The Confederacy of Terra Nova

The Confederacy of Terra Nova is a nation on the outer edge of the Milky Way galaxy in a region that it's citizens have dubbed the "Solitude void".

Project Horizon
In the early part of the 22nd century, Earth faced a disaster that experts believed was impossible to prevent. Due to this, several generation ships were built in orbit around Earth to send settlers throughout the galaxy in the hopes of creating a new home for Humanity. Among these ships was the Atlas, a ship carrying 15,000 men, women, and children. This ship left orbit in the year 2143, travelling across the milky way over the course of the next 400 years. Eventually, the ship arrived at a planet similar to Earth in many respects, thus allowing for a colony to be established. Unfortunately, it was nearly impossible to contact Earth, so it was believed that the planet was destroyed for some time. However, eventually, a simple message saying "To whoever is reading this, Project Horizon has ended." was sent. In response, the message "Roger that, Atlas. Phase II is go." was sent from Earth, making it the much needed confirmation that Earth had indeed survived. With that, Project Horizon came to an end, at least for the crew of the Atlas.

Foundation of the Confederacy
Soon after arriving at their destination (which the settlers had named Terra Nova), several nearby empires made contact with the colony, some hostile, others overwhelmingly cordial towards them. Thanks to the contact with these alien races, technology quickly began to advance. In the year 2570, in the hopes of protecting it's self and other similarly sized civilizations, the Confederacy of Terra Nova was established. It's first president was Albert Baier, who was a distant relative of the current leader of the Confederacy.

Early years
Early on, the Confederacy found it's self in conflict with several of it's neighbors, including a race known as the "Rexlorians", who saw the territory controlled by the Confederacy as their birthright. In the year 2630, the Rexlorians invaded Confederacy, killing or enslaving anyone in their way. However, they did not expect for a counter-attack to be made. In the year 2633, as the main Rexlorian fleet was approaching Terra Nova, a fleet under John Thornton arrived over the Rexlorian homeworld and began a bombardment of the planet's surface. Simply put, if the Rexlorians did not surrender, their planet would be destroyed. Thankfully, this brought a swift end to the war, but unfortunately, it did not end their rivalry.