the planets constitution. In fact that cornerstone was gradually modified to form the Representative Democracy which currently holds the power.

The Republic is controlled by the following administration command, provided is the current position and which (if any) other command that one serves under along with major points about the command being discussed.

Office of the President-Elect:
The Office of the President is the ultimate position within the Republic. Properly called the President-Elect to indicate his status is due to elections by the people and not stemming from heredity or any other such source. This has mostly become a matter of formality and the title of President is used in non-ceremonial matters. Most of the powers of the Republic and almost total control of its military is vested in this position with the intentions that in a time of emergency the response to a crisis will be dramatically reduced and any actions more effective if one person makes the final decision; as opposed to waiting on the results of a committee debate.
Senate of the Republic:
This position does not actually constitute a full blown senate composed of many members. Instead the Republic is composed of two senates. The Senate of the System deals with the day to day affairs of the system it represents. Members are elected from the settled planets their respective system. The member of the Senate of the Republic on the other hand is a single individual elected from the Senate of the System. So a Senator elected to this position acts as the representative for his system and deals only with the affairs of the Republic as a whole, being legally barred from holding any power in his systems elected senate.
The following is a list of positions and ranks in order of power from greatest to lowest within the current structure of the Republic. A brief description of the duties of the rank is provided as well except in the case of positions which have already been discussed.

President: See Office of the President.
Senator: See Senate of the Republic.
Chairman: Duties depend on the department assigned to, i.e Department of War, Department of Internal Affairs, Department of Xenobiology, Department of Construction, Department of Exploration, Department of Colonization, etc.
Sky Marshal: This position holds the ultimate authority on the deployment and use of mobile and non-mobile units. Although he must follow the guidelines set forth by each Chairman he is only answerable to the President.
Fleet Admiral: This position is reserved for a front line commander who has been assigned the control of two or more mobile combat fleets to conduct offensive or defensive operations. Non-mobile combat fleets will fall under the control of any Fleet Admiral in the system but only during times of war.
Admiral: This position is in command of any mobile combat units which have been designated as a permanent fleet.
Vice Admiral: This position is in command of any mobile units in his/her assigned system.
Rear Admiral: This position is in command of any non-mobile units in his/her assigned system.
Commander: This position is in command of any mobile units which have been designated as belonging to a task force, an exploration force, or an exploration fleet.
Captain: This is the individual in charge of any single mobile or non-mobile combat or non-combat unit.